07.002
Pancharatra and Core: Karṇa, with a banner adorned with gold, pearls, gems, and diamonds, rode in a chariot yoked with fine horses, and shone like the sun with immeasurable energy.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
हतं भीष्ममाधिरथिर्विदित्वा; भिन्नां नावमिवात्यगाधे कुरूणाम्। सोदर्यवद्व्यसनात्सूतपुत्रः; सन्तारयिष्यंस्तव पुत्रस्य सेनाम् ॥७-२-१॥
hataṁ bhīṣmam-ādhirathir-viditvā; bhinnāṁ nāvam-ivātyagādhe kurūṇām। sodaryavad-vyasanāt-sūtaputraḥ; santārayiṣyaṁs-tava putrasya senām ॥7-2-1॥
[हतम् (hatam) - killed; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; आधिरथिः (ādhirathiḥ) - Karna; विदित्वा (viditvā) - knowing; भिन्नाम् (bhinnām) - broken; नावम् (nāvam) - boat; इव (iva) - like; अत्यगाधे (atyagādhe) - very deep; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; सodar्यवत् (sodaryavat) - like a brother; व्यसनात् (vyasanāt) - from distress; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - the son of a charioteer; सन्तारयिष्यन् (santārayiṣyan) - intending to rescue; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; सेनाम् (senām) - army;]
(Knowing Bhishma was killed, Karna, like a broken boat in a very deep ocean of the Kurus, like a brother from distress, the son of a charioteer intending to rescue your son's army.)
Upon learning of Bhishma's death, Karna, feeling like a broken boat in the vast ocean of the Kuru dynasty, akin to a brother in distress, sought to save your son's army.
श्रुत्वा तु कर्णः पुरुषेन्द्रमच्युतं; निपातितं शान्तनवं महारथम्। अथोपायात्तूर्णममित्रकर्शनो; धनुर्धराणां प्रवरस्तदा वृषः ॥७-२-२॥
śrutvā tu karṇaḥ puruṣendramacyutaṃ; nipātitaṃ śāntanavaṃ mahāratham। athopāyāttūrṇamamitrakarśano; dhanurdharāṇāṃ pravarastadā vṛṣaḥ ॥7-2-2॥
[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; तु (tu) - but; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; पुरुषेन्द्रम् (puruṣendram) - the lord of men; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - Acyuta; निपातितम् (nipātitam) - fallen; शान्तनवम् (śāntanavam) - son of Śāntanu; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; अथ (atha) - then; उपायात् (upāyāt) - approached; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; अमित्रकर्शनः (amitrakarśanaḥ) - foe-harasser; धनुर्धराणाम् (dhanurdharāṇām) - of archers; प्रवरः (pravaraḥ) - the best; तदा (tadā) - then; वृषः (vṛṣaḥ) - bull;]
(Having heard, Karṇa, the lord of men, Acyuta, fallen, son of Śāntanu, great chariot-warrior, then approached quickly, the foe-harasser, the best of archers, then bull.)
Upon hearing of the fall of Acyuta, the lord of men, and the great chariot-warrior, son of Śāntanu, Karṇa, the harasser of foes and the best among archers, quickly approached like a bull.
हते तु भीष्मे रथसत्तमे परै; र्निमज्जतीं नावमिवार्णवे कुरून्। पितेव पुत्रांस्त्वरितोऽभ्ययात्ततः; सन्तारयिष्यंस्तव पुत्रस्य सेनाम् ॥७-२-३॥
hate tu bhīṣme rathasattame parai; nimajjatiṃ nāvamivārṇave kurūn। piteva putrāṃstvarito'bhyayāttataḥ; santārayiṣyaṃstava putrasya senām ॥7-2-3॥
[हते (hate) - having been slain; तु (tu) - but; भीष्मे (bhīṣme) - Bhishma; रथसत्तमे (rathasattame) - the greatest of car-warriors; परैः (paraiḥ) - by the enemies; निमज्जतीम् (nimajjatiṃ) - sinking; नावम् (nāvam) - boat; इव (iva) - like; अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean; कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kuru dynasty; पिता (pitā) - father; इव (iva) - like; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सन्तारयिष्यन् (santārayiṣyan) - intending to rescue; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; सेनाम् (senām) - army;]
(But when Bhishma, the greatest of car-warriors, was slain by the enemies, the Kuru dynasty was sinking like a boat in the ocean. Then, like a father to his sons, he quickly approached, intending to rescue your son's army.)
After Bhishma, the greatest of warriors, was killed by the enemies, the Kuru dynasty was in great peril, like a boat sinking in the ocean. Then, like a father rushing to save his children, he quickly came to rescue your son's army.
कर्ण उवाच॥
karṇa uvāca॥
[कर्ण (karṇa) - Karna; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Karna said:)
Karna said:
यस्मिन्धृतिर्बुद्धिपराक्रमौजो; दमः सत्यं वीरगुणाश्च सर्वे। अस्त्राणि दिव्यान्यथ संनतिर्ह्रीः; प्रिया च वागनपायीनि भीष्मे ॥७-२-४॥
yasmin dhṛtir buddhi-parākrama-ojo; damaḥ satyaṃ vīra-guṇāś ca sarve। astrāṇi divyāny atha saṃnatir hrīḥ; priyā ca vāg anapāyīni bhīṣme ॥7-2-4॥
[यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whom; धृतिः (dhṛtiḥ) - steadfastness; बुद्धि (buddhi) - intelligence; पराक्रम (parākrama) - valor; ओजः (ojaḥ) - vigor; दमः (damaḥ) - self-control; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; वीरगुणाः (vīra-guṇāḥ) - heroic qualities; च (ca) - and; सर्वे (sarve) - all; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine; अथ (atha) - and; संनतिः (saṃnatiḥ) - humility; ह्रीः (hrīḥ) - modesty; प्रिया (priyā) - beloved; च (ca) - and; वाक् (vāk) - speech; अनपायिनी (anapāyinī) - unfailing; भीष्मे (bhīṣme) - in Bhishma;]
(In whom steadfastness, intelligence, valor, vigor; self-control, truth, and all heroic qualities; divine weapons, and humility, modesty; beloved and unfailing speech are in Bhishma.)
In Bhishma reside steadfastness, intelligence, valor, vigor, self-control, truth, all heroic qualities, divine weapons, humility, modesty, beloved and unfailing speech.
ब्रह्मद्विषघ्ने सततं कृतज्ञे; सनातनं चन्द्रमसीव लक्ष्म। स चेत्प्रशान्तः परवीरहन्ता; मन्ये हतानेव हि सर्वयोधान् ॥७-२-५॥
brahmadviṣaghne satataṃ kṛtajñe; sanātanaṃ candramasīva lakṣma। sa cetpraśāntaḥ paravīrahantā; manye hatāneva hi sarvayodhān ॥7-2-5॥
[ब्रह्मद्विषघ्ने (brahmadviṣaghne) - destroyer of Brahman's enemies; सततं (satataṃ) - always; कृतज्ञे (kṛtajñe) - grateful; सनातनं (sanātanaṃ) - eternal; चन्द्रमसीव (candramasīva) - like the moon; लक्ष्म (lakṣma) - mark; स (sa) - he; चेत् (cet) - if; प्रशान्तः (praśāntaḥ) - calm; परवीरहन्ता (paravīrahantā) - destroyer of enemy heroes; मन्ये (manye) - I think; हतानेव (hatāneva) - as if killed; हि (hi) - indeed; सर्वयोधान् (sarvayodhān) - all warriors;]
(Destroyer of Brahman's enemies, always grateful; eternal, like the moon's mark. If he is calm, the destroyer of enemy heroes, I think all warriors are indeed as if killed.)
