07.051
Pancharatra and Core: Listening to Yudhisthira, Arjuna vows to kill Jayadratha before the next day's sun sets, else he will enter the blazing fire.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca॥
[युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhishthira; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Yudhishthira said:)
Yudhishthira spoke:
त्वयि याते महाबाहो संशप्तकबलं प्रति। प्रयत्नमकरोत्तीव्रमाचार्यो ग्रहणे मम ॥७-५१-१॥
tvayi yāte mahābāho saṃśaptakabalaṃ prati। prayatnamakarottīvramācāryo grahaṇe mama ॥7-51-1॥
[त्वयि (tvayi) - in you; याते (yāte) - having gone; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; संशप्तकबलं (saṃśaptakabalaṃ) - towards the Saṃśaptaka army; प्रति (prati) - towards; प्रयत्नम् (prayatnam) - effort; अकरोत् (akarot) - made; तीव्रम् (tīvram) - intense; आचार्यः (ācāryaḥ) - the teacher; ग्रहणे (grahaṇe) - in capturing; मम (mama) - me;]
(In you having gone, O mighty-armed, towards the Saṃśaptaka army, the teacher made an intense effort in capturing me.)
When you, O mighty-armed, went towards the Saṃśaptaka army, the teacher made a great effort to capture me.
व्याढानीकं वयं द्रोणं वरयामः स्म सर्वशः। प्रतिव्यूह्य रथानीकं यतमानं तथा रणे ॥७-५१-२॥
vyāḍhānīkaṃ vayaṃ droṇaṃ varayāmaḥ sma sarvaśaḥ। prativyūhya rathānīkaṃ yatamānaṃ tathā raṇe ॥7-51-2॥
[व्याढानीकं (vyāḍhānīkaṃ) - arrayed army; वयम् (vayam) - we; द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona; वरयामः (varayāmaḥ) - chose; स्म (sma) - indeed; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; प्रतिव्यूह्य (prativyūhya) - counter-arraying; रथानीकं (rathānīkaṃ) - chariot army; यतमानं (yatamānaṃ) - striving; तथा (tathā) - thus; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(We indeed entirely chose Drona, arrayed army, counter-arraying the chariot army, striving thus in battle.)
We chose Drona to lead our entire army, arrayed and counter-arrayed against the chariot army, striving thus in battle.
स वार्यमाणो रथिभी रक्षितेन मया तथा। अस्मानपि जघानाशु पीडयन्निशितैः शरैः ॥७-५१-३॥
sa vāryamāṇo rathibhī rakṣitena mayā tathā। asmānapi jaghānāśu pīḍayanniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥7-51-3॥
[स (sa) - he; वार्यमाणः (vāryamāṇaḥ) - being restrained; रथिभी (rathibhī) - by charioteers; रक्षितेन (rakṣitena) - protected; मया (mayā) - by me; तथा (tathā) - thus; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; अपि (api) - also; जघान (jaghāna) - struck; आशु (āśu) - quickly; पीडयन् (pīḍayan) - tormenting; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(He, being restrained by the charioteers and protected by me, thus quickly struck us, tormenting with sharp arrows.)
Despite being restrained by the charioteers and protected by me, he swiftly attacked us, causing torment with his sharp arrows.
ते पीड्यमाना द्रोणेन द्रोणानीकं न शक्नुमः। प्रतिवीक्षितुमप्याजौ भेत्तुं तत्कुत एव तु ॥७-५१-४॥
te pīḍyamānā droṇena droṇānīkaṃ na śaknumaḥ। prativīkṣitumapyājau bhettuṃ tatkuta eva tu ॥7-51-4॥
[ते (te) - they; पीड्यमाना (pīḍyamānā) - being oppressed; द्रोणेन (droṇena) - by Droṇa; द्रोणानीकं (droṇānīkaṃ) - Droṇa's army; न (na) - not; शक्नुमः (śaknumaḥ) - are able; प्रतिवीक्षितुम् (prativīkṣitum) - to look back; अपि (api) - even; आजौ (ājau) - in battle; भेत्तुम् (bhettum) - to break; तत् (tat) - that; कुतः (kutaḥ) - how; एव (eva) - indeed; तु (tu) - but;]
(They, being oppressed by Droṇa, are not able to look back at Droṇa's army in battle, let alone break it, how indeed but.)
They are so oppressed by Droṇa that they cannot even look back at his army in battle, let alone break it.
वयं त्वप्रतिमं वीर्ये सर्वे सौभद्रमात्मजम्। उक्तवन्तः स्म ते तात भिन्ध्यनीकमिति प्रभो ॥७-५१-५॥
vayaṁ tvapratimaṁ vīrye sarve saubhadramātmajam। uktavantaḥ sma te tāta bhindhyanīkamiti prabho ॥7-51-5॥
[वयम् (vayam) - we; तु (tu) - but; अप्रतिमम् (apratimam) - unmatched; वीर्ये (vīrye) - in valor; सर्वे (sarve) - all; सौभद्रम् (saubhadram) - Saubhadra; आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son; उक्तवन्तः (uktavantaḥ) - said; स्म (sma) - indeed; ते (te) - to you; तात (tāta) - dear father; भिन्ध्य (bhindhya) - break; अनीकम् (anīkam) - the formation; इति (iti) - thus; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(We, unmatched in valor, all said to you, dear father, "Break the formation, O lord.")
We, all unmatched in valor, addressed you, dear father, saying, "O lord, break the formation."
स तथा चोदितोऽस्माभिः सदश्व इव वीर्यवान्। असह्यमपि तं भारं वोढुमेवोपचक्रमे ॥७-५१-६॥
sa tathā codito'smābhiḥ sadaśva iva vīryavān। asahyamapi taṃ bhāraṃ voḍhumevopacakrame ॥7-51-6॥
[स (sa) - he; तथा (tathā) - thus; चोदितः (coditaḥ) - urged; अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us; सदश्वः (sadaśvaḥ) - a good horse; इव (iva) - like; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful; असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable; अपि (api) - even; तम् (tam) - that; भारम् (bhāram) - burden; वोढुम् (voḍhum) - to bear; एव (eva) - indeed; उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began;]
(He, thus urged by us, like a good horse, powerful, began indeed to bear that unbearable burden.)
He, being urged by us, like a powerful horse, began to bear that unbearable burden.
