07.046
Pancharatra and Core: Abhimanyu kills Brihadbala, the prince of Kosala, and ten thousand great soldiers.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhritarashtra said:)
Dhritarashtra said:
तथा प्रविष्टं तरुणं सौभद्रमपराजितम्। कुलानुरूपं कुर्वाणं सङ्ग्रामेष्वपलायिनम् ॥७-४६-१॥
tathā praviṣṭaṃ taruṇaṃ saubhadramaparājitam। kulānurūpaṃ kurvāṇaṃ saṅgrāmeṣvapalāyinam ॥7-46-1॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; प्रविष्टं (praviṣṭam) - entered; तरुणं (taruṇam) - young; सौभद्रम् (saubhadram) - son of Subhadra; अपराजितम् (aparājitam) - undefeated; कुलानुरूपं (kulānurūpam) - befitting his family; कुर्वाणं (kurvāṇam) - doing; सङ्ग्रामेषु (saṅgrāmeṣu) - in battles; अपलायिनम् (apalāyinam) - not fleeing;]
(Thus entered the young, undefeated son of Subhadra, befitting his family, doing not fleeing in battles.)
Thus, the young and undefeated son of Subhadra entered, acting in a manner befitting his family, and not fleeing from battles.
आजानेयैः सुबलिभिर्युक्तमश्वैस्त्रिहायनैः। प्लवमानमिवाकाशे के शूराः समवारयन् ॥७-४६-२॥
ājāneyaiḥ subalibhiryuktamaśvaistrihāyanaiḥ। plavamānamivākāśe ke śūrāḥ samavārayan ॥7-46-2॥
[आजानेयैः (ājāneyaiḥ) - by steeds born in the country of Ajān; सुबलिभिः (subalibhiḥ) - by strong ones; युक्तम् (yuktam) - yoked; अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - with horses; त्रिहायनैः (trihāyanaiḥ) - three years old; प्लवमानम् (plavamānam) - floating; इव (iva) - like; आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky; के (ke) - who; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; समवारयन् (samavārayan) - stopped;]
(By steeds born in the country of Ajān, yoked with strong horses three years old, floating like in the sky, who were the heroes that stopped it?)
Who were the heroes that stopped the chariot, yoked with strong, three-year-old horses born in Ajān, as it floated like in the sky?
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
अभिमन्युः प्रविश्यैव तावकान्निशितैः शरैः। अकरोद्विमुखान्सर्वान्पार्थिवान्पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥७-४६-३॥
abhimanyuḥ praviśyaiva tāvakānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ। akarodvimukhānsarvānpārthivānpāṇḍunandanaḥ ॥7-46-3॥
[अभिमन्युः (abhimanyuḥ) - Abhimanyu; प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered; एव (eva) - indeed; तावकान् (tāvakān) - your (people); निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; अकरोत् (akarot) - made; विमुखान् (vimukhān) - turn away; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; पार्थिवान् (pārthivān) - kings; पाण्डुनन्दनः (pāṇḍunandanaḥ) - son of Pandu;]
(Abhimanyu, having entered, indeed, made all your kings turn away with sharp arrows, O son of Pandu.)
Abhimanyu, the son of Pandu, entered and with his sharp arrows, turned all your kings away.
तं तु द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणिश्च सबृहद्बलः। कृतवर्मा च हार्दिक्यः षड्रथाः पर्यवारयन् ॥७-४६-४॥
taṃ tu droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo drauṇiśca sabṛhadbalaḥ। kṛtavarmā ca hārdikyaḥ ṣaḍrathāḥ paryavārayan ॥7-46-4॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; तु (tu) - but; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drauṇi; च (ca) - and; सबृहद्बलः (sabṛhadbalaḥ) - with Bṛhadbala; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā; च (ca) - and; हार्दिक्यः (hārdikyaḥ) - son of Hṛdika; षड्रथाः (ṣaḍrathāḥ) - six chariots; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded;]
(But Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, Drauṇi, along with Bṛhadbala, Kṛtavarmā, and the son of Hṛdika, surrounded him with six chariots.)
Droṇa, Kṛpa, Karṇa, Drauṇi, Bṛhadbala, Kṛtavarmā, and the son of Hṛdika surrounded him with their six chariots.