The one who destroys the enemies of Brahman, who is always grateful and eternal, like the mark on the moon. If he remains calm, he is the destroyer of enemy heroes, and I believe all warriors are as if already defeated.
नेह ध्रुवं किञ्चन जातु विद्यते; अस्मिँल्लोके कर्मणोऽनित्ययोगात्। सूर्योदये को हि विमुक्तसंशयो; भावं कुर्वीताद्य महाव्रते हते ॥७-२-६॥
neha dhruvaṁ kiñcana jātu vidyate; asmiṁlloke karmaṇo'nityayogāt। sūryodaye ko hi vimuktasaṁśayo; bhāvaṁ kurvītādya mahāvrate hate ॥7-2-6॥
[न (na) - not; इह (iha) - here; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - permanent; किञ्चन (kiñcana) - anything; जातु (jātu) - ever; विद्यते (vidyate) - exists; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; लोके (loke) - world; कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of actions; अनित्ययोगात् (anityayogāt) - due to impermanence; सूर्योदये (sūryodaye) - at sunrise; कः (kaḥ) - who; हि (hi) - indeed; विमुक्तसंशयः (vimuktasaṁśayaḥ) - free from doubt; भावम् (bhāvam) - state; कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - would do; अद्य (adya) - today; महाव्रते (mahāvrate) - in the great vow; हते (hate) - being slain;]
(Here, nothing is ever permanent; in this world, due to the impermanence of actions. At sunrise, who indeed, free from doubt, would assume a state today in the great vow being slain.)
In this world, nothing is ever permanent due to the impermanence of actions. At sunrise, who indeed, free from doubt, would assume a state today in the great vow being slain?
वसुप्रभावे वसुवीर्यसम्भवे; गते वसूनेव वसुन्धराधिपे। वसूनि पुत्रांश्च वसुन्धरां तथा; कुरूंश्च शोचध्वमिमां च वाहिनीम् ॥७-२-७॥
vasuprabhāve vasuvīryasambhave; gate vasūneva vasundharādhipe। vasūni putrāṃśca vasundharāṃ tathā; kurūṃśca śocadhvamimāṃ ca vāhinīm ॥7-2-7॥
[वसुप्रभावे (vasuprabhāve) - in the influence of Vasu; वसुवीर्यसम्भवे (vasuvīryasambhave) - born of the strength of Vasu; गते (gate) - gone; वसूना (vasūnā) - of the Vasus; इव (iva) - like; वसुन्धराधिपे (vasundharādhipe) - the lord of the earth; वसूनि (vasūni) - the Vasus; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; च (ca) - and; वसुन्धराम् (vasundharām) - the earth; तथा (tathā) - also; कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus; च (ca) - and; शोचध्वम् (śocadhvam) - mourn; इमाम् (imām) - this; च (ca) - and; वाहिनीम् (vāhinīm) - army;]
(In the influence of Vasu, born of the strength of Vasu; gone like the Vasus, the lord of the earth. Mourn the Vasus, the sons, the earth, the Kurus, and this army.)
Under the influence of Vasu and born from his strength, the lord of the earth has departed like the Vasus. Mourn for the Vasus, the sons, the earth, the Kurus, and this army.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
महाप्रभावे वरदे निपातिते; लोकश्रेष्ठे शान्तनवे महौजसि। पराजितेषु भरतेषु दुर्मनाः; कर्णो भृशं न्यश्वसदश्रु वर्तयन् ॥७-२-८॥
mahāprabhāve varade nipātite; lokaśreṣṭhe śāntanave mahaujasi। parājiteṣu bhārateṣu durmanāḥ; karṇo bhṛśaṃ nyaśvasadaśru vartayan ॥7-2-8॥
[महाप्रभावे (mahāprabhāve) - of great influence; वरदे (varade) - granter of boons; निपातिते (nipātite) - fallen; लोकश्रेष्ठे (lokaśreṣṭhe) - best among men; शान्तनवे (śāntanave) - son of Śantanu; महौजसि (mahaujasi) - of great energy; पराजितेषु (parājiteṣu) - defeated; भरतेषु (bhārateṣu) - among the Bharatas; दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - distressed; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; न्यश्वसत् (nyaśvasat) - sighed; अश्रु (aśru) - tears; वर्तयन् (vartayan) - shedding;]
(Of great influence, the granter of boons, fallen; the best among men, the son of Śantanu, of great energy. Among the defeated Bharatas, distressed; Karṇa greatly sighed, shedding tears.)
Karṇa, distressed among the defeated Bharatas, sighed deeply and shed tears for the fallen, great and powerful son of Śantanu, the best among men.
इदं तु राधेयवचो निशम्य ते; सुताश्च राजंस्तव सैनिकाश्च ह। परस्परं चुक्रुशुरार्तिजं भृशं; तदाश्रु नेत्रैर्मुमुचुर्हि शब्दवत् ॥७-२-९॥
idaṃ tu rādheyavaco niśamya te; sutāśca rājaṃstava sainikāśca ha। parasparaṃ cukruśurārtijaṃ bhṛśaṃ; tadāśru netrairmumucurhi śabdavat ॥7-2-9॥
[इदं (idaṃ) - this; तु (tu) - but; राधेयवचः (rādheyavacaḥ) - Radheya's words; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; ते (te) - they; सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons; च (ca) - and; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तव (tava) - your; सैनिकाः (sainikāḥ) - soldiers; च (ca) - and; ह (ha) - indeed; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; चुक्रुशुः (cukruśuḥ) - cried out; आर्तिजम् (ārtijam) - in distress; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; तदा (tadā) - then; अश्रु (aśru) - tears; नेत्रैः (netraiḥ) - from eyes; मुमुचुः (mumucuḥ) - released; हि (hi) - indeed; शब्दवत् (śabdavat) - with sound;]
(This, however, having heard Radheya's words, they, your sons and soldiers, O king, indeed cried out greatly in distress to each other; then, indeed, they released tears from their eyes with sound.)
Upon hearing Radheya's words, your sons and soldiers, O king, cried out in great distress to each other; then, they shed tears from their eyes audibly.
