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Core and Pancharatra: In the afternoon, commanded by Yudhisthira, Pandava army attacks Bhishma with the intent to kill him. Drona torments Shrinjayas. Bhima goes after the elephant army. Nakula and Sahadeva go after the cavalry.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhritarashtra said:)
Dhritarashtra spoke:
दृष्ट्वा मम हतान्पुत्रान्बहूनेकेन सञ्जय। भीष्मो द्रोणः कृपश्चैव किमकुर्वत संयुगे ॥६-८५-१॥
dṛṣṭvā mama hatānputrānbahūnekena sañjaya। bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpaścaiva kimakurvata saṃyuge ॥6-85-1॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; मम (mama) - my; हतान् (hatān) - slain; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; बहून् (bahūn) - many; एकेन (ekena) - by one; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kripa; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; किम् (kim) - what; अकुर्वत (akurvata) - did do; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in the battle;]
(Having seen my many sons slain by one, Sanjaya, what did Bhishma, Drona, and Kripa do in the battle?)
Sanjaya, upon seeing my many sons slain by one, what actions did Bhishma, Drona, and Kripa take in the battle?
अहन्यहनि मे पुत्राः क्षयं गच्छन्ति सञ्जय। मन्येऽहं सर्वथा सूत दैवेनोपहता भृशम् ॥६-८५-२॥
ahanyahani me putrāḥ kṣayaṃ gacchanti sañjaya। manye'haṃ sarvathā sūta daivenopahatā bhṛśam ॥6-85-2॥
[अहन्यहनि (ahanyahani) - day by day; मे (me) - my; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction; गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - go; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; मन्ये (manye) - I think; अहम् (aham) - I; सर्वथा (sarvathā) - completely; सूत (sūta) - charioteer; दैवेन (daivena) - by fate; उपहताः (upahatāḥ) - afflicted; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly;]
(Day by day my sons go to destruction, Sanjaya. I think, O charioteer, I am completely afflicted by fate greatly.)
Day by day, my sons are being destroyed, Sanjaya. I believe, O charioteer, that I am greatly afflicted by fate.
यत्र मे तनयाः सर्वे जीयन्ते न जयन्त्युत। यत्र भीष्मस्य द्रोणस्य कृपस्य च महात्मनः ॥६-८५-३॥
yatra me tanayāḥ sarve jīyante na jayantyuta। yatra bhīṣmasya droṇasya kṛpasya ca mahātmanaḥ ॥6-85-3॥
[यत्र (yatra) - where; मे (me) - my; तनयाः (tanayāḥ) - sons; सर्वे (sarve) - all; जीयन्ते (jīyante) - are victorious; न (na) - not; जयन्ति (jayanti) - conquer; उत (uta) - indeed; यत्र (yatra) - where; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Drona; कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kripa; च (ca) - and; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great souls;]
(Where all my sons are victorious and not conquered, where Bhishma, Drona, and Kripa, the great souls, are.)
In the place where all my sons are victorious and not defeated, where the great souls Bhishma, Drona, and Kripa reside.
सौमदत्तेश्च वीरस्य भगदत्तस्य चोभयोः। अश्वत्थाम्नस्तथा तात शूराणां सुमहात्मनाम् ॥६-८५-४॥
saumadatteśca vīrasya bhagadattasya cobhayoḥ। aśvatthāmnastathā tāta śūrāṇāṃ sumahātmanām ॥6-85-4॥
[सौमदत्तेः (saumadatteḥ) - of Saumadatta; च (ca) - and; वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero; भगदत्तस्य (bhagadattasya) - of Bhagadatta; च (ca) - and; उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both; अश्वत्थाम्नः (aśvatthāmnaḥ) - of Ashwatthama; तथा (tathā) - also; तात (tāta) - O father; शूराणां (śūrāṇāṃ) - of the brave; सुमहात्मनाम् (sumahātmanām) - of the great souls;]
(Of Saumadatta and the hero Bhagadatta, of both; of Ashwatthama also, O father, of the brave and great souls.)
O father, it is about Saumadatta, the hero Bhagadatta, Ashwatthama, and all the brave and noble souls.
अन्येषां चैव वीराणां मध्यगास्तनया मम। यदहन्यन्त सङ्ग्रामे किमन्यद्भागधेयतः ॥६-८५-५॥
anyeṣāṃ caiva vīrāṇāṃ madhyagāstanayā mama। yadahaṇyanta saṅgrāme kimanyadbhāgadheyataḥ ॥6-85-5॥
[अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of others; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; वीराणाम् (vīrāṇām) - of heroes; मध्यगाः (madhyagāḥ) - in the midst; तनयाः (tanayāḥ) - sons; मम (mama) - my; यत् (yat) - which; अहन्यन्त (ahaṇyanta) - were killed; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; किम् (kim) - what; अन्यत् (anyat) - else; भागधेयतः (bhāgadheyataḥ) - by fate;]
(In the midst of other heroes, my sons who were killed in battle, what else could it be but fate?)
