06.102
Pancharatra and Core: The Pandavas, with their chariots, elephants, and horses struck down by Bhishma, were in a state of panic; while Yudhishthira retreated, Arjuna faced Bhishma head on, urged by Krishna; Seeing mild Arjuna Krishna takes up arms against Bhishma, only to be pestered by Arjuna; As the sun set, Pandu's army sought relief.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
ततः पिता तव क्रुद्धो निशितैः सायकोत्तमैः। आजघान रणे पार्थान्सहसेनान्समन्ततः ॥६-१०२-१॥
tataḥ pitā tava kruddho niśitaiḥ sāyakottamaiḥ। ājaghāna raṇe pārthānsahasenānsamantataḥ ॥6-102-1॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पिता (pitā) - father; तव (tava) - your; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; सायकोत्तमैः (sāyakottamaiḥ) - with excellent arrows; आजघान (ājaghāna) - struck; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; पार्थान् (pārthān) - sons of Pritha; सह (saha) - along with; सेनान् (senān) - armies; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides;]
(Then your father, angry, struck the sons of Pritha along with the armies on all sides with sharp, excellent arrows in battle.)
Then your father, in his anger, struck the sons of Pritha and their armies from all sides with his sharp and excellent arrows during the battle.
भीमं द्वादशभिर्विद्ध्वा सात्यकिं नवभिः शरैः। नकुलं च त्रिभिर्बाणैः सहदेवं च सप्तभिः ॥६-१०२-२॥
bhīmaṃ dvādaśabhirviddhvā sātyakiṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ। nakulaṃ ca tribhirbāṇaiḥ sahadevaṃ ca saptabhiḥ ॥6-102-2॥
[भीमं (bhīmaṃ) - Bhima; द्वादशभिः (dvādaśabhiḥ) - with twelve; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; सात्यकिं (sātyakiṃ) - Satyaki; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; नकुलं (nakulaṃ) - Nakula; च (ca) - and; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; सहदेवं (sahadevaṃ) - Sahadeva; च (ca) - and; सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ) - with seven;]
(Having pierced Bhima with twelve arrows, Satyaki with nine arrows, Nakula with three arrows, and Sahadeva with seven arrows.)
The warrior pierced Bhima with twelve arrows, Satyaki with nine, Nakula with three, and Sahadeva with seven, demonstrating his prowess in battle.
युधिष्ठिरं द्वादशभिर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्। धृष्टद्युम्नं ततो विद्ध्वा विननाद महाबलः ॥६-१०२-३॥
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dvādaśabhirbāhvorurasi cārpayat। dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tato viddhvā vinanāda mahābalaḥ ॥6-102-3॥
[युधिष्ठिरं (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira; द्वादशभिः (dvādaśabhiḥ) - with twelve; बाह्वोः (bāhvoḥ) - in the arms; उरसि (urasi) - on the chest; च (ca) - and; अर्पयत् (arpayat) - placed; धृष्टद्युम्नं (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhrishtadyumna; ततः (tataḥ) - then; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; विननाद (vinanāda) - roared; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - the mighty one;]
(He placed Yudhishthira with twelve (arrows) in the arms and on the chest. Then, having pierced Dhrishtadyumna, the mighty one roared.)
The mighty warrior struck Yudhishthira with twelve arrows on his arms and chest. Then, after piercing Dhrishtadyumna, he let out a mighty roar.
तं द्वादशार्धैर्नकुलो माधवश्च त्रिभिः शरैः। धृष्टद्युम्नश्च सप्तत्या भीमसेनश्च पञ्चभिः ॥ युधिष्ठिरो द्वादशभिः प्रत्यविध्यत्पितामहम् ॥६-१०२-४॥
taṁ dvādaśārdhairnakulo mādhavaśca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ। dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca saptatyā bhīmasenaśca pañcabhiḥ ॥ yudhiṣṭhiro dvādaśabhiḥ pratyavidhyatpitāmaham ॥6-102-4॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; द्वादशार्धैः (dvādaśārdhaiḥ) - with twelve arrows; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Madhava; च (ca) - and; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhrishtadyumna; च (ca) - and; सप्तत्या (saptatyā) - with seventy; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; च (ca) - and; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; द्वादशभिः (dvādaśabhiḥ) - with twelve; प्रत्यविध्यत् (pratyavidhyat) - pierced; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandsire;]
(Nakula pierced him with twelve arrows, Madhava with three arrows, Dhrishtadyumna with seventy, Bhimasena with five, and Yudhishthira pierced the grandsire with twelve.)
Nakula, Madhava, Dhrishtadyumna, Bhimasena, and Yudhishthira attacked the grandsire with their respective arrows, showing their prowess in battle.
द्रोणस्तु सात्यकिं विद्ध्वा भीमसेनमविध्यत। एकैकं पञ्चभिर्बाणैर्यमदण्डोपमैः शितैः ॥६-१०२-५॥
droṇastu sātyakiṃ viddhvā bhīmasenamavidhyat। ekaikaṃ pañcabhirbāṇairyamadaṇḍopamaiḥ śitaiḥ ॥6-102-5॥
[द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona; तु (tu) - but; सात्यकिं (sātyakiṃ) - Satyaki; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; अविध्यत (avidhyat) - pierced; एकैकं (ekaikaṃ) - each; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; यमदण्डोपमैः (yamadaṇḍopamaiḥ) - like the rod of Yama; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - sharp;]
(But Drona, having pierced Satyaki, pierced Bhimasena with five sharp arrows like the rod of Yama.)
Drona, after striking Satyaki, shot Bhimasena with five sharp arrows that resembled the rod of Yama.
तौ च तं प्रत्यविध्येतां त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः। तोत्त्रैरिव महानागं द्रोणं ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवम् ॥६-१०२-६॥
tau ca taṃ pratyavidhyetāṃ tribhistribhirajihmagaiḥ। tottrairiva mahānāgaṃ droṇaṃ brāhmaṇapuṅgavam ॥6-102-6॥
[तौ (tau) - they both; च (ca) - and; तं (tam) - him; प्रत्यविध्येतां (pratyavidhyetāṃ) - pierced; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; अजिह्मगैः (ajihmagaiḥ) - straight-moving; तोत्त्रैः (tottraiḥ) - with goads; इव (iva) - like; महानागं (mahānāgaṃ) - great serpent; द्रोणं (droṇaṃ) - Drona; ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवम् (brāhmaṇapuṅgavam) - the eminent Brahmin;]
(They both pierced him with three straight-moving arrows, like goads, at the great serpent Drona, the eminent Brahmin.)
They both attacked Drona, the eminent Brahmin, with three straight-moving arrows, as if striking a great serpent with goads.
सौवीराः कितवाः प्राच्याः प्रतीच्योदीच्यमालवाः। अभीषाहाः शूरसेनाः शिबयोऽथ वसातयः ॥ सङ्ग्रामे नाजहुर्भीष्मं वध्यमानाः शितैः शरैः ॥६-१०२-७॥
sauvīrāḥ kitavāḥ prācyāḥ pratīcyodīcyamālavāḥ। abhīṣāhāḥ śūrasenāḥ śibayo'tha vasātayaḥ ॥ saṅgrāme nājahurbhīṣmaṃ vadhyamānāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥6-102-7॥
[सौवीराः (sauvīrāḥ) - people of Sauvīra; कितवाः (kitavāḥ) - gamblers; प्राच्याः (prācyāḥ) - easterners; प्रतीच्य (pratīcya) - western; उदीच्य (udīcya) - northern; मालवाः (mālavāḥ) - people of Mālava; अभीषाहाः (abhīṣāhāḥ) - fearless ones; शूरसेनाः (śūrasenāḥ) - people of Śūrasena; शिबयः (śibayaḥ) - people of Śibi; अथ (atha) - and; वसातयः (vasātayaḥ) - people of Vasāti; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; न (na) - not; अजहुः (ajahuḥ) - abandoned; भीष्मं (bhīṣmaṃ) - Bhīṣma; वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(The people of Sauvīra, gamblers, easterners, westerners, northerners, people of Mālava, fearless ones, people of Śūrasena, people of Śibi, and people of Vasāti did not abandon Bhīṣma in battle, even while being slain by sharp arrows.)
The warriors from Sauvīra, gamblers, and those from the east, west, north, Mālava, the fearless, Śūrasena, Śibi, and Vasāti stood by Bhīṣma in the battle, refusing to abandon him even as they were struck down by sharp arrows.
तथैवान्ये वध्यमानाः पाण्डवेयैर्महात्मभिः। पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तन्त विविधायुधपाणयः ॥ तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्परिवव्रुः पितामहम् ॥६-१०२-८॥
tathaivānye vadhyamānāḥ pāṇḍaveyairmahātmabhiḥ। pāṇḍavānabhyavartanta vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ ॥ tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājanparivavruḥ pitāmaham ॥6-102-8॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; अन्ये (anye) - others; वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being killed; पाण्डवेयैः (pāṇḍaveyaiḥ) - by the sons of Pandu; महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by the great souls; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - towards the Pandavas; अभ्यवर्तन्त (abhyavartanta) - advanced; विविधायुधपाणयः (vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ) - with various weapons in hand; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; राजन् (rājan) - O King; परिवव्रुः (parivavruḥ) - surrounded; पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandsire;]
(In the same way, others being killed by the great-souled sons of Pandu advanced towards the Pandavas with various weapons in hand. In the same way, O King, the Pandavas surrounded the grandsire.)
In the same manner, as others were being slain by the noble sons of Pandu, they advanced towards the Pandavas with an array of weapons in hand. Similarly, O King, the Pandavas encircled the grandsire.
स समन्तात्परिवृतो रथौघैरपराजितः। गहनेऽग्निरिवोत्सृष्टः प्रजज्वाल दहन्परान् ॥६-१०२-९॥
sa samantātparivṛto rathaughairaparājitaḥ। gahane'gnirivotsṛṣṭaḥ prajajvāla dahanparān ॥6-102-9॥
[स (sa) - he; समन्तात् (samantāt) - all around; परिवृतः (parivṛtaḥ) - surrounded; रथौघैः (rathaughaiḥ) - by chariots; अपराजितः (aparājitaḥ) - unconquered; गहने (gahane) - in the dense; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; इव (iva) - like; उत्सृष्टः (utsṛṣṭaḥ) - released; प्रजज्वाल (prajajvāla) - blazed; दहन् (dahan) - burning; परान् (parān) - enemies;]
(He, surrounded all around by chariots, unconquered, blazed like a fire released in the dense, burning enemies.)