प्रवर्तमाने तु पुनर्महाहवे; विगाह्यमानासु चमूषु पार्थिवैः। अथाब्रवीद्धर्षकरं वचस्तदा; रथर्षभान्सर्वमहारथर्षभः ॥७-२-१०॥
pravartamāne tu punarmahāhave; vigāhyamānāsu camūṣu pārthivaiḥ। athābravīddharṣakaraṃ vacastadā; ratharṣabhānsarvamahāratharṣabhaḥ ॥7-2-10॥
[प्रवर्तमाने (pravartamāne) - when commenced; तु (tu) - but; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle; विगाह्यमानासु (vigāhyamānāsu) - being penetrated; चमूषु (camūṣu) - in the armies; पार्थिवैः (pārthivaiḥ) - by the kings; अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; हर्षकरं (harṣakaraṃ) - joyous; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; तदा (tadā) - at that time; रथर्षभान् (ratharṣabhān) - to the best of charioteers; सर्वमहारथर्षभः (sarvamahāratharṣabhaḥ) - the supreme among all great charioteers;]
(When the great battle commenced again, and the armies were being penetrated by the kings, then the supreme among all great charioteers spoke joyous words to the best of charioteers at that time.)
As the great battle resumed, with the armies being breached by the kings, the supreme charioteer addressed the best of charioteers with words of encouragement and joy.
कर्ण उवाच॥
karṇa uvāca॥
[कर्ण (karṇa) - Karna; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Karna said:)
Karna said:
जगत्यनित्ये सततं प्रधावति; प्रचिन्तयन्नस्थिरमद्य लक्षये। भवत्सु तिष्ठत्स्विह पातितो रणे; गिरिप्रकाशः कुरुपुङ्गवः कथम् ॥७-२-११॥
jagatyanitye satataṁ pradhāvati; pracintayannasthiramadya lakṣaye। bhavatsu tiṣṭhatsviha pātito raṇe; giriprakāśaḥ kurupuṅgavaḥ katham ॥7-2-11॥
[जगति (jagati) - in the world; अनित्ये (anitye) - impermanent; सततम् (satatam) - constantly; प्रधावति (pradhāvati) - runs; प्रचिन्तयन् (pracintayan) - reflecting; अस्थिरम् (asthiram) - unstable; अद्य (adya) - today; लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I perceive; भवत्सु (bhavatsu) - among the beings; तिष्ठत्सु (tiṣṭhatsu) - standing; इह (iha) - here; पातितः (pātitaḥ) - fallen; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; गिरिप्रकाशः (giriprakāśaḥ) - Giri Prakasha; कुरुपुङ्गवः (kurupuṅgavaḥ) - the Kuru hero; कथम् (katham) - how;]
(In the impermanent world, constantly runs; reflecting on the unstable, today I perceive. Among the beings standing here, fallen in battle; how is Giri Prakasha, the Kuru hero?)
In this ever-changing world, everything is in constant motion. Reflecting on the instability of life, today I realize. Among those who stand here, Giri Prakasha, the hero of the Kurus, has fallen in battle; how did this happen?
निपातिते शान्तनवे महारथे; दिवाकरे भूतलमास्थिते यथा। न पार्थिवाः सोढुमलं धनञ्जयं; गिरिप्रवोढारमिवानिलं द्रुमाः ॥७-२-१२॥
nipātite śāntanave mahārathe; divākare bhūtalamāsthite yathā। na pārthivāḥ soḍhumalaṃ dhanañjayaṃ; giripravoḍhāramivānilaṃ drumāḥ ॥7-2-12॥
[निपातिते (nipātite) - felled; शान्तनवे (śāntanave) - Śāntanu's son; महारथे (mahārathe) - great chariot-warrior; दिवाकरे (divākare) - sun; भूतलमास्थिते (bhūtalamāsthite) - on the earth; यथा (yathā) - as; न (na) - not; पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings; सोढुम् (soḍhum) - to withstand; अलम् (alam) - capable; धनञ्जयं (dhanañjayaṃ) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna); गिरिप्रवोढारम् (giripravoḍhāram) - mountain-carrier; इव (iva) - like; अनिलम् (anilam) - wind; द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees;]
(When Śāntanu's son, the great chariot-warrior, was felled, as the sun was setting on the earth, the kings were not capable of withstanding Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), like trees cannot withstand the mountain-carrying wind.)
When Bhishma, the son of Śāntanu and a great warrior, was brought down, it was as if the sun had set on the earth. The kings were unable to withstand Arjuna, just as trees cannot withstand a powerful wind carrying mountains.
हतप्रधानं त्विदमार्तरूपं; परैर्हतोत्साहमनाथमद्य वै। मया कुरूणां परिपाल्यमाहवे; बलं यथा तेन महात्मना तथा ॥७-२-१३॥
hatapradhānaṃ tvidamārtarūpaṃ; parairhatotsāhamanāthamadhya vai। mayā kurūṇāṃ paripālyamāhave; balaṃ yathā tena mahātmanā tathā ॥7-2-13॥
[हतप्रधानम् (hatapradhānam) - with leaders killed; तु (tu) - but; इदम् (idam) - this; आर्तरूपम् (ārtarūpam) - distressed form; परैः (paraiḥ) - by others; हतोत्साहम् (hatotsāham) - deprived of enthusiasm; अनाथम् (anātham) - helpless; अद्य (adya) - today; वै (vai) - indeed; मया (mayā) - by me; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; परिपाल्यम् (paripālyam) - to be protected; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; बलम् (balam) - the force; यथा (yathā) - as; तेन (tena) - by him; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul; तथा (tathā) - so; ॥७-२-१३॥ (॥7-2-13॥) - (verse number);]
(With leaders killed, this distressed form, deprived of enthusiasm and helpless by others, indeed today by me, the force of the Kurus is to be protected in battle, as by him, the great soul, so.)
With its leaders slain, this army appears distressed, deprived of enthusiasm and helpless. Today, it is up to me to protect the force of the Kurus in battle, just as the great soul once did.
समाहितं चात्मनि भारमीदृशं; जगत्तथानित्यमिदं च लक्षये। निपातितं चाहवशौण्डमाहवे; कथं नु कुर्यामहमाहवे भयम् ॥७-२-१४॥
samāhitaṃ cātmani bhāramīdṛśaṃ; jagattathānityamidaṃ ca lakṣaye। nipātitaṃ cāhavaśauṇḍamāhave; kathaṃ nu kuryāmahamāhave bhayam ॥7-2-14॥
[समाहितम् (samāhitam) - concentrated; च (ca) - and; आत्मनि (ātmani) - in self; भारम् (bhāram) - burden; ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such; जगत् (jagat) - world; तथा (tathā) - thus; अनित्यम् (anityam) - impermanent; इदम् (idam) - this; च (ca) - and; लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I perceive; निपातितम् (nipātitam) - felled; च (ca) - and; अहवशौण्डम् (ahavaśauṇḍam) - warrior; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; कथम् (katham) - how; नु (nu) - indeed; कुर्याम् (kuryām) - shall I do; अहम् (aham) - I; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; भयम् (bhayam) - fear;]
(Concentrated in self, such a burden; I perceive this world as impermanent. The warrior felled in battle; how indeed shall I do fear in battle?)
Concentrated within myself, I perceive such a burden and see this world as impermanent. The warrior has been felled in battle; how then shall I fear in battle?