Among other heroes, my sons who were in the midst of the battle were killed; what else could be the reason but fate?
न हि दुर्योधनो मन्दः पुरा प्रोक्तमबुध्यत। वार्यमाणो मया तात भीष्मेण विदुरेण च ॥६-८५-६॥
na hi duryodhano mandaḥ purā proktamabudhyata। vāryamāṇo mayā tāta bhīṣmeṇa vidureṇa ca ॥6-85-6॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; मन्दः (mandaḥ) - foolish; पुरा (purā) - before; प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - spoken; अबुध्यत (abudhyata) - understood; वार्यमाणः (vāryamāṇaḥ) - being restrained; मया (mayā) - by me; तात (tāta) - O dear; भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhishma; विदुरेण (vidureṇa) - by Vidura; च (ca) - and;]
(Duryodhana, being foolish, did not understand what was spoken before, even when restrained by me, O dear, by Bhishma and Vidura.)
Duryodhana, in his foolishness, failed to comprehend the advice given to him earlier, despite being cautioned by me, dear one, as well as by Bhishma and Vidura.
गान्धार्या चैव दुर्मेधाः सततं हितकाम्यया। नावबुध्यत्पुरा मोहात्तस्य प्राप्तमिदं फलम् ॥६-८५-७॥
gāndhāryā caiva durmedhāḥ satataṃ hitakāmyayā। nāvabudhyatpurā mohāttasya prāptamidaṃ phalam ॥6-85-7॥
[गान्धार्या (gāndhāryā) - by Gāndhārī; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दुर्मेधाः (durmedhāḥ) - foolish; सततं (satatam) - always; हितकाम्यया (hitakāmyayā) - with desire for welfare; न (na) - not; अवबुध्यत (avabudhyata) - understood; पुरा (purā) - formerly; मोहात् (mohāt) - due to delusion; तस्य (tasya) - his; प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained; इदं (idam) - this; फलम् (phalam) - result;]
(By Gāndhārī, indeed, the foolish one, always with desire for welfare, did not understand formerly due to delusion; his this result was obtained.)
Gāndhārī, always desiring the welfare, did not realize the consequences of her actions due to her foolishness and delusion. This is the result he has obtained.
यद्भीमसेनः समरे पुत्रान्मम विचेतसः। अहन्यहनि सङ्क्रुद्धो नयते यमसादनम् ॥६-८५-८॥
yadbhīmasenaḥ samare putrānmama vicetasaḥ। ahanyahani saṅkruddho nayate yamasādanam ॥6-85-8॥
[यत् (yat) - when; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; समरे (samare) - in battle; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; मम (mama) - my; विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - unconscious; अहनि (ahani) - day; अहनि (ahani) - by day; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angry; नयते (nayate) - leads; यमसादनम् (yamasādanam) - to the abode of Yama;]
(When Bhimasena, in battle, leads my sons, unconscious, day by day, angrily to the abode of Yama.)
When Bhimasena, filled with rage, leads my unconscious sons to the abode of Yama day after day in battle.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
इदं तत्समनुप्राप्तं क्षत्तुर्वचनमुत्तमम्। न बुद्धवानसि विभो प्रोच्यमानं हितं तदा ॥६-८५-९॥
idaṃ tatsamanuprāptaṃ kṣatturvacanamuttamam। na buddhavānasi vibho procyamānaṃ hitaṃ tadā ॥6-85-9॥
[इदं (idaṃ) - this; तत् (tat) - that; समनुप्राप्तं (samanuprāptaṃ) - attained; क्षत्तुः (kṣattuḥ) - of the minister; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent; न (na) - not; बुद्धवानसि (buddhavānasi) - you understood; विभो (vibho) - O lord; प्रोच्यमानं (procyamānaṃ) - being spoken; हितं (hitaṃ) - beneficial; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(This excellent speech of the minister was attained. O lord, you did not understand the beneficial words being spoken then.)
The excellent advice given by the minister was not understood by you, O lord, at that time, even though it was beneficial.
