06.109
Core and Pancharatra: Bhima single-handedly withstood the onslaught of Salya, Kritavarma, Bhagadatta, and Kripa; Duryodhana dispatched Susharman to engage with Arjuna.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
भगदत्तः कृपः शल्यः कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः। विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ सैन्धवश्च जयद्रथः ॥६-१०९-१॥
bhagadattaḥ kṛpaḥ śalyaḥ kṛtavarmā ca sātvataḥ। vindānuvindāvāvantyau saindhavaśca jayadrathaḥ ॥6-109-1॥
[भगदत्तः (bhagadattaḥ) - Bhagadatta; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā; च (ca) - and; सात्वतः (sātvataḥ) - Sātvata; विन्दानुविन्दौ (vindānuvindau) - Vindānuvinda; आवन्त्यौ (āvantyau) - of Avanti; सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - Saindhava; च (ca) - and; जयद्रथः (jayadrathaḥ) - Jayadratha;]
(Bhagadatta, Kṛpa, Śalya, Kṛtavarmā and Sātvata; Vindānuvinda of Avanti, Saindhava and Jayadratha.)
Bhagadatta, Kṛpa, Śalya, Kṛtavarmā, and Sātvata; Vindānuvinda of Avanti, Saindhava, and Jayadratha were present.
चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्च तथा दुर्मर्षणो युवा। दशैते तावका योधा भीमसेनमयोधयन् ॥६-१०९-२॥
citraseno vikarṇaśca tathā durmarṣaṇo yuvā। daśaite tāvakā yodhā bhīmasenamayodhayan ॥6-109-2॥
[चित्रसेनः (citrasenaḥ) - Citrasena; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarna; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - also; दुर्मर्षणः (durmarṣaṇaḥ) - Durmarshana; युवा (yuvā) - young; दश (daśa) - ten; एते (ete) - these; तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; अयोधयन् (ayodhayan) - fought;]
(Citrasena, Vikarna, and also the young Durmarshana; these ten of your warriors fought Bhimasena.)
Citrasena, Vikarna, and the young Durmarshana, along with these ten warriors of yours, engaged in battle with Bhimasena.
महत्या सेनया युक्ता नानादेशसमुत्थया। भीष्मस्य समरे राजन्प्रार्थयाना महद्यशः ॥६-१०९-३॥
mahatyā senayā yuktā nānādeśasamutthayā। bhīṣmasya samare rājanprārthayānā mahadyaśaḥ ॥6-109-3॥
[महत्या (mahatyā) - great; सेनया (senayā) - with army; युक्ता (yuktā) - equipped; नानादेशसमुत्थया (nānādeśasamutthayā) - arising from various regions; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्रार्थयाना (prārthayānā) - desiring; महद्यशः (mahadyaśaḥ) - great fame;]
(Equipped with a great army arising from various regions, desiring great fame in the battle of Bhishma, O king.)
O king, equipped with a mighty army gathered from various regions, seeking great fame in the battle led by Bhishma.
शल्यस्तु नवभिर्बाणैर्भीमसेनमताडयत्। कृतवर्मा त्रिभिर्बाणैः कृपश्च नवभिः शरैः ॥६-१०९-४॥
śalyas tu navabhir bāṇair bhīmasenam atāḍayat। kṛtavarmā tribhir bāṇaiḥ kṛpaś ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ॥6-109-4॥
[शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Shalya; तु (tu) - but; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kritavarma; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kripa; च (ca) - and; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(Shalya, however, struck Bhimasena with nine arrows. Kritavarma with three arrows, and Kripa with nine arrows.)
Shalya struck Bhimasena with nine arrows, while Kritavarma and Kripa attacked with three and nine arrows respectively.
चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्च भगदत्तश्च मारिष। दशभिर्दशभिर्भल्लैर्भीमसेनमताडयन् ॥६-१०९-५॥
citraseno vikarṇaśca bhagadattaśca māriṣa। daśabhirdaśabhirbhallairbhīmasenamatāḍayan ॥6-109-5॥
[चित्रसेनः (citrasenaḥ) - Citrasena; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarna; च (ca) - and; भगदत्तः (bhagadattaḥ) - Bhagadatta; च (ca) - and; मारिष (māriṣa) - O sir; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - arrows; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; अताडयन् (atāḍayan) - struck;]
(Citrasena, Vikarna, and Bhagadatta, O sir, struck Bhimasena with ten arrows each.)
Citrasena, Vikarna, and Bhagadatta, O sir, each struck Bhimasena with ten arrows.
सैन्धवश्च त्रिभिर्बाणैर्जत्रुदेशेऽभ्यताडयत्। विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः ॥ दुर्मर्षणश्च विंशत्या पाण्डवं निशितैः शरैः ॥६-१०९-६॥
saindhavaś ca tribhir bāṇair jatrudeśe'bhyatāḍayat। vindānuvindāv āvantyau pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ ॥ durmarṣaṇaś ca viṃśatyā pāṇḍavaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥6-109-6॥
[सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - Saindhava; च (ca) - and; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; जत्रुदेशे (jatrudeśe) - in the region of the collarbone; अभ्यताडयत् (abhyatāḍayat) - struck; विन्दानुविन्दौ (vindānuvindau) - Vindānuvinda; आवन्त्यौ (āvantyau) - the Avanti princes; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; दुर्मर्षणः (durmarṣaṇaḥ) - Durmarṣaṇa; विंशत्या (viṃśatyā) - with twenty; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(Saindhava struck in the region of the collarbone with three arrows. Vindānuvinda, the Avanti princes, with five arrows. Durmarṣaṇa struck Pāṇḍava with twenty sharp arrows.)
Saindhava struck the collarbone region with three arrows. Vindānuvinda, the Avanti princes, were struck with five arrows. Durmarṣaṇa attacked Pāṇḍava with twenty sharp arrows.