स तवास्त्रोपदेशेन वीर्येण च समन्वितः। प्राविशत्तद्बलं बालः सुपर्ण इव सागरम् ॥७-५१-७॥
sa tavāstropadeśena vīryeṇa ca samanvitaḥ। prāviśattad-balaṃ bālaḥ suparṇa iva sāgaram ॥7-51-7॥
[स (sa) - he; तव (tava) - your; अस्त्र (astra) - weapon; उपदेशेन (upadeśena) - by the instruction; वीर्येण (vīryeṇa) - by the strength; च (ca) - and; समन्वितः (samanvitaḥ) - endowed; प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered; तत् (tad) - that; बलम् (balaṃ) - army; बालः (bālaḥ) - young boy; सुपर्णः (suparṇaḥ) - like Garuda; इव (iva) - like; सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean;]
(He, endowed with your weapon's instruction and strength, entered that army like a young boy like Garuda enters the ocean.)
He, equipped with the instruction of your weapon and strength, entered that army like a young Garuda would enter the ocean.
तेऽनुयाता वयं वीरं सात्वतीपुत्रमाहवे। प्रवेष्टुकामास्तेनैव येन स प्राविशच्चमूम् ॥७-५१-८॥
te'nuyātā vayaṃ vīraṃ sātvatīputramāhave। praveṣṭukāmāstenaiva yena sa prāviśaccamūm ॥7-51-8॥
[ते (te) - they; अनुयाता (anuyātā) - followed; वयम् (vayam) - we; वीरम् (vīram) - hero; सात्वतीपुत्रम् (sātvatīputram) - Satyavati's son; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; प्रवेष्टुकामाः (praveṣṭukāmāḥ) - desiring to enter; तेन (tena) - by him; एव (eva) - indeed; येन (yena) - by whom; सः (saḥ) - he; प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered; चमूम् (camūm) - the army;]
(They followed us, the hero, Satyavati's son, in battle, desiring to enter by him indeed by whom he entered the army.)
They followed us, the hero, the son of Satyavati, into battle, desiring to enter the army by the same path he did.
ततः सैन्धवको राजा क्षुद्रस्तात जयद्रथः। वरदानेन रुद्रस्य सर्वान्नः समवारयत् ॥७-५१-९॥
tataḥ saindhavako rājā kṣudrastāta jayadrathaḥ। varadānena rudrasya sarvānnaḥ samavārayat ॥7-51-9॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सैन्धवकः (saindhavakaḥ) - of Sindhu; राजा (rājā) - king; क्षुद्रस्तात (kṣudrastāta) - insignificant; जयद्रथः (jayadrathaḥ) - Jayadratha; वरदानेन (varadānena) - by the boon; रुद्रस्य (rudrasya) - of Rudra; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; नः (naḥ) - us; समवारयत् (samavārayat) - restrained;]
(Then the insignificant king of Sindhu, Jayadratha, by the boon of Rudra, restrained all of us.)
Then the insignificant king of Sindhu, Jayadratha, empowered by Rudra's boon, held us all back.
ततो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणिश्च स बृहद्बलः। कृतवर्मा च सौभद्रं षड्रथाः पर्यवारयन् ॥७-५१-१०॥
tato droṇaḥ kṛpaḥ karṇo drauṇiśca sa bṛhadbalaḥ। kṛtavarmā ca saubhadraṃ ṣaḍrathāḥ paryavārayan ॥7-51-10॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kripa; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drauni; च (ca) - and; सः (saḥ) - he; बृहद्बलः (bṛhadbalaḥ) - Brihadbala; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kritavarma; च (ca) - and; सौभद्रम् (saubhadram) - Saubhadra; षड्रथाः (ṣaḍrathāḥ) - six chariots; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded;]
(Then Drona, Kripa, Karna, Drauni, he Brihadbala, and Kritavarma surrounded Saubhadra with six chariots.)
Then Drona, Kripa, Karna, Drauni, Brihadbala, and Kritavarma surrounded Saubhadra with six chariots.
परिवार्य तु तैः सर्वैर्युधि बालो महारथैः। यतमानः परं शक्त्या बहुभिर्विरथीकृतः ॥७-५१-११॥
parivārya tu taiḥ sarvairyudhi bālo mahārathaiḥ। yatamānaḥ paraṃ śaktyā bahubhirvirathīkṛtaḥ ॥7-51-11॥
[परिवार्य (parivārya) - surrounded; तु (tu) - but; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - all; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; बालः (bālaḥ) - young; महारथैः (mahārathaiḥ) - by great warriors; यतमानः (yatamānaḥ) - striving; परम् (param) - utmost; शक्त्या (śaktyā) - with power; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many; विरथीकृतः (virathīkṛtaḥ) - deprived of his chariot;]
(Surrounded by all those great warriors in battle, the young one, striving with utmost power, was deprived of his chariot by many.)
The young warrior, though surrounded by all the great warriors in battle and striving with all his might, was ultimately deprived of his chariot by many.
ततो दौःशासनिः क्षिप्रं तथा तैर्विरथीकृतम्। संशयं परमं प्राप्य दिष्टान्तेनाभ्ययोजयत् ॥७-५१-१२॥
tato dauḥśāsaniḥ kṣipraṃ tathā tairvirathīkṛtam। saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāpya diṣṭāntenābhyayojayat ॥7-51-12॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दौःशासनिः (dauḥśāsaniḥ) - Duhshasana; क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṃ) - quickly; तथा (tathā) - thus; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; विरथीकृतम् (virathīkṛtam) - deprived of chariot; संशयम् (saṃśayam) - doubt; परमम् (paramam) - great; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained; दिष्टान्तेन (diṣṭāntena) - by fate; अभ्ययोजयत् (abhyayojayat) - engaged.;]
(Then Duhshasana quickly engaged, having obtained great doubt by fate, thus deprived of chariot by them.)
Then Duhshasana, having been deprived of his chariot by them, quickly engaged in battle, filled with great doubt due to fate.