निवारय सुतान्द्यूतात्पाण्डवान्मा द्रुहेति च। सुहृदां हितकामानां ब्रुवतां तत्तदेव च ॥६-८५-१०॥
nivāraya sutāndyūtātpāṇḍavānmā druheti ca। suhṛdāṃ hitakāmānāṃ bruvatāṃ tattadeva ca ॥6-85-10॥
[निवारय (nivāraya) - restrain; सुतान् (sutān) - sons; द्यूतात् (dyūtāt) - from gambling; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - Pāṇḍavas; मा (mā) - do not; द्रुह (druha) - harm; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; सुहृदाम् (suhṛdām) - of friends; हितकामानाम् (hitakāmānām) - well-wishers; ब्रुवताम् (bruvatām) - speaking; तत्तदेव (tattadeva) - that very thing; च (ca) - and;]
(Restrain the sons from gambling, do not harm the Pāṇḍavas, thus and of friends, well-wishers speaking that very thing and.)
Restrain your sons from gambling and do not harm the Pāṇḍavas, as advised by the well-wishing friends who speak of the same repeatedly.
न शुश्रूषसि यद्वाक्यं मर्त्यः पथ्यमिवौषधम्। तदेव त्वामनुप्राप्तं वचनं साधु भाषितम् ॥६-८५-११॥
na śuśrūṣasi yadvākyaṃ martyaḥ pathyamivauṣadham। tadeva tvāmanuprāptaṃ vacanaṃ sādhu bhāṣitam ॥6-85-11॥
[न (na) - not; शुश्रूषसि (śuśrūṣasi) - you listen; यत् (yat) - which; वाक्यं (vākyaṃ) - word; मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal; पथ्यम् (pathyam) - beneficial; इव (iva) - like; औषधम् (auṣadham) - medicine; तत् (tat) - that; एव (eva) - indeed; त्वाम् (tvām) - to you; अनुप्राप्तम् (anuprāptam) - has come; वचनं (vacanaṃ) - speech; साधु (sādhu) - good; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - spoken;]
(The word which you, a mortal, do not listen to, like beneficial medicine, that very speech has indeed come to you, well spoken.)
The wise words that you, as a mortal, ignore like beneficial medicine, have now reached you, well articulated.
विदुरद्रोणभीष्माणां तथान्येषां हितैषिणाम्। अकृत्वा वचनं पथ्यं क्षयं गच्छन्ति कौरवाः ॥६-८५-१२॥
viduradroṇabhīṣmāṇāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ hitaiṣiṇām। akṛtvā vacanaṃ pathyaṃ kṣayaṃ gacchanti kauravāḥ ॥6-85-12॥
[विदुर (vidura) - Vidura; द्रोण (droṇa) - Drona; भीष्माणां (bhīṣmāṇāṃ) - of Bhishma; तथा (tathā) - and; अन्येषां (anyeṣāṃ) - of others; हितैषिणाम् (hitaiṣiṇām) - well-wishers; अकृत्वा (akṛtvā) - not following; वचनं (vacanaṃ) - advice; पथ्यं (pathyaṃ) - beneficial; क्षयं (kṣayaṃ) - destruction; गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - go; कौरवाः (kauravāḥ) - Kauravas;]
(The Kauravas, not following the beneficial advice of Vidura, Drona, Bhishma, and other well-wishers, go to destruction.)
The Kauravas ignored the wise counsel of Vidura, Drona, Bhishma, and others who wished them well, leading them to their downfall.
तदेतत्समतिक्रान्तं पूर्वमेव विशां पते। तस्मान्मे शृणु तत्त्वेन यथा युद्धमवर्तत ॥६-८५-१३॥
tadetatsamatikrāntaṃ pūrvameva viśāṃ pate। tasmānme śṛṇu tattvena yathā yuddhamavartata ॥6-85-13॥
[तत् (tat) - that; एतत् (etat) - this; समतिक्रान्तम् (samatikrāntam) - has passed; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before; एव (eva) - indeed; विशाम् (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - lord; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; मे (me) - my; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen; तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly; यथा (yathā) - how; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; अवर्तत (avartata) - took place;]
(That this has passed before indeed, O lord of men. Therefore, listen truly to how the battle took place.)
This has already happened before, O lord of men. Therefore, listen carefully to the true account of how the battle unfolded.
मध्याह्ने सुमहारौद्रः सङ्ग्रामः समपद्यत। लोकक्षयकरो राजंस्तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ॥६-८५-१४॥
madhyāhne sumahāraudraḥ saṅgrāmaḥ samapadyata। lokakṣayakaro rājanstanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu ॥6-85-14॥
[मध्याह्ने (madhyāhne) - at midday; सुमहारौद्रः (sumahāraudraḥ) - very fierce; सङ्ग्रामः (saṅgrāmaḥ) - battle; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - occurred; लोकक्षयकरः (lokakṣayakaraḥ) - world-destroying; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - my; निगदतः (nigadataḥ) - speaking; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen;]
(At midday, a very fierce battle occurred. O king, listen to my words about that world-destroying event.)
