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Core and Pancharatra: Encounter between Bhima and Duryodhana; between Bhishma and Arjuna;
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा मोहात्प्रत्यागतस्तदा। शरवर्षैः पुनर्भीमं प्रत्यवारयदच्युतम् ॥६-७४-१॥
tato duryodhano rājā mohātpratyāgatastadā। śaravarṣaiḥ punarbhīmaṃ pratyavārayadacyutam ॥6-74-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजा (rājā) - king; मोहात् (mohāt) - in confusion; प्रत्यागतः (pratyāgataḥ) - returned; तदा (tadā) - then; शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; प्रत्यवारयत् (pratyavārayat) - blocked; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - the infallible one;]
(Then King Duryodhana, in confusion, returned. With showers of arrows, he again blocked Bhima, the infallible one.)
Then, in a state of confusion, King Duryodhana returned and once more blocked Bhima with a barrage of arrows, targeting the infallible one.
एकीभूताः पुनश्चैव तव पुत्रा महारथाः। समेत्य समरे भीमं योधयामासुरुद्यताः ॥६-७४-२॥
ekībhūtāḥ punaścaiva tava putrā mahārathāḥ। sametya samare bhīmaṃ yodhayāmāsurudyatāḥ ॥6-74-2॥
[एकीभूताः (ekībhūtāḥ) - united; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तव (tava) - your; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors; समेत्य (sametya) - having assembled; समरे (samare) - in battle; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; योधयामासुः (yodhayāmāsuḥ) - fought; उद्यताः (udyatāḥ) - prepared;]
(United again, your sons, the great warriors, having assembled in battle, fought Bhima, prepared.)
Once again united, your sons, the great warriors, gathered and prepared for battle, fought against Bhima.
भीमसेनोऽपि समरे सम्प्राप्य स्वरथं पुनः। समारुह्य महाबाहुर्ययौ येन तवात्मजः ॥६-७४-३॥
bhīmaseno'pi samare samprāpya svarathaṃ punaḥ। samāruhya mahābāhuryayau yena tavātmajaḥ ॥6-74-3॥
[भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; अपि (api) - also; समरे (samare) - in battle; सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having reached; स्वरथम् (svaratham) - his own chariot; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; समारुह्य (samāruhya) - having mounted; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed; ययौ (yayau) - went; येन (yena) - by which; तव (tava) - your; आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - son;]
(Bhimasena also, in battle, having reached his own chariot again, having mounted, the mighty-armed went by which your son.)
Bhimasena, having reached his chariot again in the battle, mounted it and went towards your son, O mighty-armed one.
प्रगृह्य च महावेगं परासुकरणं दृढम्। चित्रं शरासनं सङ्ख्ये शरैर्विव्याध ते सुतान् ॥६-७४-४॥
pragṛhya ca mahāvegaṃ parāsukaraṇaṃ dṛḍham। citraṃ śarāsanaṃ saṅkhye śarairvivyādha te sutān ॥6-74-4॥
[प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken hold of; च (ca) - and; महावेगं (mahāvegaṃ) - great speed; परासुकरणं (parāsukaraṇaṃ) - enemy-destroying; दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firm; चित्रं (citraṃ) - wonderful; शरासनं (śarāsanaṃ) - bow; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; ते (te) - your; सुतान् (sutān) - sons;]
(Having taken hold of the firm, enemy-destroying bow with great speed, he pierced your sons in battle with arrows.)
He swiftly grabbed the sturdy, enemy-destroying bow and shot arrows at your sons in the battle, piercing them.
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा भीमसेनं महाबलम्। नाराचेन सुतीक्ष्णेन भृशं मर्मण्यताडयत् ॥६-७४-५॥
tato duryodhano rājā bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam। nārācena sutīkṣṇena bhṛśaṃ marmanyatāḍayat ॥6-74-5॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजा (rājā) - king; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; महाबलम् (mahābalam) - mighty; नाराचेन (nārācena) - with an arrow; सुतीक्ष्णेन (sutīkṣṇena) - sharp; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - severely; मर्मणि (marmani) - in the vital parts; अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck;]
(Then King Duryodhana struck the mighty Bhimasena severely in the vital parts with a sharp arrow.)
Then, King Duryodhana, with a sharp arrow, severely struck the mighty Bhimasena in his vital parts.
सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासस्तव पुत्रेण धन्विना। क्रोधसंरक्तनयनो वेगेनोत्क्षिप्य कार्मुकम् ॥६-७४-६॥
so'tividdho maheṣvāsastava putreṇa dhanvinā। krodhasaṁraktanayano vegenotkṣipya kārmukam ॥6-74-6॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अतिविद्धः (atividdhaḥ) - pierced deeply; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - by son; धन्विना (dhanvinā) - by the bowman; क्रोध (krodha) - anger; संरक्त (saṁrakta) - reddened; नयनः (nayanaḥ) - eyes; वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; उत्क्षिप्य (utkṣipya) - raising; कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow;]
(He, the great archer, pierced deeply by your son, the bowman, with eyes reddened in anger, raising the bow with speed.)
The great archer, deeply pierced by your son, the bowman, with eyes reddened in anger, swiftly raised his bow.
दुर्योधनं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्। स तथाभिहतो राजा नाचलद्गिरिराडिव ॥६-७४-७॥
duryodhanaṁ tribhirbāṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat। sa tathābhihato rājā nācaladgirirāḍiva ॥6-74-7॥
[दुर्योधनं (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; बाह्वोः (bāhvoḥ) - on the arms; उरसि (urasi) - on the chest; च (ca) - and; अर्पयत् (arpayat) - pierced; सः (saḥ) - he; तथा (tathā) - thus; अभिहतः (abhihataḥ) - struck; राजा (rājā) - the king; न (na) - not; अचलत् (acalat) - moved; गिरिराट् (girirāṭ) - mountain king; इव (iva) - like;]
(Duryodhana was pierced on the arms and chest with three arrows. Thus struck, the king did not move, like a mountain king.)
Duryodhana was struck with three arrows on his arms and chest. Despite being hit, the king stood firm like a mountain.
तौ दृष्ट्वा समरे क्रुद्धौ विनिघ्नन्तौ परस्परम्। दुर्योधनानुजाः सर्वे शूराः सन्त्यक्तजीविताः ॥६-७४-८॥
tau dṛṣṭvā samare kruddhau vinighnantau parasparam। duryodhanānujāḥ sarve śūrāḥ santyaktajīvitāḥ ॥6-74-8॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; समरे (samare) - in battle; क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - angry; विनिघ्नन्तौ (vinighnantau) - striking; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; दुर्योधनानुजाः (duryodhanānujāḥ) - Duryodhana's brothers; सर्वे (sarve) - all; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; सन्त्यक्तजीविताः (santyaktajīvitāḥ) - having abandoned life;]
(Those two, having seen in battle, angry, striking each other, all of Duryodhana's brothers, heroes, having abandoned life.)
Seeing those two angry and striking each other in battle, all of Duryodhana's brothers, who were heroes, had abandoned their lives.
संस्मृत्य मन्त्रितं पूर्वं निग्रहे भीमकर्मणः। निश्चयं मनसा कृत्वा निग्रहीतुं प्रचक्रमुः ॥६-७४-९॥
saṁsmṛtya mantritaṁ pūrvaṁ nigrahe bhīmakarmaṇaḥ। niścayaṁ manasā kṛtvā nigrahītuṁ pracakramuḥ ॥6-74-9॥
[संस्मृत्य (saṁsmṛtya) - remembering; मन्त्रितं (mantritaṁ) - consulted; पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - before; निग्रहे (nigrahe) - to subdue; भीमकर्मणः (bhīmakarmaṇaḥ) - of the one with terrible deeds; निश्चयं (niścayaṁ) - determination; मनसा (manasā) - with the mind; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; निग्रहीतुं (nigrahītuṁ) - to subdue; प्रचक्रमुः (pracakramuḥ) - they commenced;]
(Remembering what was consulted before to subdue the one with terrible deeds, having made a determination with the mind, they commenced to subdue.)
Recalling their previous consultations on how to subdue the one known for terrible deeds, they resolutely decided and began their efforts to restrain him.