स तान्सर्वान्महाराज भ्राजमानान्पृथक्पृथक्। प्रवीरान्सर्वलोकस्य धार्तराष्ट्रान्महारथान् ॥ विव्याध बहुभिर्बाणैर्भीमसेनो महाबलः ॥६-१०९-७॥
sa tānsarvānamahārāja bhrājamānānpṛthakpṛthak। pravīrānsarvalokasya dhārtarāṣṭrānmahārathān ॥ vivyādha bahubhirbāṇairbhīmaseno mahābalaḥ ॥6-109-7॥
[स (sa) - he; तान् (tān) - those; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; भ्राजमानान् (bhrājamānān) - shining; पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately; पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately; प्रवीरान् (pravīrān) - heroes; सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all the world; धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - the sons of Dhritarashtra; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot-warriors; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - with many; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty;]
(He, O great king, pierced all those shining heroes, the great chariot-warriors, the sons of Dhritarashtra, separately with many arrows; Bhimasena, the mighty one.)
O great king, Bhimasena, the mighty one, pierced all those shining heroes, the great chariot-warriors, the sons of Dhritarashtra, with many arrows, each separately.
शल्यं पञ्चाशता विद्ध्वा कृतवर्माणमष्टभिः। कृपस्य सशरं चापं मध्ये चिच्छेद भारत ॥ अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥६-१०९-८॥
śalyaṃ pañcāśatā viddhvā kṛtavarmāṇamaṣṭabhiḥ। kṛpasya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ madhye ciccheda bhārata ॥ athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ ॥6-109-8॥
[शल्यं (śalyam) - Shalya; पञ्चाशता (pañcāśatā) - with fifty; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; कृतवर्माणम् (kṛtavarmāṇam) - Kritavarma; अष्टभिः (aṣṭabhiḥ) - with eight; कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kripa; सशरं (saśaram) - with arrow; चापं (cāpam) - bow; मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; अथ (atha) - then; एनम् (enam) - him; छिन्नधन्वानम् (chinnadhanvānam) - with broken bow; पुनः (punah) - again; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five;]
(Having pierced Shalya with fifty (arrows) and Kritavarma with eight, he cut Kripa's bow with an arrow in the middle, O Bharata. Then, with his bow broken, he again pierced him with five (arrows).)
Shalya was struck with fifty arrows, and Kritavarma with eight. Kripa's bow was cut in the middle with an arrow, O Bharata. Then, with his bow broken, he was pierced again with five arrows.
विन्दानुविन्दौ च तथा त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरताडयत्। दुर्मर्षणं च विंशत्या चित्रसेनं च पञ्चभिः ॥६-१०९-९॥
vindānuvindau ca tathā tribhistribhiratāḍayat। durmarṣaṇaṃ ca viṃśatyā citrasenaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ ॥6-109-9॥
[विन्दानुविन्दौ (vindānuvindau) - Vindānuvinda; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - thus; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck; दुर्मर्षणं (durmarṣaṇam) - Durmarṣaṇa; च (ca) - and; विंशत्या (viṃśatyā) - with twenty; चित्रसेनं (citrasenam) - Citrasena; च (ca) - and; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five;]
(Vindānuvinda and thus struck with three and three. Durmarṣaṇa and with twenty, Citrasena and with five.)
Vindānuvinda and Anuvinda were struck with three arrows each. Durmarṣaṇa was struck with twenty arrows, and Citrasena with five.
विकर्णं दशभिर्बाणैः पञ्चभिश्च जयद्रथम्। विद्ध्वा भीमोऽनदद्धृष्टः सैन्धवं च पुनस्त्रिभिः ॥६-१०९-१०॥
vikarṇaṁ daśabhirbāṇaiḥ pañcabhiśca jayadratham। viddhvā bhīmo'nadaddhṛṣṭaḥ saindhavaṁ ca punastribhiḥ ॥6-109-10॥
[विकर्णम् (vikarṇam) - Vikarna; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; च (ca) - and; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; अनदत् (anadat) - roared; धृष्टः (dhṛṣṭaḥ) - boldly; सैन्धवम् (saindhavam) - Saindhava; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three;]
(Bhima, having pierced Vikarna with ten arrows and Jayadratha with five, boldly roared and again pierced Saindhava with three.)
Bhima, with great boldness, pierced Vikarna with ten arrows and Jayadratha with five, then roared triumphantly and struck Saindhava again with three arrows.
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय गौतमो रथिनां वरः। भीमं विव्याध संरब्धो दशभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥६-१०९-११॥
athānyaddhanurādāya gautamo rathināṃ varaḥ। bhīmaṃ vivyādha saṃrabdho daśabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥6-109-11॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; आदाय (ādāya) - taking; गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama; रथिनाम् (rathinām) - of charioteers; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; संरब्धः (saṃrabdhaḥ) - excitedly; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(Then, taking another bow, Gautama, the best of charioteers, excitedly pierced Bhima with ten sharp arrows.)
Then Gautama, the best among charioteers, took another bow and excitedly pierced Bhima with ten sharp arrows.
स विद्धो बहुभिर्बाणैस्तोत्त्रैरिव महाद्विपः। ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् ॥ गौतमं ताडयामास शरैर्बहुभिराहवे ॥६-१०९-१२॥
sa viddho bahubhirbāṇaistottrairiva mahādvipaḥ। tataḥ kruddho mahābāhurbhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān ॥ gautamaṃ tāḍayāmāsa śarairbahubhirāhave ॥6-109-12॥
[स (sa) - he; विद्धः (viddhaḥ) - pierced; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; तोत्त्रैः (tottraiḥ) - by goads; इव (iva) - like; महाद्विपः (mahādvipaḥ) - a great elephant; ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - glorious; गौतमम् (gautamam) - Gautama; ताडयामास (tāḍayāmāsa) - struck; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - many; आहवे (āhave) - in battle;]
(He, pierced by many arrows like a great elephant by goads, then the mighty-armed and glorious Bhimasena, angry, struck Gautama with many arrows in battle.)