अहं तु तान्कुरुवृषभानजिह्मगैः; प्रवेरयन्यमसदनं रणे चरन्। यशः परं जगति विभाव्य वर्तिता; परैर्हतो युधि शयिताथ वा पुनः ॥७-२-१५॥
ahaṁ tu tān kuruvṛṣabhān ajihmagaiḥ; praverayan yamasadanaṁ raṇe caran। yaśaḥ paraṁ jagati vibhāvya vartitā; parairhato yudhi śayitātha vā punaḥ ॥7-2-15॥
[अहं (ahaṁ) - I; तु (tu) - but; तान् (tān) - those; कुरुवृषभान् (kuruvṛṣabhān) - Kuru bulls; अजिह्मगैः (ajihmagaiḥ) - with straight arrows; प्रवेरयन् (praverayan) - driving; यमसदनं (yamasadanaṁ) - to the abode of Yama; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; चरन् (caran) - moving; यशः (yaśaḥ) - fame; परं (param) - supreme; जगति (jagati) - in the world; विभाव्य (vibhāvya) - manifesting; वर्तिता (vartitā) - will remain; परैः (paraiḥ) - by others; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; शयिता (śayitā) - will lie; अथ (atha) - or; वा (vā) - or; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(I, however, will drive those Kuru bulls with straight arrows to the abode of Yama, moving in battle. Fame supreme in the world will manifest and remain; slain by others in battle, I will lie or rise again.)
I will drive those mighty Kurus with straight arrows to the abode of Yama as I move in battle. My supreme fame will manifest and remain in the world; if slain by others in battle, I shall either lie or rise again.
युधिष्ठिरो धृतिमतिधर्मतत्त्ववा; न्वृकोदरो गजशततुल्यविक्रमः। तथार्जुनस्त्रिदशवरात्मजो यतो; न तद्बलं सुजयमथामरैरपि ॥७-२-१६॥
yudhiṣṭhiro dhṛtimatidharmatattvavā; nṛkodaro gajaśatatulyavikramaḥ। tathārjunastridaśavarātmajo yato; na tadbalaṃ sujayamathāmarairapi ॥7-2-16॥
[युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; धृतिमतिः (dhṛtimatiḥ) - steadfast; धर्मतत्त्ववाः (dharmatattvavāḥ) - knower of the essence of dharma; वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Vrikodara; गजशततुल्यविक्रमः (gajaśatatulyavikramaḥ) - having the prowess of a hundred elephants; तथा (tathā) - and; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; त्रिदशवरात्मजः (tridaśavarātmajaḥ) - son of the best of the gods; यतः (yataḥ) - from whom; न (na) - not; तत् (tat) - that; बलम् (balam) - strength; सुजयं (sujayam) - easily conquered; अथ (atha) - and; अमरैः (amaraiḥ) - by the immortals; अपि (api) - even;]
(Yudhishthira, steadfast, knower of the essence of dharma; Vrikodara, having the prowess of a hundred elephants. And Arjuna, son of the best of the gods, from whom that strength is not easily conquered, even by the immortals.)
Yudhishthira, known for his steadfastness and understanding of dharma, and Vrikodara, with the strength of a hundred elephants. Similarly, Arjuna, the son of the greatest of the gods, possesses strength that even the immortals find hard to overcome.
यमौ रणे यत्र यमोपमौ बले; ससात्यकिर्यत्र च देवकीसुतः। न तद्बलं कापुरुषोऽभ्युपेयिवा; न्निवर्तते मृत्युमुखादिवासकृत् ॥७-२-१७॥
yamau raṇe yatra yamopamau bale; sasātyakir yatra ca devakīsutaḥ। na tadbalaṃ kāpuruṣo'bhyupeyivān; nivartate mṛtyumukhādivāsakṛt ॥7-2-17॥
[यमौ (yamau) - Yama and Yama; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; यत्र (yatra) - where; यमोपमौ (yamopamau) - like Yama; बले (bale) - in strength; ससात्यकिः (sasātyakiḥ) - with Satyaki; यत्र (yatra) - where; च (ca) - and; देवकीसुतः (devakīsutaḥ) - son of Devaki; न (na) - not; तद्बलम् (tadbalaṃ) - that strength; कापुरुषः (kāpuruṣaḥ) - coward; अभ्युपेयिवान् (abhyupeyivān) - approached; न (na) - not; निवर्तते (nivartate) - returns; मृत्युमुखात् (mṛtyumukhāt) - from the jaws of death; इव (iva) - like; आसकृत् (āsakṛt) - once;]
(Where Yama and Yama-like in strength are in battle; where Satyaki and the son of Devaki are; no coward who has approached that strength returns, like one who has once entered the jaws of death.)
In the battlefield where the two warriors, comparable to Yama in strength, stand alongside Satyaki and the son of Devaki, no coward dares to approach, for once they do, they do not return, as if they have entered the jaws of death.
तपोऽभ्युदीर्णं तपसैव गम्यते; बलं बलेनापि तथा मनस्विभिः। मनश्च मे शत्रुनिवारणे ध्रुवं; स्वरक्षणे चाचलवद्व्यवस्थितम् ॥७-२-१८॥
tapo'bhyudīrṇaṃ tapasaiva gamyate; balaṃ balenāpi tathā manasvibhiḥ। manaśca me śatrunivāraṇe dhruvaṃ; svarakṣaṇe cācalavadvyavasthitam ॥7-2-18॥
[तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; अभ्युदीर्णम् (abhyudīrṇam) - exalted; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; एव (eva) - indeed; गम्यते (gamyate) - is attained; बलम् (balam) - strength; बलेन (balena) - by strength; अपि (api) - also; तथा (tathā) - thus; मनस्विभिः (manasvibhiḥ) - by the resolute; मनः (manaḥ) - mind; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my; शत्रुनिवारणे (śatrunivāraṇe) - in repelling enemies; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certain; स्वरक्षणे (svarakṣaṇe) - in self-protection; च (ca) - and; अचलवत् (acalavat) - like a mountain; व्यवस्थितम् (vyavasthitam) - is positioned;]
(Exalted austerity is attained by austerity alone; strength is also attained by strength, thus by the resolute. My mind is certainly positioned like a mountain in repelling enemies and in self-protection.)
Exalted austerity is achieved through austerity alone; strength is similarly achieved through strength, by the resolute. My mind is steadfast like a mountain in repelling enemies and in self-protection.
एवं चैषां बुध्यमानः प्रभावं; गत्वैवाहं ताञ्जयाम्यद्य सूत। मित्रद्रोहो मर्षणीयो न मेऽयं; भग्ने सैन्ये यः सहायः स मित्रम् ॥७-२-१९॥
evaṃ caiṣāṃ budhyamānaḥ prabhāvaṃ; gatvaivāhaṃ tāñjayāmyadya sūta। mitradroho marṣaṇīyo na me'yaṃ; bhagne sainye yaḥ sahāyaḥ sa mitram ॥7-2-19॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; च (ca) - and; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; बुध्यमानः (budhyamānaḥ) - understanding; प्रभावम् (prabhāvam) - power; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; एव (eva) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; तान् (tān) - them; जयामि (jayāmi) - conquer; अद्य (adya) - today; सूत (sūta) - charioteer; मित्रद्रोहः (mitradrohaḥ) - betrayal of friends; मर्षणीयः (marṣaṇīyaḥ) - to be tolerated; न (na) - not; मे (me) - my; अयम् (ayam) - this; भग्ने (bhagne) - when broken; सैन्ये (sainye) - army; यः (yaḥ) - who; सहायः (sahāyaḥ) - helper; सः (saḥ) - he; मित्रम् (mitram) - friend;]
(Thus, understanding the power of these, having gone indeed, I conquer them today, O charioteer. Betrayal of friends is not to be tolerated by me; he who is a helper when the army is broken is a friend.)