तानापतत एवाजौ भीमसेनो महाबलः। प्रत्युद्ययौ महाराज गजः प्रतिगजानिव ॥६-७४-१०॥
tānāpatata evājau bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ। pratyudyayau mahārāja gajaḥ pratigajāniva ॥6-74-10॥
[तानापतत (tānāpatata) - those attacking; एव (eva) - indeed; अजौ (ajau) - in the battle; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty; प्रत्युद्ययौ (pratyudyayau) - advanced; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant; प्रतिगजानिव (pratigajāniva) - like against elephants;]
(Indeed, mighty Bhimasena advanced against those attacking in the battle, O great king, like an elephant against elephants.)
Mighty Bhimasena, in the battle, advanced against the attackers like an elephant charging against other elephants, O great king.
भृशं क्रुद्धश्च तेजस्वी नाराचेन समर्पयत्। चित्रसेनं महाराज तव पुत्रं महायशाः ॥६-७४-११॥
bhṛśaṃ kruddhaśca tejasvī nārācena samarpayat। citrasenaṃ mahārāja tava putraṃ mahāyaśāḥ ॥6-74-11॥
[भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; च (ca) - and; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - radiant one; नाराचेन (nārācena) - with an iron arrow; समर्पयत् (samarpayat) - dispatched; चित्रसेनम् (citrasenam) - Citrasena; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - of great fame;]
(Intensely angry and radiant, he dispatched Citrasena, O great king, your son, with an iron arrow.)
The radiant and intensely angry warrior, with great fame, dispatched your son Citrasena with an iron arrow, O great king.
तथेतरांस्तव सुतांस्ताडयामास भारत। शरैर्बहुविधैः सङ्ख्ये रुक्मपुङ्खैः सुवेगितैः ॥६-७४-१२॥
tathetarāṁstava sutāṁstāḍayāmāsa bhārata। śarairbahuvidhaiḥ saṅkhye rukmapuṅkhaiḥ suvegitaiḥ ॥6-74-12॥
[तथेतरान् (tathetarān) - and others; तव (tava) - your; सुतान् (sutān) - sons; ताडयामास (tāḍayāmāsa) - struck; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; बहुविधैः (bahuvidhaiḥ) - of many kinds; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; रुक्मपुङ्खैः (rukmapuṅkhaiḥ) - with golden shafts; सुवेगितैः (suvegitaiḥ) - swiftly moving;]
(And others of your sons were struck, O Bharata, with arrows of many kinds in battle, with golden shafts swiftly moving.)
O Bharata, others of your sons were struck in battle by swiftly moving arrows with golden shafts of many kinds.
ततः संस्थाप्य समरे स्वान्यनीकानि सर्वशः। अभिमन्युप्रभृतयस्ते द्वादश महारथाः ॥६-७४-१३॥
tataḥ sansthāpya samare svān yanīkāni sarvaśaḥ। abhimanyu-prabhṛtayas te dvādaśa mahārathāḥ ॥6-74-13॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; संस्थाप्य (sansthāpya) - having arranged; समरे (samare) - in the battle; स्वानि (svāni) - their own; अनीकानि (yanīkāni) - troops; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - completely; अभिमन्युप्रभृतयः (abhimanyu-prabhṛtayaḥ) - headed by Abhimanyu; ते (te) - they; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors;]
(Then, having arranged their own troops completely in the battle, they, headed by Abhimanyu, were twelve great warriors.)
Then, led by Abhimanyu, twelve great warriors arranged their troops completely for battle.
प्रेषिता धर्मराजेन भीमसेनपदानुगाः। प्रत्युद्ययुर्महाराज तव पुत्रान्महाबलान् ॥६-७४-१४॥
preṣitā dharmarājena bhīmasenapadānugāḥ। pratyudyayurmahārāja tava putrānmahābalān ॥6-74-14॥
[प्रेषिता (preṣitā) - sent; धर्मराजेन (dharmarājena) - by Dharmaraja; भीमसेनपदानुगाः (bhīmasenapadānugāḥ) - followers of Bhimasena; प्रत्युद्ययुः (pratyudyayuḥ) - went to meet; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; महाबलान् (mahābalān) - mighty;]
(Sent by Dharmaraja, the followers of Bhimasena went to meet your mighty sons, O great king.)
The followers of Bhimasena, sent by Dharmaraja, approached your mighty sons, O great king.