Pierced by numerous arrows like a great elephant by goads, the mighty and glorious Bhimasena, in his anger, struck Gautama with many arrows in the battle.
सैन्धवस्य तथाश्वांश्च सारथिं च त्रिभिः शरैः। प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय कालान्तकसमद्युतिः ॥६-१०९-१३॥
saindhavasya tathāśvāṃśca sārathiṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ। prāhiṇonmṛtyulokāya kālāntakasamadyutiḥ ॥6-109-13॥
[सैन्धवस्य (saindhavasya) - of Saindhava; तथा (tathā) - and; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; च (ca) - and; सारथिम् (sārathim) - charioteer; च (ca) - and; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - sent; मृत्युलोकाय (mṛtyulokāya) - to the world of death; कालान्तकसमद्युतिः (kālāntakasamadyutiḥ) - one whose splendor is equal to that of the destroyer of time;]
(The one whose splendor is equal to that of the destroyer of time sent Saindhava, the horses, and the charioteer to the world of death with three arrows.)
The warrior, whose brilliance matched that of the end-time destroyer, dispatched Saindhava, his horses, and his charioteer to the realm of death with three arrows.
हताश्वात्तु रथात्तूर्णमवप्लुत्य महारथः। शरांश्चिक्षेप निशितान्भीमसेनस्य संयुगे ॥६-१०९-१४॥
hatāśvāttu rathāttūrṇamavaplutya mahārathaḥ। śarāṃścikṣepa niśitānbhīmasenasya saṃyuge ॥6-109-14॥
[हत (hata) - killed; अश्वात् (aśvāt) - from the horses; तु (tu) - but; रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; अवप्लुत्य (avaplutya) - having jumped down; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - the great warrior; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - threw; निशितान् (niśitān) - sharp; भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhimasena; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in the battle;]
(But having quickly jumped down from the chariot with the horses killed, the great warrior threw sharp arrows at Bhimasena in the battle.)
The great warrior, after his horses were killed, quickly jumped down from the chariot and hurled sharp arrows at Bhimasena during the battle.
तस्य भीमो धनुर्मध्ये द्वाभ्यां चिच्छेद भारत। भल्लाभ्यां भरतश्रेष्ठ सैन्धवस्य महात्मनः ॥६-१०९-१५॥
tasya bhīmo dhanurmadhye dvābhyāṃ ciccheda bhārata। bhallābhyāṃ bharataśreṣṭha saindhavasya mahātmanaḥ ॥6-109-15॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle; द्वाभ्यां (dvābhyām) - with two; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; भल्लाभ्यां (bhallābhyām) - with arrows; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; सैन्धवस्य (saindhavasya) - of Saindhava; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great soul;]
(His bow was cut in the middle by Bhima with two arrows, O Bharata, O best of the Bharatas, of the great-souled Saindhava.)
Bhima skillfully cut the bow of the great-souled Saindhava in the middle with two arrows, O best of the Bharatas.
स च्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः। चित्रसेनरथं राजन्नारुरोह त्वरान्वितः ॥६-१०९-१६॥
sa chinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ। citrasenarathaṃ rājannāruroha tvarānvitaḥ ॥6-109-16॥
[स (sa) - he; च्छिन्नधन्वा (chinnadhanvā) - with broken bow; विरथः (virathaḥ) - without a chariot; हताश्वः (hatāśvaḥ) - with slain horses; हतसारथिः (hatasārathiḥ) - with slain charioteer; चित्रसेनरथम् (citrasenaratham) - Chitrasena's chariot; राजन् (rājan) - O king; आरुरोह (āruroha) - ascended; त्वरान्वितः (tvarānvitaḥ) - with speed;]
(He, with broken bow, without a chariot, with slain horses and charioteer, ascended Chitrasena's chariot with speed, O king.)
He, having his bow broken, chariot destroyed, horses and charioteer slain, quickly ascended Chitrasena's chariot, O king.
अत्यद्भुतं रणे कर्म कृतवांस्तत्र पाण्डवः। महारथाञ्शरैर्विद्ध्वा वारयित्वा महारथः ॥ विरथं सैन्धवं चक्रे सर्वलोकस्य पश्यतः ॥६-१०९-१७॥
atyadbhutaṃ raṇe karma kṛtavāṃstatra pāṇḍavaḥ। mahārathāñśarairviddhvā vārayitvā mahārathaḥ ॥ virathaṃ saindhavaṃ cakre sarvalokasya paśyataḥ ॥6-109-17॥
[अत्यद्भुतम् (atyadbhutam) - very wonderful; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; कर्म (karma) - deed; कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - performed; तत्र (tatra) - there; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Pāṇḍava; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great charioteers; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; वारयित्वा (vārayitvā) - having repelled; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great charioteer; विरथम् (viratham) - without a chariot; सैन्धवम् (saindhavam) - Saindhava; चक्रे (cakre) - made; सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all the world; पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching;]
(There, the Pāṇḍava performed a very wonderful deed in battle; having pierced the great charioteers with arrows and having repelled them, the great charioteer made Saindhava without a chariot while all the world was watching.)
In that battle, the Pāṇḍava performed an extraordinary feat; he pierced and repelled the great charioteers with his arrows, rendering Saindhava chariotless as the entire world watched.
नातीव ममृषे शल्यो भीमसेनस्य विक्रमम्। स सन्धाय शरांस्तीक्ष्णान्कर्मारपरिमार्जितान् ॥६-१०९-१८॥
nātīva mamṛṣe śalyo bhīmasenasya vikramam। sa sandhāya śarāṃstīkṣṇānkarmāraparimārjitān ॥6-109-18॥
[न (na) - not; अतीव (atīva) - excessively; ममृषे (mamṛṣe) - tolerated; शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya; भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena; विक्रमम् (vikramam) - prowess; सः (saḥ) - he; सन्धाय (sandhāya) - having fixed; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; तीक्ष्णान् (tīkṣṇān) - sharp; कर्मार (karmāra) - smith; परिमार्जितान् (parimārjitān) - polished;]
(Śalya did not excessively tolerate the prowess of Bhīmasena. Having fixed sharp arrows polished by the smith.)