स तु हत्वा सहस्राणि द्विपाश्वरथसादिनाम्। राजपुत्रशतं चाग्र्यं वीरांश्चालक्षितान्बहून् ॥७-५१-१३॥
sa tu hatvā sahasrāṇi dvipāśvarathasādinām। rājaputraśataṃ cāgryaṃ vīrāṃścālakṣitānbahūn ॥7-51-13॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; द्विप (dvipa) - elephants; अश्व (aśva) - horses; रथ (ratha) - chariots; सादिनाम् (sādinām) - riders; राजपुत्र (rājaputra) - princes; शतं (śataṃ) - hundred; च (ca) - and; आग्र्यं (āgryaṃ) - foremost; वीरान् (vīrān) - heroes; च (ca) - and; अलक्षितान् (alakṣitān) - unseen; बहून् (bahūn) - many;]
(He, having killed thousands of elephants, horses, chariots, riders, a hundred foremost princes, and many unseen heroes.)
He, however, after slaying thousands of elephants, horses, chariots, riders, and a hundred of the foremost princes along with many unseen heroes, stood victorious.
बृहद्बलं च राजानं स्वर्गेणाजौ प्रयोज्य ह। ततः परमधर्मात्मा दिष्टान्तमुपजग्मिवान् ॥७-५१-१४॥
bṛhadbalaṃ ca rājānaṃ svargeṇājau prayojya ha। tataḥ paramadharmātmā diṣṭāntamupajagmivān ॥7-51-14॥
[बृहद्बलम् (bṛhadbalam) - Brihadbala; च (ca) - and; राजानम् (rājānam) - king; स्वर्गेण (svargeṇa) - with heaven; अजौ (ajau) - in battle; प्रयोज्य (prayojya) - having employed; ह (ha) - indeed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; परमधर्मात्मा (paramadharmātmā) - the supremely righteous soul; दिष्टान्तम् (diṣṭāntam) - end; उपजग्मिवान् (upajagmivān) - attained.;]
(Brihadbala and the king, having employed heaven in battle, indeed. Then the supremely righteous soul attained the end.)
Brihadbala and the king, having used heavenly means in battle, indeed met their end. Then, the supremely righteous soul attained his destined end.
एतावदेव निर्वृत्तमस्माकं शोकवर्धनम्। स चैवं पुरुषव्याघ्रः स्वर्गलोकमवाप्तवान् ॥७-५१-१५॥
etāvadeva nirvṛttamasmākaṃ śokavardhanam। sa caivaṃ puruṣavyāghraḥ svargalokamavāptavān ॥7-51-15॥
[एतावत् (etāvat) - this much; एव (eva) - indeed; निर्वृत्तम् (nirvṛttam) - has happened; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our; शोकवर्धनम् (śokavardhanam) - grief-increasing; सः (saḥ) - he; च (ca) - and; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - tiger among men; स्वर्गलोकम् (svargalokam) - heavenly world; अवाप्तवान् (avāptavān) - has attained;]
(This much indeed has happened, our grief-increasing. And thus, the tiger among men has attained the heavenly world.)
This much indeed has happened, increasing our grief. And thus, the tiger among men has attained the heavenly world.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
ततोऽर्जुनो वचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजेन भाषितम्। हा पुत्र इति निःश्वस्य व्यथितो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥७-५१-१६॥
tato'rjuno vacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājena bhāṣitam। hā putra iti niḥśvasya vyathito nyapatadbhuvi ॥7-51-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; धर्मराजेन (dharmarājena) - by Dharmaraja; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - spoken; हा (hā) - alas; पुत्र (putra) - son; इति (iti) - thus; निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - sighing; व्यथितः (vyathitaḥ) - distressed; न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - fell; भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground;]
(Then Arjuna, having heard the words spoken by Dharmaraja, sighed 'Alas, son!' and distressed, fell on the ground.)
Upon hearing the words spoken by Dharmaraja, Arjuna, overwhelmed with distress, exclaimed 'Alas, son!' and collapsed to the ground.
विषण्णवदनाः सर्वे परिगृह्य धनञ्जयम्। नेत्रैरनिमिषैर्दीनाः प्रत्यवेक्षन्परस्परम् ॥७-५१-१७॥
viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ sarve parigṛhya dhanañjayam। netrairanimiṣairdīnāḥ pratyavekṣanparasparam ॥7-51-17॥
[विषण्णवदनाः (viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ) - with dejected faces; सर्वे (sarve) - all; परिगृह्य (parigṛhya) - having surrounded; धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhananjaya; नेत्रैः (netraiḥ) - with eyes; अनिमिषैः (animiṣaiḥ) - unblinking; दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - miserable; प्रत्यवेक्षन् (pratyavekṣan) - looking at; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other;]
(With dejected faces, all surrounded Dhananjaya. With unblinking eyes, they looked at each other miserably.)
All, with dejected faces, surrounded Dhananjaya. They looked at each other with unblinking, miserable eyes.
प्रतिलभ्य ततः सञ्ज्ञां वासविः क्रोधमूर्छितः। कम्पमानो ज्वरेणेव निःश्वसंश्च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥७-५१-१८॥
pratilabhya tataḥ sañjñāṃ vāsaviḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ। kampamāno jvareṇeva niḥśvasaṃśca muhurmuhuḥ ॥7-51-18॥
[प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सञ्ज्ञाम् (sañjñām) - consciousness; वासविः (vāsaviḥ) - Indra; क्रोध (krodha) - anger; मूर्छितः (mūrchitaḥ) - overcome; कम्पमानः (kampamānaḥ) - trembling; ज्वरेण (jvareṇa) - with fever; इव (iva) - like; निःश्वसन् (niḥśvasan) - breathing heavily; च (ca) - and; मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again;]
(Having regained consciousness, Indra, overcome with anger, trembled as if with fever, breathing heavily again and again.)
Indra, having regained his senses, was filled with rage and trembled as if he had a fever, breathing heavily over and over.
पाणिं पाणौ विनिष्पिष्य श्वसमानोऽश्रुनेत्रवान्। उन्मत्त इव विप्रेक्षन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥७-५१-१९॥
pāṇiṃ pāṇau viniṣpiṣya śvasamāno'śrunetravān। unmatta iva viprekṣannidaṃ vacanamabravīt ॥7-51-19॥
[पाणिम् (pāṇim) - hand; पाणौ (pāṇau) - in hand; विनिष्पिष्य (viniṣpiṣya) - crushing; श्वसमानः (śvasamānaḥ) - breathing heavily; अश्रुनेत्रवान् (aśrunetravān) - tear-eyed; उन्मत्तः (unmattaḥ) - mad; इव (iva) - like; विप्रेक्षन् (viprekṣan) - looking around; इदम् (idam) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - words; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]
(Crushing his hand in hand, breathing heavily, tear-eyed, looking around like a madman, he spoke these words.)