दृष्ट्वा रथस्थांस्ताञ्शूरान्सूर्याग्निसमतेजसः। सर्वानेव महेष्वासान्भ्राजमानाञ्श्रिया वृतान् ॥६-७४-१५॥
dṛṣṭvā rathasthāṃstāñśūrānsūryāgnisamatejasaḥ। sarvāneva maheṣvāsānbhrājamānāñśriyā vṛtān ॥6-74-15॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; रथस्थान् (rathasthān) - standing on chariots; तान् (tān) - those; शूरान् (śūrān) - heroes; सूर्य (sūrya) - sun; अग्नि (agni) - fire; सम (sama) - equal; तेजसः (tejasaḥ) - in brilliance; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great archers; भ्राजमानान् (bhrājamānān) - shining; श्रिया (śriyā) - with splendor; वृतान् (vṛtān) - surrounded;]
(Having seen those heroes standing on chariots, equal in brilliance to the sun and fire, all great archers indeed, shining and surrounded with splendor.)
Upon seeing those heroes standing on their chariots, whose brilliance was akin to the sun and fire, all of them great archers, shining and enveloped in splendor.
महाहवे दीप्यमानान्सुवर्णकवचोज्ज्वलान्। तत्यजुः समरे भीमं तव पुत्रा महाबलाः ॥६-७४-१६॥
mahāhave dīpyamānān suvarṇakavacojjvalān। tatyajuḥ samare bhīmaṃ tava putrā mahābalāḥ ॥6-74-16॥
[महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle; दीप्यमानान् (dīpyamānān) - shining; सुवर्णकवचोज्ज्वलान् (suvarṇakavacojjvalān) - with golden armor shining; तत्यजुः (tatyajuḥ) - abandoned; समरे (samare) - in the battle; भीमं (bhīmaṃ) - Bhima; तव (tava) - your; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - mighty;]
(In the great battle, your mighty sons, shining with golden armor, abandoned Bhima in the battle.)
In the great battle, your mighty sons, who were shining with golden armor, left Bhima behind in the battlefield.
तान्नामृष्यत कौन्तेयो जीवमाना गता इति। अन्वीय च पुनः सर्वांस्तव पुत्रानपीडयत् ॥६-७४-१७॥
tānnāmṛṣyata kaunteyo jīvamānā gatā iti। anvīya ca punaḥ sarvāṃstava putrānapīḍayat ॥6-74-17॥
[तान् (tān) - them; नाम (nāmṛṣyata) - did not forgive; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kunti; जीवमानाः (jīvamānāḥ) - living; गताः (gatāḥ) - gone; इति (iti) - thus; अन्वीय (anvīya) - having pursued; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; अपीडयत् (apīḍayat) - tormented;]
(The son of Kunti did not forgive them, thinking they were gone while living. Having pursued, he again tormented all your sons.)
The son of Kunti, believing them to be alive and gone, did not forgive them. He pursued and tormented all your sons once more.
अथाभिमन्युं समरे भीमसेनेन सङ्गतम्। पार्षतेन च सम्प्रेक्ष्य तव सैन्ये महारथाः ॥६-७४-१८॥
athābhimanyuṃ samare bhīmasenena saṅgatam। pārṣatena ca samprekṣya tava sainye mahārathāḥ ॥6-74-18॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अभिमन्युं (abhimanyuṃ) - Abhimanyu; समरे (samare) - in battle; भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - with Bhimasena; सङ्गतम् (saṅgatam) - encountered; पार्षतेन (pārṣatena) - with the son of Prishata; च (ca) - and; सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen; तव (tava) - your; सैन्ये (sainye) - in the army; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors;]
(Then, having seen Abhimanyu encountered in battle with Bhimasena and the son of Prishata, the great warriors in your army.)
Then, seeing Abhimanyu engaged in battle with Bhimasena and the son of Prishata, the great warriors in your army took notice.
दुर्योधनप्रभृतयः प्रगृहीतशरासनाः। भृशमश्वैः प्रजवितैः प्रययुर्यत्र ते रथाः ॥६-७४-१९॥
duryodhanaprabhr̥tayaḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ। bhṛśamaśvaiḥ prajavitaiḥ prayayuryatra te rathāḥ ॥6-74-19॥
[दुर्योधनप्रभृतयः (duryodhanaprabhr̥tayaḥ) - Duryodhana and others; प्रगृहीतशरासनाः (pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ) - holding their bows; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - swiftly; अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - with horses; प्रजवितैः (prajavitaiḥ) - driven fast; प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - went; यत्र (yatra) - where; ते (te) - those; रथाः (rathāḥ) - chariots;]
(Duryodhana and others, holding their bows, swiftly went with horses driven fast where those chariots (were).)