Śalya could not bear the might of Bhīmasena. He prepared sharp arrows that were polished by the smith.
भीमं विव्याध सप्तत्या तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥६-१०९-१८॥
bhīmaṃ vivyādha saptatyā tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt ॥6-109-18॥
[भीमं (bhīmaṃ) - Bhima; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; सप्तत्या (saptatyā) - with seventy; तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stay; तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stay; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(Bhima was pierced with seventy arrows, and said, "Stay, stay.")
Bhima was struck by seventy arrows and commanded, "Stay, stay."
कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च भगदत्तश्च मारिष। विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ चित्रसेनश्च संयुगे ॥६-१०९-१९॥
kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca bhagadattaśca māriṣaḥ। vindānuvindāvāvantyau citrasenaśca saṃyuge ॥6-109-19॥
[कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; च (ca) - and; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā; च (ca) - and; भगदत्तः (bhagadattaḥ) - Bhagadatta; च (ca) - and; मारिषः (māriṣaḥ) - O great one; विन्दानुविन्दौ (vindānuvindau) - Vindānuvinda; आवन्त्यौ (āvantyau) - the Avanti princes; चित्रसेनः (citrasenaḥ) - Citrasena; च (ca) - and; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(Kṛpa, Kṛtavarmā, and Bhagadatta, O great one, Vindānuvinda, the Avanti princes, and Citrasena in battle.)
Kṛpa, Kṛtavarmā, Bhagadatta, Vindānuvinda, the Avanti princes, and Citrasena were all present in the battle, O great one.
दुर्मर्षणो विकर्णश्च सिन्धुराजश्च वीर्यवान्। भीमं ते विव्यधुस्तूर्णं शल्यहेतोररिंदमाः ॥६-१०९-२०॥
durmarṣaṇo vikarṇaśca sindhurājaśca vīryavān। bhīmaṃ te vivyadhustūrṇaṃ śalyahetorariṃdamāḥ ॥6-109-20॥
[दुर्मर्षणः (durmarṣaṇaḥ) - Durmarshana; विकर्णः (vikarṇaḥ) - Vikarna; च (ca) - and; सिन्धुराजः (sindhurājaḥ) - Sindhuraja; च (ca) - and; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the mighty; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; ते (te) - they; विव्यधुः (vivyadhuḥ) - pierced; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; शल्यहेतोः (śalyahetoḥ) - for Shalya's sake; अरिंदमाः (ariṃdamāḥ) - O subduer of foes;]
(Durmarshana, Vikarna, and Sindhuraja, the mighty, quickly pierced Bhima for Shalya's sake, O subduer of foes.)
Durmarshana, Vikarna, and Sindhuraja, the mighty warriors, swiftly attacked Bhima for the sake of Shalya, O subduer of foes.
स तु तान्प्रतिविव्याध पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः। शल्यं विव्याध सप्तत्या पुनश्च दशभिः शरैः ॥६-१०९-२१॥
sa tu tānprativivyādha pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ। śalyaṃ vivyādha saptatyā punaśca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ॥6-109-21॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; तान् (tān) - them; प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - pierced; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; शल्यं (śalyam) - Śalya; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; सप्तत्या (saptatyā) - with seventy; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; च (ca) - and; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows;]
(He, however, pierced them with five arrows each. He pierced Śalya with seventy and again with ten arrows.)
He attacked them with five arrows each and struck Śalya with seventy arrows, followed by another ten.
तं शल्यो नवभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः। सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन गाढं विव्याध मर्मणि ॥६-१०९-२२॥
taṁ śalyo navabhirviddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ। sārathiṁ cāsya bhallena gāḍhaṁ vivyādha marmaṇi ॥6-109-22॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; सारथिम् (sārathim) - the charioteer; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; भल्लेन (bhallena) - with an arrow; गाढम् (gāḍham) - deeply; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; मर्मणि (marmaṇi) - in the vital parts;]
(Śalya, having pierced him with nine arrows, again pierced with five. He deeply pierced his charioteer with an arrow in the vital parts.)
Śalya struck him with nine arrows and then again with five. He also deeply wounded his charioteer with an arrow in the vital parts.
विशोकं वीक्ष्य निर्भिन्नं भीमसेनः प्रतापवान्। मद्रराजं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत् ॥६-१०९-२३॥
viśokaṃ vīkṣya nirbhinnaṃ bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān। madrarājaṃ tribhirbāṇairbāhvorurasi cārpayat ॥6-109-23॥
[विशोकम् (viśokam) - without sorrow; वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - having seen; निर्भिन्नम् (nirbhinnam) - pierced; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - the mighty; मद्रराजम् (madrarājam) - the king of Madra; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; बाह्वोः (bāhvoḥ) - in the arms; उरसि (urasi) - in the chest; च (ca) - and; अर्पयत् (arpayat) - placed;]
(Having seen the pierced Bhimasena, the mighty one placed three arrows in the arms and chest of the king of Madra.)
Upon seeing Bhimasena pierced and without sorrow, the mighty warrior shot three arrows into the arms and chest of the king of Madra.
तथेतरान्महेष्वासांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः। ताडयामास समरे सिंहवच्च ननाद च ॥६-१०९-२४॥
tathetarānmaheṣvāsāṃstribhistribhirajihmagaiḥ। tāḍayāmāsa samare siṃhavacca nanāda ca ॥6-109-24॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; इतरा (itarā) - other; महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great archers; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; अजिह्मगैः (ajihmagaiḥ) - straight-moving; ताडयामास (tāḍayāmāsa) - struck; समरे (samare) - in battle; सिंहवत् (siṃhavat) - like a lion; च (ca) - and; ननाद (nanāda) - roared; च (ca) - and;]
(Thus, he struck the other great archers with three straight-moving arrows in battle, and roared like a lion.)
