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सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
हते द्रोणे महेष्वासे तव पुत्रा महारथाः। बभूवुराश्वस्तमुखा विषण्णा गतचेतसः ॥८-२-१॥
hate droṇe maheṣvāse tava putrā mahārathāḥ। babhūvurāśvastamukhā viṣaṇṇā gatacētasaḥ ॥8-2-1॥
[हते (hate) - having been killed; द्रोणे (droṇe) - Droṇa; महेष्वासे (maheṣvāse) - great archer; तव (tava) - your; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors; बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became; आश्वस्तमुखाः (āśvastamukhāḥ) - relieved faces; विषण्णाः (viṣaṇṇāḥ) - dejected; गतचेतसः (gatacētasaḥ) - lost consciousness;]
(With Droṇa, the great archer, having been killed, your sons, the great warriors, became with relieved faces, dejected, and lost consciousness.)
After Droṇa, the great archer, was killed, your sons, the mighty warriors, appeared relieved yet dejected and lost their senses.
अवाङ्मुखाः शस्त्रभृतः सर्व एव विशां पते। अप्रेक्षमाणाः शोकार्ता नाभ्यभाषन्परस्परम् ॥८-२-२॥
avāṅmukhāḥ śastrabhṛtaḥ sarva eva viśāṃ pate। aprekṣamāṇāḥ śokārtā nābhyabhāṣanparasparam ॥8-2-2॥
[अवाङ्मुखाः (avāṅmukhāḥ) - with downcast faces; शस्त्रभृतः (śastrabhṛtaḥ) - bearing weapons; सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; अप्रेक्षमाणाः (aprekṣamāṇāḥ) - not looking at each other; शोकार्ता (śokārtā) - afflicted with grief; न (na) - not; अभ्यभाषन् (abhyabhāṣan) - spoke; परस्परम् (parasparam) - to one another;]
(With downcast faces, bearing weapons, all indeed, O lord of men, not looking at each other, afflicted with grief, they did not speak to one another.)
With their faces downcast and bearing weapons, all the warriors, O lord of men, were so afflicted with grief that they did not look at each other or speak to one another.
तान्दृष्ट्वा व्यथिताकारान्सैन्यानि तव भारत। ऊर्ध्वमेवाभ्यवेक्षन्त दुःखत्रस्तान्यनेकशः ॥८-२-३॥
tāndṛṣṭvā vyathitākārānsainyāni tava bhārata। ūrdhvamevābhyavekṣanta duḥkhatrastānyanekaśaḥ ॥8-2-3॥
[तान् (tān) - them; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; व्यथित (vyathita) - distressed; आकारान् (ākārān) - appearances; सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies; तव (tava) - your; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards; एव (eva) - indeed; अभ्यवेक्षन्त (abhyavekṣanta) - looked; दुःख (duḥkha) - sorrow; त्रस्तानि (trastāni) - fearful; अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - numerous;]
(Having seen them, your armies, O Bharata, with distressed appearances, looked upwards indeed, numerous and fearful in sorrow.)
Upon seeing them, your armies, O Bharata, appeared distressed and looked upwards, filled with numerous fears and sorrows.
शस्त्राण्येषां च राजेन्द्र शोणिताक्तान्यशेषतः। प्राभ्रश्यन्त कराग्रेभ्यो दृष्ट्वा द्रोणं निपातितम् ॥८-२-४॥
śastrāṇyeṣāṃ ca rājendra śoṇitāktānyaśeṣataḥ। prābhraśyanta karāgrebhyo dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ nipātitam ॥8-2-4॥
[शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons; एषां (eṣāṃ) - of these; च (ca) - and; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; शोणिताक्तानि (śoṇitāktāni) - smeared with blood; अशेषतः (aśeṣataḥ) - completely; प्राभ्रश्यन्त (prābhraśyanta) - fell off; कराग्रेभ्यः (karāgrebhyaḥ) - from the tips of the hands; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing; द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Droṇa; निपातितम् (nipātitam) - fallen;]
(The weapons of these, O king, smeared with blood, completely fell off from the tips of the hands, seeing Droṇa fallen.)
O King, seeing Droṇa fallen, the weapons of these warriors, completely smeared with blood, fell from their hands.