Crushing his hand in his own, breathing heavily with tear-filled eyes, he looked around like a madman and spoke these words.
सत्यं वः प्रतिजानामि श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम्। न चेद्वधभयाद्भीतो धार्तराष्ट्रान्प्रहास्यति ॥७-५१-२०॥
satyaṁ vaḥ pratijānāmi śvo'smi hantā jayadratham। na cedvadha-bhayād-bhīto dhārtarāṣṭrān-prahāsyati ॥7-51-20॥
[सत्यं (satyaṁ) - truth; वः (vaḥ) - to you; प्रतिजानामि (pratijānāmi) - I promise; श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; हन्ता (hantā) - the slayer; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha; न (na) - not; चेत् (cet) - if; वध (vadha) - death; भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear; भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid; धार्तराष्ट्रान् (dhārtarāṣṭrān) - the sons of Dhritarashtra; प्रहास्यति (prahāsyati) - will abandon;]
(I promise you the truth, tomorrow I am the slayer of Jayadratha. If not, out of fear of death, he will abandon the sons of Dhritarashtra.)
I assure you truly, tomorrow I will kill Jayadratha. If he does not, out of fear of death, abandon the sons of Dhritarashtra.
न चास्माञ्शरणं गच्छेत्कृष्णं वा पुरुषोत्तमम्। भवन्तं वा महाराज श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम् ॥७-५१-२१॥
na cāsmāñśaraṇaṃ gacchet kṛṣṇaṃ vā puruṣottamam। bhavantaṃ vā mahārāja śvo'smi hantā jayadratham ॥7-51-21॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; गच्छेत् (gacchet) - should go; कृष्णम् (kṛṣṇam) - Krishna; वा (vā) - or; पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - the Supreme Person; भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - you; वा (vā) - or; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; हन्ता (hantā) - the slayer; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]
(And he should not seek refuge in us, Krishna, or the Supreme Person. O great king, tomorrow I am the slayer of Jayadratha.)
And he should not seek refuge in us, Krishna, or the Supreme Person. O great king, tomorrow I will slay Jayadratha.
धार्तराष्ट्रप्रियकरं मयि विस्मृतसौहृदम्। पापं बालवधे हेतुं श्वोऽस्मि हन्ता जयद्रथम् ॥७-५१-२२॥
dhārtarāṣṭrapriyakaraṃ mayi vismṛtasauhṛdam। pāpaṃ bālavadhe hetuṃ śvo'smi hantā jayadratham ॥7-51-22॥
[धार्तराष्ट्रप्रियकरम् (dhārtarāṣṭrapriyakaram) - pleasing to Dhritarashtra's son; मयि (mayi) - in me; विस्मृतसौहृदम् (vismṛtasauhṛdam) - forgotten friendship; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; बालवधे (bālavadhe) - in killing the boy; हेतुम् (hetum) - reason; श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; हन्ता (hantā) - the slayer; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]
(Pleasing to Dhritarashtra's son, in me forgotten friendship, sin, in killing the boy, reason, tomorrow I am the slayer of Jayadratha.)
I, who have forgotten the friendship and committed the sin of killing the boy, am the slayer of Jayadratha tomorrow, which pleases Dhritarashtra's son.
रक्षमाणाश्च तं सङ्ख्ये ये मां योत्स्यन्ति केचन। अपि द्रोणकृपौ वीरौ छादयिष्यामि ताञ्शरैः ॥७-५१-२३॥
rakṣamāṇāśca taṃ saṅkhye ye māṃ yotsyanti kecana। api droṇakṛpau vīrau chādayiṣyāmi tāñśaraiḥ ॥7-51-23॥
[रक्षमाणाः (rakṣamāṇāḥ) - protecting; च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - him; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; ये (ye) - who; माम् (mām) - me; योत्स्यन्ति (yotsyanti) - will fight; केचन (kecana) - some; अपि (api) - also; द्रोणकृपौ (droṇakṛpau) - Droṇa and Kṛpa; वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes; छादयिष्यामि (chādayiṣyāmi) - I will cover; तान् (tān) - them; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Protecting him in battle, those who will fight me, some, also Droṇa and Kṛpa, the heroes, I will cover them with arrows.)
I will cover with arrows those who protect him in battle and those who will fight me, including the heroes Droṇa and Kṛpa.
यद्येतदेवं सङ्ग्रामे न कुर्यां पुरुषर्षभाः। मा स्म पुण्यकृतां लोकान्प्राप्नुयां शूरसंमतान् ॥७-५१-२४॥
yadyetadevaṃ saṅgrāme na kuryāṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ। mā sma puṇyakṛtāṃ lokānprāpnuyāṃ śūrasaṃmatān ॥7-51-24॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; एतद् (etad) - this; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; न (na) - not; कुर्यां (kuryāṃ) - I would do; पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - O best among men; मा (mā) - not; स्म (sma) - indeed; पुण्यकृतां (puṇyakṛtāṃ) - of the virtuous; लोकान् (lokān) - worlds; प्राप्नुयां (prāpnuyāṃ) - I would attain; शूरसंमतान् (śūrasaṃmatān) - respected by the brave;]
(If thus in battle I would not act, O best among men, I would not indeed attain the worlds of the virtuous, respected by the brave.)
O best among men, if I do not act in this battle, I will not attain the worlds of the virtuous, which are respected by the brave.
ये लोका मातृहन्तॄणां ये चापि पितृघातिनाम्। गुरुदारगामिनां ये च पिशुनानां च ये तथा ॥७-५१-२५॥
ye lokā mātṛhantr̥̄ṇāṃ ye cāpi pitṛghātinām। gurudāragāmināṃ ye ca piśunānāṃ ca ye tathā ॥7-51-25॥
[ये (ye) - those who; लोका (lokā) - worlds; मातृहन्तॄणां (mātṛhantr̥̄ṇāṃ) - of the matricides; ये (ye) - those who; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पितृघातिनाम् (pitṛghātinām) - of the patricides; गुरुदारगामिनां (gurudāragāmināṃ) - of those who go to the teacher's wife; ये (ye) - those who; च (ca) - and; पिशुनानां (piśunānāṃ) - of the deceitful; च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - those who; तथा (tathā) - thus;]
(Those worlds of the matricides, those who also of the patricides, of those who go to the teacher's wife, those who and of the deceitful, and those thus.)