Thus, realizing their power, I will go and conquer them today, O charioteer. Betraying friends is intolerable to me; a true friend is one who stands by you when the army is defeated.
कर्तास्म्येतत्सत्पुरुषार्यकर्म; त्यक्त्वा प्राणाननुयास्यामि भीष्मम्। सर्वान्सङ्ख्ये शत्रुसङ्घान्हनिष्ये; हतस्तैर्वा वीरलोकं गमिष्ये ॥७-२-२०॥
kartāsmyetatsatpuruṣāryakarma; tyaktvā prāṇānanuyāsyāmi bhīṣmam। sarvānsaṅkhye śatrusaṅghān haniṣye; hatastairvā vīralokaṃ gamiṣye ॥7-2-20॥
[कर्तास्मि (kartāsmi) - I am the doer; एतत् (etat) - this; सत्पुरुष (satpuruṣa) - noble person; आर्य (ārya) - honorable; कर्म (karma) - action; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life; अनुयास्यामि (anuyāsyāmi) - I will follow; भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; शत्रु (śatru) - enemy; सङ्घान् (saṅghān) - groups; हनिष्ये (haniṣye) - I will slay; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; वा (vā) - or; वीरलोकं (vīralokaṃ) - to the world of heroes; गमिष्ये (gamiṣye) - I will go;]
(I am the doer of this noble and honorable action; having abandoned life, I will follow Bhishma. I will slay all groups of enemies in battle; or, slain by them, I will go to the world of heroes.)
I am committed to this noble and honorable action; having given up my life, I will follow Bhishma. I will either slay all the enemy groups in battle or, if slain by them, I will ascend to the world of heroes.
सम्प्राक्रुष्टे रुदितस्त्रीकुमारे; पराभूते पौरुषे धार्तराष्ट्रे। मया कृत्यमिति जानामि सूत; तस्माच्छत्रून्धार्तराष्ट्रस्य जेष्ये ॥७-२-२१॥
samprākṛṣṭe ruditastrīkumāre; parābhūte pauruṣe dhārtarāṣṭre। mayā kṛtyamiti jānāmi sūta; tasmācchatrūndhārtarāṣṭrasya jeṣye ॥7-2-21॥
[सम्प्राक्रुष्टे (samprākṛṣṭe) - in the distressed; रुदित (rudita) - weeping; स्त्री (strī) - women; कुमारे (kumāre) - children; पराभूते (parābhūte) - defeated; पौरुषे (pauruṣe) - manliness; धार्तराष्ट्रे (dhārtarāṣṭre) - Dhritarashtra's; मया (mayā) - by me; कृत्यम् (kṛtyam) - duty; इति (iti) - thus; जानामि (jānāmi) - I know; सूत (sūta) - O charioteer; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; शत्रून् (śatrūn) - enemies; धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (dhārtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhritarashtra; जेष्ये (jeṣye) - I will conquer;]
(In the distressed, weeping women and children; when the manliness of Dhritarashtra's (sons) is defeated, I know my duty, O charioteer; therefore, I will conquer the enemies of Dhritarashtra.)
In the time of distress, when the women and children are weeping and the manliness of Dhritarashtra's sons is defeated, I understand my duty, O charioteer; hence, I will defeat the enemies of Dhritarashtra.
कुरून्रक्षन्पाण्डुपुत्राञ्जिघांसं; स्त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्घोररूपे रणेऽस्मिन्। सर्वान्सङ्ख्ये शत्रुसङ्घान्निहत्य; दास्याम्यहं धार्तराष्ट्राय राज्यम् ॥७-२-२२॥
kurūn rakṣan pāṇḍu-putrān jighāṁsam; styaktvā prāṇān ghorarūpe raṇe'smin. sarvān saṅkhye śatru-saṅghān nihatya; dāsyāmy ahaṁ dhārtarāṣṭrāya rājyam ॥7-2-22॥
[कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kurus; रक्षन् (rakṣan) - protecting; पाण्डुपुत्रान् (pāṇḍu-putrān) - the sons of Pandu; जिघांसन् (jighāṁsan) - desiring to kill; स्त्यक्त्वा (styaktvā) - having abandoned; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives; घोररूपे (ghorarūpe) - in the terrible form; रणे (raṇe) - in the battle; अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in the battlefield; शत्रुसङ्घान् (śatru-saṅghān) - enemy groups; निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed; दास्यामि (dāsyāmi) - I will give; अहम् (aham) - I; धार्तराष्ट्राय (dhārtarāṣṭrāya) - to Dhritarashtra's son; राज्यम् (rājyam) - the kingdom;]
(Protecting the Kurus, desiring to kill the sons of Pandu; having abandoned lives in this terrible battle. Having killed all enemy groups in the battlefield; I will give the kingdom to Dhritarashtra's son.)
In the midst of this terrible battle, having abandoned their lives, while protecting the Kurus and desiring to kill the sons of Pandu, I will annihilate all enemy groups and give the kingdom to Dhritarashtra's son.
निबध्यतां मे कवचं विचित्रं; हैमं शुभ्रं मणिरत्नावभासि। शिरस्त्राणं चार्कसमानभासं; धनुः शरांश्चापि विषाहिकल्पान् ॥७-२-२३॥
nibadhyatāṁ me kavacaṁ vicitraṁ; haimaṁ śubhraṁ maṇiratnāvabhāsi। śirastrāṇaṁ cārkasamānabhāsaṁ; dhanuḥ śarāṁścāpi viṣāhikalpān ॥7-2-23॥
[निबध्यतां (nibadhyatāṁ) - let it be tied; मे (me) - my; कवचं (kavacaṁ) - armor; विचित्रं (vicitraṁ) - wonderful; हैमं (haimaṁ) - golden; शुभ्रं (śubhraṁ) - bright; मणिरत्नावभासि (maṇiratnāvabhāsi) - gem-studded; शिरस्त्राणं (śirastrāṇaṁ) - helmet; च (ca) - and; अर्कसमानभासं (arkasamānabhāsaṁ) - shining like the sun; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; विषाहिकल्पान् (viṣāhikalpān) - like serpents;]
(Let my wonderful golden armor, bright and gem-studded, be tied; the helmet shining like the sun; the bow and arrows also like serpents.)
Let my wonderful golden armor, bright and gem-studded, be tied, along with the helmet shining like the sun, and the bow and arrows resembling serpents.