दृष्ट्वा तु सैन्धवे भारमतिमात्रं समाहितम्। सैन्यं तव महाराज युधिष्ठिरमुपाद्रवत् ॥७-४६-५॥
dṛṣṭvā tu saindhave bhāramatimātraṃ samāhitam। sainyaṃ tava mahārāja yudhiṣṭhiramupādravat ॥7-46-5॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तु (tu) - but; सैन्धवे (saindhave) - in Saindhava; भारम् (bhāram) - burden; अतिमात्रम् (atimātram) - excessive; समाहितम् (samāhitam) - placed; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; तव (tava) - your; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira; उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - attacked;]
(Having seen the excessive burden placed in Saindhava, your army, O great king, attacked Yudhishthira.)
Upon observing the excessive burden placed on Saindhava, your army, O great king, launched an attack on Yudhishthira.
सौभद्रमितरे वीरमभ्यवर्षञ्शराम्बुभिः। तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महारथाः ॥७-४६-६॥
saubhadramitare vīram abhyavarṣañ śarāmbubhiḥ। tālamātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣanto mahārathāḥ ॥7-46-6॥
[सौभद्रम् (saubhadram) - son of Subhadra; इतरे (itare) - others; वीरम् (vīram) - hero; अभ्यवर्षन् (abhyavarṣan) - showered; शर-अम्बुभिः (śara-ambubhiḥ) - with arrows; ताल-मात्राणि (tāla-mātrāṇi) - as large as palm trees; चापानि (cāpāni) - bows; विकर्षन्तः (vikarṣantaḥ) - drawing; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers;]
(The great charioteers, drawing bows as large as palm trees, showered the hero, son of Subhadra, with arrows.)
The great warriors, with their mighty bows, rained arrows upon the brave son of Subhadra.
तांस्तु सर्वान्महेष्वासान्सर्वविद्यासु निष्ठितान्। व्यष्टम्भयद्रणे बाणैः सौभद्रः परवीरहा ॥७-४६-७॥
tāṃstu sarvānmaheṣvāsānsarvavidyāsu niṣṭhitān। vyaṣṭambhayadraṇe bāṇaiḥ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā ॥7-46-7॥
[तांस् (tāṃs) - them; तु (tu) - but; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great archers; सर्वविद्यासु (sarvavidyāsu) - in all skills; निष्ठितान् (niṣṭhitān) - established; व्यष्टम्भयत् (vyaṣṭambhayat) - restrained; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; सौभद्रः (saubhadraḥ) - Saubhadra; परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - destroyer of enemy heroes;]
(But Saubhadra, the destroyer of enemy heroes, restrained all the great archers established in all skills in battle with arrows.)
Saubhadra, known for his prowess in battle, skillfully restrained all the great archers who were masters of all skills, using his arrows.
द्रोणं पञ्चाशता विद्ध्वा विंशत्या च बृहद्बलम्। अशीत्या कृतवर्माणं कृपं षष्ट्या शिलीमुखैः ॥७-४६-८॥
droṇaṁ pañcāśatā viddhvā viṁśatyā ca bṛhadbalam। aśītyā kṛtavarmāṇaṁ kṛpaṁ ṣaṣṭyā śilīmukhaiḥ ॥7-46-8॥
[द्रोणं (droṇam) - Drona; पञ्चाशता (pañcāśatā) - with fifty; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - pierced; विंशत्या (viṁśatyā) - with twenty; च (ca) - and; बृहद्बलम् (bṛhadbalam) - Brihadbala; अशीत्या (aśītyā) - with eighty; कृतवर्माणं (kṛtavarmāṇam) - Kritavarma; कृपं (kṛpam) - Kripa; षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty; शिलीमुखैः (śilīmukhaiḥ) - arrows;]
(Having pierced Drona with fifty, Brihadbala with twenty, Kritavarma with eighty, and Kripa with sixty arrows.)
Arjuna skillfully struck Drona with fifty arrows, Brihadbala with twenty, Kritavarma with eighty, and Kripa with sixty arrows, demonstrating his prowess in battle.