He, unconquered and surrounded by chariots on all sides, blazed like a fire released in a dense forest, burning his enemies.
रथाग्न्यगारश्चापार्चिरसिशक्तिगदेन्धनः। शरस्फुलिङ्गो भीष्माग्निर्ददाह क्षत्रियर्षभान् ॥६-१०२-१०॥
rathāgnyagāraścāpārcirasiśaktigadendhanaḥ। śarasphuliṅgo bhīṣmāgnirdadāha kṣatriyarṣabhān ॥6-102-10॥
[रथ (ratha) - chariot; अग्न्यगार (agnyagāra) - fire-chamber; च (ca) - and; अपार्चिः (apārciḥ) - unfading flame; असि (asi) - sword; शक्ति (śakti) - spear; गदा (gadā) - mace; इन्धनः (indhanaḥ) - fuel; शर (śara) - arrow; स्फुलिङ्गः (sphuliṅgaḥ) - spark; भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; ददाह (dadāha) - burned; क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) - warrior; ऋषभान् (ṛṣabhān) - bulls;]
(The chariot was a fire-chamber, and the unfading flame was the sword, spear, and mace as fuel; the arrow was a spark, and the Bhishma-fire burned the warrior bulls.)
The chariot became a chamber of fire, with the sword, spear, and mace as its unfading flames. The arrows were like sparks, and Bhishma's fire consumed the warrior chiefs.
सुवर्णपुङ्खैरिषुभिर्गार्ध्रपक्षैः सुतेजनैः। कर्णिनालीकनाराचैश्छादयामास तद्बलम् ॥६-१०२-११॥
suvarṇapuṅkhairiṣubhirgārdhrapakṣaiḥ sutejanaiḥ। karṇinālīkanārācaiśchādayāmāsa tadbalam ॥6-102-11॥
[सुवर्णपुङ्खैः (suvarṇapuṅkhaiḥ) - with golden-feathered; इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - arrows; गार्ध्रपक्षैः (gārdhrapakṣaiḥ) - vulture-feathered; सुतेजनैः (sutejanaiḥ) - well-sharpened; कर्णिनालीकनाराचैः (karṇinālīkanārācaiḥ) - with barbed and iron arrows; छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered; तत् (tad) - that; बलम् (balam) - army;]
(He covered that army with golden-feathered, vulture-feathered, well-sharpened, barbed and iron arrows.)
He showered the enemy's forces with a barrage of arrows, each adorned with golden and vulture feathers, sharp and deadly, covering them completely.
अपातयद्ध्वजांश्चैव रथिनश्च शितैः शरैः। मुण्डतालवनानीव चकार स रथव्रजान् ॥६-१०२-१२॥
apātayaddhvajāṃścaiva rathinaśca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ। muṇḍatālavanānīva cakāra sa rathavrajān ॥6-102-12॥
[अपातयत् (apātayat) - caused to fall; ध्वजान् (dhvajān) - flags; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers; च (ca) - and; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; मुण्डतालवनानि (muṇḍatālavanāni) - forests of palm trees; इव (iva) - like; चकार (cakāra) - made; स (sa) - he; रथव्रजान् (rathavrajān) - groups of chariots;]
(He caused the flags and the charioteers to fall with sharp arrows, making the groups of chariots like forests of palm trees.)
He shot down the flags and charioteers with sharp arrows, making the groups of chariots resemble forests of palm trees.
निर्मनुष्यान्रथान्राजन्गजानश्वांश्च संयुगे। अकरोत्स महाबाहुः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥६-१०२-१३॥
nirmanuṣyān rathān rājan gajān aśvāṃś ca saṃyuge। akarot sa mahābāhuḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ॥6-102-13॥
[निर्मनुष्यान् (nirmanuṣyān) - devoid of men; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; राजन् (rājan) - O king; गजान् (gajān) - elephants; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; च (ca) - and; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; अकरोत् (akarot) - made; स (sa) - he; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; सर्वशस्त्रभृताम् (sarvaśastrabhṛtām) - of all weapon-bearers; वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(Devoid of men, chariots, O king, elephants, horses, and in battle, he made, the mighty-armed, of all weapon-bearers, the best.)
O king, the mighty-armed hero, the best among all weapon-bearers, made the chariots, elephants, and horses devoid of men in the battle.
तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशनेः। निशम्य सर्वभूतानि समकम्पन्त भारत ॥६-१०२-१४॥
tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṃ visphūrjitamivāśaneḥ। niśamya sarvabhūtāni samakampanta bhārata ॥6-102-14॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; ज्यातलनिर्घोषं (jyātalanirghoṣaṃ) - bowstring's twang; विस्फूर्जितमिव (visphūrjitamiva) - like the crack; अशनेः (aśaneḥ) - of thunder; निशम्य (niśamya) - hearing; सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings; समकम्पन्त (samakampanta) - trembled; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata;]
(Hearing the bowstring's twang, like the crack of thunder, all beings trembled, O Bharata.)
Hearing the sound of the bowstring, which was like the crack of thunder, all creatures trembled, O Bharata.
अमोघा ह्यपतन्बाणाः पितुस्ते भरतर्षभ। नासज्जन्त तनुत्रेषु भीष्मचापच्युताः शराः ॥६-१०२-१५॥
amoghā hyapatanbāṇāḥ pituste bharatarṣabha। nāsajjanta tanutreṣu bhīṣmacāpyutāḥ śarāḥ ॥6-102-15॥
[अमोघाः (amoghāḥ) - unfailing; हि (hi) - indeed; अपतन् (apatan) - fell; बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows; पितुः (pituḥ) - of father; ते (te) - your; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas; न (na) - not; असज्जन्त (asajjanta) - stuck; तनुत्रेषु (tanutreṣu) - in the bodies; भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma; चाप (cāpa) - bow; च्युताः (cyutāḥ) - released; शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows;]
(The unfailing arrows of your father, O best of Bharatas, indeed fell, not sticking in the bodies, released from Bhishma's bow.)
O best of the Bharatas, the arrows released from Bhishma's bow, though unfailing, did not stick in the bodies as they fell.
हतवीरान्रथान्राजन्संयुक्ताञ्जवनैर्हयैः। अपश्याम महाराज ह्रियमाणान्रणाजिरे ॥६-१०२-१६॥
hatavīrānrathānrājansaṃyuktāñjavanairhayaiḥ। apaśyāma mahārāja hriyamāṇānraṇājire ॥6-102-16॥
[हत (hata) - slain; वीरान् (vīrān) - heroes; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; राजन् (rājan) - O king; संयुक्तान् (saṃyuktān) - yoked; जवनैः (javanair) - swift; हयैः (hayaiḥ) - horses; अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; ह्रियमाणान् (hriyamāṇān) - being carried away; रणाजिरे (raṇājire) - on the battlefield;]
(O king, we saw the slain heroes, the chariots yoked with swift horses, being carried away on the battlefield, O great king.)
O great king, we witnessed the slain heroes and the chariots, which were yoked with swift horses, being carried away on the battlefield.
चेदिकाशिकरूषाणां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश। महारथाः समाख्याताः कुलपुत्रास्तनुत्यजः ॥ अपरावर्तिनः सर्वे सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः ॥६-१०२-१७॥
cedikāśikarūṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa। mahārathāḥ samākhyātāḥ kulaputrāstanutyajaḥ ॥ aparāvartinaḥ sarve suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ ॥6-102-17॥
[चेदिकाशिकरूषाणां (cedikāśikarūṣāṇāṃ) - of the Cedis, Kashis, and Karushas; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers; समाख्याताः (samākhyātāḥ) - renowned; कुलपुत्राः (kulaputrāḥ) - sons of noble families; तनुत्यजः (tanutyajaḥ) - sacrificers of their bodies; अपरावर्तिनः (aparāvartinaḥ) - non-retreating; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः (suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ) - with banners made of gold;]
(Of the Cedis, Kashis, and Karushas, fourteen thousand great charioteers, renowned, sons of noble families, sacrificers of their bodies, all non-retreating, with banners made of gold.)
Fourteen thousand great charioteers from the Cedis, Kashis, and Karushas, known for their valor, hailed from noble families, and were willing to sacrifice their lives. They never retreated and carried banners adorned with gold.
सङ्ग्रामे भीष्ममासाद्य व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम्। निमग्नाः परलोकाय सवाजिरथकुञ्जराः ॥६-१०२-१८॥
saṅgrāme bhīṣmam āsādya vyāditāsyam ivāntakam। nimagnāḥ paralokāya savājirathakuñjarāḥ ॥6-102-18॥
[सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached; व्यादितास्यम् (vyāditāsyam) - with open mouth; इव (iva) - like; अन्तकम् (antakam) - death; निमग्नाः (nimagnāḥ) - immersed; परलोकाय (paralokāya) - to the other world; सवाजिरथकुञ्जराः (savājirathakuñjarāḥ) - with horses, chariots, and elephants;]
(In battle, having approached Bhishma, like death with open mouth, they were immersed to the other world with horses, chariots, and elephants.)
In the battle, as they approached Bhishma, who appeared like death with an open mouth, they were engulfed and sent to the other world along with their horses, chariots, and elephants.
भग्नाक्षोपस्करान्कांश्चिद्भग्नचक्रांश्च सर्वशः। अपश्याम रथान्राजञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥६-१०२-१९॥
bhagnākṣopaskarān kāṃścid bhagnacakrāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ। apaśyāma rathān rājañ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥6-102-19॥
[भग्न (bhagna) - broken; अक्ष (akṣa) - axles; उपस्करान् (upaskarān) - equipment; कांश्चित् (kāṃścit) - some; भग्न (bhagna) - broken; चक्रान् (cakrān) - wheels; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - everywhere; अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; राजन् (rājan) - O king; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(We saw some broken axles and broken wheels everywhere, O king, chariots by hundreds and thousands.)
O king, we observed chariots with broken axles and wheels scattered everywhere, numbering in the hundreds and thousands.