At midday, a very fierce battle took place, which was capable of destroying the world. O king, listen to my account of it.
ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि धर्मपुत्रस्य शासनात्। संरब्धान्यभ्यधावन्त भीष्ममेव जिघांसया ॥६-८५-१५॥
tataḥ sarvāṇi sainyāni dharmaputrasya śāsanāt। saṁrabdhānyabhyadhāvanta bhīṣmameva jighāṁsayā ॥6-85-15॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies; धर्मपुत्रस्य (dharmaputrasya) - of Dharmaputra; शासनात् (śāsanāt) - by the command; संरब्धानि (saṁrabdhāni) - excited; अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - rushed; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - at Bhishma; एव (eva) - only; जिघांसया (jighāṁsayā) - with the desire to kill;]
(Then all the armies, by the command of Dharmaputra, excitedly rushed at Bhishma with the desire to kill.)
Following the command of Dharmaputra, all the armies, filled with excitement, charged towards Bhishma with the intent to kill him.
धृष्टद्युम्नः शिखण्डी च सात्यकिश्च महारथः। युक्तानीका महाराज भीष्ममेव समभ्ययुः ॥६-८५-१६॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ। yuktānīkā mahārāja bhīṣmameva samabhyayuḥ ॥6-85-16॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; च (ca) - and; सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki; च (ca) - and; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior; युक्तानीकाः (yuktānīkāḥ) - with arranged troops; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhīṣma; एव (eva) - indeed; समभ्ययुः (samabhyayuḥ) - approached;]
(Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Śikhaṇḍī, and Sātyaki, the great warriors, with arranged troops, O great king, indeed approached Bhīṣma.)
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Śikhaṇḍī, and Sātyaki, the great warriors, with their troops arranged, approached Bhīṣma, O great king.
अर्जुनो द्रौपदेयाश्च चेकितानश्च संयुगे। दुर्योधनसमादिष्टान्राज्ञः सर्वान्समभ्ययुः ॥६-८५-१७॥
arjuno draupadeyāś ca cekitānaś ca saṃyuge। duryodhanasamādiṣṭān rājñaḥ sarvān samabhyayuḥ ॥6-85-17॥
[अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; द्रौपदेयाः (draupadeyāḥ) - sons of Draupadi; च (ca) - and; चेकितानः (cekitānaḥ) - Cekitana; च (ca) - and; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in the battle; दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; समादिष्टान् (samādiṣṭān) - ordered; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - by the king; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; समभ्ययुः (samabhyayuḥ) - approached;]
(Arjuna, the sons of Draupadi, and Cekitana in the battle, ordered by King Duryodhana, approached all.)
Arjuna, the sons of Draupadi, and Cekitana, commanded by King Duryodhana, advanced towards all in the battle.
अभिमन्युस्तथा वीरो हैडिम्बश्च महारथः। भीमसेनश्च सङ्क्रुद्धस्तेऽभ्यधावन्त कौरवान् ॥६-८५-१८॥
abhimanyustathā vīro haiḍimbaśca mahārathaḥ। bhīmasenaśca saṅkruddhaste'bhyadhāvanta kauravān ॥6-85-18॥
[अभिमन्युः (abhimanyuḥ) - Abhimanyu; तथा (tathā) - also; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; हैडिम्बः (haiḍimbaḥ) - Hidimba; च (ca) - and; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; च (ca) - and; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angry; ते (te) - they; अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - rushed towards; कौरवान् (kauravān) - the Kauravas;]
(Abhimanyu, the hero, and Hidimba, the great warrior, and Bhimasena, angry, they rushed towards the Kauravas.)
Abhimanyu, along with the valiant Hidimba and the furious Bhimasena, charged towards the Kauravas.
त्रिधाभूतैरवध्यन्त पाण्डवैः कौरवा युधि। तथैव कौरवे राजन्नवध्यन्त परे रणे ॥६-८५-१९॥
tridhābhūtairavadhyanta pāṇḍavaiḥ kauravā yudhi। tathaiva kaurave rājannavadhyanta pare raṇe ॥6-85-19॥
[त्रिधाभूतैः (tridhābhūtaiḥ) - by the threefold beings; अवध्यन्त (avadhyanta) - were killed; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by the Pandavas; कौरवाः (kauravāḥ) - the Kauravas; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; तथैव (tathaiva) - similarly; कौरवे (kaurave) - by the Kaurava; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अवध्यन्त (avadhyanta) - were killed; परे (pare) - by the others; रणे (raṇe) - in the battle;]
(The Kauravas were killed in battle by the threefold beings and the Pandavas; similarly, O king, the others were killed by the Kaurava in the battle.)