उपासङ्गान्षोडश योजयन्तु; धनूंषि दिव्यानि तथाहरन्तु। असींश्च शक्तीश्च गदाश्च गुर्वीः; शङ्खं च जाम्बूनदचित्रभासम् ॥७-२-२४॥
upāsaṅgān ṣoḍaśa yojayantu; dhanūṃṣi divyāni tathā harantu। asīṃś ca śaktīś ca gadāś ca gurvīḥ; śaṅkhaṃ ca jāmbūnadacitrabhāsam ॥7-2-24॥
[उपासङ्गान् (upāsaṅgān) - auxiliary; षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen; योजयन्तु (yojayantu) - let them attach; धनूंषि (dhanūṃṣi) - bows; दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine; तथा (tathā) - also; हरन्तु (harantu) - let them bring; असीन् (asīn) - swords; च (ca) - and; शक्तीः (śaktīḥ) - spears; गदाः (gadāḥ) - maces; गुर्वीः (gurvīḥ) - heavy; शङ्खम् (śaṅkham) - conch; च (ca) - and; जाम्बूनद (jāmbūnada) - gold; चित्रभासम् (citrabhāsam) - brightly shining;]
(Let them attach sixteen auxiliary; let them bring divine bows also; swords, spears, heavy maces; and a conch brightly shining with gold.)
Let them attach sixteen auxiliary weapons; let them bring divine bows, swords, spears, heavy maces, and a conch brightly shining with gold.
एतां रौक्मीं नागकक्ष्यां च जैत्रीं; जैत्रं च मे ध्वजमिन्दीवराभम्। श्लक्ष्णैर्वस्त्रैर्विप्रमृज्यानयस्व; चित्रां मालां चात्र बद्ध्वा सजालाम् ॥७-२-२५॥
etāṃ raukmīṃ nāgakakṣyāṃ ca jaitrīṃ; jaitraṃ ca me dhvajamindīvarābham। ślakṣṇairvastrairvipramṛjyānayasva; citrāṃ mālāṃ cātra baddhvā sajālām ॥7-2-25॥
[एतां (etām) - this; रौक्मीं (raukmīṃ) - golden; नागकक्ष्यां (nāgakakṣyām) - elephant's housing; च (ca) - and; जैत्रीं (jaitrīṃ) - victorious; जैत्रं (jaitraṃ) - victory; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my; ध्वजम् (dhvajam) - flag; इन्दीवराभम् (indīvarābham) - blue lotus-like; श्लक्ष्णैः (ślakṣṇaiḥ) - smooth; वस्त्रैः (vastraiḥ) - cloths; विप्रमृज्य (vipramṛjya) - having cleaned; आनयस्व (ānayasva) - bring; चित्रां (citrām) - variegated; मालां (mālāṃ) - garland; च (ca) - and; अत्र (atra) - here; बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having tied; सजालाम् (sajālām) - with a net;]
(Bring this golden elephant's housing and the victorious one; and my flag of victory, blue lotus-like. Having cleaned with smooth cloths, bring the variegated garland here, having tied it with a net.)
Bring this golden elephant's housing and the victorious one, along with my flag that resembles a blue lotus. Clean it with smooth cloths and bring the variegated garland here, tying it with a net.
अश्वानग्र्यान्पाण्डुराभ्रप्रकाशा; न्पुष्टान्स्नातान्मन्त्रपूताभिरद्भिः। तप्तैर्भाण्डैः काञ्चनैरभ्युपेता; ञ्शीघ्राञ्शीघ्रं सूतपुत्रानयस्व ॥७-२-२६॥
aśvānagryānpāṇḍurābhraprakāśā; npuṣṭānsnātānmantrapūtābhiradbhiḥ। taptairbhāṇḍaiḥ kāñcanairabhyupetā; ñśīghrāñśīghraṃ sūtaputrānyasva ॥7-2-26॥
[अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; अग्र्यान् (agryān) - excellent; पाण्डुर (pāṇḍura) - white; आभ्र (ābhra) - cloud; प्रकाशा (prakāśā) - shining; पुष्टान् (puṣṭān) - nourished; स्नातान् (snātān) - bathed; मन्त्र (mantra) - mantra; पूताभिः (pūtābhiḥ) - purified; अद्भिः (adbhiḥ) - with waters; तप्तैः (taptaiḥ) - heated; भाण्डैः (bhāṇḍaiḥ) - vessels; काञ्चनैः (kāñcanair) - golden; अभ्युपेता (abhyupetā) - equipped; शीघ्रान् (śīghrān) - swift; शीघ्रं (śīghraṃ) - quickly; सूतपुत्र (sūtaputra) - son of the charioteer; अनय (anaya) - bring; स्व (sva) - own;]
(Bring quickly the excellent horses, shining like white clouds, nourished, bathed, and purified with mantra-infused waters, equipped with heated golden vessels, O son of the charioteer.)
O son of the charioteer, quickly bring the excellent horses that shine like white clouds, nourished and bathed with mantra-purified waters, and equipped with heated golden vessels.
रथं चाग्र्यं हेमजालावनद्धं; रत्नैश्चित्रं चन्द्रसूर्यप्रकाशैः। द्रव्यैर्युक्तं सम्प्रहारोपपन्नै; र्वाहैर्युक्तं तूर्णमावर्तयस्व ॥७-२-२७॥
rathaṁ cāgryaṁ hemajālāvanaddhaṁ; ratnaiścitram candrasūryaprakāśaiḥ। dravyairyuktaṁ samprahāropapannai; rvāhairyuktaṁ tūrṇamāvartayasva ॥7-2-27॥
[रथम् (ratham) - chariot; च (ca) - and; अग्र्यम् (agryam) - excellent; हेम (hema) - gold; जाल (jāla) - net; आवनद्धम् (avanaddham) - covered; रत्नैः (ratnaiḥ) - with jewels; चित्रम् (citram) - adorned; चन्द्र (candra) - moon; सूर्य (sūrya) - sun; प्रकाशैः (prakāśaiḥ) - with the brilliance; द्रव्यैः (dravyaiḥ) - with materials; युक्तम् (yuktam) - equipped; सम्प्रहार (samprahāra) - for battle; उपपन्नैः (upapannaiḥ) - fitted; वाहैः (vāhaiḥ) - with horses; युक्तम् (yuktam) - equipped; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - swiftly; आवर्तय (āvartaya) - turn; स्व (sva) - your;]
(Turn your excellent chariot, covered with a net of gold, adorned with jewels and the brilliance of the moon and sun, equipped with materials for battle, fitted with horses, swiftly.)
Turn your excellent chariot, adorned with gold and jewels, shining like the moon and sun, equipped for battle and fitted with swift horses.
