05.182
Pancharatra-Ext: Third dayThird day war comes to end, with sage Bharagava becoming substantially weak.
भीष्म उवाच॥
bhīṣma uvāca॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Bhishma said:)
Bhishma spoke:
समागतस्य रामेण पुनरेवातिदारुणम्। अन्येद्युस्तुमुलं युद्धं तदा भरतसत्तम ॥५-१८२-१॥
samāgatasya rāmeṇa punarevātidāruṇam। anyedyustumulaṃ yuddhaṃ tadā bharatasattama ॥5-182-1॥
[समागतस्य (samāgatasya) - of the meeting; रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; अतिदारुणम् (atidāruṇam) - very terrible; अन्येद्युः (anyedyuḥ) - the next day; तुमुलम् (tumulam) - tumultuous; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; तदा (tadā) - then; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Of the meeting by Rama again indeed very terrible. The next day a tumultuous battle then, O best of the Bharatas.)
After meeting with Rama again, there was a very terrible and tumultuous battle the next day, O best of the Bharatas.
ततो दिव्यास्त्रविच्छूरो दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्यनेकशः। अयोजयत धर्मात्मा दिवसे दिवसे विभुः ॥५-१८२-२॥
tato divyāstravicchūro divyānyastrāṇyanekaśaḥ। ayojayata dharmātmā divase divase vibhuḥ ॥5-182-2॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दिव्यास्त्रवित् (divyāstravit) - knower of divine weapons; शूरः (śūraḥ) - heroic; दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - many times; अयोजयत (ayojayata) - employed; धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - righteous soul; दिवसे (divase) - day; दिवसे (divase) - day; विभुः (vibhuḥ) - the lord;]
(Then, the heroic knower of divine weapons employed divine weapons many times, day by day, the righteous soul, the lord.)
Then, the heroic master of divine weapons, the righteous soul, employed various divine weapons day after day.
तान्यहं तत्प्रतीघातैरस्त्रैरस्त्राणि भारत। व्यधमं तुमुले युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा सुदुस्त्यजान् ॥५-१८२-३॥
tānyahaṃ tatpratīghātairastrairastrāṇi bhārata। vyadhamaṃ tumule yuddhe prāṇāṃstyaktvā sudustyajān ॥5-182-3॥
[तानि (tāni) - those; अहम् (aham) - I; तत् (tat) - that; प्रतीघातैः (pratīghātaiḥ) - with counteractions; अस्त्रैः (astraiḥ) - with weapons; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; व्यधमम् (vyadhamam) - I scattered; तुमुले (tumule) - in the tumultuous; युद्धे (yuddhe) - battle; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; सुदुस्त्यजान् (sudustyajān) - very difficult to give up;]
(Those weapons, O Bhārata, I scattered with counteractions and weapons in the tumultuous battle, having abandoned lives very difficult to give up.)
O Bhārata, I countered those weapons with my own in the fierce battle, sacrificing lives that were very hard to forsake.
अस्त्रैरस्त्रेषु बहुधा हतेष्वथ च भार्गवः। अक्रुध्यत महातेजास्त्यक्तप्राणः स संयुगे ॥५-१८२-४॥
astrairastreṣu bahudhā hateṣvatha ca bhārgavaḥ। akrudhyata mahātejāstyaktaprāṇaḥ sa saṃyuge ॥5-182-4॥
[अस्त्रैः (astraiḥ) - with weapons; अस्त्रेषु (astreṣu) - among weapons; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; हतेषु (hateṣu) - when killed; अथ (atha) - then; च (ca) - and; भार्गवः (bhārgavaḥ) - Bhargava; अक्रुध्यत (akrudhyata) - became angry; महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - of great energy; त्यक्तप्राणः (tyaktaprāṇaḥ) - ready to give up life; स (sa) - he; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(With weapons among weapons in many ways when killed, then Bhargava became angry, of great energy, ready to give up life, he in battle.)
Then Bhargava, filled with great energy and ready to sacrifice his life, became angry in the battle when many were killed with weapons among weapons.