रुक्मपुङ्खैर्महावेगैराकर्णसमचोदितैः। अविध्यद्दशभिर्बाणैरश्वत्थामानमार्जुनिः ॥७-४६-९॥
rukmapuṅkhairmahāvegairākarṇasamacoditaiḥ। avidhyaddaśabhirbāṇairaśvatthāmānamārjuniḥ ॥7-46-9॥
[रुक्मपुङ्खैः (rukmapuṅkhaiḥ) - with golden-feathered; महावेगैः (mahāvegaiḥ) - great-speed; आकर्ण (ākarṇa) - to the ear; समचोदितैः (samacoditaiḥ) - well-aimed; अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - pierced; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; अश्वत्थामानम् (aśvatthāmānam) - Aśvatthāmā; आर्जुनिः (ārjuniḥ) - son of Arjuna;]
(The son of Arjuna pierced Aśvatthāmā with ten well-aimed arrows with great speed and golden-feathered tips.)
Arjuna's son shot ten arrows with golden feathers and great speed, accurately hitting Aśvatthāmā.
स कर्णं कर्णिना कर्णे पीतेन निशितेन च। फाल्गुनिर्द्विषतां मध्ये विव्याध परमेषुणा ॥७-४६-१०॥
sa karṇaṃ karṇinā karṇe pītena niśitena ca। phālgunirdviṣatāṃ madhye vivyādha parameṣuṇā ॥7-46-10॥
[स (sa) - he; कर्णं (karṇam) - Karna; कर्णिना (karṇinā) - by the ear; कर्णे (karṇe) - in the ear; पीतेन (pītena) - with the yellow; निशितेन (niśitena) - sharp; च (ca) - and; फाल्गुनिः (phālguṇiḥ) - Arjuna; द्विषतां (dviṣatām) - of the enemies; मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; परमेषुणा (parameṣuṇā) - with a supreme arrow;]
(He, Arjuna, pierced Karna in the ear with a sharp yellow arrow, in the midst of the enemies.)
Arjuna, in the midst of his enemies, pierced Karna in the ear with a sharp yellow arrow.
पातयित्वा कृपस्याश्वांस्तथोभौ पार्ष्णिसारथी। अथैनं दशभिर्बाणैः प्रत्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे ॥७-४६-११॥
pātayitvā kṛpasyāśvāṃstathobhau pārṣṇisārathī। athainaṃ daśabhirbāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyatstanāntare ॥7-46-11॥
[पातयित्वा (pātayitvā) - having felled; कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kṛpa; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; तथा (tathā) - and; उभौ (ubhau) - both; पार्ष्णिसारथी (pārṣṇisārathī) - the charioteer; अथ (atha) - then; एनम् (enam) - him; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; प्रत्यविध्यत् (pratyavidhyat) - pierced; स्तनान्तरे (stanāntare) - in the chest;]
(Having felled Kṛpa's horses and both the charioteers, then pierced him in the chest with ten arrows.)
After felling Kṛpa's horses and both charioteers, he then pierced him in the chest with ten arrows.
ततो वृन्दारकं वीरं कुरूणां कीर्तिवर्धनम्। पुत्राणां तव वीराणां पश्यतामवधीद्बली ॥७-४६-१२॥
tato vṛndārakaṃ vīraṃ kurūṇāṃ kīrtivardhanam। putrāṇāṃ tava vīrāṇāṃ paśyatāmavadhīdbalī ॥7-46-12॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वृन्दारकम् (vṛndārakam) - Vṛndāraka; वीरम् (vīram) - heroic; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; कीर्तिवर्धनम् (kīrtivardhanam) - fame-increasing; पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of the sons; तव (tava) - your; वीराणाम् (vīrāṇām) - of the heroes; पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - while watching; अवधीद् (avadhīd) - killed; बली (balī) - Bali;]
(Then Bali killed Vṛndāraka, the heroic fame-increasing one of the Kurus, while your heroic sons were watching.)
Then Bali, the mighty warrior, killed Vṛndāraka, the heroic enhancer of the Kurus' fame, while your valiant sons watched.