In the battle, the Kauravas were slain by the Pandavas and the threefold beings; likewise, O king, the others were slain by the Kaurava.
द्रोणस्तु रथिनां श्रेष्ठः सोमकान्सृञ्जयैः सह। अभ्यद्रवत सङ्क्रुद्धः प्रेषयिष्यन्यमक्षयम् ॥६-८५-२०॥
droṇastu rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ somakānsṛñjayaiḥ saha। abhyadravata saṅkruddhaḥ preṣayiṣyanyamakṣayam ॥6-85-20॥
[द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona; तु (tu) - but; रथिनां (rathināṃ) - of charioteers; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the best; सोमकान् (somakān) - Somakas; सृञ्जयैः (sṛñjayaiḥ) - with the Srinjayas; सह (saha) - together; अभ्यद्रवत (abhyadravata) - attacked; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angrily; प्रेषयिष्यन् (preṣayiṣyan) - intending to send; यमक्षयम् (yamakṣayam) - to the abode of Yama;]
(Drona, the best of charioteers, angrily attacked the Somakas together with the Srinjayas, intending to send them to the abode of Yama.)
Drona, the foremost among charioteers, fiercely charged at the Somakas and the Srinjayas, with the intent to dispatch them to the realm of Yama.
तत्राक्रन्दो महानासीत्सृञ्जयानां महात्मनाम्। वध्यतां समरे राजन्भारद्वाजेन धन्विना ॥६-८५-२१॥
tatrākrando mahān āsīt sṛñjayānāṃ mahātmanām। vadhyatāṃ samare rājan bhāradvājena dhanvinā ॥6-85-21॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; आक्रन्दः (ākrandaḥ) - lamentation; महान् (mahān) - great; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; सृञ्जयानाम् (sṛñjayānām) - of the Sṛñjayas; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great souls; वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - being slain; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; भारद्वाजेन (bhāradvājena) - by Bhāradvāja; धन्विना (dhanvinā) - by the archer;]
(There was great lamentation of the Sṛñjayas, the great souls, being slain in battle, O king, by Bhāradvāja, the archer.)
There was a great lamentation among the Sṛñjayas, the noble ones, as they were being slain in battle by Bhāradvāja, the skilled archer, O king.
द्रोणेन निहतास्तत्र क्षत्रिया बहवो रणे। विवेष्टन्तः स्म दृश्यन्ते व्याधिक्लिष्टा नरा इव ॥६-८५-२२॥
droṇena nihatāstatra kṣatriyā bahavo raṇe। viveṣṭantaḥ sma dṛśyante vyādhikliṣṭā narā iva ॥6-85-22॥
[द्रोणेन (droṇena) - by Drona; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed; तत्र (tatra) - there; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; विवेष्टन्तः (viveṣṭantaḥ) - writhing; स्म (sma) - indeed; दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen; व्याधिक्लिष्टाः (vyādhikliṣṭāḥ) - afflicted by disease; नराः (narāḥ) - men; इव (iva) - like;]
(There, many warriors were killed by Drona in battle. They are seen writhing indeed, like men afflicted by disease.)
In that battle, many warriors were slain by Drona. They were seen writhing on the ground, as if they were men tormented by disease.
कूजतां क्रन्दतां चैव स्तनतां चैव संयुगे। अनिशं श्रूयते शब्दः क्षुत्कृशानां नृणामिव ॥६-८५-२३॥
kūjatāṃ krandatāṃ caiva stanatāṃ caiva saṃyuge। aniśaṃ śrūyate śabdaḥ kṣutkṛśānāṃ nṛṇāmiva ॥6-85-23॥
[कूजतां (kūjatāṃ) - cooing; क्रन्दतां (krandatāṃ) - crying; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; स्तनतां (stanatāṃ) - moaning; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; अनिशं (aniśaṃ) - constantly; श्रूयते (śrūyate) - is heard; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; क्षुत्कृशानां (kṣutkṛśānāṃ) - of the hungry and emaciated; नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men; इव (iva) - like;]
(The sound of cooing, crying, and moaning is constantly heard in battle, like that of hungry and emaciated men.)
In the battle, the continuous sounds of cooing, crying, and moaning are heard, resembling the cries of hungry and emaciated men.