Duryodhana and his allies, with their bows in hand, swiftly rode their fast-driven horses to the place where those chariots were.
अपराह्णे ततो राजन्प्रावर्तत महान्रणः। तावकानां च बलिनां परेषां चैव भारत ॥६-७४-२०॥
aparāhṇe tato rājanprāvartata mahānraṇaḥ। tāvakānāṃ ca balināṃ pareṣāṃ caiva bhārata ॥6-74-20॥
[अपराह्णे (aparāhṇe) - in the afternoon; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - commenced; महान् (mahān) - great; रणः (raṇaḥ) - battle; तावकानां (tāvakānāṃ) - of your forces; च (ca) - and; बलिनां (balināṃ) - of the strong; परेषां (pareṣāṃ) - of the enemies; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]
(In the afternoon, then, O king, a great battle commenced between your strong forces and the enemies, O descendant of Bharata.)
In the afternoon, a great battle began between your mighty forces and the enemies, O King Bharata.
अभिमन्युर्विकर्णस्य हयान्हत्वा महाजवान्। अथैनं पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समाचिनोत् ॥६-७४-२१॥
abhimanyurvikarṇasya hayānhatvā mahājavān। athainaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā kṣudrakāṇāṃ samācinot ॥6-74-21॥
[अभिमन्युः (abhimanyuḥ) - Abhimanyu; विकर्णस्य (vikarṇasya) - of Vikarna; हयान् (hayān) - horses; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; महाजवान् (mahājavān) - greatly swift; अथ (atha) - then; एनम् (enam) - him; पञ्चविंशत्या (pañcaviṃśatyā) - with twenty-five; क्षुद्रकाणाम् (kṣudrakāṇām) - of the small ones; समाचिनोत् (samācinot) - surrounded;]
(Abhimanyu, having killed the greatly swift horses of Vikarna, then surrounded him with twenty-five of the small ones.)
Abhimanyu, after slaying the swift horses of Vikarna, surrounded him with twenty-five warriors.
हताश्वं रथमुत्सृज्य विकर्णस्तु महारथः। आरुरोह रथं राजंश्चित्रसेनस्य भास्वरम् ॥६-७४-२२॥
hatāśvaṃ ratham utsṛjya vikarṇas tu mahārathaḥ। āruroha rathaṃ rājaṃś citrasenasya bhāsvaram ॥6-74-22॥
[हताश्वम् (hatāśvam) - with dead horses; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarna; तु (tu) - but; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior; आरुरोह (āruroha) - ascended; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; राजन् (rājan) - O king; चित्रसेनस्य (citrasenasya) - of Citraseṇa; भास्वरम् (bhāsvaram) - shining;]
(Abandoning the chariot with dead horses, Vikarna, the great warrior, ascended the shining chariot of Citraseṇa, O king.)
Vikarna, the great warrior, left his chariot with dead horses and climbed onto the bright chariot of Citraseṇa, O king.
स्थितावेकरथे तौ तु भ्रातरौ कुरुवर्धनौ। आर्जुनिः शरजालेन छादयामास भारत ॥६-७४-२३॥
sthitāvekarathe tau tu bhrātarau kuruvardhanau। ārjuniḥ śarajālena chādayāmāsa bhārata ॥6-74-23॥
[स्थितौ (sthitau) - standing; एकरथे (ekarathe) - on the same chariot; तौ (tau) - those two; तु (tu) - indeed; भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - brothers; कुरुवर्धनौ (kuruvardhanau) - the enhancers of the Kuru dynasty; आर्जुनिः (ārjuniḥ) - Arjuna's son; शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with a net of arrows; छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]
(Standing on the same chariot, those two brothers, the enhancers of the Kuru dynasty, Arjuna's son covered with a net of arrows, O descendant of Bharata.)
Standing together on the same chariot, the two brothers, who were the pride of the Kuru dynasty, were covered by Arjuna's son with a shower of arrows, O Bharata.