ततः शक्तिं प्राहिणोद्घोररूपा; मस्त्रै रुद्धो जामदग्न्यो महात्मा। कालोत्सृष्टां प्रज्वलितामिवोल्कां; संदीप्ताग्रां तेजसावृत्य लोकान् ॥५-१८२-५॥
tataḥ śaktiṃ prāhiṇod ghorarūpā; mastrai ruddho jāmadagnyo mahātmā. kālotsṛṣṭāṃ prajvalitām ivolkāṃ; sandīptāgrāṃ tejasāvṛtya lokān ॥5-182-5॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शक्तिं (śaktiṃ) - weapon; प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - sent; घोररूपा (ghorarūpā) - terrible form; मस्त्रै (mastrai) - by weapons; रुद्धः (ruddhaḥ) - restrained; जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - son of Jamadagni; महात्मा (mahātmā) - great soul; कालोत्सृष्टां (kālotsṛṣṭāṃ) - released by time; प्रज्वलिताम् (prajvalitām) - blazing; इव (iva) - like; उल्काम् (ulkām) - a meteor; संदीप्ताग्रां (sandīptāgrāṃ) - with blazing tip; तेजसा (tejasā) - by brilliance; आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - covering; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds;]
(Then the great soul, son of Jamadagni, restrained by weapons, sent a weapon of terrible form, released by time, blazing like a meteor, with a blazing tip, covering the worlds with brilliance.)
Then the great sage, son of Jamadagni, restrained by weapons, sent forth a terrible weapon, blazing like a meteor, with a blazing tip, covering the worlds with its brilliance, as if released by time.
ततोऽहं तामिषुभिर्दीप्यमानैः; समायान्तीमन्तकालार्कदीप्ताम्। छित्त्वा त्रिधा पातयामास भूमौ; ततो ववौ पवनः पुण्यगन्धिः ॥५-१८२-६॥
tato'haṁ tāmiṣubhirdīpyamānaiḥ; samāyāntīmantakālārkadīptām। chittvā tridhā pātayāmāsa bhūmau; tato vavau pavanaḥ puṇyagandhiḥ ॥5-182-6॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अहम् (aham) - I; ताम् (tām) - her; इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows; दीप्यमानैः (dīpyamānaiḥ) - shining; समायान्तीम् (samāyāntīm) - approaching; अन्तकाल (antakāla) - end time; अर्क (arka) - sun; दीप्ताम् (dīptām) - blazing; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut; त्रिधा (tridhā) - into three; पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - caused to fall; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; ततः (tataḥ) - then; ववौ (vavau) - blew; पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind; पुण्यगन्धिः (puṇyagandhiḥ) - fragrant;]
(Then I, with shining arrows, approaching her blazing like the sun at the end time, having cut her into three, caused her to fall on the ground; then the wind blew with a fragrant smell.)
Then I approached her with shining arrows, blazing like the sun at the end of time, and cut her into three pieces, causing her to fall to the ground. Then, a fragrant wind blew.
तस्यां छिन्नायां क्रोधदीप्तोऽथ रामः; शक्तीर्घोराः प्राहिणोद्द्वादशान्याः। तासां रूपं भारत नोत शक्यं; तेजस्वित्वाल्लाघवाच्चैव वक्तुम् ॥५-१८२-७॥
tasyāṃ chinnāyāṃ krodhadīpto'tha rāmaḥ; śaktīrghorāḥ prāhiṇoddvādaśānyāḥ। tāsāṃ rūpaṃ bhārata nota śakyaṃ; tejasvitvāllāghavāccaiva vaktum ॥5-182-7॥
[तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that; छिन्नायाम् (chinnāyām) - broken; क्रोधदीप्तः (krodhadīptaḥ) - inflamed with anger; अथ (atha) - then; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; शक्तीः (śaktīḥ) - arrows; घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible; प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - sent; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other; तासाम् (tāsām) - of them; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; न (na) - not; उत (uta) - indeed; शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible; तेजस्वित्वात् (tejasvitvāt) - due to brilliance; लाघवात् (lāghavāt) - and lightness; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to describe;]
(In that broken state, then Rama, inflamed with anger, sent twelve other terrible arrows. O Bharata, the form of those is not possible to describe due to brilliance and lightness.)
In that shattered state, Rama, blazing with anger, dispatched twelve other dreadful arrows. O Bharata, it is impossible to describe their form due to their brilliance and swiftness.