तं द्रौणिः पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समर्पयत्। वरं वरममित्राणामारुजन्तमभीतवत् ॥७-४६-१३॥
taṁ drauṇiḥ pañcaviṁśatyā kṣudrakāṇāṁ samarpayat। varaṁ varam amitrāṇām ārujantam abhītavat ॥7-46-13॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; पञ्चविंशत्या (pañcaviṁśatyā) - with twenty-five; क्षुद्रकाणां (kṣudrakāṇāṁ) - of the small ones; समर्पयत् (samarpayat) - offered; वरं (varaṁ) - boon; वरम् (varam) - boon; अमित्राणाम् (amitrāṇām) - of the enemies; आरुजन्तम् (ārujantam) - attacking; अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly;]
(Drona's son offered him with twenty-five of the small ones, a boon, a boon for the enemies, attacking fearlessly.)
Drona's son fearlessly offered him, along with twenty-five of the small ones, as a boon to the enemies who were attacking.
स तु बाणैः शितैस्तूर्णं प्रत्यविध्यत मारिष। पश्यतां धार्तराष्ट्राणामश्वत्थामानमार्जुनिः ॥७-४६-१४॥
sa tu bāṇaiḥ śitaistūrṇaṃ pratyavidhyata māriṣa। paśyatāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāmaśvatthāmānamārjuniḥ ॥7-46-14॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - sharp; तूर्णं (tūrṇam) - quickly; प्रत्यविध्यत (pratyavidhyata) - pierced; मारिष (māriṣa) - O great one; पश्यतां (paśyatām) - of the onlookers; धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् (dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām) - of the sons of Dhritarashtra; अश्वत्थामानम् (aśvatthāmānam) - Ashwatthama; आर्जुनिः (ārjuniḥ) - the son of Arjuna;]
(But he, O great one, quickly pierced Ashwatthama with sharp arrows, in the sight of the sons of Dhritarashtra.)
In the presence of the sons of Dhritarashtra, the son of Arjuna swiftly struck Ashwatthama with sharp arrows, O great one.
षष्ट्या शराणां तं द्रौणिस्तिग्मधारैः सुतेजनैः। उग्रैर्नाकम्पयद्विद्ध्वा मैनाकमिव पर्वतम् ॥७-४६-१५॥
ṣaṣṭyā śarāṇāṃ taṃ drauṇistigmadhāraiḥ sutejanaiḥ। ugrairnākampayadviddhvā mainākamiva parvatam ॥7-46-15॥
[षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty; शराणां (śarāṇāṃ) - of arrows; तं (taṃ) - that; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; तिग्मधारैः (tigmadhāraiḥ) - with sharp points; सुतेजनैः (sutejanaiḥ) - well-feathered; उग्रैः (ugraiḥ) - fierce; न (na) - not; अकम्पयत् (akampayat) - shook; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - piercing; मैनाकम् (mainākam) - Mainaka; इव (iva) - like; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain;]
(With sixty arrows, Drona's son, with sharp points and well-feathered, did not shake that fierce one, piercing like the mountain Mainaka.)
Drona's son, with sixty sharp and well-feathered arrows, could not shake the fierce one, just as one cannot shake the mountain Mainaka.
स तु द्रौणिं त्रिसप्तत्या हेमपुङ्खैरजिह्मगैः। प्रत्यविध्यन्महातेजा बलवानपकारिणम् ॥७-४६-१६॥
sa tu drauṇiṃ trisaptatyā hemapuṅkhairajihmagaiḥ। pratyavidhyanmahātejā balavānapakāriṇam ॥7-46-16॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; द्रौणिं (drauṇiṃ) - Drona's son; त्रिसप्तत्या (trisaptatyā) - with seventy-three; हेमपुङ्खैः (hemapuṅkhaiḥ) - with golden shafts; अजिह्मगैः (ajihmagaiḥ) - straight-flying; प्रत्यविध्यत् (pratyavidhyat) - pierced; महातेजा (mahātejā) - the mighty one; बलवान् (balavān) - strong; अपकारिणम् (apakāriṇam) - the wrongdoer;]
(He, however, pierced Drona's son with seventy-three straight-flying golden shafts, the mighty and strong one, the wrongdoer.)
He, the mighty and strong one, pierced Drona's son with seventy-three straight-flying golden shafts, punishing the wrongdoer.