तथैव कौरवेयाणां भीमसेनो महाबलः। चकार कदनं घोरं क्रुद्धः काल इवापरः ॥६-८५-२४॥
tathaiva kauraveyāṇāṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ। cakāra kadanaṃ ghoraṃ kruddhaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ ॥6-85-24॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; कौरवेयाणां (kauraveyāṇāṃ) - of the Kauravas; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty; चकार (cakāra) - did; कदनं (kadanaṃ) - slaughter; घोरं (ghoraṃ) - terrible; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; इव (iva) - like; अपरः (aparaḥ) - another;]
(In the same way, the mighty Bhimasena of the Kauravas did a terrible slaughter, angry like another time.)
In the same way, the mighty Bhimasena, filled with rage, caused a terrible slaughter among the Kauravas, like another form of time itself.
वध्यतां तत्र सैन्यानामन्योन्येन महारणे। प्रावर्तत नदी घोरा रुधिरौघप्रवाहिनी ॥६-८५-२५॥
vadhyatāṃ tatra sainyānām anyonyena mahāraṇe। prāvartata nadī ghorā rudhiraughapravāhinī ॥6-85-25॥
[वध्यतां (vadhyatām) - let be killed; तत्र (tatra) - there; सैन्यानाम् (sainyānām) - of the armies; अन्योन्येन (anyonyena) - by each other; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle; प्रावर्तत (prāvartata) - began; नदी (nadī) - river; घोरा (ghorā) - terrible; रुधिरौघप्रवाहिनी (rudhiraughapravāhinī) - flowing with streams of blood;]
(Let the armies be killed there by each other in the great battle. A terrible river began to flow with streams of blood.)
In the great battle, the armies began to kill each other, and a dreadful river of blood started to flow.
स सङ्ग्रामो महाराज घोररूपोऽभवन्महान्। कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनः ॥६-८५-२६॥
sa saṅgrāmo mahārāja ghorarūpo'bhavanmahān। kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yamarāṣṭravivardhanaḥ ॥6-85-26॥
[स (sa) - that; सङ्ग्रामः (saṅgrāmaḥ) - battle; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; घोररूपः (ghorarūpaḥ) - terrible in form; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; महान् (mahān) - great; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kauravas; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; च (ca) - and; यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनः (yamarāṣṭravivardhanaḥ) - increasing the domain of Yama;]
(That battle, O great king, became terrible in form and great, increasing the domain of Yama for the Kauravas and the Pandavas.)
The battle, O great king, was fierce and significant, leading to the expansion of Yama's realm for both the Kauravas and the Pandavas.
ततो भीमो रणे क्रुद्धो रभसश्च विशेषतः। गजानीकं समासाद्य प्रेषयामास मृत्यवे ॥६-८५-२७॥
tato bhīmo raṇe kruddho rabhasaśca viśeṣataḥ। gajānīkaṃ samāsādya preṣayāmāsa mṛtyave ॥6-85-27॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; रभसः (rabhasaḥ) - impetuous; च (ca) - and; विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially; गजानीकम् (gajānīkam) - elephant army; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent; मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) - to death;]
(Then Bhima, angry and especially impetuous in battle, having approached the elephant army, sent it to death.)
Then Bhima, filled with rage and extraordinary vigor in the battle, approached the elephant army and sent it to its doom.
तत्र भारत भीमेन नाराचाभिहता गजाः। पेतुः सेदुश्च नेदुश्च दिशश्च परिबभ्रमुः ॥६-८५-२८॥
tatra bhārata bhīmena nārācābhihatā gajāḥ। petuḥ seduśca neduśca diśaśca paribabhramuḥ ॥6-85-28॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhima; नाराचाभिहता (nārācābhihatā) - struck by arrows; गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants; पेतुः (petuḥ) - fell; सेदुः (seduḥ) - groaned; च (ca) - and; नेदुः (neduḥ) - cried; च (ca) - and; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; च (ca) - and; परिबभ्रमुः (paribabhramuḥ) - wandered;]
(There, O Bharata, the elephants struck by Bhima's arrows fell, groaned, cried, and wandered in all directions.)
In that place, O Bharata, the elephants struck by Bhima's arrows fell down, groaned, cried out, and wandered around in all directions.
छिन्नहस्ता महानागाश्छिन्नपादाश्च मारिष। क्रौञ्चवद्व्यनदन्भीताः पृथिवीमधिशिश्यिरे ॥६-८५-२९॥
Chinnahastā mahānāgāśchinnapādāśca māriṣa। Krauñcavadvyanadanbhītāḥ pṛthivīmadhiśiśyire ॥6-85-29॥
[छिन्नहस्ता (chinnahastā) - with severed hands; महानागाः (mahānāgāḥ) - great serpents; छिन्नपादाः (chinnapādāḥ) - with severed feet; च (ca) - and; मारिष (māriṣa) - O dear; क्रौञ्चवत् (krauñcavat) - like curlews; विनदन् (vinadan) - screaming; भीताः (bhītāḥ) - fearful; पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - on the earth; अधिशिश्यिरे (adhiśiśyire) - lay down;]
(With severed hands and feet, O dear, the great serpents, like curlews, screamed fearfully and lay down on the earth.)