सवरूथै रथैर्भग्नै रथिभिश्च निपातितैः। शरैः सुकवचैश्छिन्नैः पट्टिशैश्च विशां पते ॥६-१०२-२०॥
savarūthai rathairbhagnai rathibhiśca nipātitaiḥ। śaraiḥ sukavacaiśchinnaiḥ paṭṭiśaiśca viśāṃ pate ॥6-102-20॥
[सवरूथै (savarūthai) - with broken chariots; रथैः (rathaiḥ) - by chariots; भग्नै (bhagnai) - broken; रथिभिः (rathibhiḥ) - by charioteers; च (ca) - and; निपातितैः (nipātitaiḥ) - felled; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows; सुकवचैः (sukavacaiḥ) - with good armor; छिन्नैः (chinnaiḥ) - cut; पट्टिशैः (paṭṭiśaiḥ) - by swords; च (ca) - and; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(With broken chariots, by chariots, broken, by charioteers and felled; by arrows, with good armor, cut, by swords and, of men, O lord.)
O lord, the battlefield was filled with broken chariots and charioteers who were felled. Arrows and swords cut through the good armor of men.
गदाभिर्मुसलैश्चैव निस्त्रिंशैश्च शिलीमुखैः। अनुकर्षैरुपासङ्गैश्चक्रैर्भग्नैश्च मारिष ॥६-१०२-२१॥
gadābhirmusalaiścaiva nistriṁśaiśca śilīmukhaiḥ। anukarṣairupāsaṅgaiścakrairbhagnaiça māriṣa ॥6-102-21॥
[गदाभिः (gadābhiḥ) - with maces; मुसलैः (musalaiḥ) - with pestles; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; निस्त्रिंशैः (nistriṁśaiḥ) - with swords; च (ca) - and; शिलीमुखैः (śilīmukhaiḥ) - with arrows; अनुकर्षैः (anukarṣaiḥ) - with pulling devices; उपासङ्गैः (upāsaṅgaiḥ) - with grappling hooks; चक्रैः (cakraiḥ) - with wheels; भग्नैः (bhagnaiḥ) - broken; मारिष (māriṣa) - O lord;]
(With maces, pestles, swords, arrows, pulling devices, grappling hooks, and broken wheels, O lord.)
O lord, the battlefield was filled with maces, pestles, swords, arrows, pulling devices, grappling hooks, and broken wheels.
बाहुभिः कार्मुकैः खड्गैः शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः। तलत्रैरङ्गुलित्रैश्च ध्वजैश्च विनिपातितैः ॥ चापैश्च बहुधा छिन्नैः समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी ॥६-१०२-२२॥
bāhubhiḥ kārmukaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ śirobhiśca sakuṇḍalaiḥ। talatrairaṅgulitraiśca dhvajaiśca vinipātitaiḥ ॥ cāpaiśca bahudhā chinnaiḥ samāstīryata medinī ॥6-102-22॥
[बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - with arms; कार्मुकैः (kārmukaiḥ) - with bows; खड्गैः (khaḍgaiḥ) - with swords; शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with heads; च (ca) - and; सकुण्डलैः (sakuṇḍalaiḥ) - with earrings; तलत्रैः (talatraiḥ) - with shields; अङ्गुलित्रैः (aṅgulitraiḥ) - with finger-guards; च (ca) - and; ध्वजैः (dhvajaiḥ) - with banners; च (ca) - and; विनिपातितैः (vinipātitaiḥ) - fallen; चापैः (cāpaiḥ) - with bows; च (ca) - and; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; छिन्नैः (chinnaiḥ) - cut; सम् (sam) - completely; आस्तीर्यत (āstīryata) - covered; मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth;]
(The earth was completely covered with arms, bows, swords, heads with earrings, shields, finger-guards, and banners that had fallen, and with bows that were cut in many ways.)
The battlefield was strewn with severed arms, bows, swords, heads adorned with earrings, shields, finger-guards, and fallen banners, along with bows cut in various ways, covering the earth entirely.
हतारोहा गजा राजन्हयाश्च हतसादिनः। परिपेतुर्द्रुतं तत्र शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥६-१०२-२३॥
hatarohā gajā rājanhayāśca hatasādinaḥ। paripeturdrutaṃ tatra śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥6-102-23॥
[हतारोहा (hatarohā) - with slain riders; गजा (gajā) - elephants; राजन्हयाः (rājanhayāḥ) - royal horses; च (ca) - and; हतसादिनः (hatasādinaḥ) - with slain riders; परिपेतुः (paripetuḥ) - ran around; द्रुतं (drutam) - swiftly; तत्र (tatra) - there; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and then; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Elephants with slain riders and royal horses with slain riders ran around swiftly there by hundreds and then by thousands.)
Elephants and royal horses, whose riders were slain, ran swiftly around there in hundreds and thousands.
यतमानाश्च ते वीरा द्रवमाणान्महारथान्। नाशक्नुवन्वारयितुं भीष्मबाणप्रपीडितान् ॥६-१०२-२४॥
yatamānāś ca te vīrā dravamāṇān mahārathān। nāśaknuvan vārayituṃ bhīṣmabāṇaprapīḍitān ॥6-102-24॥
[यतमानाः (yatamānāḥ) - striving; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - those; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; द्रवमाणान् (dravamāṇān) - fleeing; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great charioteers; न (na) - not; अशक्नुवन् (aśaknuvan) - were able; वारयितुम् (vārayitum) - to stop; भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma's; बाण (bāṇa) - arrows; प्रपीडितान् (prapīḍitān) - afflicted;]
(Striving, those heroes were not able to stop the fleeing great charioteers afflicted by Bhishma's arrows.)
The heroes, despite their efforts, could not stop the great charioteers who were fleeing, being afflicted by Bhishma's arrows.
महेन्द्रसमवीर्येण वध्यमाना महाचमूः। अभज्यत महाराज न च द्वौ सह धावतः ॥६-१०२-२५॥
mahendrasamavīryeṇa vadhyamānā mahācamūḥ। abhajyata mahārāja na ca dvau saha dhāvataḥ ॥6-102-25॥
[महेन्द्रसमवीर्येण (mahendrasamavīryeṇa) - by the strength equal to that of Indra; वध्यमाना (vadhyamānā) - being slain; महाचमूः (mahācamūḥ) - the great army; अभज्यत (abhajyata) - was broken; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; द्वौ (dvau) - two; सह (saha) - together; धावतः (dhāvataḥ) - running;]
(The great army, being slain by the strength equal to that of Indra, was broken, O great king, and not two were running together.)
The great army was shattered by a force as mighty as Indra's, O great king, and not even two soldiers were seen fleeing together.
आविद्धरथनागाश्वं पतितध्वजकूबरम्। अनीकं पाण्डुपुत्राणां हाहाभूतमचेतनम् ॥६-१०२-२६॥
āviddharathanāgāśvaṃ patitadhvajakūbaram। anīkaṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ hāhābhūtamacetanam ॥6-102-26॥
[आविद्ध (āviddha) - struck; रथ (ratha) - chariots; नाग (nāga) - elephants; अश्वं (aśvaṃ) - horses; पतित (patita) - fallen; ध्वज (dhvaja) - flags; कूबरम् (kūbaram) - banners; अनीकं (anīkaṃ) - army; पाण्डुपुत्राणां (pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ) - of the sons of Pandu; हाहाभूतम् (hāhābhūtam) - became a cry of distress; अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious;]
(The army of the sons of Pandu, with struck chariots, elephants, and horses, with fallen flags and banners, became a cry of distress and unconscious.)
The army of the Pandavas, with their chariots, elephants, and horses struck down, and their flags and banners fallen, was in a state of panic and unconsciousness.
जघानात्र पिता पुत्रं पुत्रश्च पितरं तथा। प्रियं सखायं चाक्रन्दे सखा दैवबलात्कृतः ॥६-१०२-२७॥
jaghānātra pitā putraṃ putraśca pitaraṃ tathā। priyaṃ sakhāyaṃ cākrande sakhā daivabalātkṛtaḥ ॥6-102-27॥
[जघान (jaghāna) - killed; अत्र (atra) - here; पिता (pitā) - father; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; च (ca) - and; पितरम् (pitaraṃ) - father; तथा (tathā) - also; प्रियं (priyaṃ) - dear; सखायम् (sakhāyam) - friend; च (ca) - and; अक्रन्दे (akrande) - lamented; सखा (sakhā) - friend; दैवबलात् (daivabalāt) - by divine force; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made;]
(Here, the father killed the son, and the son also the father. A dear friend lamented to the friend, made by divine force.)
In this situation, the father killed his son, and the son also killed his father. A dear friend lamented to another friend, compelled by divine intervention.
विमुच्य कवचानन्ये पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकाः। प्रकीर्य केशान्धावन्तः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त भारत ॥६-१०२-२८॥
vimucya kavacānanye pāṇḍuputrasya sainikāḥ। prakīrya keśāndhāvantaḥ pratyadṛśyanta bhārata ॥6-102-28॥
[विमुच्य (vimucya) - having discarded; कवचानि (kavacāni) - armors; अन्ये (anye) - others; पाण्डुपुत्रस्य (pāṇḍuputrasya) - of the son of Pandu; सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers; प्रकीर्य (prakīrya) - having scattered; केशान् (keśān) - hairs; धावन्तः (dhāvantaḥ) - running; प्रत्यदृश्यन्त (pratyadṛśyanta) - were seen; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata;]
(Having discarded their armors, other soldiers of the son of Pandu, having scattered their hairs, were seen running, O Bharata.)
The soldiers of the Pandavas, having thrown away their armors and with disheveled hair, were seen fleeing, O Bharata.
तद्गोकुलमिवोद्भ्रान्तमुद्भ्रान्तरथकुञ्जरम्। ददृशे पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैन्यमार्तस्वरं तदा ॥६-१०२-२९॥
tadgokulamivodbhrāntamudbhrāntarathakuñjaram। dadṛśe pāṇḍuputrasya sainyamārtasvaraṃ tadā ॥6-102-29॥
[तत् (tat) - that; गोकुलम् (gokulam) - cowherd village; इव (iva) - like; उद्भ्रान्तम् (udbhrāntam) - agitated; उद्भ्रान्त (udbhrānta) - agitated; रथ (ratha) - chariots; कुञ्जरम् (kuñjaram) - elephants; ददृशे (dadṛśe) - saw; पाण्डुपुत्रस्य (pāṇḍuputrasya) - of the son of Pandu; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; आर्तस्वरम् (ārtasvaram) - with distressed sound; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(That army of the son of Pandu, like an agitated cowherd village with agitated chariots and elephants, was seen then with distressed sound.)