किं त्वेवाहं विह्वलः सम्प्रदृश्य; दिग्भ्यः सर्वास्ता महोल्का इवाग्नेः। नानारूपास्तेजसोग्रेण दीप्ता; यथादित्या द्वादश लोकसङ्क्षये ॥५-१८२-८॥
kiṁ tvevāhaṁ vihvalaḥ sampradṛśya; digbhyaḥ sarvāstā maholkā ivāgneḥ। nānārūpāstejasogreṇa dīptā; yathādityā dvādaśa lokasaṅkṣaye ॥5-182-8॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what; तु (tu) - but; एव (eva) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; विह्वलः (vihvalaḥ) - confused; सम्प्रदृश्य (sampradṛśya) - having seen; दिग्भ्यः (digbhyaḥ) - from all directions; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; ता (tā) - those; महो-उल्का (maha-ulkā) - great meteors; इव (iva) - like; अग्नेः (agneḥ) - fire; नानारूपाः (nānārūpāḥ) - various forms; तेजसः (tejasah) - of energy; उग्रेण (ugreṇa) - fierce; दीप्ताः (dīptāḥ) - blazing; यथा (yathā) - as; आदित्याः (ādityāḥ) - suns; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; लोकसङ्क्षये (lokasaṅkṣaye) - at the end of the world;]
(What indeed am I confused having seen? From all directions, all those great meteors like fire, of various forms, blazing with fierce energy, as twelve suns at the end of the world.)
Why am I so bewildered after witnessing this? From all directions, these great meteors, like fire, appear in various forms, blazing with fierce energy, like twelve suns at the end of the world.
ततो जालं बाणमयं विवृत्य; संदृश्य भित्त्वा शरजालेन राजन्। द्वादशेषून्प्राहिणवं रणेऽहं; ततः शक्तीर्व्यधमं घोररूपाः ॥५-१८२-९॥
tato jālaṃ bāṇamayaṃ vivṛtya; saṃdṛśya bhittvā śarajālena rājan। dvādaśeṣūnprāhiṇavaṃ raṇe'haṃ; tataḥ śaktīrvyadhamaṃ ghorarūpāḥ ॥5-182-9॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; जालं (jālaṃ) - net; बाणमयं (bāṇamayaṃ) - made of arrows; विवृत्य (vivṛtya) - having opened; संदृश्य (saṃdṛśya) - having seen; भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced; शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with a net of arrows; राजन् (rājan) - O king; द्वादशेषून् (dvādaśeṣūn) - twelve arrows; प्राहिणवं (prāhiṇavaṃ) - I sent; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; अहं (ahaṃ) - I; ततः (tataḥ) - then; शक्तीः (śaktīḥ) - spears; व्यधमं (vyadhamaṃ) - I hurled; घोररूपाः (ghorarūpāḥ) - terrible forms;]
(Then, having opened a net made of arrows, having seen and pierced with a net of arrows, O king, I sent twelve arrows in battle; then I hurled spears of terrible forms.)
Then, O king, I opened a net made of arrows and, having seen and pierced with it, I sent twelve arrows in battle; then I hurled spears of terrible forms.
ततोऽपरा जामदग्न्यो महात्मा; शक्तीर्घोराः प्राक्षिपद्धेमदण्डाः। विचित्रिताः काञ्चनपट्टनद्धा; यथा महोल्का ज्वलितास्तथा ताः ॥५-१८२-१०॥
tato'parā jāmadagnyo mahātmā; śaktīrghorāḥ prākṣipaddhemadaṇḍāḥ। vicitritāḥ kāñcanapaṭṭanaddhā; yathā maholkā jvalitāstathā tāḥ ॥5-182-10॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अपरा (aparā) - another; जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - descendant of Jamadagni; महात्मा (mahātmā) - great soul; शक्तीः (śaktīḥ) - powers; घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible; प्राक्षिपत् (prākṣipat) - threw; हेमदण्डाः (hemadaṇḍāḥ) - golden rods; विचित्रिताः (vicitritāḥ) - adorned; काञ्चनपट्टनद्धाः (kāñcanapaṭṭanaddhāḥ) - bound with golden plates; यथा (yathā) - as; महाल्काः (maholkāḥ) - meteors; ज्वलिताः (jvalitāḥ) - blazing; तथा (tathā) - so; ताः (tāḥ) - they;]
(Then another great soul, descendant of Jamadagni, threw terrible powers, golden rods adorned and bound with golden plates, as blazing meteors, so were they.)
Then another great soul, a descendant of Jamadagni, hurled terrible powers in the form of golden rods, adorned and bound with golden plates, resembling blazing meteors.