The worlds of those who kill their mothers, those who also kill their fathers, those who go to the teacher's wife, and those who are deceitful.
साधूनसूयतां ये च ये चापि परिवादिनाम्। ये च निक्षेपहर्तॄणां ये च विश्वासघातिनाम् ॥७-५१-२६॥
sādhūnasūyatāṃ ye ca ye cāpi parivādinām। ye ca nikṣepahartr̥̄ṇāṃ ye ca viśvāsaghātinām ॥7-51-26॥
[साधूनसूयतां (sādhūnasūyatāṃ) - those who are envious of the virtuous; ये (ye) - those who; च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - those who; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; परिवादिनाम् (parivādinām) - of the slanderers; ये (ye) - those who; च (ca) - and; निक्षेपहर्तॄणां (nikṣepahartr̥̄ṇāṃ) - of the embezzlers; ये (ye) - those who; च (ca) - and; विश्वासघातिनाम् (viśvāsaghātinām) - of the betrayers of trust;]
(Those who are envious of the virtuous, and those who are slanderers, and those who are embezzlers, and those who are betrayers of trust.)
Those who harbor envy towards the virtuous, those who slander, those who embezzle, and those who betray trust are all condemned.
भुक्तपूर्वां स्त्रियं ये च निन्दतामघशंसिनाम्। ब्रह्मघ्नानां च ये लोका ये च गोघातिनामपि ॥७-५१-२७॥
bhuktapūrvāṃ striyaṃ ye ca nindatām aghaśaṃsinām। brahmaghnānāṃ ca ye lokā ye ca goghātinām api ॥7-51-27॥
[भुक्तपूर्वाम् (bhuktapūrvām) - previously enjoyed; स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; निन्दताम् (nindatām) - of the blasphemers; अघशंसिनाम् (aghaśaṃsinām) - of the sinful; ब्रह्मघ्नानाम् (brahmaghnānām) - of the brahma-killers; च (ca) - and; ये (ye) - who; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; गोघातिनाम् (goghātinām) - of the cow-killers; अपि (api) - also;]
(The worlds of those who previously enjoyed a woman, who are blasphemers, sinful, brahma-killers, and also cow-killers.)
The worlds of those who have previously enjoyed a woman, who are blasphemers and sinful, who have killed brahmins and cows, are described.
पायसं वा यवान्नं वा शाकं कृसरमेव वा। संयावापूपमांसानि ये च लोका वृथाश्नताम् ॥ तानह्नैवाधिगच्छेयं न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥७-५१-२८॥
pāyasaṃ vā yavānnaṃ vā śākaṃ kṛsarameva vā। saṃyāvāpūpamāṃsāni ye ca lokā vṛthāśnatām ॥ tānahnaivādhigaccheyaṃ na ceddhanyāṃ jayadratham ॥7-51-28॥
[पायसं (pāyasaṃ) - milk-rice; वा (vā) - or; यवान्नं (yavānnaṃ) - barley-food; वा (vā) - or; शाकं (śākaṃ) - vegetable; कृसरम् (kṛsaram) - porridge; एव (eva) - indeed; वा (vā) - or; संयाव (saṃyāva) - thick-gruel; अपूप (apūpa) - cake; मांसानि (māṃsāni) - meats; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; लोकाः (lokāḥ) - people; वृथाश्नताम् (vṛthāśnatām) - eat in vain; तान् (tān) - them; अह्ना (ahna) - by day; एव (eva) - indeed; अधिगच्छेयं (adhigaccheyaṃ) - I would reach; न (na) - not; चेत् (cet) - if; धन्यां (dhanyāṃ) - fortunate; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]
(Milk-rice or barley-food or vegetable or porridge indeed or thick-gruel, cake, meats, who and people eat in vain, them by day indeed I would reach, not if fortunate Jayadratha.)
If I do not reach the fortunate Jayadratha by day, then I would reach those who eat milk-rice, barley-food, vegetables, porridge, thick-gruel, cakes, and meats in vain.
वेदाध्यायिनमत्यर्थं संशितं वा द्विजोत्तमम्। अवमन्यमानो यान्याति वृद्धान्साधूंस्तथा गुरून् ॥७-५१-२९॥
vedādhyāyinamatyarthaṃ saṃśitaṃ vā dvijottamam। avamanyamāno yānyāti vṛddhānsādhūṃstathā gurūn ॥7-51-29॥
[वेदाध्यायिनम् (vedādhyāyinam) - one who studies the Vedas; अत्यर्थं (atyarthaṃ) - excessively; संशितं (saṃśitaṃ) - resolute; वा (vā) - or; द्विजोत्तमम् (dvijottamam) - best among the twice-born; अवमन्यमानः (avamanyamānaḥ) - disrespecting; यानि (yāni) - those who; याति (yāti) - goes; वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elders; साधून् (sādhūn) - saints; तथा (tathā) - and; गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers;]
(One who excessively disrespects a resolute or best among the twice-born who studies the Vedas, goes to those who are elders, saints, and teachers.)
One who excessively disrespects a resolute or distinguished scholar of the Vedas, goes to the elders, saints, and teachers.