At that time, the army of the Pandava appeared like a disturbed cowherd village, with chariots and elephants in disarray, and was seen making distressed sounds.
प्रभज्यमानं सैन्यं तु दृष्ट्वा यादवनन्दनः। उवाच पार्थं बीभत्सुं निगृह्य रथमुत्तमम् ॥६-१०२-३०॥
prahajyamānaṃ sainyaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā yādavanandanaḥ। uvāca pārthaṃ bībhatsuṃ nigṛhya rathamuttamam ॥6-102-30॥
[प्रभज्यमानं (prahajyamānaṃ) - being scattered; सैन्यं (sainyaṃ) - army; तु (tu) - but; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; यादवनन्दनः (yādavanandanaḥ) - descendant of Yadu; उवाच (uvāca) - said; पार्थं (pārthaṃ) - to Arjuna; बीभत्सुं (bībhatsuṃ) - fearless; निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - holding; रथमुत्तमम् (rathamuttamam) - excellent chariot;]
(Seeing the army being scattered, the descendant of Yadu said to Arjuna, the fearless one, while holding the excellent chariot.)
Upon witnessing the army in disarray, Krishna, the descendant of Yadu, addressed Arjuna, known for his fearlessness, while firmly holding the reins of the splendid chariot.
अयं स कालः सम्प्राप्तः पार्थ यः काङ्क्षितस्तव। प्रहरास्मै नरव्याघ्र न चेन्मोहात्प्रमुह्यसे ॥६-१०२-३१॥
ayaṁ sa kālaḥ samprāptaḥ pārtha yaḥ kāṅkṣitastava। praharāsmai naravyāghra na cenmohātpramuhyase ॥6-102-31॥
[अयं (ayaṁ) - this; स (sa) - that; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - arrived; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pritha; यः (yaḥ) - which; काङ्क्षितः (kāṅkṣitaḥ) - desired; तव (tava) - by you; प्रहर (prahara) - strike; अस्मै (asmai) - to him; नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men; न (na) - not; चेत् (cet) - if; मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion; प्रमुह्यसे (pramuhyase) - you become confused;]
(This is the time that has arrived, O son of Pritha, which was desired by you. Strike him, O tiger among men, if you do not become confused from delusion.)
The awaited moment has come, O Arjuna, which you have longed for. Attack him, O great warrior, unless you are bewildered by delusion.
यत्पुरा कथितं वीर त्वया राज्ञां समागमे। विराटनगरे पार्थ सञ्जयस्य समीपतः ॥६-१०२-३२॥
yatpurā kathitaṃ vīra tvayā rājñāṃ samāgame। virāṭanagare pārtha sañjayasya samīpataḥ ॥6-102-32॥
[यत् (yat) - which; पुरा (purā) - formerly; कथितं (kathitaṃ) - said; वीर (vīra) - hero; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; राज्ञां (rājñāṃ) - of the kings; समागमे (samāgame) - in the assembly; विराटनगरे (virāṭanagare) - in the city of Virata; पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pritha; सञ्जयस्य (sañjayasya) - of Sanjaya; समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - near;]
(Which was formerly said by you, O hero, in the assembly of the kings, near Sanjaya, in the city of Virata, O son of Pritha.)
O hero, what you had said earlier in the assembly of kings near Sanjaya in the city of Virata, O son of Pritha.
भीष्मद्रोणमुखान्सर्वान्धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सैनिकान्। सानुबन्धान्हनिष्यामि ये मां योत्स्यन्ति संयुगे ॥६-१०२-३३॥
bhīṣmadroṇamukhānsarvāndhārtarāṣṭrasya sainikān। sānubandhān haniṣyāmi ye māṃ yotsyanti saṃyuge ॥6-102-33॥
[भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma; द्रोण (droṇa) - Drona; मुखान् (mukhān) - and others; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (dhārtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhritarashtra's; सैनिकान् (sainikān) - soldiers; स (sa) - with; अनुबन्धान् (anubandhān) - followers; हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - I shall destroy; ये (ye) - who; मां (māṃ) - me; योत्स्यन्ति (yotsyanti) - will fight; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(I shall destroy Bhishma, Drona, and all the soldiers of Dhritarashtra, along with their followers, who will fight me in battle.)
I will defeat Bhishma, Drona, and all the soldiers of Dhritarashtra, along with their followers, who dare to fight me in the battle.
इति तत्कुरु कौन्तेय सत्यं वाक्यमरिंदम। क्षत्रधर्ममनुस्मृत्य युध्यस्व भरतर्षभ ॥६-१०२-३४॥
iti tat kuru kaunteya satyaṁ vākyam ariṁdama। kṣatra-dharmam anusmṛtya yudhyasva bharatarṣabha ॥6-102-34॥
[इति (iti) - thus; तत् (tat) - that; कुरु (kuru) - do; कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti; सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words; अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - subduer of enemies; क्षत्रधर्मम् (kṣatra-dharmam) - duty of a warrior; अनुस्मृत्य (anusmṛtya) - remembering; युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Thus, do that, O son of Kunti, subduer of enemies, remembering the duty of a warrior, fight, O best of the Bharatas.)
"Thus, O son of Kunti, subduer of enemies, remember your duty as a warrior and fight, O best of the Bharatas."
इत्युक्तो वासुदेवेन तिर्यग्दृष्टिरधोमुखः। अकाम इव बीभत्सुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥६-१०२-३५॥
ityukto vāsudevena tiryagdṛṣṭiradhomukhaḥ। akāma iva bībhatsuridaṃ vacanamabravīt ॥6-102-35॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; वासुदेवेन (vāsudevena) - by Vāsudeva; तिर्यक्-दृष्टिः (tiryak-dṛṣṭiḥ) - side-glancing; अधोमुखः (adhomukhaḥ) - head down; अकामः (akāmaḥ) - unwilling; इव (iva) - as if; बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - disgusted; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(Thus spoken by Vāsudeva, with side-glancing and head down, as if unwilling and disgusted, he said this speech.)
Having been addressed by Vāsudeva, with his gaze averted and head lowered, as if unwilling and disgusted, he spoke these words.
अवध्यानां वधं कृत्वा राज्यं वा नरकोत्तरम्। दुःखानि वनवासे वा किं नु मे सुकृतं भवेत् ॥६-१०२-३६॥
avadhyānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā rājyaṃ vā narakottaram। duḥkhāni vanavāse vā kiṃ nu me sukṛtaṃ bhavet ॥6-102-36॥
[अवध्यानाम् (avadhyānām) - of the innocent; वधम् (vadham) - killing; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; वा (vā) - or; नरक-उत्तरम् (naraka-uttaram) - hellish result; दुःखानि (duḥkhāni) - sufferings; वनवासे (vanavāse) - in forest dwelling; वा (vā) - or; किम् (kim) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; मे (me) - my; सुकृतम् (sukṛtam) - good deed; भवेत् (bhavet) - would be;]
(Having killed the innocent, or having obtained a kingdom, or in the sufferings of forest dwelling, what indeed would be my good deed?)
What good deed could I have done if I have killed the innocent, gained a kingdom, or endured the sufferings of living in the forest?
चोदयाश्वान्यतो भीष्मः करिष्ये वचनं तव। पातयिष्यामि दुर्धर्षं वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम् ॥६-१०२-३७॥
codayāśvānyato bhīṣmaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava। pātayiṣyāmi durdharṣaṃ vṛddhaṃ kurupitāmaham ॥6-102-37॥
[चोदय (codaya) - urge; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; यतः (yataḥ) - from where; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; करिष्ये (kariṣye) - I will do; वचनं (vacanaṃ) - word; तव (tava) - your; पातयिष्यामि (pātayiṣyāmi) - I will bring down; दुर्धर्षं (durdharṣaṃ) - invincible; वृद्धं (vṛddhaṃ) - old; कुरु-पितामहम् (kuru-pitāmaham) - Kuru grandfather;]
(Urge the horses from where Bhishma is; I will do your word. I will bring down the invincible, old Kuru grandfather.)
Urge the horses towards Bhishma; I will fulfill your command. I will bring down the invincible, aged grandfather of the Kuru dynasty.
ततोऽश्वान्रजतप्रख्यांश्चोदयामास माधवः। यतो भीष्मस्ततो राजन्दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो रश्मिवानिव ॥६-१०२-३८॥
tato'śvān rajataprakhyāṃś codayāmāsa mādhavaḥ। yato bhīṣmas tato rājanduṣprekṣyo raśmivān iva ॥6-102-38॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; रजतप्रख्यान् (rajataprakhyān) - silver-like; चोदयामास (codayāmāsa) - urged; माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Madhava; यतः (yataḥ) - where; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O King; दुष्प्रेक्ष्यः (duṣprekṣyaḥ) - difficult to behold; रश्मिवान् (raśmivān) - sun; इव (iva) - like;]
(Then Madhava urged the horses that were like silver. Where Bhishma was, there, O King, it was difficult to behold, like the sun.)
Then Madhava urged the silver-like horses forward. Where Bhishma was, it was hard to look, like the sun, O King.
ततस्तत्पुनरावृत्तं युधिष्ठिरबलं महत्। दृष्ट्वा पार्थं महाबाहुं भीष्मायोद्यन्तमाहवे ॥६-१०२-३९॥
tatastatpunarāvṛttaṃ yudhiṣṭhirabalaṃ mahat। dṛṣṭvā pārthaṃ mahābāhuṃ bhīṣmāyodyantamāhave ॥6-102-39॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तत् (tat) - that; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आवृत्तं (āvṛttaṃ) - returned; युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira's; बलं (balaṃ) - army; महत् (mahat) - great; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing; पार्थं (pārthaṃ) - Arjuna; महाबाहुं (mahābāhuṃ) - mighty-armed; भीष्माय (bhīṣmāya) - to Bhishma; उद्यन्तम् (udyantam) - preparing; आहवे (āhave) - for battle;]
(Then, seeing the great army of Yudhishthira returned, Arjuna, the mighty-armed, preparing for battle against Bhishma.)
Then, seeing the great army of Yudhishthira return, Arjuna, the mighty-armed, prepared to fight against Bhishma in the battle.