Thus, he attacked the other great archers with three straight arrows in the battle and roared like a lion.
ते हि यत्ता महेष्वासाः पाण्डवं युद्धदुर्मदम्। त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरकुण्ठाग्रैर्भृशं मर्मस्वताडयन् ॥६-१०९-२५॥
te hi yattā maheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍavaṃ yuddhadurmadam। tribhistribhirakuṇṭhāgrairbhṛśaṃ marmasvatāḍayan ॥6-109-25॥
[ते (te) - they; हि (hi) - indeed; यत्ता (yattā) - prepared; महेष्वासाः (maheṣvāsāḥ) - great archers; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; युद्धदुर्मदम् (yuddhadurmadam) - proud in battle; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; अकुण्ठाग्रैः (akuṇṭhāgraiḥ) - with sharp points; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - severely; मर्मसु (marmasu) - in the vital parts; ताडयन् (tāḍayan) - striking;]
(They, indeed, prepared great archers, striking the proud Pāṇḍava in battle severely in the vital parts with sharp points by three by three.)
The great archers, fully prepared, struck the proud Pāṇḍava in battle with sharp arrows, hitting him severely in his vital parts.
सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासो भीमसेनो न विव्यथे। पर्वतो वारिधाराभिर्वर्षमाणैरिवाम्बुदैः ॥६-१०९-२६॥
so'tividdho maheṣvāso bhīmaseno na vivyathe। parvato vāridhārābhirvarṣamāṇairivāmbudaiḥ ॥6-109-26॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अतिविद्धः (atividdhaḥ) - pierced deeply; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; न (na) - not; विव्यथे (vivyathe) - was agitated; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain; वारिधाराभिः (vāridhārābhiḥ) - by streams of water; वर्षमाणैः (varṣamāṇaiḥ) - raining; इव (iva) - like; अम्बुदैः (ambudaiḥ) - by clouds;]
(He, the great archer Bhimasena, though deeply pierced, was not agitated, like a mountain by streams of water raining from clouds.)
Bhimasena, the great archer, remained unshaken despite being deeply pierced, just as a mountain stands firm against the torrents of rain from clouds.
शल्यं च नवभिर्बाणैर्भृशं विद्ध्वा महायशाः। प्राग्ज्योतिषं शतेनाजौ राजन्विव्याध वै दृढम् ॥६-१०९-२७॥
śalyaṃ ca navabhirbāṇairbhṛśaṃ viddhvā mahāyaśāḥ। prāgjyotiṣaṃ śatenājau rājanvivyādha vai dṛḍham ॥6-109-27॥
[शल्यम् (śalyam) - Shalya; च (ca) - and; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - the greatly renowned; प्राग्ज्योतिषम् (prāgjyotiṣam) - Pragjyotisha; शतेन (śatena) - with a hundred; अजौ (ajau) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; वै (vai) - indeed; दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly;]
(The greatly renowned pierced Shalya intensely with nine arrows, and Pragjyotisha with a hundred in battle, O king, indeed firmly.)
The greatly renowned warrior, with nine arrows, intensely pierced Shalya and firmly struck Pragjyotisha with a hundred arrows in battle, O king.
ततस्तु सशरं चापं सात्वतस्य महात्मनः। क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन चिच्छेद कृतहस्तवत् ॥६-१०९-२८॥
tatastu saśaraṃ cāpaṃ sātvatasya mahātmanaḥ। kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena ciccheda kṛtahastavat ॥6-109-28॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - but; सशरम् (saśaram) - with arrow; चापम् (cāpam) - bow; सात्वतस्य (sātvatasya) - of Sātvata; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great soul; क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-sharp (arrow); सुतीक्ष्णेन (sutīkṣṇena) - very sharp; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; कृतहस्तवत् (kṛtahastavat) - like an expert;]
(Then, with a razor-sharp and very sharp arrow, he cut off the bow of the great soul Sātvata like an expert.)
Then, like an expert, he skillfully cut off the bow of the great Sātvata with a razor-sharp arrow.
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय कृतवर्मा वृकोदरम्। आजघान भ्रुवोर्मध्ये नाराचेन परन्तप ॥६-१०९-२९॥
athānyaddhanurādāya kṛtavarmā vṛkodaram। ājaghāna bhruvormadhye nārācena parantapa ॥6-109-29॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; आदाय (ādāya) - taking; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kritavarma; वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vrikodara; आजघान (ājaghāna) - struck; भ्रुवोः (bhruvoḥ) - between the eyebrows; मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle; नाराचेन (nārācena) - with an iron arrow; परन्तप (parantapa) - scorcher of foes;]
(Then Kritavarma, taking another bow, struck Vrikodara in the middle between the eyebrows with an iron arrow, O scorcher of foes.)
Then Kritavarma picked up another bow and struck Vrikodara right between the eyebrows with an iron arrow, O scorcher of foes.
भीमस्तु समरे विद्ध्वा शल्यं नवभिरायसैः। भगदत्तं त्रिभिश्चैव कृतवर्माणमष्टभिः ॥६-१०९-३०॥
bhīmastu samare viddhvā śalyaṃ navabhirāyasaiḥ। bhagadattaṃ tribhiścaiva kṛtavarmāṇamaṣṭabhiḥ ॥6-109-30॥
[भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; तु (tu) - but; समरे (samare) - in battle; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; शल्यम् (śalyam) - Shalya; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; आयसैः (āyasaiḥ) - iron (arrows); भगदत्तम् (bhagadattam) - Bhagadatta; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कृतवर्माणम् (kṛtavarmāṇam) - Kritavarma; अष्टभिः (aṣṭabhiḥ) - with eight;]
(But Bhima, having pierced Shalya in battle with nine iron arrows, and Bhagadatta with three, indeed Kritavarma with eight.)
In the battle, Bhima pierced Shalya with nine iron arrows, Bhagadatta with three, and Kritavarma with eight.