O dear, the great serpents with severed hands and feet, screamed in fear like curlews and lay down on the earth.
नकुलः सहदेवश्च हयानीकमभिद्रुतौ। ते हयाः काञ्चनापीडा रुक्मभाण्डपरिच्छदाः ॥ वध्यमाना व्यदृश्यन्त शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥६-८५-३०॥
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca hayānīkamabhidrutau। te hayāḥ kāñcanāpīḍā rukmabhāṇḍaparicchadāḥ ॥ vadhyamānā vyadṛśyanta śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥6-85-30॥
[नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; च (ca) - and; हयानीकम् (hayānīkam) - cavalry; अभिद्रुतौ (abhidrutau) - attacked; ते (te) - those; हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses; काञ्चनापीडाः (kāñcanāpīḍāḥ) - with golden trappings; रुक्मभाण्डपरिच्छदाः (rukmabhāṇḍaparicchadāḥ) - with golden ornaments; वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slaughtered; व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - were seen; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and then; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Nakula and Sahadeva attacked the cavalry. Those horses with golden trappings and golden ornaments were seen being slaughtered by hundreds and then by thousands.)
Nakula and Sahadeva charged at the cavalry. The horses, adorned with golden trappings and ornaments, were seen being slaughtered in hundreds and thousands.
पतद्भिश्च हयै राजन्समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी। निर्जिह्वैश्च श्वसद्भिश्च कूजद्भिश्च गतासुभिः ॥ हयैर्बभौ नरश्रेष्ठ नानारूपधरैर्धरा ॥६-८५-३१॥
patadbhiśca hayai rājansamāstīryata medinī। nirjihvaiśca śvasadbhiśca kūjadbhiśca gatāsubhiḥ ॥ hayairbhabhau naraśreṣṭha nānārūpadharairdharā ॥6-85-31॥
[पतद्भिः (patadbhiḥ) - falling; च (ca) - and; हयैः (hayaiḥ) - horses; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सम् (sam) - completely; आस्तीर्यत (āstīryata) - was covered; मेदिनी (medinī) - earth; निर्जिह्वैः (nirjihvaiḥ) - tongueless; च (ca) - and; श्वसद्भिः (śvasadbhiḥ) - breathing; च (ca) - and; कूजद्भिः (kūjadbhiḥ) - crying; च (ca) - and; गतासुभिः (gatāsubhiḥ) - lifeless; हयैः (hayaiḥ) - horses; बभौ (babhau) - shone; नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best of men; नानारूपधरैः (nānārūpadharaiḥ) - of various forms; धरा (dharā) - earth;]
(The earth was completely covered with falling horses, O king, tongueless, breathing, crying, and lifeless. The earth shone, O best of men, with horses of various forms.)
O king, the earth was entirely covered with fallen horses, some without tongues, some breathing, some crying, and some lifeless. The earth appeared splendid, O best of men, with horses of various forms.
अर्जुनेन हतैः सङ्ख्ये तथा भारत वाजिभिः। प्रबभौ वसुधा घोरा तत्र तत्र विशां पते ॥६-८५-३२॥
arjunena hataiḥ saṅkhye tathā bhārata vājibhiḥ। prababhau vasudhā ghorā tatra tatra viśāṃ pate ॥6-85-32॥
[अर्जुनेन (arjunena) - by Arjuna; हतैः (hataiḥ) - killed; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; तथा (tathā) - thus; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata; वाजिभिः (vājibhiḥ) - by horses; प्रबभौ (prababhau) - shone; वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth; घोरा (ghorā) - terrible; तत्र (tatra) - there; तत्र (tatra) - there; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(By Arjuna, killed in battle, thus, O descendant of Bharata, by horses, shone the earth, terrible there, there, of men, O lord.)
O descendant of Bharata, the earth, made terrible by the horses killed by Arjuna in battle, shone there, O lord of men.