ततो भीष्मः कुरुश्रेष्ठः सिंहवद्विनदन्मुहुः। धनञ्जयरथं शीघ्रं शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥६-१०२-४०॥
tato bhīṣmaḥ kuruśreṣṭhaḥ siṃhavadvinadanmuḥ। dhanañjayarathaṃ śīghraṃ śaravarṣairavākirat ॥6-102-40॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; कुरुश्रेष्ठः (kuruśreṣṭhaḥ) - best of the Kurus; सिंहवत् (siṃhavat) - like a lion; विनदन् (vinadan) - roaring; मुहुः (muḥ) - repeatedly; धनञ्जयरथं (dhanañjayaratham) - Arjuna's chariot; शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - covered;]
(Then Bhishma, the best of the Kurus, roaring like a lion repeatedly, quickly covered Arjuna's chariot with showers of arrows.)
Then Bhishma, the greatest of the Kurus, roared like a lion and swiftly showered Arjuna's chariot with arrows.
क्षणेन स रथस्तस्य सहयः सहसारथिः। शरवर्षेण महता न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन ॥६-१०२-४१॥
kṣaṇena sa rathastasya sahayaḥ sahasārathiḥ। śaravarṣeṇa mahatā na prājñāyata kiñcana ॥6-102-41॥
[क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment; सः (saḥ) - he; रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot; तस्य (tasya) - his; सहयः (sahayaḥ) - with horses; सहसारथिः (sahasārathiḥ) - with charioteer; शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - by a shower of arrows; महता (mahatā) - great; न (na) - not; प्राज्ञायत (prājñāyata) - was visible; किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything;]
(In a moment, his chariot with horses and charioteer was not visible due to a great shower of arrows.)
In an instant, his chariot along with the horses and charioteer disappeared under a heavy barrage of arrows.
वासुदेवस्त्वसम्भ्रान्तो धैर्यमास्थाय सात्वतः। चोदयामास तानश्वान्वितुन्नान्भीष्मसायकैः ॥६-१०२-४२॥
vāsudevastvasambhrānto dhairyamāsthāya sātvataḥ। codayāmāsa tānaśvānvitunnānbhīṣmasāyakaiḥ ॥6-102-42॥
[वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vasudeva; तु (tu) - but; असम्भ्रान्तः (asambhrāntaḥ) - unperturbed; धैर्यम् (dhairyam) - courage; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed; सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - the descendant of Sātvata; चोदयामास (codayāmāsa) - urged; तान् (tān) - those; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; वितुन्नान् (vitunnān) - pierced; भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma's; सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - arrows;]
(Vasudeva, unperturbed, having assumed courage, the descendant of Sātvata, urged those horses pierced by Bhishma's arrows.)
Vasudeva, the descendant of Sātvata, remained unperturbed and, with courage, urged the horses that were pierced by Bhishma's arrows.
ततः पार्थो धनुर्गृह्य दिव्यं जलदनिस्वनम्। पातयामास भीष्मस्य धनुश्छित्त्वा शितैः शरैः ॥६-१०२-४३॥
tataḥ pārtho dhanur gṛhya divyaṃ jaladanisvanam। pātayāmāsa bhīṣmasya dhanuśchittvā śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥6-102-43॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; धनुः (dhanuh) - bow; गृह्य (gṛhya) - having taken; दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine; जलदनिस्वनम् (jaladanisvanam) - thundering; पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - made fall; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Then Arjuna, having taken the divine, thundering bow, made the bow of Bhishma fall, having cut it with sharp arrows.)
Then Arjuna took up his divine bow, which roared like thunder, and with sharp arrows, he cut down Bhishma's bow.
स च्छिन्नधन्वा कौरव्यः पुनरन्यन्महद्धनुः। निमेषान्तरमात्रेण सज्यं चक्रे पिता तव ॥६-१०२-४४॥
sa chinnadhanvā kauravyaḥ punaranyanmahaddhanuḥ। nimeṣāntaramātreṇa sajyaṃ cakre pitā tava ॥6-102-44॥
[स (sa) - he; च्छिन्नधन्वा (chinnadhanvā) - whose bow was broken; कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - descendant of Kuru; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; अन्यम् (anyam) - another; महत् (mahat) - great; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; निमेष (nimeṣa) - moment; अन्तरमात्रेण (antaramātreṇa) - within; सज्यम् (sajyam) - strung; चक्रे (cakre) - made; पिता (pitā) - father; तव (tava) - your;]
(He, whose bow was broken, the descendant of Kuru, again made another great bow strung within a moment, your father.)
Your father, the descendant of Kuru, whose bow was broken, quickly strung another great bow in an instant.
विचकर्ष ततो दोर्भ्यां धनुर्जलदनिस्वनम्। अथास्य तदपि क्रुद्धश्चिच्छेद धनुरर्जुनः ॥६-१०२-४५॥
vicakarṣa tato dorbhyāṃ dhanurjaladanisvanam। athāsya tadapi kruddhaściccheda dhanurarjunaḥ ॥6-102-45॥
[विचकर्ष (vicakarṣa) - drew; ततः (tataḥ) - then; दोर्भ्यां (dorbhyāṃ) - with (his) arms; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; जलदनिस्वनम् (jaladanisvanam) - thundering; अथ (atha) - then; अस्य (asya) - his; तदपि (tadapi) - that also; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna;]
(Then he drew the bow with his arms, thundering like a cloud. Then Arjuna, angry, cut off that bow also.)
Then he drew the bow with his arms, making a sound like thunder. Arjuna, in his anger, then cut off that bow as well.
तस्य तत्पूजयामास लाघवं शन्तनोः सुतः। साधु पार्थ महाबाहो साधु कुन्तीसुतेति च ॥६-१०२-४६॥
tasya tatpūjayāmāsa lāghavaṃ śantanoḥ sutaḥ। sādhu pārtha mahābāho sādhu kuntīsuteti ca ॥6-102-46॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; तत् (tat) - that; पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - worshipped; लाघवं (lāghavaṃ) - lightness; शन्तनोः (śantanoḥ) - of Śantanu; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; साधु (sādhu) - well done; पार्थ (pārtha) - Pārtha; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - mighty-armed; साधु (sādhu) - well done; कुन्तीसुते (kuntīsute) - son of Kunti; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and;]
(His son of Śantanu worshipped that lightness. Well done, Pārtha, mighty-armed, well done, son of Kunti, thus and.)
The son of Śantanu admired the lightness. 'Well done, Pārtha, mighty-armed one, well done, son of Kunti,' he said:
समाभाष्यैनमपरं प्रगृह्य रुचिरं धनुः। मुमोच समरे भीष्मः शरान्पार्थरथं प्रति ॥६-१०२-४७॥
samābhāṣyainamaparaṃ pragṛhya uciraṃ dhanuḥ। mumoca samare bhīṣmaḥ śarānpārtharathaṃ prati ॥6-102-47॥
[समाभाष्य (samābhāṣya) - having addressed; एनम् (enam) - him; अपरम् (aparam) - another; प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken; रुचिरम् (uciram) - beautiful; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; मुमोच (mumoca) - released; समरे (samare) - in battle; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; पार्थरथम् (pārtharatham) - Arjuna's chariot; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Having addressed him, Bhishma, taking another beautiful bow, released arrows towards Arjuna's chariot in battle.)
Bhishma, after addressing him, took another beautiful bow and released arrows towards Arjuna's chariot in the battle.
अदर्शयद्वासुदेवो हययाने परं बलम्। मोघान्कुर्वञ्शरांस्तस्य मण्डलानि विदर्शयन् ॥६-१०२-४८॥
adarśayadvāsudevo hayayāne paraṃ balam। moghānkurvañśarāṃstasya maṇḍalāni vidarśayan ॥6-102-48॥
[अदर्शयत् (adarśayat) - showed; वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vasudeva; हययाने (hayayāne) - on the chariot; परम् (param) - supreme; बलम् (balam) - strength; मोघान् (moghān) - useless; कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; तस्य (tasya) - his; मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - formations; विदर्शयन् (vidarśayan) - displaying;]
(Vasudeva showed supreme strength on the chariot, making his arrows useless, displaying formations.)
Vasudeva demonstrated his supreme strength on the chariot by rendering the enemy's arrows ineffective and showcasing strategic formations.
शुशुभाते नरव्याघ्रौ भीष्मपार्थौ शरक्षतौ। गोवृषाविव संरब्धौ विषाणोल्लिखिताङ्कितौ ॥६-१०२-४९॥
śuśubhāte naravyāghrau bhīṣmapārthau śarakṣatau। govṛṣāviva saṁrabdhau viṣāṇollikhitāṅkitau ॥6-102-49॥
[शुशुभाते (śuśubhāte) - shone; नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - tiger among men; भीष्मपार्थौ (bhīṣmapārthau) - Bhishma and Partha; शरक्षतौ (śarakṣatau) - wounded by arrows; गोवृषाविव (govṛṣāviva) - like two bulls; संरब्धौ (saṁrabdhau) - excited; विषाणोल्लिखिताङ्कितौ (viṣāṇollikhitāṅkitau) - marked by horns;]
(Bhishma and Partha, the tigers among men, shone, wounded by arrows, like two excited bulls marked by horns.)
Bhishma and Arjuna, renowned warriors, stood out on the battlefield, their bodies marked by arrows, resembling two fierce bulls ready for battle.
वासुदेवस्तु सम्प्रेक्ष्य पार्थस्य मृदुयुद्धताम्। भीष्मं च शरवर्षाणि सृजन्तमनिशं युधि ॥६-१०२-५०॥
vāsudevastu samprekṣya pārthasya mṛduyuddhatām। bhīṣmaṃ ca śaravarṣāṇi sṛjantamaniśaṃ yudhi ॥6-102-50॥
[वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vasudeva; तु (tu) - but; सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha; मृदुयुद्धताम् (mṛduyuddhatām) - gentleness in battle; भीष्मं (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; च (ca) - and; शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows; सृजन्तम् (sṛjantam) - creating; अनिशं (aniśam) - constantly; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(But Vasudeva, having seen the gentleness in battle of Partha and Bhishma constantly creating showers of arrows in battle.)
Vasudeva observed the gentle approach of Partha in battle and Bhishma's relentless shower of arrows.