दुर्जयोऽथ विकर्णश्च कार्ष्णिं पञ्चभिरायसैः। विव्यधाते न चाकम्पत्कार्ष्णिर्मेरुरिवाचलः ॥६-७४-२४॥
durjayo'tha vikarṇaśca kārṣṇiṁ pañcabhirāyasaiḥ। vivyadhāte na cākampatkārṣṇirmerurivācalaḥ ॥6-74-24॥
[दुर्जयः (durjayaḥ) - Durjaya; अथ (atha) - then; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarna; च (ca) - and; कार्ष्णिम् (kārṣṇim) - Kārṣhṇi; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; आयसैः (āyasaiḥ) - iron arrows; विव्यधाते (vivyadhāte) - pierced; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अकम्पत् (akampat) - shook; कार्ष्णिः (kārṣṇiḥ) - Kārṣhṇi; मेरुः (meruḥ) - Meru; इव (iva) - like; अचलः (acalaḥ) - mountain;]
(Durjaya and Vikarna then pierced Kārṣhṇi with five iron arrows, but Kārṣhṇi did not shake, like the mountain Meru.)
Durjaya and Vikarna attacked Kārṣhṇi with five iron arrows, yet Kārṣhṇi stood firm like the immovable mountain Meru.
दुःशासनस्तु समरे केकयान्पञ्च मारिष। योधयामास राजेन्द्र तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥६-७४-२५॥
duḥśāsanastu samare kekayānpañca māriṣa। yodhayāmāsa rājendra tadadbhutamivābhavat ॥6-74-25॥
[दुःशासनः (duḥśāsanaḥ) - Duhshasana; तु (tu) - but; समरे (samare) - in battle; केकयान् (kekayān) - the Kekayas; पञ्च (pañca) - five; मारिष (māriṣa) - O lord; योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - fought; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; तत् (tad) - that; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; इव (iva) - as if; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(Duhshasana, but in battle, the five Kekayas, O lord, fought, O king, that wonderful as if became.)
Duhshasana fought the five Kekayas in battle, O king, and it seemed as if it was a wonderful event.
द्रौपदेया रणे क्रुद्धा दुर्योधनमवारयन्। एकैकस्त्रिभिरानर्छत्पुत्रं तव विशां पते ॥६-७४-२६॥
draupadeyā raṇe kruddhā duryodhanamavārayan। ekaikastribhirānarchatputraṃ tava viśāṃ pate ॥6-74-26॥
[द्रौपदेया (draupadeyā) - sons of Draupadi; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; क्रुद्धा (kruddhā) - angry; दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; अवारयन् (avārayan) - stopped; एकैकः (ekaikaḥ) - each one; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; आनर्छत् (ānarchat) - attacked; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; तव (tava) - your; विशाम् (viśām) - of the people; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(The sons of Draupadi, angry in battle, stopped Duryodhana. Each one attacked your son, O lord of the people, with three (arrows).)
The sons of Draupadi, enraged in the battle, confronted Duryodhana. Each of them attacked your son, O lord of the people, with three arrows.
पुत्रोऽपि तव दुर्धर्षो द्रौपद्यास्तनयान्रणे। सायकैर्निशितै राजन्नाजघान पृथक्पृथक् ॥६-७४-२७॥
putro'pi tava durdharṣo draupadyāstanayānraṇe। sāyakairniśitai rājannājaghāna pṛthakpṛthak ॥6-74-27॥
[पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; अपि (api) - also; तव (tava) - your; दुर्धर्षः (durdharṣaḥ) - invincible; द्रौपद्यास् (draupadyās) - of Draupadi; तनयान् (tanayān) - sons; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अजघान (ajaghāna) - killed; पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately; पृथक् (pṛthak) - one by one;]
(Your invincible son also killed the sons of Draupadi in battle with sharp arrows, O king, separately, one by one.)
Your valiant son, with his sharp arrows, also slew the sons of Draupadi in the battle, O king, each one separately.