द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां च विव्याध गौतमप्रभृतीन्रथान्। ते तु तं समरे राजन्विव्यधुर्निशितैः शरैः ॥६-१०९-३१॥
dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ ca vivyādha gautamaprabhr̥tīn rathān। te tu taṃ samare rājan vivyadhur niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥6-109-31॥
[द्वाभ्यां (dvābhyām) - by two; द्वाभ्यां (dvābhyām) - by two; च (ca) - and; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; गौतमप्रभृतीन् (gautamaprabhr̥tīn) - Gautama and others; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; तम् (tam) - him; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; विव्यधुः (vivyadhuḥ) - pierced; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows;]
(By two, by two, he pierced the chariots of Gautama and others. But they, O king, pierced him in battle with sharp arrows.)
With two arrows each, he struck the chariots of Gautama and others. However, O king, they retaliated by striking him with sharp arrows in the battle.
स तथा पीड्यमानोऽपि सर्वतस्तैर्महारथैः। मत्वा तृणेन तांस्तुल्यान्विचचार गतव्यथः ॥६-१०९-३२॥
sa tathā pīḍyamāno'pi sarvataistairmahārathaiḥ। matvā tṛṇena tāṃstulyānvicacāra gatavyathaḥ ॥6-109-32॥
[स (sa) - he; तथा (tathā) - thus; पीड्यमानः (pīḍyamānaḥ) - being tormented; अपि (api) - even; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; तैः (taiḥ) - by those; महारथैः (mahārathaiḥ) - great warriors; मत्वा (matvā) - considering; तृणेन (tṛṇena) - as straw; तान् (tān) - them; तुल्यान् (tulyān) - equal; विचचार (vicacāra) - moved about; गतव्यथः (gatavyathaḥ) - without distress;]
(He, thus being tormented from all sides by those great warriors, considering them as straw, moved about without distress.)
Despite being tormented from all sides by the great warriors, he considered them insignificant like straw and moved about without any distress.
ते चापि रथिनां श्रेष्ठा भीमाय निशिताञ्शरान्। प्रेषयामासुरव्यग्राः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥६-१०९-३३॥
te cāpi rathināṃ śreṣṭhā bhīmāya niśitāñśarān। preṣayāmāsuravyagrāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥6-109-33॥
[ते (te) - they; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; रथिनां (rathināṃ) - of charioteers; श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best; भीमाय (bhīmāya) - to Bhima; निशितान् (niśitān) - sharp; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; प्रेषयामासुः (preṣayāmāsuḥ) - sent; अव्यग्राः (avyagrāḥ) - eagerly; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(They, the best of charioteers, also sent sharp arrows to Bhima eagerly by hundreds and thousands.)
The best among the charioteers eagerly sent sharp arrows towards Bhima in hundreds and thousands.
तस्य शक्तिं महावेगां भगदत्तो महारथः। चिक्षेप समरे वीरः स्वर्णदण्डां महाधनाम् ॥६-१०९-३४॥
tasya śaktiṃ mahāvegāṃ bhagadatto mahārathaḥ। cikṣepa samare vīraḥ svarṇadaṇḍāṃ mahādhanām ॥6-109-34॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; शक्तिं (śaktiṃ) - spear; महावेगां (mahāvegāṃ) - very swift; भगदत्तः (bhagadattaḥ) - Bhagadatta; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior; चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - hurled; समरे (samare) - in battle; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; स्वर्णदण्डां (svarṇadaṇḍāṃ) - with golden shaft; महाधनाम् (mahādhanām) - very valuable;]
(His very swift spear, Bhagadatta, the great chariot-warrior, hurled in battle, the hero with a golden shaft, very valuable.)
Bhagadatta, the great chariot-warrior, hurled his very swift and valuable spear with a golden shaft in the battle.
तोमरं सैन्धवो राजा पट्टिशं च महाभुजः। शतघ्नीं च कृपो राजञ्शरं शल्यश्च संयुगे ॥६-१०९-३५॥
tomaraṃ saindhavo rājā paṭṭiśaṃ ca mahābhujaḥ। śataghṇīṃ ca kṛpo rājañśaraṃ śalyaśca saṃyuge ॥6-109-35॥
[तोमरं (tomaraṃ) - spear; सैन्धवः (saindhavaḥ) - Sindhu king; राजा (rājā) - king; पट्टिशं (paṭṭiśaṃ) - lance; च (ca) - and; महाभुजः (mahābhujaḥ) - mighty-armed; शतघ्नीं (śataghṇīṃ) - hundred-slayer; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; राजन् (rājan) - O king; शरं (śaraṃ) - arrow; शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Śalya; च (ca) - and; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(The Sindhu king wielded a spear, the mighty-armed king a lance, Kṛpa a hundred-slayer, and Śalya an arrow in battle, O king.)
The Sindhu king held a spear, the mighty-armed king wielded a lance, Kṛpa used a hundred-slayer weapon, and Śalya shot an arrow in the battle, O king.
अथेतरे महेष्वासाः पञ्च पञ्च शिलीमुखान्। भीमसेनं समुद्दिश्य प्रेषयामासुरोजसा ॥६-१०९-३६॥
athetare maheṣvāsāḥ pañca pañca śilīmukhān। bhīmasenaṃ samuddiśya preṣayāmāsurojasā ॥6-109-36॥
[अथ (atha) - then; इतर (itara) - others; महेष्वास (maheṣvāsa) - great archers; पञ्च (pañca) - five; पञ्च (pañca) - five; शिलीमुख (śilīmukha) - arrows; भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - Bhimasena; समुद्दिश्य (samuddiśya) - aiming at; प्रेषयामासु (preṣayāmāsu) - dispatched; ओजसा (ojasā) - with force;]
(Then the other great archers dispatched five arrows each, aiming at Bhimasena with force.)
Then the other great archers, with great force, aimed and dispatched five arrows each at Bhimasena.