प्रतपन्तमिवादित्यं मध्यमासाद्य सेनयोः। वरान्वरान्विनिघ्नन्तं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकान् ॥६-१०२-५१॥
pratapantamivādityaṃ madhyamāsādya senayoḥ। varānvarānvinighnantaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya sainikān ॥6-102-51॥
[प्रतपन्तम् (pratapantam) - shining; इव (iva) - like; आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun; मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle; आसाद्य (āsādya) - reaching; सेनयोः (senayoḥ) - of the armies; वरान् (varān) - heroes; वरान् (varān) - heroes; विनिघ्नन्तम् (vinighnantam) - slaying; पाण्डुपुत्रस्य (pāṇḍuputrasya) - of the son of Pandu; सैनिकान् (sainikān) - warriors;]
(Shining like the sun, reaching the middle of the armies, slaying the heroes, the warriors of the son of Pandu.)
The warriors of the son of Pandu, shining like the sun, reached the middle of the armies and began slaying the heroes.
युगान्तमिव कुर्वाणं भीष्मं यौधिष्ठिरे बले। नामृष्यत महाबाहुर्माधवः परवीरहा ॥६-१०२-५२॥
yugāntamiva kurvāṇaṃ bhīṣmaṃ yaudhiṣṭhire bale। nāmṛṣyata mahābāhurmādhavaḥ paravīrahā ॥6-102-52॥
[युगान्तमिव (yugāntamiva) - like the end of an age; कुर्वाणं (kurvāṇam) - making; भीष्मं (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; यौधिष्ठिरे (yaudhiṣṭhire) - in Yudhishthira's; बले (bale) - army; नामृष्यत (nāmṛṣyata) - did not tolerate; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Madhava (Krishna); परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - destroyer of enemy heroes;]
(Madhava (Krishna), the mighty-armed destroyer of enemy heroes, did not tolerate Bhishma making it like the end of an age in Yudhishthira's army.)
Krishna, with his mighty arms, could not tolerate Bhishma causing devastation akin to the end of an era in Yudhishthira's forces.
उत्सृज्य रजतप्रख्यान्हयान्पार्थस्य मारिष। क्रुद्धो नाम महायोगी प्रचस्कन्द महारथात् ॥ अभिदुद्राव भीष्मं स भुजप्रहरणो बली ॥६-१०२-५३॥
utsṛjya rajataprakhyānhayānpārthasya māriṣaḥ। kruddho nāma mahāyogī prachaskanda mahārathāt ॥ abhidudrāva bhīṣmaṃ sa bhujapraharaṇo balī ॥6-102-53॥
[उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning; रजतप्रख्यान् (rajataprakhyān) - silver-like; हयान् (hayān) - horses; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna; मारिष (māriṣaḥ) - O great one; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; नाम (nāma) - named; महायोगी (mahāyogī) - great yogi; प्रचस्कन्द (prachaskanda) - leaped; महारथात् (mahārathāt) - from the chariot; अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - rushed towards; भीष्मं (bhīṣmaṃ) - Bhishma; सः (saḥ) - he; भुजप्रहरणः (bhujapraharaṇaḥ) - with arms as weapons; बली (balī) - strong;]
(Abandoning the silver-like horses of Arjuna, O great one, the angry great yogi named leaped from the chariot and rushed towards Bhishma, he with arms as weapons, strong.)
O great one, the mighty yogi, in his anger, abandoned Arjuna's silver-like horses, leapt from the chariot, and with his arms as weapons, charged towards Bhishma.
प्रतोदपाणिस्तेजस्वी सिंहवद्विनदन्मुहुः। दारयन्निव पद्भ्यां स जगतीं जगतीश्वरः ॥६-१०२-५४॥
pratodapāṇistejasvī siṃhavadvinadanmuḥ। dārayanniva padbhyāṃ sa jagatīṃ jagatīśvaraḥ ॥6-102-54॥
[प्रतोदपाणिः (pratodapāṇiḥ) - with a goad in hand; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - brilliant; सिंहवत् (siṃhavat) - like a lion; विनदन् (vinadan) - roaring; मुहुः (muḥ) - repeatedly; दारयन् (dārayan) - tearing apart; इव (iva) - as if; पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - with feet; सः (saḥ) - he; जगतीम् (jagatīm) - the earth; जगतीश्वरः (jagatīśvaraḥ) - the lord of the earth;]
(With a goad in hand, brilliant, roaring like a lion repeatedly, as if tearing apart the earth with his feet, he, the lord of the earth.)
The brilliant lord of the earth, with a goad in hand, roared repeatedly like a lion, as if he was tearing apart the earth with his feet.
क्रोधताम्रेक्षणः कृष्णो जिघांसुरमितद्युतिः। ग्रसन्निव च चेतांसि तावकानां महाहवे ॥६-१०२-५५॥
krodhatāmrekṣaṇaḥ kṛṣṇo jighāṃsuramitadyutiḥ। grasanniva ca cetāṃsi tāvakānāṃ mahāhave ॥6-102-55॥
[क्रोध (krodha) - anger; ताम्र (tāmra) - copper-red; ईक्षणः (īkṣaṇaḥ) - eyes; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna; जिघांसुः (jighāṃsuḥ) - desiring to kill; अमित (amita) - immeasurable; द्युतिः (dyutiḥ) - splendor; ग्रसन् (grasan) - devouring; इव (iva) - as if; च (ca) - and; चेतांसि (cetāṃsi) - minds; तावकानाम् (tāvakānām) - of your people; महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle;]
(With eyes red like copper due to anger, Krishna, with immeasurable splendor, desiring to kill, as if devouring the minds of your people in the great battle.)
Krishna, his eyes red with anger and possessing immeasurable splendor, seemed intent on destroying, as if consuming the minds of your people in the great battle.
दृष्ट्वा माधवमाक्रन्दे भीष्मायोद्यन्तमाहवे। हतो भीष्मो हतो भीष्म इति तत्र स्म सैनिकाः ॥ क्रोशन्तः प्राद्रवन्सर्वे वासुदेवभयान्नराः ॥६-१०२-५६॥
dṛṣṭvā mādhavamākrande bhīṣmāyodyantamāhave। hato bhīṣmo hato bhīṣma iti tatra sma sainikāḥ ॥ krośantaḥ prādravansarve vāsudevabhayānnarāḥ ॥6-102-56॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; माधवम् (mādhavam) - Madhava; आक्रन्दे (ākrande) - in lamentation; भीष्माय (bhīṣmāya) - for Bhishma; उद्यन्तम् (udyantam) - rising; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; हतः (hataḥ) - killed; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; हतः (hataḥ) - killed; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; इति (iti) - thus; तत्र (tatra) - there; स्म (sma) - indeed; सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers; क्रोशन्तः (krośantaḥ) - shouting; प्राद्रवन् (prādravan) - fled; सर्वे (sarve) - all; वासुदेवभयान् (vāsudevabhayān) - from fear of Vasudeva; नराः (narāḥ) - men;]
(Having seen Madhava in lamentation for Bhishma rising in battle, "Bhishma is killed, Bhishma is killed," thus indeed the soldiers there shouted. All the men fled from fear of Vasudeva.)
Upon seeing Madhava lamenting for Bhishma rising in battle, the soldiers exclaimed, "Bhishma is killed, Bhishma is killed," and all the men fled in fear of Vasudeva.
पीतकौशेयसंवीतो मणिश्यामो जनार्दनः। शुशुभे विद्रवन्भीष्मं विद्युन्माली यथाम्बुदः ॥६-१०२-५७॥
pītakauśeyasaṁvīto maṇiśyāmo janārdanaḥ। śuśubhe vidravanbhīṣmaṁ vidyunmālī yathāmbudaḥ ॥6-102-57॥
[पीत (pīta) - yellow; कौशेय (kauśeya) - silk; संवीतः (saṁvītaḥ) - clothed; मणि (maṇi) - gem; श्यामः (śyāmaḥ) - dark; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janardana; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; विद्रवन् (vidravan) - fleeing; भीष्मं (bhīṣmaṁ) - Bhishma; विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning; माली (mālī) - garlanded; यथा (yathā) - like; अम्बुदः (ambudaḥ) - cloud;]
(Clothed in yellow silk, dark as a gem, Janardana shone, fleeing Bhishma, like a cloud garlanded with lightning.)
Janardana, dressed in yellow silk and dark as a gem, shone brilliantly as he fled from Bhishma, resembling a cloud adorned with lightning.
स सिंह इव मातङ्गं यूथर्षभ इवर्षभम्। अभिदुद्राव तेजस्वी विनदन्यादवर्षभः ॥६-१०२-५८॥
sa siṃha iva mātaṅgaṃ yūtharṣabha iva ṛṣabham। abhidudrāva tejasvī vinadanyādavarṣabhaḥ ॥6-102-58॥
[स (sa) - he; सिंह (siṃha) - lion; इव (iva) - like; मातङ्गं (mātaṅgaṃ) - elephant; यूथर्षभ (yūtharṣabha) - leader of the herd; इव (iva) - like; र्षभम् (ṛṣabham) - bull; अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - charged; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - the glorious one; विनदन् (vinadan) - roaring; यादवर्षभः (yādavarṣabhaḥ) - the bull among the Yadavas;]
(He, like a lion towards an elephant, like a leader of the herd towards a bull, the glorious one charged roaring, the bull among the Yadavas.)
The glorious Yadava hero charged forward like a lion attacking an elephant, roaring like the leader of a herd confronting a bull.
तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य पुण्डरीकाक्षमाहवे। असम्भ्रमं रणे भीष्मो विचकर्ष महद्धनुः ॥ उवाच चैनं गोविन्दमसम्भ्रान्तेन चेतसा ॥६-१०२-५९॥
tam āpatantaṃ samprekṣya puṇḍarīkākṣam āhave। asambhramaṃ raṇe bhīṣmo vicakarṣa mahad dhanuḥ ॥ uvāca cainaṃ govindam asambhrāntena cetasā ॥6-102-59॥
[तम् (tam) - him; आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching; सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen; पुण्डरीकाक्षम् (puṇḍarīkākṣam) - lotus-eyed; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; असम्भ्रमम् (asambhramam) - without confusion; रणे (raṇe) - in the battlefield; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; विचकर्ष (vicakarṣa) - drew; महत् (mahat) - great; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; उवाच (uvāca) - said; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - to him; गोविन्दम् (govindam) - to Govinda; असम्भ्रान्तेन (asambhrāntena) - with a steady; चेतसा (cetasā) - mind;]
(Having seen him approaching, the lotus-eyed one in battle, without confusion, Bhishma drew the great bow in the battlefield and said to Govinda with a steady mind.)