तस्मिन्द्रोणो बाणशतं पुत्रगृद्धी न्यपातयत्। अश्वत्थामा तथाष्टौ च परीप्सन्पितरं रणे ॥७-४६-१७॥
tasmindroṇo bāṇaśataṃ putragṛddhī nyapātayat। aśvatthāmā tathāṣṭau ca parīpsanpitaraṃ raṇe ॥7-46-17॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa; बाणशतम् (bāṇaśatam) - hundred arrows; पुत्रगृद्धी (putragṛddhī) - desiring son; न्यपातयत् (nyapātayat) - discharged; अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Ashwatthama; तथा (tathā) - also; अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; च (ca) - and; परीप्सन् (parīpsan) - desiring to protect; पितरम् (pitaram) - father; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(In that, Droṇa, desiring a son, discharged a hundred arrows. Ashwatthama also, desiring to protect his father, discharged eight in battle.)
In that situation, Droṇa, eager for his son, released a hundred arrows. Ashwatthama, wishing to protect his father, also released eight arrows in the battle.
कर्णो द्वाविंशतिं भल्लान्कृतवर्मा चतुर्दश। बृहद्बलस्तु पञ्चाशत्कृपः शारद्वतो दश ॥७-४६-१८॥
karṇo dvāviṃśatiṃ bhallānkṛtavarmā caturdaśa। bṛhadbalastu pañcāśatkṛpaḥ śāradvato daśa ॥7-46-18॥
[कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; द्वाविंशतिं (dvāviṃśatiṃ) - twenty-two; भल्लान् (bhallān) - arrows; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kritavarma; चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen; बृहद्बलः (bṛhadbalaḥ) - Brihadbala; तु (tu) - and; पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat) - fifty; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kripa; शारद्वतः (śāradvataḥ) - Sharadvata; दश (daśa) - ten;]
(Karna (shot) twenty-two arrows, Kritavarma (shot) fourteen, Brihadbala fifty, and Kripa, the son of Sharadvata, ten.)
Karna shot twenty-two arrows, Kritavarma shot fourteen, Brihadbala shot fifty, and Kripa, the son of Sharadvata, shot ten.
तांस्तु प्रत्यवधीत्सर्वान्दशभिर्दशभिः शरैः। तैरर्द्यमानः सौभद्रः सर्वतो निशितैः शरैः ॥७-४६-१९॥
tāṁstu pratyavadhītsarvāndaśabhirdaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ। tairardyamānaḥ saubhadraḥ sarvato niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥7-46-19॥
[ताम् (tām) - them; तु (tu) - but; प्रत्यवधीत् (pratyavadhīt) - killed; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; अर्द्यमानः (ardyamānaḥ) - being tormented; सौभद्रः (saubhadraḥ) - Saubhadra; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(But he killed all of them with ten arrows each. Saubhadra, being tormented from all sides by them with sharp arrows.)
Saubhadra, despite being tormented from all sides by sharp arrows, managed to kill all of them with ten arrows each.
तं कोसलानामधिपः कर्णिनाताडयद्धृदि। स तस्याश्वान्ध्वजं चापं सूतं चापातयत्क्षितौ ॥७-४६-२०॥
taṁ kosalānām-adhipaḥ karṇinātāḍayad dhṛdi। sa tasyāśvān dhvajaṁ cāpaṁ sūtaṁ cāpātayat kṣitau ॥7-46-20॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; कोसलानाम् (kosalānām) - of the Kosalas; अधिपः (adhipaḥ) - the lord; कर्णिना (karṇinā) - with an arrow; आताडयत् (ātāḍayat) - struck; हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart; सः (saḥ) - he; तस्य (tasya) - his; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; ध्वजम् (dhvajam) - banner; च (ca) - and; आपम् (āpam) - bow; सूतम् (sūtam) - charioteer; च (ca) - and; अपातयत् (apātayat) - brought down; क्षितौ (kṣitau) - to the ground;]
(The lord of the Kosalas struck him in the heart with an arrow. He brought down his horses, banner, bow, and charioteer to the ground.)
The king of Kosala struck his enemy in the heart with an arrow, causing his horses, banner, bow, and charioteer to fall to the ground.