ताश्चाप्युग्राश्चर्मणा वारयित्वा; खड्गेनाजौ पातिता मे नरेन्द्र। बाणैर्दिव्यैर्जामदग्न्यस्य सङ्ख्ये; दिव्यांश्चाश्वानभ्यवर्षं ससूतान् ॥५-१८२-११॥
tāś cāpy ugrāś carmaṇā vārayitvā; khaḍgenājau pātitā me narendra। bāṇair divyair jāmadagnyasya saṅkhye; divyāṃś cāśvān abhyavarṣaṃ sasūtān ॥5-182-11॥
[ताः (tāḥ) - they; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; उग्राः (ugrāḥ) - fierce; चर्मणा (carmaṇā) - with armor; वारयित्वा (vārayitvā) - having repelled; खड्गेन (khaḍgena) - with a sword; अजौ (ajau) - in battle; पातिताः (pātitāḥ) - felled; मे (me) - by me; नरेन्द्र (narendra) - O king; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; दिव्यैः (divyaiḥ) - divine; जामदग्न्यस्य (jāmadagnyasya) - of Jamadagni's son; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; दिव्यान् (divyān) - divine; च (ca) - and; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; अभ्यवर्षम् (abhyavarṣam) - I showered; ससूतान् (sasūtān) - with charioteers;]
(They, fierce, having repelled with armor, were felled by me with a sword in battle, O king. With divine arrows of Jamadagni's son in battle, I showered divine horses with charioteers.)
O king, those fierce ones, having been repelled with armor, were struck down by me with a sword in battle. With the divine arrows of Jamadagni's son, I showered divine horses along with their charioteers in the battle.
निर्मुक्तानां पन्नगानां सरूपा; दृष्ट्वा शक्तीर्हेमचित्रा निकृत्ताः। प्रादुश्चक्रे दिव्यमस्त्रं महात्मा; क्रोधाविष्टो हैहयेशप्रमाथी ॥५-१८२-१२॥
nirmuktānāṃ pannagānāṃ sarūpā; dṛṣṭvā śaktīrhemacitrā nikṛttāḥ। prāduścakre divyam astraṃ mahātmā; krodhāviṣṭo haihayeśapramāthī ॥5-182-12॥
[निर्मुक्तानां (nirmuktānāṃ) - of the liberated; पन्नगानां (pannagānāṃ) - of the serpents; सरूपा (sarūpā) - similar; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; शक्तीः (śaktīḥ) - powers; हेमचित्रा (hemacitrā) - golden-colored; निकृत्ताः (nikṛttāḥ) - cut off; प्रादुश्चक्रे (prāduścakre) - manifested; दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine; अस्त्रं (astraṃ) - weapon; महात्मा (mahātmā) - great soul; क्रोधाविष्टः (krodhāviṣṭaḥ) - filled with anger; हैहयेशप्रमाथी (haihayeśapramāthī) - the subduer of the Haihaya king;]
(Of the liberated serpents, similar; having seen the golden-colored powers cut off. The great soul, filled with anger, manifested a divine weapon, the subduer of the Haihaya king.)
Upon seeing the golden-colored powers of the liberated serpents being cut off, the great soul, filled with anger, manifested a divine weapon to subdue the Haihaya king.
ततः श्रेण्यः शलभानामिवोग्राः; समापेतुर्विशिखानां प्रदीप्ताः। समाचिनोच्चापि भृशं शरीरं; हयान्सूतं सरथं चैव मह्यम् ॥५-१८२-१३॥
tataḥ śreṇyaḥ śalabhānām ivogrāḥ; samāpetur viśikhānāṃ pradīptāḥ। samācinoc cāpi bhṛśaṃ śarīraṃ; hayān sūtaṃ sarathaṃ caiva mahyam ॥5-182-13॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; श्रेण्यः (śreṇyaḥ) - rows; शलभानाम् (śalabhānām) - of locusts; इव (iva) - like; उग्राः (ugrāḥ) - fierce; समापेतुः (samāpetuḥ) - approached; विशिखानाम् (viśikhānām) - of arrows; प्रदीप्ताः (pradīptāḥ) - blazing; समाचिनोत् (samācinot) - covered; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - completely; शरीरम् (śarīram) - body; हयान् (hayān) - horses; सूतम् (sūtam) - charioteer; सरथम् (saratham) - with chariot; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me;]
(Then rows of fierce locusts-like blazing arrows approached; and completely covered the body, horses, charioteer, and chariot indeed to me.)
Then rows of fierce blazing arrows, like locusts, approached and completely covered my body, horses, charioteer, and chariot.