तोमरं स द्विधा चक्रे क्षुरप्रेणानिलात्मजः। पट्टिशं च त्रिभिर्बाणैश्चिच्छेद तिलकाण्डवत् ॥६-१०९-३७॥
tomaraṁ sa dvidhā cakre kṣurapreṇānilātmajaḥ। paṭṭiśaṁ ca tribhirbāṇaiściccheda tilakāṇḍavat ॥6-109-37॥
[तोमरम् (tomaram) - spear; सः (saḥ) - he; द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two; चक्रे (cakre) - made; क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a sharp arrow; अनिलात्मजः (anilātmajaḥ) - son of the wind; पट्टिशम् (paṭṭiśam) - lance; च (ca) - and; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; तिलकाण्डवत् (tilakāṇḍavat) - like a sesame stalk;]
(He, the son of the wind, made the spear into two with a sharp arrow and cut the lance with three arrows like a sesame stalk.)
The son of the wind split the spear in two with a sharp arrow and severed the lance with three arrows, just as one would cut a sesame stalk.
स बिभेद शतघ्नीं च नवभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः। मद्रराजप्रयुक्तं च शरं छित्त्वा महाबलः ॥६-१०९-३८॥
sa bibheda śataghnīṃ ca navabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ। madrarājaprayuktaṃ ca śaraṃ chittvā mahābalaḥ ॥6-109-38॥
[स (sa) - he; बिभेद (bibheda) - pierced; शतघ्नीं (śataghnīṃ) - the missile named Śataghnī; च (ca) - and; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; कङ्कपत्रिभिः (kaṅkapatribhiḥ) - with arrows having feathers of a heron; मद्रराजप्रयुक्तं (madrarājaprayuktaṃ) - dispatched by the king of Madra; च (ca) - and; शरं (śaram) - arrow; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut off; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - the mighty one;]
(He pierced the missile named Śataghnī with nine arrows having feathers of a heron, and having cut off the arrow dispatched by the king of Madra, the mighty one.)
The mighty warrior pierced the Śataghnī missile with nine heron-feathered arrows and cut off the arrow sent by the king of Madra.
शक्तिं चिच्छेद सहसा भगदत्तेरितां रणे। तथेतराञ्शरान्घोराञ्शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ॥६-१०९-३९॥
śaktiṃ ciccheda sahasā bhagadatteritāṃ raṇe। tathetarāñśarānghorāñśaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ ॥6-109-39॥
[शक्तिम् (śaktim) - spear; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; भगदत्तेरिताम् (bhagadatteritām) - sent by Bhagadatta; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; तथा (tathā) - thus; इतरा (itarā) - other; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; संनतपर्वभिः (saṃnataparvabhiḥ) - with bent joints;]
(He suddenly cut off the spear sent by Bhagadatta in battle. Thus, with arrows having bent joints, (he cut off) the other terrible arrows.)
In the battle, he swiftly severed the spear hurled by Bhagadatta. Likewise, with arrows that had bent joints, he intercepted the other dreadful arrows.
भीमसेनो रणश्लाघी त्रिधैकैकं समाच्छिनत्। तांश्च सर्वान्महेष्वासांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरताडयत् ॥६-१०९-४०॥
bhīmaseno raṇaślāghī tridhaikaikaṃ samācchinat। tāṃśca sarvānmayeṣvāsāṃstribhiḥtribhiratāḍayat ॥6-109-40॥
[भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; रणश्लाघी (raṇaślāghī) - battle-boaster; त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three parts; एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one; समाच्छिनत् (samācchinat) - cut; तान् (tān) - them; च (ca) - and; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great archers; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck;]
(Bhimasena, the battle-boaster, cut each one into three parts. And he struck all the great archers by three by three.)
Bhimasena, known for his boasting in battle, sliced each opponent into three parts and struck all the great archers three times each.
ततो धनञ्जयस्तत्र वर्तमाने महारणे। जगाम स रथेनाजौ भीमं दृष्ट्वा महारथम् ॥ निघ्नन्तं समरे शत्रून्योधयानं च सायकैः ॥६-१०९-४१॥
tato dhanañjayastatra vartamāne mahāraṇe। jagāma sa rathenājau bhīmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāratham ॥ nighnantaṃ samare śatrūnyodhayānaṃ ca sāyakaiḥ ॥6-109-41॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhananjaya; तत्र (tatra) - there; वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - ongoing; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - great battle; जगाम (jagāma) - went; सः (saḥ) - he; रथेन (rathena) - by chariot; अजौ (ajau) - in the battle; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; निघ्नन्तम् (nighnantam) - slaying; समरे (samare) - in the battle; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; योधयानम् (yodhayānam) - warriors; च (ca) - and; सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Then Dhananjaya, seeing Bhima, the great chariot-warrior, slaying enemies and warriors with arrows in the ongoing great battle, went there by chariot.)
Then Dhananjaya went to the battlefield by chariot, where he saw Bhima, the great chariot-warrior, slaying enemies and warriors with arrows in the ongoing great battle.
तौ तु तत्र महात्मानौ समेतौ वीक्ष्य पाण्डवौ। नाशशंसुर्जयं तत्र तावकाः पुरुषर्षभ ॥६-१०९-४२॥
tau tu tatra mahātmānau sametau vīkṣya pāṇḍavau। nāśaśaṃsurjayaṃ tatra tāvakāḥ puruṣarṣabha ॥6-109-42॥
[तौ (tau) - they; तु (tu) - but; तत्र (tatra) - there; महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - great souls; समेतौ (sametau) - assembled; वीक्ष्य (vīkṣya) - seeing; पाण्डवौ (pāṇḍavau) - the Pandavas; न (na) - not; अशशंसुः (aśaśaṃsuḥ) - praised; जयं (jayaṃ) - victory; तत्र (tatra) - there; तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best of men;]
(They, the great souls, assembled there, seeing the Pandavas, did not praise victory there, O best of men.)
The great souls, upon seeing the Pandavas assembled there, did not proclaim victory for your side, O best of men.