स्पृशतां ब्राह्मणं गां च पादेनाग्निं च यां लभेत्। याप्सु श्लेष्म पुरीषं वा मूत्रं वा मुञ्चतां गतिः ॥ तां गच्छेयं गतिं घोरां न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥७-५१-३०॥
spṛśatāṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gāṃ ca pādenāgniṃ ca yāṃ labhet। yāpsu śleṣma purīṣaṃ vā mūtraṃ vā muñcatāṃ gatiḥ ॥ tāṃ gaccheyaṃ gatiṃ ghorāṃ na ceddhanyāṃ jayadratham ॥7-51-30॥
[स्पृशतां (spṛśatāṃ) - touching; ब्राह्मणं (brāhmaṇaṃ) - a Brahmin; गां (gāṃ) - a cow; च (ca) - and; पादेन (pādena) - with foot; अग्निं (agniṃ) - fire; च (ca) - and; यां (yāṃ) - which; लभेत् (labhet) - obtains; याप्सु (yāpsu) - in water; श्लेष्म (śleṣma) - phlegm; पुरीषं (purīṣaṃ) - excrement; वा (vā) - or; मूत्रं (mūtraṃ) - urine; वा (vā) - or; मुञ्चतां (muñcatāṃ) - releasing; गतिः (gatiḥ) - path; तां (tāṃ) - that; गच्छेयं (gaccheyaṃ) - I would go; गतिं (gatiṃ) - path; घोरां (ghorāṃ) - terrible; न (na) - not; चेत् (ced) - if; धन्यां (dhanyāṃ) - blessed; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]
(Touching a Brahmin, a cow, or fire with the foot, or obtaining phlegm, excrement, or urine in water, the path of release is that terrible path I would go, if not blessed Jayadratha.)
If one touches a Brahmin, a cow, or fire with the foot, or releases phlegm, excrement, or urine in water, they would follow a terrible path, unless they are blessed like Jayadratha.
नग्नस्य स्नायमानस्य या च वन्ध्यातिथेर्गतिः। उत्कोचिनां मृषोक्तीनां वञ्चकानां च या गतिः ॥ आत्मापहारिणां या च या च मिथ्याभिशंसिनाम् ॥७-५१-३१॥
nagnasya snāyamānasya yā ca vandhyātithe rgatiḥ। utko cināṃ mṛṣoktīnāṃ vañcakānāṃ ca yā gatiḥ ॥ ātmāpahāriṇāṃ yā ca yā ca mithyābhiśaṃsinām ॥7-51-31॥
[नग्नस्य (nagnasya) - of the naked; स्नायमानस्य (snāyamānasya) - of the one bathing; या (yā) - which; च (ca) - and; वन्ध्या (vandhyā) - barren; अतिथेः (atitheḥ) - of the guest; गतिः (gatiḥ) - the path; उत्कोचिनां (utkocināṃ) - of the bribe-takers; मृषोक्तीनां (mṛṣoktīnāṃ) - of the liars; वञ्चकानां (vañcakānāṃ) - of the deceivers; आत्मापहारिणां (ātmāpahāriṇāṃ) - of the self-stealers; मिथ्याभिशंसिनाम् (mithyābhiśaṃsinām) - of the false accusers;]
(The path of the naked, of the one bathing, which is of the barren guest; of the bribe-takers, of the liars, of the deceivers, and of the self-stealers, and of the false accusers.)
The fate of those who are naked, bathing, barren guests, bribe-takers, liars, deceivers, self-stealers, and false accusers is described.
भृत्यैः संदृश्यमानानां पुत्रदाराश्रितैस्तथा। असंविभज्य क्षुद्राणां या गतिर्मृष्टमश्नताम् ॥ तां गच्छेयं गतिं घोरां न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥७-५१-३२॥
bhṛtyaiḥ saṃdṛśyamānānāṃ putradārāśritaistathā। asaṃvibhajya kṣudrāṇāṃ yā gatirmṛṣṭamaśnatām ॥ tāṃ gaccheyaṃ gatiṃ ghorāṃ na ceddhanyāṃ jayadratham ॥7-51-32॥
[भृत्यैः (bhṛtyaiḥ) - by servants; संदृश्यमानानां (saṃdṛśyamānānāṃ) - being observed; पुत्रदाराश्रितैः (putradārāśritaiḥ) - by dependents of sons and wives; तथा (tathā) - also; असंविभज्य (asaṃvibhajya) - without sharing; क्षुद्राणां (kṣudrāṇāṃ) - of the petty; या (yā) - which; गतिः (gatiḥ) - state; मृष्टमश्नताम् (mṛṣṭamaśnatām) - of those eating fine food; तां (tāṃ) - that; गच्छेयं (gaccheyaṃ) - I would go; गतिं (gatiṃ) - state; घोरां (ghorāṃ) - terrible; न (na) - not; चेत् (cet) - if; धन्यां (dhanyāṃ) - blessed; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]
(By servants being observed, by dependents of sons and wives also, without sharing, the state of the petty who eat fine food, that terrible state I would go, if not blessed Jayadratha.)
If I do not share with the petty, who are observed by servants and dependents of sons and wives, and who eat fine food, I would go to that terrible state, not the blessed state of Jayadratha.
संश्रितं वापि यस्त्यक्त्वा साधुं तद्वचने रतम्। न बिभर्ति नृशंसात्मा निन्दते चोपकारिणम् ॥७-५१-३३॥
saṁśritaṁ vāpi yastyaktvā sādhuṁ tadvacane ratam। na bibharti nṛśaṁsātmā nindate copakāriṇam ॥7-51-33॥
[संश्रितं (saṁśritam) - sheltered; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; यः (yaḥ) - who; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; साधुं (sādhuṁ) - a good person; तत् (tat) - that; वचने (vacane) - in words; रतम् (ratam) - engaged; न (na) - not; बिभर्ति (bibharti) - supports; नृशंसात्मा (nṛśaṁsātmā) - cruel-hearted; निन्दते (nindate) - criticizes; च (ca) - and; उपकारिणम् (upakāriṇam) - the benefactor;]
(Who, having abandoned the sheltered or even a good person engaged in those words, does not support and criticizes the benefactor, is cruel-hearted.)
A person who abandons someone who has taken refuge or a good person engaged in those words, does not support them, and criticizes the benefactor, is considered cruel-hearted.
अर्हते प्रातिवेश्याय श्राद्धं यो न ददाति च। अनर्हते च यो दद्याद्वृषलीपत्युरेव च ॥७-५१-३४॥
arhate prātiveśyāya śrāddhaṃ yo na dadāti ca। anarhate ca yo dadyādvṛṣalīpatyureva ca ॥7-51-34॥
[अर्हते (arhate) - to the worthy; प्रातिवेश्याय (prātiveśyāya) - to the neighbor; श्राद्धं (śrāddhaṃ) - funeral offering; यः (yaḥ) - who; न (na) - not; ददाति (dadāti) - gives; च (ca) - and; अनर्हते (anarhate) - to the unworthy; च (ca) - and; यः (yaḥ) - who; दद्यात् (dadyāt) - gives; वृषलीपत्युः (vṛṣalīpatyuḥ) - of a low-born husband; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(Who does not give a funeral offering to the worthy neighbor, and who gives to the unworthy, is indeed of a low-born husband.)