रथः शरैर्मे निचितः सर्वतोऽभू; त्तथा हयाः सारथिश्चैव राजन्। युगं रथेषा च तथैव चक्रे; तथैवाक्षः शरकृत्तोऽथ भग्नः ॥५-१८२-१४॥
rathaḥ śarairme nicitaḥ sarvato'bhū; ttathā hayāḥ sārathiścaiva rājan। yugaṃ ratheṣā ca tathaiva cakre; tathaivākṣaḥ śarakṛtto'tha bhagnaḥ ॥5-182-14॥
[रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; मे (me) - my; निचितः (nicitaḥ) - covered; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; तथा (tathā) - thus; हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; राजन् (rājan) - O king; युगं (yugaṃ) - yoke; रथेषा (ratheṣā) - pole of the chariot; च (ca) - and; तथैव (tathaiva) - similarly; चक्रे (cakre) - wheels; तथैव (tathaiva) - similarly; अक्षः (akṣaḥ) - axle; शरकृत्तः (śarakṛttaḥ) - cut by arrows; अथ (atha) - then; भग्नः (bhagnaḥ) - broken;]
(The chariot was covered with arrows on all sides; thus were the horses and the charioteer, O king. The yoke, the pole of the chariot, and similarly the wheels; similarly the axle was cut by arrows and then broken.)
The chariot was completely covered with arrows on all sides, as were the horses and the charioteer, O king. The yoke, the pole of the chariot, and the wheels were similarly affected; the axle was cut by arrows and then broken.
ततस्तस्मिन्बाणवर्षे व्यतीते; शरौघेण प्रत्यवर्षं गुरुं तम्। स विक्षतो मार्गणैर्ब्रह्मराशि; र्देहादजस्रं मुमुचे भूरि रक्तम् ॥५-१८२-१५॥
tatastasmibāṇavarṣe vyatīte; śaraugheṇa pratyavarṣaṃ guruṃ tam. sa vikṣato mārgaṇairbrahmarāśi; rdehādajasraṃ mumuce bhūri raktam ॥5-182-15॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; बाणवर्षे (bāṇavarṣe) - rain of arrows; व्यतीते (vyatīte) - having passed; शरौघेण (śaraugheṇa) - by the multitude of arrows; प्रत्यवर्षं (pratyavarṣaṃ) - countering; गुरुं (guruṃ) - the teacher; तम् (tam) - him; सः (saḥ) - he; विक्षतः (vikṣataḥ) - wounded; मार्गणैः (mārgaṇaiḥ) - by arrows; ब्रह्मराशिः (brahmarāśiḥ) - Brahma's portion; देहात् (dehāt) - from the body; अजस्रम् (ajasram) - continuously; मुमुचे (mumuce) - released; भूरि (bhūri) - much; रक्तम् (raktam) - blood;]
(Then, in that rain of arrows having passed; by the multitude of arrows countering the teacher him. He, wounded by arrows, Brahma's portion; from the body continuously released much blood.)
Then, when that rain of arrows had passed, the multitude of arrows countered the teacher. He, wounded by arrows, continuously released much blood from his body, being a portion of Brahma.
यथा रामो बाणजालाभितप्त; स्तथैवाहं सुभृशं गाढविद्धः। ततो युद्धं व्यरमच्चापराह्णे; भानावस्तं प्रार्थयाने महीध्रम् ॥५-१८२-१६॥
yathā rāmo bāṇajālābhitapta; stathaivāhaṃ subhṛśaṃ gāḍhavidhaḥ। tato yuddhaṃ vyaramaccāparāhṇe; bhānāvastaṃ prārthayāne mahīdhram ॥5-182-16॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; बाण-जाल-अभितप्तः (bāṇa-jāla-abhitaptaḥ) - pierced by a shower of arrows; स्तथैव (stathaiva) - so also; अहम् (aham) - I; सुभृशम् (subhṛśam) - greatly; गाढ-विद्धः (gāḍha-viddhaḥ) - deeply wounded; ततः (tataḥ) - then; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; वयरमत् (vyaramat) - ceased; च (ca) - and; अपराह्णे (aparāhṇe) - in the afternoon; भानौ (bhānau) - the sun; अस्तम् (astam) - setting; प्रार्थयाने (prārthayāne) - seeking; महीध्रम् (mahīdhram) - mountain;]
(As Rama was pierced by a shower of arrows, so also I am greatly and deeply wounded. Then the battle ceased in the afternoon, as the sun was seeking the mountain for setting.)
Just as Rama was struck by a barrage of arrows, I too am severely wounded. Then the battle came to a halt in the afternoon, as the sun was setting behind the mountain.