Seeing him approach, the lotus-eyed Krishna in the battle, Bhishma, without any confusion, drew his great bow and spoke to Govinda with a calm mind.
एह्येहि पुण्डरीकाक्ष देवदेव नमोऽस्तु ते। मामद्य सात्वतश्रेष्ठ पातयस्व महाहवे ॥६-१०२-६०॥
ehyehi puṇḍarīkākṣa devadeva namo'stu te। māmadya sātvatapreṣṭha pātayasva mahāhave ॥6-102-60॥
[एहि (ehi) - come; एहि (ehi) - come; पुण्डरीकाक्ष (puṇḍarīkākṣa) - lotus-eyed; देवदेव (devadeva) - god of gods; नमः (namaḥ) - salutations; अस्तु (astu) - let there be; ते (te) - to you; माम् (mām) - me; अद्य (adya) - today; सात्वतश्रेष्ठ (sātvatapreṣṭha) - best of the Sātvatas; पातयस्व (pātayasva) - make fall; महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle;]
(Come, come, lotus-eyed god of gods, salutations to you. Today, O best of the Sātvatas, make me fall in the great battle.)
"Come, come, O lotus-eyed god of gods, salutations to you. Today, O best of the Sātvatas, let me fall in the great battle."
त्वया हि देव सङ्ग्रामे हतस्यापि ममानघ। श्रेय एव परं कृष्ण लोकेऽमुष्मिन्निहैव च ॥ सम्भावितोऽस्मि गोविन्द त्रैलोक्येनाद्य संयुगे ॥६-१०२-६१॥
tvayā hi deva saṅgrāme hatasyāpi mamānagha। śreya eva paraṃ kṛṣṇa loke'muṣminnihaiva ca ॥ sambhāvito'smi govinda trailokyenādya saṃyuge ॥6-102-61॥
[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; हि (hi) - indeed; देव (deva) - O god; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; हतस्य (hatasya) - of the slain; अपि (api) - even; मम (mama) - my; अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one; श्रेय (śreya) - better; एव (eva) - certainly; परं (param) - supreme; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna; लोके (loke) - in the world; अमुष्मिन् (amuṣmin) - in the other; इह (iha) - here; एव (eva) - certainly; च (ca) - and; सम्भावितः (sambhāvitaḥ) - honored; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; गोविन्द (govinda) - O Govinda; त्रैलोक्येन (trailokyena) - by the three worlds; अद्य (adya) - today; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(By you indeed, O god, in battle, even of the slain, my, O sinless one, better certainly supreme, O Krishna, in the world, in the other, here certainly and honored I am, O Govinda, by the three worlds, today in battle.)
O Krishna, even if I am slain in battle by you, O sinless one, it is certainly better for me, both in this world and the next. Today, O Govinda, I am honored by the three worlds in this battle.
अन्वगेव ततः पार्थस्तमनुद्रुत्य केशवम्। निजग्राह महाबाहुर्बाहुभ्यां परिगृह्य वै ॥६-१०२-६२॥
anvageva tataḥ pārthastamanudrutya keśavam। nijagrāha mahābāhurbāhubhyāṃ parigṛhya vai ॥6-102-62॥
[अन्वग् (anvag) - followed; एव (eva) - indeed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; तम् (tam) - him; अनुद्रुत्य (anudrutya) - chasing; केशवम् (keśavam) - Krishna; निजग्राह (nijagrāha) - seized; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām) - with arms; परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - embracing; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(Then Arjuna indeed followed him, chasing Krishna, and the mighty-armed one seized him with his arms, embracing indeed.)
Arjuna, with his mighty arms, chased and caught Krishna, embracing him firmly.
निगृह्यमाणः पार्थेन कृष्णो राजीवलोचनः। जगाम चैनमादाय वेगेन पुरुषोत्तमः ॥६-१०२-६३॥
nigṛhyamāṇaḥ pārthena kṛṣṇo rājīvalocanaḥ। jagāma cainamādāya vegena puruṣottamaḥ ॥6-102-63॥
[निगृह्यमाणः (nigṛhyamāṇaḥ) - being restrained; पार्थेन (pārthena) - by Arjuna; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna; राजीवलोचनः (rājīvalocanaḥ) - lotus-eyed; जगाम (jagāma) - went; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; आदाय (ādāya) - taking; वेगेन (vegena) - swiftly; पुरुषोत्तमः (puruṣottamaḥ) - the supreme person;]
(Being restrained by Arjuna, Krishna, the lotus-eyed, went and swiftly took him, the supreme person.)
Krishna, the lotus-eyed, was restrained by Arjuna, yet he swiftly went and took him, the supreme person.
पार्थस्तु विष्टभ्य बलाच्चरणौ परवीरहा। निजघ्राह हृषीकेशं कथञ्चिद्दशमे पदे ॥६-१०२-६४॥
pārthastu viṣṭabhya balāccaraṇau paravīrahā। nijaghrāha hṛṣīkeśaṃ kathaṃciddaśame pade ॥6-102-64॥
[पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; तु (tu) - but; विष्टभ्य (viṣṭabhya) - having steadied; बलात् (balāt) - with strength; चरणौ (caraṇau) - feet; परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - destroyer of enemy heroes; निजघ्राह (nijaghrāha) - seized; हृषीकेशं (hṛṣīkeśaṃ) - Krishna; कथञ्चित् (kathaṃcit) - somehow; दशमे (daśame) - tenth; पदे (pade) - step;]
(Arjuna, having steadied his feet with strength, the destroyer of enemy heroes, somehow seized Krishna at the tenth step.)
Arjuna, the mighty warrior, somehow managed to steady himself and seize Krishna at the tenth step, despite the challenges.
तत एनमुवाचार्तः क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षणम्। निःश्वसन्तं यथा नागमर्जुनः परवीरहा ॥६-१०२-६५॥
tata enam uvāca ārtaḥ krodha-paryākula-īkṣaṇam। niḥśvasantaṃ yathā nāgam arjunaḥ para-vīra-hā ॥6-102-65॥
[तत (tata) - then; एनम् (enam) - him; उवाच (uvāca) - said; आर्तः (ārtaḥ) - distressed; क्रोध (krodha) - anger; पर्याकुल (paryākula) - agitated; ईक्षणम् (īkṣaṇam) - eyes; निःश्वसन्तं (niḥśvasantaṃ) - breathing heavily; यथा (yathā) - like; नागम् (nāgam) - a serpent; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; पर (para) - enemy; वीरहा (vīra-hā) - hero-slayer;]
(Then, distressed, Arjuna, the enemy hero-slayer, said to him, whose eyes were agitated with anger, breathing heavily like a serpent.)
Arjuna, overwhelmed with anger and breathing heavily like a serpent, addressed him with distress.
निवर्तस्व महाबाहो नानृतं कर्तुमर्हसि। यत्त्वया कथितं पूर्वं न योत्स्यामीति केशव ॥६-१०२-६६॥
nivartasva mahābāho nānṛtaṃ kartumarhasi। yattvayā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ na yotsyāmīti keśava ॥6-102-66॥
[निवर्तस्व (nivartasva) - turn back; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one; न (na) - not; अनृतं (anṛtaṃ) - falsehood; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should; यत् (yat) - that; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; कथितं (kathitaṃ) - spoken; पूर्वं (pūrvaṃ) - before; न (na) - not; योत्स्यामि (yotsyāmi) - I will fight; इति (iti) - thus; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava;]
(Turn back, O mighty-armed one; you should not do falsehood. That which was spoken by you before, "I will not fight," O Keśava.)
O mighty-armed one, turn back; you should not commit falsehood. You had previously declared, "I will not fight," O Keśava.
मिथ्यावादीति लोकस्त्वां कथयिष्यति माधव। ममैष भारः सर्वो हि हनिष्यामि यतव्रतम् ॥६-१०२-६७॥
mithyāvādīti lokastvāṃ kathayiṣyati mādhava। mama eṣa bhāraḥ sarvo hi haniṣyāmi yatavratam ॥6-102-67॥
[मिथ्यावादी (mithyāvādī) - liar; इति (iti) - thus; लोकः (lokaḥ) - people; त्वां (tvāṃ) - you; कथयिष्यति (kathayiṣyati) - will say; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; मम (mama) - my; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; भारः (bhāraḥ) - burden; सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all; हि (hi) - indeed; हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - I will destroy; यतव्रतम् (yatavratam) - with determination;]
(People will call you a liar, O Mādhava. I will indeed destroy all this burden with determination.)
O Mādhava, people will call you a liar. I will indeed destroy all this burden with determination.
शपे माधव सख्येन सत्येन सुकृतेन च। अन्तं यथा गमिष्यामि शत्रूणां शत्रुकर्शन ॥६-१०२-६८॥
śape mādhava sakhyena satyena sukṛtena ca। antaṃ yathā gamiṣyāmi śatrūṇāṃ śatrukarśana ॥6-102-68॥
[शपे (śape) - I swear; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; सख्येन (sakhyena) - by friendship; सत्येन (satyena) - by truth; सुकृतेन (sukṛtena) - by good deeds; च (ca) - and; अन्तं (antaṃ) - end; यथा (yathā) - as; गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will reach; शत्रूणां (śatrūṇāṃ) - of enemies; शत्रुकर्शन (śatrukarśana) - O destroyer of enemies;]
(I swear, O Mādhava, by friendship, truth, and good deeds, that I will reach the end of the enemies, O destroyer of enemies.)
I swear, O Mādhava, by our friendship, truth, and good deeds, that I will bring an end to the enemies, O destroyer of foes.
अद्यैव पश्य दुर्धर्षं पात्यमानं महाव्रतम्। तारापतिमिवापूर्णमन्तकाले यदृच्छया ॥६-१०२-६९॥
adyaiva paśya durdharṣaṃ pātyamānaṃ mahāvratam। tārāpatimivāpūrṇamantakāle yadṛcchayā ॥6-102-69॥
[अद्यैव (adyaiva) - today itself; पश्य (paśya) - see; दुर्धर्षम् (durdharṣam) - invincible; पात्यमानम् (pātyamānam) - being felled; महाव्रतम् (mahāvratam) - great vow; तारापतिम् (tārāpatim) - lord of stars; इव (iva) - like; अपूर्णम् (apūrṇam) - not full; अन्तकाले (antakāle) - at the end of time; यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance;]
(Today itself, see the invincible being felled, the great vow, like the lord of stars not full, at the end of time, by chance.)