A person who refrains from giving a funeral offering to a deserving neighbor but gives it to an undeserving one is considered to be of low character, akin to a low-born husband.
मद्यपो भिन्नमर्यादः कृतघ्नो भ्रातृनिन्दकः। तेषां गतिमियां क्षिप्रं न चेद्धन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥७-५१-३५॥
madyapo bhinnamaryādaḥ kṛtaghno bhrātṛnindakaḥ। teṣāṃ gatimiyāṃ kṣipraṃ na ceddhanyāṃ jayadratham ॥7-51-35॥
[मद्यपः (madyapaḥ) - drunkard; भिन्न (bhinna) - broken; मर्यादः (maryādaḥ) - limits; कृतघ्नः (kṛtaghnaḥ) - ungrateful; भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ) - brother; निन्दकः (nindakaḥ) - critic; तेषाम् (teṣām) - their; गतिम् (gatim) - path; इयाम् (iyām) - I will go; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; न (na) - not; चेत् (cet) - if; धन्याम् (dhanyām) - blessed; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]
(A drunkard, one who breaks limits, ungrateful, a critic of brothers; I will quickly go to their path if not blessed Jayadratha.)
A drunkard who breaks boundaries, is ungrateful, and criticizes his brothers; I will quickly follow their path unless blessed Jayadratha intervenes.
धर्मादपेता ये चान्ये मया नात्रानुकीर्तिताः। ये चानुकीर्तिताः क्षिप्रं तेषां गतिमवाप्नुयाम् ॥ यदि व्युष्टामिमां रात्रिं श्वो न हन्यां जयद्रथम् ॥७-५१-३६॥
dharmādapetā ye cānye mayā nātrānukīrtitāḥ। ye cānukīrtitāḥ kṣipraṃ teṣāṃ gatimavāpnuyām ॥ yadi vyuṣṭāmimāṃ rātriṃ śvo na hanyāṃ jayadratham ॥7-51-36॥
[धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from righteousness; अपेताः (apetāḥ) - deviated; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; मया (mayā) - by me; न (na) - not; अत्र (atra) - here; अनुकीर्तिताः (anukīrtitāḥ) - mentioned; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; अनुकीर्तिताः (anukīrtitāḥ) - mentioned; क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṃ) - quickly; तेषाम् (teṣām) - their; गतिम् (gatim) - path; अवाप्नुयाम् (avāpnuyām) - may attain; यदि (yadi) - if; व्युष्टाम् (vyuṣṭām) - dawn; इमाम् (imām) - this; रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night; श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow; न (na) - not; हन्याम् (hanyām) - I slay; जयद्रथम् (jayadratham) - Jayadratha;]
(Those who have deviated from righteousness and others not mentioned here by me, and those mentioned, may quickly attain their path. If I do not slay Jayadratha tomorrow at dawn this night.)
Those who have strayed from righteousness and others not mentioned here by me, and those mentioned, may quickly find their path. If I do not kill Jayadratha by tomorrow morning, this night will be in vain.
इमां चाप्यपरां भूयः प्रतिज्ञां मे निबोधत। यद्यस्मिन्नहते पापे सूर्योऽस्तमुपयास्यति ॥ इहैव सम्प्रवेष्टाहं ज्वलितं जातवेदसम् ॥७-५१-३७॥
imāṃ cāpyaparāṃ bhūyaḥ pratijñāṃ me nibodhata। yadyasminnahate pāpe sūryo'stamupayāsyati ॥ ihaiva sampraveṣṭāhaṃ jvalitaṃ jātavedasam ॥7-51-37॥
[इमां (imām) - this; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अपरां (aparām) - another; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; प्रतिज्ञां (pratijñām) - promise; मे (me) - my; निबोधत (nibodhata) - hear; यदि (yadi) - if; अस्मिन (asmin) - in this; अहते (ahate) - unharmed; पापे (pāpe) - sinner; सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - sun; अस्तम् (astam) - setting; उपयास्यति (upayāsyati) - will approach; इह (iha) - here; एव (eva) - indeed; सम्प्रवेष्टाहम् (sampraveṣṭāham) - I will enter; ज्वलितं (jvalitam) - burning; जातवेदसम् (jātavedasam) - fire;]
(Hear my promise again, if the sun sets with this sinner unharmed, I will enter the burning fire here.)
Listen to my promise once more: if the sun sets while this sinner remains unharmed, I shall enter the blazing fire right here.
असुरसुरमनुष्याः पक्षिणो वोरगा वा; पितृरजनिचरा वा ब्रह्मदेवर्षयो वा। चरमचरमपीदं यत्परं चापि तस्मा; त्तदपि मम रिपुं तं रक्षितुं नैव शक्ताः ॥७-५१-३८॥
asurasuramanuṣyāḥ pakṣiṇo voragā vā; pitṛrajanicarā vā brahmadevarṣayo vā। caramacaramapīdaṃ yatparaṃ cāpi tasmā; ttadapi mama ripuṃ taṃ rakṣituṃ naiva śaktāḥ ॥7-51-38॥
[असुर (asura) - demon; सुर (sura) - god; मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - humans; पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds; व (va) - or; उरगाः (uragāḥ) - serpents; वा (vā) - or; पितृ (pitṛ) - ancestors; रजनि (rajani) - night; चराः (carāḥ) - wanderers; वा (vā) - or; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahma; देव (deva) - god; ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages; वा (vā) - or; चर (cara) - moving; अचरम् (acaram) - non-moving; अपि (api) - even; इदं (idaṃ) - this; यत् (yat) - which; परम् (param) - supreme; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; तत् (tat) - that; अपि (api) - even; मम (mama) - my; रिपुम् (ripum) - enemy; तम् (tam) - him; रक्षितुम् (rakṣitum) - to protect; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; शक्ताः (śaktāḥ) - capable;]
(Demons, gods, humans, birds, or serpents; ancestors, night wanderers, or Brahma, gods, sages; moving or non-moving, even this which is supreme, and therefore, even that, my enemy, him to protect, not indeed capable.)
Neither demons, gods, humans, birds, serpents, ancestors, night wanderers, nor Brahma, gods, or sages, whether moving or non-moving, are capable of protecting my enemy, even if it is supreme.