तैश्चापि विद्धः शुशुभे रुधिरेण समुक्षितः। गिरिप्रस्रवणैर्यद्वद्गिरिर्धातुविमिश्रितैः ॥६-७४-२८॥
taiś cāpi viddhaḥ śuśubhe rudhireṇa samukṣitaḥ। giriprasravaṇair yadvad girir dhātu-vimiśritaiḥ ॥6-74-28॥
[तैः (taiḥ) - by those; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; विद्धः (viddhaḥ) - pierced; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - with blood; समुक्षितः (samukṣitaḥ) - smeared; गिरिप्रस्रवणैः (giriprasravaṇaiḥ) - with mountain streams; यद्वत् (yadvat) - as; गिरिः (giriḥ) - a mountain; धातु (dhātu) - with minerals; विमिश्रितैः (vimiśritaiḥ) - mixed;]
(Pierced by those, he shone, smeared with blood, as a mountain with minerals mixed with mountain streams.)
He was pierced by them and shone, smeared with blood, like a mountain mixed with minerals and mountain streams.
भीष्मोऽपि समरे राजन्पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्। कालयामास बलवान्पालः पशुगणानिव ॥६-७४-२९॥
bhīṣmo'pi samare rājanpāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm। kālayāmāsa balavānpālaḥ paśugaṇāniva ॥6-74-29॥
[भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; अपि (api) - also; समरे (samare) - in the battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; अनीकिनीम् (anīkinīm) - army; कालयामास (kālayāmāsa) - destroyed; बलवान् (balavān) - the powerful; पालः (pālaḥ) - protector; पशुगणान् (paśugaṇān) - herds of cattle; इव (iva) - like;]
(Bhishma also, in the battle, O king, destroyed the army of the Pandavas, like a powerful protector (destroys) herds of cattle.)
O king, Bhishma, the powerful protector, annihilated the Pandavas' army in the battle, just as a protector would disperse herds of cattle.
ततो गाण्डीवनिर्घोषः प्रादुरासीद्विशां पते। दक्षिणेन वरूथिन्याः पार्थस्यारीन्विनिघ्नतः ॥६-७४-३०॥
tato gāṇḍīvanirghoṣaḥ prādurāsīdviśāṃ pate। dakṣiṇena varūthinyāḥ pārthasyārīnvini ghnataḥ ॥6-74-30॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; गाण्डीव-निर्घोषः (gāṇḍīva-nirghoṣaḥ) - the twang of the Gandiva bow; प्रादुरासीद् (prādurāsīd) - manifested; विशां (viśāṃ) - of the people; पते (pate) - O lord; दक्षिणेन (dakṣiṇena) - on the right; वरूथिन्याः (varūthinyāḥ) - of the army; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna; अरीन् (arīn) - enemies; विनिघ्नतः (vinighnataḥ) - slaying;]
(Then the twang of the Gandiva bow manifested, O lord of the people, on the right of the army of Arjuna slaying enemies.)
Then, O lord of the people, the sound of the Gandiva bow was heard on the right side of Arjuna's army as he was slaying his enemies.
उत्तस्थुः समरे तत्र कबन्धानि समन्ततः। कुरूणां चापि सैन्येषु पाण्डवानां च भारत ॥६-७४-३१॥
uttasthuḥ samare tatra kabandhāni samantataḥ। kurūṇāṃ cāpi sainyeṣu pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhārata ॥6-74-31॥
[उत्तस्थुः (uttasthuḥ) - rose; समरे (samare) - in the battle; तत्र (tatra) - there; कबन्धानि (kabandhāni) - headless bodies; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kauravas; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सैन्येषु (sainyeṣu) - in the armies; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata;]
(There rose headless bodies all around in the battle, both in the armies of the Kauravas and the Pandavas, O Bharata.)
In the battle, headless bodies rose all around, among both the Kaurava and Pandava armies, O Bharata.
शोणितोदं रथावर्तं गजद्वीपं हयोर्मिणम्। रथनौभिर्नरव्याघ्राः प्रतेरुः सैन्यसागरम् ॥६-७४-३२॥
śoṇitodaṃ rathāvartaṃ gajadvīpaṃ hayormiṇam। rathanau bhirnaravyāghrāḥ prateruḥ sainyasāgaram ॥6-74-32॥
[शोणितोदं (śoṇitodam) - blood-ocean; रथावर्तं (rathāvartam) - chariot-whirlpool; गजद्वीपं (gajadvīpam) - elephant-island; हयोर्मिणम् (hayormiṇam) - horse-fish; रथनौभिः (rathanau bhiḥ) - by chariot-boats; नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - tiger-men; प्रतेरुः (prateruḥ) - crossed; सैन्यसागरम् (sainyasāgaram) - army-ocean;]
(The tiger-men crossed the army-ocean by chariot-boats, through the blood-ocean, chariot-whirlpool, elephant-island, and horse-fish.)