चित्राणि चापानि च वेगवन्ति; ज्याश्चोत्तमाः संहननोपपन्नाः। तूणांश्च पूर्णान्महतः शराणा; मासज्य गात्रावरणानि चैव ॥७-२-२८॥
citrāṇi cāpāni ca vegavanti; jyāścottamāḥ saṃhananopapannāḥ। tūṇāṃśca pūrṇānmahataḥ śarāṇā; māsajya gātrāvaraṇāni caiva ॥7-2-28॥
[चित्राणि (citrāṇi) - bright; चापानि (cāpāni) - bows; च (ca) - and; वегवन्ति (vegavanti) - swift; ज्याः (jyāḥ) - strings; उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - excellent; संहनन (saṃhanana) - construction; उपपन्नाः (upapannāḥ) - endowed; तूणान् (tūṇān) - quivers; च (ca) - and; पूर्णान् (pūrṇān) - full; महतः (mahataḥ) - great; शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows; आसज्य (āsajya) - having attached; गात्र (gātra) - body; आवरणानि (āvaraṇāni) - coverings; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed;]
(Bright and swift bows with excellent strings endowed with construction; quivers full of great arrows; having attached body coverings indeed.)
The bright and swift bows with excellent strings are well-constructed; the quivers are full of great arrows, and the body coverings are also attached.
प्रायात्रिकं चानयताशु सर्वं; कन्याः पूर्णं वीरकांस्यं च हैमम्। आनीय मालामवबध्य चाङ्गे; प्रवादयन्त्वाशु जयाय भेरीः ॥७-२-२९॥
prāyātrikaṃ cānayatāśu sarvaṃ; kanyāḥ pūrṇaṃ vīrakāṃsyaṃ ca haimam। ānīya mālāmavabadhya cāṅge; pravādayantvāśu jayāya bherīḥ ॥7-2-29॥
[प्रायात्रिकं (prāyātrikam) - for the journey; च (ca) - and; अनयत (anayat) - bring; आशु (āśu) - quickly; सर्वं (sarvam) - all; कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - maidens; पूर्णं (pūrṇam) - full; वीरकांस्यं (vīrakāṃsyam) - heroic bronze; च (ca) - and; हैमम् (haimam) - golden; आनीय (ānīya) - having brought; मालाम् (mālām) - garland; अवबध्य (avabadhya) - having tied; च (ca) - and; अङ्गे (aṅge) - on the limb; प्रवादयन्तु (pravādayantu) - let them sound; आशु (āśu) - quickly; जयाय (jayāya) - for victory; भेरीः (bherīḥ) - drums;]
(For the journey, quickly bring all; maidens, full heroic bronze and golden. Having brought the garland and tied it on the limb, let them quickly sound the drums for victory.)
Quickly bring everything needed for the journey; maidens, full of heroic bronze and golden items. After bringing and tying the garland on the limb, let them sound the drums quickly for victory.
प्रयाहि सूताशु यतः किरीटी; वृकोदरो धर्मसुतो यमौ च। तान्वा हनिष्यामि समेत्य सङ्ख्ये; भीष्माय वैष्यामि हतो द्विषद्भिः ॥७-२-३०॥
prayāhi sūtāśu yataḥ kirīṭī; vṛkodaro dharmasuto yamau ca। tānvā haniṣyāmi sametya saṅkhye; bhīṣmāya vaiṣyāmi hato dviṣadbhiḥ ॥7-2-30॥
[प्रयाहि (prayāhi) - go; सूत (sūta) - charioteer; आशु (āśu) - quickly; यतः (yataḥ) - where; किरीटी (kirīṭī) - Arjuna; वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhima; धर्मसुतः (dharmasutaḥ) - Yudhishthira; यमौ (yamau) - the twins; च (ca) - and; तान् (tān) - them; वा (vā) - or; हनिष्यामि (haniṣyāmi) - I will slay; समेत्य (sametya) - having met; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; भीष्माय (bhīṣmāya) - to Bhishma; वैष्यामि (vaiṣyāmi) - I will go; हतः (hataḥ) - having been killed; द्विषद्भिः (dviṣadbhiḥ) - by enemies;]
(Go quickly, charioteer, to where Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishthira, and the twins are. I will slay them in battle or go to Bhishma, having been killed by enemies.)
Go swiftly, charioteer, to where Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishthira, and the twins are. I will either slay them in battle or go to Bhishma, having been slain by the enemies.
यस्मिन्राजा सत्यधृतिर्युधिष्ठिरः; समास्थितो भीमसेनार्जुनौ च। वासुदेवः सात्यकिः सृञ्जयाश्च; मन्ये बलं तदजय्यं महीपैः ॥७-२-३१॥
yasmin rājā satyadhṛtir yudhiṣṭhiraḥ; samāsthito bhīmasenārjunau ca। vāsudevaḥ sātyakiḥ sṛñjayāś ca; manye balaṃ tadajayyaṃ mahīpaiḥ ॥7-2-31॥
[यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in which; राजा (rājā) - king; सत्यधृतिः (satyadhṛtiḥ) - Satyadhriti; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; समास्थितः (samāsthitaḥ) - situated; भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - Bhimasena; अर्जुनौ (arjunau) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vasudeva; सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki; सृञ्जयाः (sṛñjayāḥ) - Srinjayas; च (ca) - and; मन्ये (manye) - I think; बलम् (balaṃ) - strength; तत् (tat) - that; अजय्यम् (ajayyām) - invincible; महीपैः (mahīpaiḥ) - by kings;]
(In which King Satyadhriti Yudhishthira is situated, along with Bhimasena and Arjuna; Vasudeva, Satyaki, and the Srinjayas; I think that strength is invincible by kings.)
I believe that the strength of the group consisting of King Yudhishthira, Bhimasena, Arjuna, Vasudeva, Satyaki, and the Srinjayas is invincible by any kings.
तं चेन्मृत्युः सर्वहरोऽभिरक्षे; त्सदाप्रमत्तः समरे किरीटिनम्। तथापि हन्तास्मि समेत्य सङ्ख्ये; यास्यामि वा भीष्मपथा यमाय ॥७-२-३२॥
taṁ cenmṛtyuḥ sarvaharo'bhirakṣe; sadāpramattaḥ samare kirīṭinam। tathāpi hantāsmi sametya saṅkhye; yāsyāmi vā bhīṣmapathā yamāya ॥7-2-32॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; चेत् (cet) - if; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; सर्वहरः (sarvaharaḥ) - all-destroyer; अभिरक्षेत् (abhirakṣet) - protects; सदा (sadā) - always; अप्रमत्तः (apramattaḥ) - vigilant; समरे (samare) - in battle; किरीटिनम् (kirīṭinam) - the one with a crown; तथापि (tathāpi) - still; हन्तास्मि (hantāsmi) - I will kill; समेत्य (sametya) - having met; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in combat; यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go; वा (vā) - or; भीष्मपथा (bhīṣmapathā) - on Bhishma's path; यमाय (yamāya) - to Yama;]
(If death, the all-destroyer, always vigilant, protects him in battle, the one with a crown, still I will kill (him) having met in combat, or I will go on Bhishma's path to Yama.)
If death, the all-destroyer, always vigilant, protects the crowned one in battle, still I will either kill him in combat or follow Bhishma's path to Yama.