यदि विशति रसातलं तदग्र्यं; वियदपि देवपुरं दितेः पुरं वा। तदपि शरशतैरहं प्रभाते; भृशमभिपत्य रिपोः शिरोऽभिहर्ता ॥७-५१-३९॥
yadi viśati rasātalaṃ tadagryaṃ; viyadapi devapuraṃ diteḥ puraṃ vā। tadapi śaraśatairahaṃ prabhāte; bhṛśamabhipatya ripoḥ śiro'bhihartā ॥7-51-39॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; विशति (viśati) - enters; रसातलम् (rasātalam) - netherworld; तत् (tat) - that; अग्र्यम् (agryam) - foremost; वियत् (viyat) - sky; अपि (api) - even; देवपुरम् (devapuram) - city of gods; दितेः (diteḥ) - of Diti; पुरम् (puram) - city; वा (vā) - or; तत् (tat) - that; अपि (api) - even; शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows; अहम् (aham) - I; प्रभाते (prabhāte) - at dawn; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - intensely; अभिपत्य (abhipatya) - having attacked; रिपोः (ripoḥ) - of the enemy; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; अभिहर्ता (abhihartā) - remover;]
(If the foremost enters the netherworld, or even the sky, the city of gods, or the city of Diti, then at dawn, having intensely attacked with hundreds of arrows, I shall remove the enemy's head.)
If the foremost enters the netherworld, or even the sky, the city of gods, or the city of Diti, then at dawn, I shall fiercely attack and remove the enemy's head with hundreds of arrows.
एवमुक्त्वा विचिक्षेप गाण्डीवं सव्यदक्षिणम्। तस्य शब्दमतिक्रम्य धनुःशब्दोऽस्पृशद्दिवम् ॥७-५१-४०॥
evamuktvā vicikṣepa gāṇḍīvaṃ savyadakṣiṇam। tasya śabdamatikramya dhanuḥśabdo'spṛśaddivam ॥7-51-40॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; विचिक्षेप (vicikṣepa) - he cast aside; गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - the bow Gandiva; सव्य (savya) - left; दक्षिणम् (dakṣiṇam) - right; तस्य (tasya) - its; शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound; अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - surpassing; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; अस्पृशत् (aspṛśat) - touched; दिवम् (divam) - the sky;]
(Thus having spoken, he cast aside the bow Gandiva, left and right. Surpassing its sound, the sound of the bow touched the sky.)
After speaking thus, he threw aside the Gandiva bow, both left and right. The sound of the bow, surpassing all others, reached the sky.
अर्जुनेन प्रतिज्ञाते पाञ्चजन्यं जनार्दनः। प्रदध्मौ तत्र सङ्क्रुद्धो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः ॥७-५१-४१॥
arjunena pratijñāte pāñcajanyaṃ janārdanaḥ। pradadhmau tatra saṅkruddho devadattaṃ dhanañjayaḥ ॥7-51-41॥
[अर्जुनेन (arjunena) - by Arjuna; प्रतिज्ञाते (pratijñāte) - having vowed; पाञ्चजन्यं (pāñcajanyaṃ) - Panchajanya; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janardana; प्रदध्मौ (pradadhmau) - blew; तत्र (tatra) - there; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angry; देवदत्तं (devadattaṃ) - Devadatta; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhananjaya;]
(By Arjuna having vowed, Panchajanya was blown by Janardana there, angrily Devadatta by Dhananjaya.)
After Arjuna made his vow, Janardana blew the Panchajanya conch, and in response, the angry Dhananjaya blew his Devadatta conch.
स पाञ्चजन्योऽच्युतवक्त्रवायुना; भृशं सुपूर्णोदरनिःसृतध्वनिः। जगत्सपातालवियद्दिगीश्वरं; प्रकम्पयामास युगात्यये यथा ॥७-५१-४२॥
sa pāñcajanyo'cyutavaktravāyunā; bhṛśaṃ supūrṇodaraniḥsṛtadhvaniḥ। jagatsapātālaviyaddigīśvaraṃ; prakampayāmāsa yugātyaye yathā ॥7-51-42॥
[स (sa) - that; पाञ्चजन्यः (pāñcajanyaḥ) - Panchajanya; अच्युत (acyuta) - Acyuta; वक्त्र (vaktra) - mouth; वायुना (vāyunā) - by the air; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; सुपूर्ण (supūrṇa) - completely filled; उदर (udara) - belly; निःसृत (niḥsṛta) - emitted; ध्वनिः (dhvaniḥ) - sound; जगत् (jagat) - world; सपाताल (sapātāla) - with the netherworld; वियत् (viyat) - sky; दिगीश्वरम् (digīśvaram) - the lords of directions; प्रकम्पयामास (prakampayāmāsa) - caused to tremble; युग (yuga) - age; अत्यये (atyaye) - at the end; यथा (yathā) - as;]
(That Panchajanya, greatly filled with the sound emitted from the mouth of Acyuta, caused the world, with the netherworld, sky, and the lords of directions, to tremble as at the end of an age.)
The Panchajanya conch, blown by the breath of Acyuta, emitted a sound so profound that it shook the entire universe, including the netherworld, sky, and the guardians of the directions, as if signaling the end of an era.
ततो वादित्रघोषाश्च प्रादुरासन्समन्ततः। सिंहनादाश्च पाण्डूनां प्रतिज्ञाते महात्मना ॥७-५१-४३॥
tato vāditraghoṣāśca prādurāsansamantataḥ। siṃhanādāśca pāṇḍūnāṃ pratijñāte mahātmanā ॥7-51-43॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वादित्र (vāditra) - musical instruments; घोषाः (ghoṣāḥ) - sounds; च (ca) - and; प्रादुरासन् (prādurāsan) - arose; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; सिंहनादाः (siṃhanādāḥ) - lion roars; च (ca) - and; पाण्डूनाम् (pāṇḍūnām) - of the Pandavas; प्रतिज्ञाते (pratijñāte) - having been pledged; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul;]
(Then the sounds of musical instruments arose all around, and the lion roars of the Pandavas, having been pledged by the great soul.)
Then, the sounds of musical instruments and the lion-like roars of the Pandavas echoed all around, as pledged by the great soul.