अथ कोसलराजस्तु विरथः खड्गचर्मधृत्। इयेष फाल्गुनेः कायाच्छिरो हर्तुं सकुण्डलम् ॥७-४६-२१॥
atha kosalarājastu virathaḥ khaḍgacarmadhṛt। iyeṣa phālguneḥ kāyācchiro hartuṃ sakuṇḍalam ॥7-46-21॥
[अथ (atha) - then; कोसलराजः (kosalarājaḥ) - king of Kosala; तु (tu) - but; विरथः (virathaḥ) - without a chariot; खड्ग (khaḍga) - sword; चर्म (carma) - shield; धृत् (dhṛt) - holding; इयेष (iyeṣa) - desired; फाल्गुनेः (phālguneḥ) - of Arjuna; कायात् (kāyāt) - from the body; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; हर्तुम् (hartum) - to take; स (sa) - with; कुण्डलम् (kuṇḍalam) - earrings;]
(Then the king of Kosala, without a chariot, holding a sword and shield, desired to take the head with earrings from the body of Arjuna.)
Then the king of Kosala, though without a chariot and armed with a sword and shield, sought to sever Arjuna's head adorned with earrings from his body.
स कोसलानां भर्तारं राजपुत्रं बृहद्बलम्। हृदि विव्याध बाणेन स भिन्नहृदयोऽपतत् ॥७-४६-२२॥
sa kosalānāṃ bhartāraṃ rājaputraṃ bṛhadbalam। hṛdi vivyādha bāṇena sa bhinnahṛdayo'patat ॥7-46-22॥
[स (sa) - he; कोसलानां (kosalānāṃ) - of the Kosalas; भर्तारं (bhartāram) - lord; राजपुत्रं (rājaputram) - prince; बृहद्बलम् (bṛhadbalam) - Brihadbala; हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; बाणेन (bāṇena) - with an arrow; स (sa) - he; भिन्नहृदयः (bhinna-hṛdayaḥ) - with a shattered heart; अपतत् (apatat) - fell;]
(He pierced Brihadbala, the prince and lord of the Kosalas, in the heart with an arrow; he fell with a shattered heart.)
He shot an arrow into the heart of Brihadbala, the prince of the Kosalas, causing him to fall with a broken heart.
बभञ्ज च सहस्राणि दश राजन्महात्मनाम्। सृजतामशिवा वाचः खड्गकार्मुकधारिणाम् ॥७-४६-२३॥
babhañja ca sahasrāṇi daśa rājanmahātmanām। sṛjatāmaśivā vācaḥ khaḍgakārmukadhāriṇām ॥7-46-23॥
[बभञ्ज (babhañja) - broke; च (ca) - and; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; दश (daśa) - ten; राजन् (rājan) - O king; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of great souls; सृजताम् (sṛjatām) - creating; अशिवा (aśivā) - inauspicious; वाचः (vācaḥ) - words; खड्ग (khaḍga) - swords; कार्मुक (kārmuka) - bows; धारिणाम् (dhāriṇām) - of the wielders;]
(And he broke thousands, ten O king, of great souls creating inauspicious words of the wielders of swords and bows.)
O king, he broke ten thousand great souls who were uttering inauspicious words, wielding swords and bows.
तथा बृहद्बलं हत्वा सौभद्रो व्यचरद्रणे। विष्टम्भयन्महेष्वासान्योधांस्तव शराम्बुभिः ॥७-४६-२४॥
tathā bṛhadbalaṃ hatvā saubhadro vyacaradraṇe। viṣṭambhayanmaheṣvāsānyodhāṃstava śarāmbubhiḥ ॥7-46-24॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; बृहद्बलम् (bṛhadbalam) - Brihadbala; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; सौभद्रः (saubhadraḥ) - the son of Subhadra; व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - moved; रणे (raṇe) - in the battle; विष्टम्भयन् (viṣṭambhayan) - restraining; महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great archers; योधान् (yodhān) - warriors; तव (tava) - your; शराम्बुभिः (śarāmbubhiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Thus, having killed Brihadbala, the son of Subhadra moved in the battle, restraining your warriors, the great archers, with arrows.)
After slaying Brihadbala, Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadra, maneuvered through the battlefield, holding back your great archers with his arrows.