रथैर्भग्नैर्ध्वजैश्छिन्नैश्छत्रैश्च सुमहाप्रभैः। हारैर्निष्कैः सकेयूरैः शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः ॥६-८५-३३॥
rathairbhagnairdhvajaiśchinnaaiśchatraiśca sumahāprabhaiḥ। hārairniṣkaiḥ sakeyūraiḥ śirobhiśca sakuṇḍalaiḥ ॥6-85-33॥
[रथैः (rathaiḥ) - with chariots; भग्नैः (bhagnaiḥ) - broken; ध्वजैः (dhvajaiḥ) - with flags; छिन्नैः (chinnaiḥ) - torn; छत्रैः (chatraiḥ) - with umbrellas; च (ca) - and; सुमहाप्रभैः (sumahāprabhaiḥ) - very splendid; हारैः (hāraiḥ) - with necklaces; निष्कैः (niṣkaiḥ) - with coins; सकेयूरैः (sakeyūraiḥ) - with armlets; शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with heads; च (ca) - and; सकुण्डलैः (sakuṇḍalaiḥ) - with earrings;]
(With chariots broken, with flags torn, with umbrellas very splendid, with necklaces, with coins, with armlets, with heads and with earrings.)
The battlefield was strewn with broken chariots, torn flags, splendid umbrellas, necklaces, coins, armlets, heads, and earrings.
उष्णीषैरपविद्धैश्च पताकाभिश्च सर्वषः। अनुकर्षैः शुभै राजन्योक्त्रैश्चव्यसुरश्मिभिः ॥ सञ्छन्ना वसुधा भाति वसन्ते कुसुमैरिव ॥६-८५-३४॥
uṣṇīṣairapaviddhaiśca patākābhiśca sarvaṣaḥ। anukarṣaiḥ śubhai rājanyoktraiścavyasuraśmibhiḥ ॥ sañchannā vasudhā bhāti vasante kusumairiva ॥6-85-34॥
[उष्णीषैः (uṣṇīṣaiḥ) - with turbans; अपविद्धैः (apaviddhaiḥ) - thrown away; च (ca) - and; पताकाभिः (patākābhiḥ) - with flags; च (ca) - and; सर्वषः (sarvaṣaḥ) - everywhere; अनुकर्षैः (anukarṣaiḥ) - with traces; शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - auspicious; राजन्योक्त्रैः (rājanyoktraiḥ) - with royal yokes; च (ca) - and; व्यसुरश्मिभिः (vyasuraśmibhiḥ) - with scattered rays; सञ्छन्ना (sañchannā) - covered; वसुधा (vasudhā) - earth; भाति (bhāti) - shines; वसन्ते (vasante) - in spring; कुसुमैः (kusumaiḥ) - with flowers; इव (iva) - like;]
(With turbans thrown away and flags everywhere, with auspicious traces and royal yokes with scattered rays, the earth shines covered like in spring with flowers.)
The earth, adorned with discarded turbans and flags everywhere, along with auspicious traces and royal yokes scattered with rays, shines like it does in spring with flowers.
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तः पाण्डूनामपि भारत। क्रुद्धे शान्तनवे भीष्मे द्रोणे च रथसत्तमे ॥६-८५-३५॥
evameṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ pāṇḍūnāmapi bhārata। kruddhe śāntanave bhīṣme droṇe ca rathasattame ॥6-85-35॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - destruction; वृत्तः (vṛttaḥ) - occurred; पाण्डूनाम् (pāṇḍūnām) - of the Pandavas; अपि (api) - also; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; क्रुद्धे (kruddhe) - angry; शान्तनवे (śāntanave) - Santanu's son; भीष्मे (bhīṣme) - Bhishma; द्रोणे (droṇe) - Drona; च (ca) - and; रथसत्तमे (rathasattame) - the best of charioteers;]
(Thus, this destruction occurred of the Pandavas also, O Bharata, when Santanu's son Bhishma, Drona, and the best of charioteers were angry.)
O Bharata, thus the destruction of the Pandavas also occurred when Bhishma, the son of Santanu, Drona, and the best of charioteers were enraged.
अश्वत्थाम्नि कृपे चैव तथैव कृतवर्मणि। तथेतरेषु क्रुद्धेषु तावकानामपि क्षयः ॥६-८५-३६॥
aśvatthāmni kṛpe caiva tathaiva kṛtavarmaṇi। tathetareṣu kruddheṣu tāvakānāmapi kṣayaḥ ॥6-85-36॥
[अश्वत्थाम्नि (aśvatthāmni) - in Ashwatthama; कृपे (kṛpe) - in Kripa; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; कृतवर्मणि (kṛtavarmaṇi) - in Kritavarma; तथा (tathā) - thus; इतरेषु (itareṣu) - in others; क्रुद्धेषु (kruddheṣu) - angry; तावकानाम् (tāvakānām) - of your people; अपि (api) - also; क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - destruction;]
(In Ashwatthama, Kripa, and likewise in Kritavarma, thus in others who are angry, there is also destruction of your people.)
There is destruction among your people, including Ashwatthama, Kripa, and Kritavarma, as well as others who are enraged.