"Today itself, witness the invincible being brought down, like the lord of stars not full at the end of time, by mere chance."
माधवस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा फल्गुनस्य महात्मनः। नकिञ्चिदुक्त्वा सक्रोध आरुरोह रथं पुनः ॥६-१०२-७०॥
mādhavastu vacaḥ śrutvā phalgunasya mahātmanaḥ। nakiñciduktvā sakrodha āruroha rathaṃ punaḥ ॥6-102-70॥
[माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Madhava; तु (tu) - but; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; फल्गुनस्य (phalgunasya) - of Phalguna; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great soul; न (na) - not; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; सक्रोध (sakrodha) - with anger; आरुरोह (āruroha) - ascended; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(Madhava, having heard the words of the great-souled Phalguna, without saying anything, ascended the chariot again with anger.)
Madhava listened to the words of the noble Phalguna and, without uttering a word, climbed back onto the chariot in anger.
तौ रथस्थौ नरव्याघ्रौ भीष्मः शान्तनवः पुनः। ववर्ष शरवर्षेण मेघो वृष्ट्या यथाचलौ ॥६-१०२-७१॥
tau rathasthau naravyāghrau bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ punaḥ। vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa megho vṛṣṭyā yathācalau ॥6-102-71॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; रथस्थौ (rathasthau) - standing on the chariot; नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - tiger among men; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; शान्तनवः (śāntanavaḥ) - son of Shantanu; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - showered; शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows; मेघः (meghaḥ) - like a cloud; वृष्ट्या (vṛṣṭyā) - with rain; यथा (yathā) - as; अचलौ (acalau) - immovable;]
(Those two, standing on the chariot, tigers among men, Bhishma, son of Shantanu, again showered with a shower of arrows like a cloud with rain, as immovable.)
Bhishma, the son of Shantanu, once again showered a rain of arrows from his chariot, like a cloud pouring rain, upon the two mighty warriors who stood firm like mountains.
प्राणांश्चादत्त योधानां पिता देवव्रतस्तव। गभस्तिभिरिवादित्यस्तेजांसि शिशिरात्यये ॥६-१०२-७२॥
prāṇāṃścādatta yodhānāṃ pitā devavratas tava। gabhastibhirivādityastejāṃsi śiśirātyaye ॥6-102-72॥
[प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives; च (ca) - and; आदत्त (ādatta) - took away; योधानाम् (yodhānām) - of the warriors; पिता (pitā) - father; देवव्रतः (devavrataḥ) - Devavrata; तव (tava) - your; गभस्तिभिः (gabhastibhiḥ) - with rays; इव (iva) - like; आदित्यः (ādityaḥ) - the sun; तेजांसि (tejāṃsi) - brilliance; शिशिरात्यये (śiśirātyaye) - at the end of winter;]
(Devavrata, your father, took away the lives of the warriors, like the sun takes away brilliance with its rays at the end of winter.)
Devavrata, your father, took the lives of the warriors, just as the sun diminishes the brilliance of the world with its rays at the end of winter.
यथा कुरूणां सैन्यानि बभञ्ज युधि पाण्डवः। तथा पाण्डवसैन्यानि बभञ्ज युधि ते पिता ॥६-१०२-७३॥
yathā kurūṇāṃ sainyāni babhañja yudhi pāṇḍavaḥ। tathā pāṇḍavasainyāni babhañja yudhi te pitā ॥6-102-73॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; कुरूणां (kurūṇāṃ) - of the Kurus; सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies; बभञ्ज (babh añja) - broke; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pandava; तथा (tathā) - so; पाण्डवसैन्यानि (pāṇḍavasainyāni) - the Pandava armies; बभञ्ज (babh añja) - broke; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; ते (te) - your; पिता (pitā) - father;]
(Just as the Pandava broke the armies of the Kurus in battle, so did your father break the Pandava armies in battle.)
In the battle, just as the Pandava shattered the armies of the Kurus, your father similarly shattered the Pandava armies.
हतविद्रुतसैन्यास्तु निरुत्साहा विचेतसः। निरीक्षितुं न शेकुस्ते भीष्ममप्रतिमं रणे ॥ मध्यं गतमिवादित्यं प्रतपन्तं स्वतेजसा ॥६-१०२-७४॥
hatavidrutasainyāstu nirutsāhā vicetasaḥ। nirīkṣituṃ na śekuste bhīṣmamapratimaṃ raṇe ॥ madhyaṃ gatamivādityaṃ pratapantaṃ svatejasā ॥6-102-74॥
[हत (hata) - killed; विद्रुत (vidruta) - scattered; सैन्याः (sainyāḥ) - armies; तु (tu) - but; निरुत्साहाः (nirutsāhāḥ) - dispirited; विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - bewildered; निरीक्षितुं (nirīkṣituṃ) - to look; न (na) - not; शेकुः (śekuḥ) - were able; ते (te) - they; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; अप्रतिमम् (apratimam) - incomparable; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; मध्यम् (madhyam) - middle; गत (gata) - gone; इव (iva) - like; आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun; प्रतपन्तम् (pratapantam) - shining; स्वतेजसा (svatejasā) - with his own brilliance;]
(The armies, killed and scattered, were dispirited and bewildered; they were not able to look at Bhishma, incomparable in battle, like the sun gone to the middle, shining with his own brilliance.)
The armies, having been killed and scattered, were left dispirited and bewildered. They could not even look at Bhishma, who was incomparable in battle, shining with his own brilliance like the sun at its zenith.
ते वध्यमाना भीष्मेण कालेनेव युगक्षये। वीक्षां चक्रुर्महाराज पाण्डवा भयपीडिताः ॥६-१०२-७५॥
te vadhyamānā bhīṣmeṇa kāleneva yugakṣaye। vīkṣāṃ cakrurmahārāja pāṇḍavā bhayapīḍitāḥ ॥6-102-75॥
[ते (te) - they; वध्यमाना (vadhyamānā) - being killed; भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhishma; कालेन (kālena) - by time; इव (iva) - like; युगक्षये (yugakṣaye) - at the end of the age; वीक्षां (vīkṣāṃ) - sight; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - made; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas; भयपीडिताः (bhayapīḍitāḥ) - afflicted by fear;]
(They, being killed by Bhishma, like by time at the end of the age, made sight, O great king, the Pandavas afflicted by fear.)
The Pandavas, afflicted by fear, were being killed by Bhishma as if it were the end of an era, O great king.
त्रातारं नाध्यगच्छन्त गावः पङ्कगता इव। पिपीलिका इव क्षुण्णा दुर्बला बलिना रणे ॥६-१०२-७६॥
trātāraṃ nādhyagacchanta gāvaḥ paṅkagatā iva। pipīlikā iva kṣuṇṇā durbalā balinā raṇe ॥6-102-76॥
[त्रातारं (trātāram) - protector; न (na) - not; अध्यगच्छन्त (adhyagacchanta) - found; गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows; पङ्कगता (paṅkagatā) - stuck in mud; इव (iva) - like; पिपीलिका (pipīlikā) - ants; इव (iva) - like; क्षुण्णा (kṣuṇṇā) - crushed; दुर्बला (durbalā) - weak; बलिना (balinā) - by the strong; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(The cows, like ants crushed, weak, did not find a protector, like those stuck in mud, by the strong in battle.)
The cows, like ants crushed and weak, could not find a protector, as if stuck in mud, overwhelmed by the strong in battle.
महारथं भारत दुष्प्रधर्षं; शरौघिणं प्रतपन्तं नरेन्द्रान्। भीष्मं न शेकुः प्रतिवीक्षितुं ते; शरार्चिषं सूर्यमिवातपन्तम् ॥६-१०२-७७॥
mahārathaṃ bhārata duṣpradharṣaṃ; śaraughiṇaṃ pratapantaṃ narendrān। bhīṣmaṃ na śekuḥ prativīkṣituṃ te; śarārciṣaṃ sūryamivātapantam ॥6-102-77॥
[महारथं (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; दुष्प्रधर्षं (duṣpradharṣam) - invincible; शरौघिणं (śaraughiṇam) - showerer of arrows; प्रतपन्तं (pratapantam) - burning; नरेन्द्रान् (narendrān) - kings; भीष्मं (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; न (na) - not; शेकुः (śekuḥ) - were able; प्रतिवीक्षितुं (prativīkṣitum) - to look at; ते (te) - they; शरार्चिषं (śarārciṣam) - with arrow flames; सूर्यम् (sūryam) - sun; इव (iva) - like; आतपन्तम् (ātapantam) - blazing;]
(The great chariot-warrior, O Bharata, invincible, showering arrows, burning the kings; Bhishma, they were not able to look at, with arrow flames, like the blazing sun.)
O Bharata, the great chariot-warrior Bhishma, invincible and showering arrows, was burning the kings. They were unable to look at him, as he was blazing like the sun with his arrow flames.
विमृद्नतस्तस्य तु पाण्डुसेना; मस्तं जगामाथ सहस्ररश्मिः। ततो बलानां श्रमकर्शितानां; मनोऽवहारं प्रति सम्बभूव ॥६-१०२-७८॥
vimṛdnatasya tu pāṇḍusenā; mastaṃ jagāmātha sahasraraśmiḥ। tato balānāṃ śramakarśitānāṃ; mano'vahāraṃ prati sambabhūva ॥6-102-78॥
[विमृद्नतः (vimṛdnataḥ) - crushing; तस्य (tasya) - his; तु (tu) - but; पाण्डुसेना (pāṇḍusenā) - Pandu's army; मस्तं (mastaṃ) - intoxicated; जगाम (jagāma) - went; अथ (atha) - then; सहस्ररश्मिः (sahasraraśmiḥ) - the sun; ततः (tataḥ) - then; बलानां (balānāṃ) - of the forces; श्रमकर्शितानां (śramakarśitānāṃ) - exhausted by fatigue; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; अवहारं (avahāraṃ) - relief; प्रति (prati) - towards; सम्बभूव (sambabhūva) - became.;]
(Crushing his forces, but Pandu's army, intoxicated, went then the sun. Then, of the forces exhausted by fatigue, the mind became towards relief.)
As the sun set, Pandu's army, though initially crushing his forces, became exhausted and sought relief from their fatigue.