अथार्जुनो रणे भीष्मं योधयन्वै महारथम्। भीष्मस्य निधनाकाङ्क्षी पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम् ॥६-१०९-४३॥
athārjuno raṇe bhīṣmaṃ yodhayanvai mahāratham। bhīṣmasya nidhanakāṅkṣī puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam ॥6-109-43॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; योधयन् (yodhayan) - fighting; वै (vai) - indeed; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhishma; निधन (nidhana) - death; आकाङ्क्षी (ākāṅkṣī) - desiring; पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - placing in front; शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandi;]
(Then Arjuna, desiring the death of Bhishma, fought in battle, placing Shikhandi in front.)
Then Arjuna, eager for Bhishma's demise, engaged in battle, strategically positioning Shikhandi at the forefront.
आससाद रणे योधांस्तावकान्दश भारत। ये स्म भीमं रणे राजन्योधयन्तो व्यवस्थिताः ॥ बीभत्सुस्तानथाविध्यद्भीमस्य प्रियकाम्यया ॥६-१०९-४४॥
āsasāda raṇe yodhāṃstāvakāndaśa bhārata। ye sma bhīmaṃ raṇe rājanyodhayanto vyavasthitāḥ ॥ bībhatsustānathāvidhyadbhīmasya priyakāmyayā ॥6-109-44॥
[आससाद (āsasāda) - approached; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; योधान् (yodhān) - warriors; तावकान् (tāvakān) - your; दश (daśa) - ten; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; ये (ye) - who; स्म (sma) - indeed; भीमं (bhīmaṃ) - Bhima; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; योधयन्तः (yodhayantaḥ) - fighting; व्यवस्थिताः (vyavasthitāḥ) - standing; बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Arjuna; तान् (tān) - them; अथ (atha) - then; अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - pierced; भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - for Bhima's; प्रियकाम्यया (priyakāmyayā) - desire to please;]
(Arjuna approached in battle your ten warriors, O Bharata, who indeed were standing in battle fighting Bhima, O king. Then Arjuna pierced them for Bhima's desire to please.)
Arjuna approached the battlefield where your ten warriors, O Bharata, were standing to fight Bhima. Then, to please Bhima, Arjuna pierced them, O king.
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा सुशर्माणमचोदयत्। अर्जुनस्य वधार्थाय भीमसेनस्य चोभयोः ॥६-१०९-४५॥
tato duryodhano rājā suśarmāṇamacodayat। arjunasya vadhārthāya bhīmasenasya cobhayoḥ ॥6-109-45॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजा (rājā) - king; सुशर्माणम् (suśarmāṇam) - Susharma; अचोदयत् (acodayat) - urged; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; वधार्थाय (vadhārthāya) - for the purpose of killing; भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhimasena; च (ca) - and; उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - both;]
(Then King Duryodhana urged Susharma for the purpose of killing both Arjuna and Bhimasena.)
Then King Duryodhana urged Susharma to kill both Arjuna and Bhimasena.
सुशर्मन्गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वं बलौघैः परिवारितः। जहि पाण्डुसुतावेतौ धनञ्जयवृकोदरौ ॥६-१०९-४६॥
suśarmangaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ balaughaiḥ parivāritaḥ। jahi pāṇḍusutāvetau dhanañjayavṛkodarau ॥6-109-46॥
[सुशर्मन् (suśarman) - Suśarman; गच्छ (gaccha) - go; शीघ्रं (śīghraṃ) - quickly; त्वं (tvaṃ) - you; बलौघैः (balaughaiḥ) - with troops; परिवारितः (parivāritaḥ) - surrounded; जहि (jahi) - conquer; पाण्डुसुतौ (pāṇḍusutau) - the sons of Pandu; एतौ (etau) - these; धनञ्जयवृकोदरौ (dhanañjayavṛkodarau) - Dhananjaya and Vrikodara;]
(Suśarman, go quickly, you are surrounded by troops; conquer these sons of Pandu, Dhananjaya and Vrikodara.)
Suśarman, quickly proceed with your troops and conquer the Pandava brothers, Dhananjaya and Vrikodara.
तच्छ्रुत्वा शासनं तस्य त्रिगर्तः प्रस्थलाधिपः। अभिद्रुत्य रणे भीममर्जुनं चैव धन्विनौ ॥६-१०९-४७॥
tacchrutvā śāsanaṃ tasya trigartaḥ prasthalādhipaḥ। abhidrutya raṇe bhīmamarjunaṃ caiva dhanvinau ॥6-109-47॥
[तत् (tat) - that; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; शासनं (śāsanaṃ) - command; तस्य (tasya) - his; त्रिगर्तः (trigartaḥ) - Trigarta; प्रस्थलाधिपः (prasthalādhipaḥ) - lord of Prasthala; अभिद्रुत्य (abhidrutya) - having rushed; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; अर्जुनं (arjunaṃ) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; धन्विनौ (dhanvinau) - archers;]
(Having heard his command, the lord of Prasthala, Trigarta, rushed in battle towards Bhima and Arjuna, the archers.)
Upon hearing his command, the lord of Prasthala, Trigarta, charged into the battle towards the archers Bhima and Arjuna.
रथैरनेकसाहस्रैः परिवव्रे समन्ततः। ततः प्रववृते युद्धमर्जुनस्य परैः सह ॥६-१०९-४८॥
rathair anekasāhasraiḥ parivavre samantataḥ। tataḥ pravavṛte yuddham arjunasya paraiḥ saha ॥6-109-48॥
[रथैः (rathaiḥ) - with chariots; अनेक (aneka) - numerous; साहस्रैः (sāhasraiḥ) - thousands; परिवव्रे (parivavre) - surrounded; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - on all sides; ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रववृते (pravavṛte) - commenced; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; परैः (paraiḥ) - with others; सह (saha) - together;]
(With numerous thousands of chariots, surrounded on all sides, then commenced the battle of Arjuna with others.)
Arjuna's battle with others began, surrounded on all sides by numerous thousands of chariots.