The warriors, fierce as tigers, navigated the vast army like an ocean, using their chariots as boats, traversing through rivers of blood, whirlpools of chariots, islands of elephants, and waves of horses.
छिन्नहस्ता विकवचा विदेहाश्च नरोत्तमाः। पतितास्तत्र दृश्यन्ते शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥६-७४-३३॥
Chinnahastā vikavachā videhāśca narottamāḥ। patitāstatra dṛśyante śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥6-74-33॥
[छिन्नहस्ता (chinnahastā) - with severed arms; विकवचा (vikavachā) - without armor; विदेहाः (videhāḥ) - without bodies; च (ca) - and; नरोत्तमाः (narottamāḥ) - best of men; पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen; तत्र (tatra) - there; दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(With severed arms, without armor, without bodies, and the best of men fallen there are seen by hundreds and by thousands.)
The best of men, with severed arms and without armor, are seen fallen there by hundreds and thousands.
निहतैर्मत्तमातङ्गैः शोणितौघपरिप्लुतैः। भूर्भाति भरतश्रेष्ठ पर्वतैराचिता यथा ॥६-७४-३४॥
nihatairmattamātaṅgaiḥ śoṇitaughapariplutaiḥ। bhūrbhāti bharataśreṣṭha parvatairācitā yathā ॥6-74-34॥
[निहतैः (nihataiḥ) - by the slain; मत्तमातङ्गैः (mattamātaṅgaiḥ) - intoxicated elephants; शोणितौघपरिप्लुतैः (śoṇitaughapariplutaiḥ) - flooded with streams of blood; भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - the earth; भाति (bhāti) - appears; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; पर्वतैः (parvataiḥ) - with mountains; आचिता (ācitā) - filled; यथा (yathā) - as; ॥६-७४-३४॥ (॥6-74-34॥) - (verse number);]
(The earth, O best of the Bharatas, appears as if filled with mountains, by the slain intoxicated elephants, flooded with streams of blood.)
O best of the Bharatas, the earth appears as if it is filled with mountains, due to the slain intoxicated elephants and the streams of blood flowing from them.
तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम तव तेषां च भारत। न तत्रासीत्पुमान्कश्चिद्यो योद्धुं नाभिकाङ्क्षति ॥६-७४-३५॥
tatrādbhutamapaśyāma tava teṣāṃ ca bhārata। na tatrāsītpumāna kaścidyo yoddhuṃ nābhikāṅkṣati ॥6-74-35॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw; तव (tava) - your; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; न (na) - not; तत्र (tatra) - there; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; पुमान् (pumān) - a man; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; यः (yaḥ) - who; योद्धुम् (yoddhum) - to fight; न (na) - not; अभिकाङ्क्षति (abhikāṅkṣati) - desires;]
(There we saw a wonderful thing of yours and of them, O Bharata. There was not a man who desired to fight.)
O Bharata, there we witnessed a remarkable sight of yours and theirs. There was no man who wished to engage in battle.
एवं युयुधिरे वीराः प्रार्थयाना महद्यशः। तावकाः पाण्डवैः सार्धं काङ्क्षमाणा जयं युधि ॥६-७४-३६॥
evaṁ yuyudhire vīrāḥ prārthayānā mahadyaśaḥ। tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṁ kāṅkṣamāṇā jayaṁ yudhi ॥6-74-36॥
[एवं (evaṁ) - thus; युयुधिरे (yuyudhire) - fought; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; प्रार्थयाना (prārthayānā) - desiring; महद्यशः (mahadyaśaḥ) - great fame; तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your men; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pandavas; सार्धं (sārdhaṁ) - together; काङ्क्षमाणा (kāṅkṣamāṇā) - desiring; जयं (jayaṁ) - victory; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(Thus, the heroes fought, desiring great fame; your men, together with the Pandavas, desiring victory in battle.)
Thus, the brave warriors, seeking great glory, engaged in battle; your forces, alongside the Pandavas, aspired for victory in the war.