न त्वेवाहं न गमिष्यामि तेषां; मध्ये शूराणां तत्तथाहं ब्रवीमि। मित्रद्रुहो दुर्बलभक्तयो ये; पापात्मानो न ममैते सहायाः ॥७-२-३३॥
na tvevāhaṃ na gamiṣyāmi teṣāṃ; madhye śūrāṇāṃ tattathāhaṃ bravīmi। mitradruho durbalabhaktayo ye; pāpātmāno na mamaite sahāyāḥ ॥7-2-33॥
[न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; एव (eva) - certainly; अहम् (aham) - I; न (na) - not; गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - will go; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; मध्ये (madhye) - among; शूराणाम् (śūrāṇām) - of the heroes; तत् (tat) - that; तथा (tathā) - thus; अहम् (aham) - I; ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - say; मित्रद्रुहः (mitradruhaḥ) - betrayers of friends; दुर्बलभक्तयः (durbalabhaktayaḥ) - weak in devotion; ये (ye) - who; पापात्मानः (pāpātmānaḥ) - wicked souls; न (na) - not; मम (mama) - my; एते (ete) - these; सहायाः (sahāyāḥ) - companions;]
(But certainly I will not go among them; among the heroes, thus I say. Betrayers of friends, weak in devotion, who are wicked souls, these are not my companions.)
"I will certainly not go among them; among the heroes, I declare this. Those who betray friends, are weak in devotion, and are wicked souls, they are not my companions."
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
स सिद्धिमन्तं रथमुत्तमं दृढं; सकूबरं हेमपरिष्कृतं शुभम्। पताकिनं वातजवैर्हयोत्तमै; र्युक्तं समास्थाय ययौ जयाय ॥७-२-३४॥
sa siddhimantaṃ rathamuttamaṃ dṛḍhaṃ; sakūbaraṃ hemapariṣkṛtaṃ śubham। patākinaṃ vātajavairhayottamai; ryuktaṃ samāsthāya yayau jayāya ॥7-2-34॥
[स (sa) - he; सिद्धिमन्तं (siddhimantaṃ) - successful; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; उत्तमं (uttamaṃ) - excellent; दृढं (dṛḍhaṃ) - firm; सकूबरं (sakūbaraṃ) - with a canopy; हेमपरिष्कृतं (hemapariṣkṛtaṃ) - adorned with gold; शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious; पताकिनं (patākinaṃ) - with flags; वातजवैः (vātajavaiḥ) - wind-speed; हयोत्तमैः (hayottamaiḥ) - best horses; युक्तं (yuktaṃ) - yoked; समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having mounted; ययौ (yayau) - went; जयाय (jayāya) - for victory;]
(He, having mounted the successful, excellent, firm chariot with a canopy, adorned with gold, auspicious, with flags, yoked with the best horses of wind-speed, went for victory.)
He mounted the excellent and firm chariot, adorned with gold and flags, yoked with the best horses that moved with the speed of the wind, and went forth to achieve victory.
सम्पूज्यमानः कुरुभिर्महात्मा; रथर्षभः पाण्डुरवाजियाता। ययौ तदायोधनमुग्रधन्वा; यत्रावसानं भरतर्षभस्य ॥७-२-३५॥
sampūjyamānaḥ kurubhirmahātmā; ratharṣabhaḥ pāṇḍuravājiyātā। yayau tadāyodhanamugradhanuvā; yatrāvasānaṃ bharatarṣabhasya ॥7-2-35॥
[सम्पूज्यमानः (sampūjyamānaḥ) - being honored; कुरुभिः (kurubhiḥ) - by the Kurus; महात्मा (mahātmā) - great soul; रथर्षभः (ratharṣabhaḥ) - bull among charioteers; पाण्डुरवाजियाता (pāṇḍuravājiyātā) - riding a white horse; ययौ (yayau) - went; तदा (tadā) - then; अयोधनम् (ayodhanam) - to the battlefield; उग्रधन्वा (ugradhanuvā) - fierce bowman; यत्र (yatra) - where; अवसानम् (avasānam) - end; भरतर्षभस्य (bharatarṣabhasya) - of the bull among the Bharatas;]
(Being honored by the Kurus, the great soul, bull among charioteers, riding a white horse, then went to the battlefield, the fierce bowman, where the end of the bull among the Bharatas was.)
The great soul, honored by the Kurus, rode a white horse to the battlefield, where the fierce bowman met his end, marking the conclusion of the bull among the Bharatas.
वरूथिना महता सध्वजेन; सुवर्णमुक्तामणिवज्रशालिना। सदश्वयुक्तेन रथेन कर्णो; मेघस्वनेनार्क इवामितौजाः ॥७-२-३६॥
varūthinā mahatā sadhvajena; suvarṇamuktāmaṇivajraśālinā। sadaśvayuktena rathena karṇo; meghasvanenārka ivāmitaujāḥ ॥7-2-36॥
[वरूथिना (varūthinā) - with a great army; महता (mahatā) - great; सध्वजेन (sadhvajena) - with a banner; सुवर्ण (suvarṇa) - gold; मुक्ता (muktā) - pearls; मणि (maṇi) - gems; वज्र (vajra) - diamonds; शालिना (śālinā) - adorned with; सदश्वयुक्तेन (sadaśvayuktena) - with horses yoked; रथेन (rathena) - with a chariot; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; मेघस्वनेन (meghasvanena) - with the sound of clouds; अर्कः (arkaḥ) - sun; इव (iva) - like; अमितौजाः (amitaujāḥ) - of immeasurable energy;]
(With a great army, a banner, adorned with gold, pearls, gems, and diamonds, with horses yoked to the chariot, Karṇa, with the sound of clouds, like the sun, of immeasurable energy.)
Karṇa, with a great army and a banner, adorned with gold, pearls, gems, and diamonds, rode in a chariot yoked with fine horses, resounding like clouds, and shone like the sun with immeasurable energy.
हुताशनाभः स हुताशनप्रभे; शुभः शुभे वै स्वरथे धनुर्धरः। स्थितो रराजाधिरथिर्महारथः; स्वयं विमाने सुरराडिव स्थितः ॥७-२-३७॥
hutāśanābhaḥ sa hutāśanaprabhe; śubhaḥ śubhe vai svarathe dhanurdharaḥ। sthito rarājādhirathirmahārathaḥ; svayaṃ vimāne surarāḍiva sthitaḥ ॥7-2-37॥
[हुताशनाभः (hutāśanābhaḥ) - having the brilliance of fire; स (sa) - he; हुताशनप्रभे (hutāśanaprabhe) - O brilliant one; शुभः (śubhaḥ) - auspicious; शुभे (śubhe) - O auspicious one; वै (vai) - indeed; स्वरथे (svarathe) - in his own chariot; धनुर्धरः (dhanurdharaḥ) - the bow-holder; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing; रराज (rarāja) - shone; अधिरथिः (adhirathiḥ) - the supreme charioteer; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great charioteer; स्वयं (svayaṃ) - himself; विमाने (vimāne) - in the chariot; सुरराट् (surarāṭ) - king of gods; इव (iva) - like; स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing;]
(He, having the brilliance of fire, O brilliant one; auspicious, O auspicious one, indeed, in his own chariot, the bow-holder stood. The supreme charioteer, the great charioteer shone, himself standing in the chariot like the king of gods.)
He, with the brilliance of fire, stood in his own chariot, holding his bow. The supreme and great charioteer shone like the king of gods, standing in his chariot.