तानि बद्धान्यनिष्टानि लम्बमानानि भारत। अदृश्यन्त महाराज नक्षत्राणि यथा दिवि ॥८-२-५॥
tāni baddhānyaniṣṭāni lambamānāni bhārata। adṛśyanta mahārāja nakṣatrāṇi yathā divi ॥8-2-5॥
[तानि (tāni) - those; बद्धानि (baddhāni) - bound; अनिष्टानि (aniṣṭāni) - inauspicious; लम्बमानानि (lambamānāni) - hanging; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were seen; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; नक्षत्राणि (nakṣatrāṇi) - stars; यथा (yathā) - as; दिवि (divi) - in the sky;]
(Those bound inauspicious things, hanging, O Bharata, were seen, O great king, like stars in the sky.)
O Bharata, those inauspicious things that were bound and hanging were seen by the great king, resembling stars in the sky.
तथार्तं स्तिमितं दृष्ट्वा गतसत्त्वमिव स्थितम्। स्वं बलं तन्महाराज राजा दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत् ॥८-२-६॥
tathārtaṃ stimitaṃ dṛṣṭvā gatasattvamiva sthitam। svaṃ balaṃ tanmahārāja rājā duryodhano'bravīt ॥8-2-6॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; आर्तं (ārtaṃ) - distressed; स्तिमितं (stimitaṃ) - motionless; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; गत (gata) - gone; सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - vitality; इव (iva) - as if; स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing; स्वम् (svam) - own; बलम् (balam) - army; तत् (tat) - that; महाराज (mahārāja) - great king; राजा (rājā) - king; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(Thus, having seen his own army distressed, motionless, standing as if devoid of vitality, King Duryodhana, the great king, said:)
Seeing his army in distress and motionless, as if it had lost its spirit, King Duryodhana spoke to the great king.
भवतां बाहुवीर्यं हि समाश्रित्य मया युधि। पाण्डवेयाः समाहूता युद्धं चेदं प्रवर्तितम् ॥८-२-७॥
bhavatāṃ bāhuvīryaṃ hi samāśritya mayā yudhi। pāṇḍaveyāḥ samāhūtā yuddhaṃ cedaṃ pravartitam ॥8-2-7॥
[भवतां (bhavatāṃ) - your; बाहुवीर्यं (bāhuvīryaṃ) - arm strength; हि (hi) - indeed; समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - relying on; मया (mayā) - by me; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; पाण्डवेयाः (pāṇḍaveyāḥ) - the Pandavas; समाहूता (samāhūtā) - were summoned; युद्धं (yuddhaṃ) - war; च (ca) - and; इदं (idaṃ) - this; प्रवर्तितम् (pravartitam) - was commenced;]
(Relying indeed on your arm strength, by me in battle, the Pandavas were summoned, and this war was commenced.)
Relying on your strength, I summoned the Pandavas to battle, and thus this war began.
तदिदं निहते द्रोणे विषण्णमिव लक्ष्यते। युध्यमानाश्च समरे योधा वध्यन्ति सर्वतः ॥८-२-८॥
tadidaṁ nihate droṇe viṣaṇṇamiva lakṣyate। yudhyamānāśca samare yodhā vadhyanti sarvataḥ ॥8-2-8॥
[तत् (tat) - that; इदं (idaṁ) - this; निहते (nihate) - slain; द्रोणे (droṇe) - Droṇa; विषण्णम् (viṣaṇṇam) - dejected; इव (iva) - as if; लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - appears; युध्यमानाः (yudhyamānāḥ) - fighting; च (ca) - and; समरे (samare) - in battle; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; वध्यन्ति (vadhyanti) - are being killed; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere;]
(That this appears dejected as if Droṇa is slain. And the warriors fighting in battle are being killed everywhere.)
"This situation appears as if it is dejected with Droṇa slain. The warriors fighting in the battle are being killed everywhere."
जयो वापि वधो वापि युध्यमानस्य संयुगे। भवेत्किमत्र चित्रं वै युध्यध्वं सर्वतोमुखाः ॥८-२-९॥
jayo vāpi vadho vāpi yudhyamānasya saṃyuge। bhavetkimatra citraṃ vai yudhyadhvaṃ sarvatomukhāḥ ॥8-2-9॥
[जयः (jayaḥ) - victory; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; वधः (vadhaḥ) - defeat; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; युध्यमानस्य (yudhyamānasya) - of the fighter; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; भवेत् (bhavet) - may be; किम् (kim) - what; अत्र (atra) - here; चित्रम् (citram) - wonder; वै (vai) - indeed; युध्यध्वम् (yudhyadhvam) - fight; सर्वतोमुखाः (sarvatomukhāḥ) - facing all directions;]
(Victory or defeat, even for the fighter in battle, may be; what wonder is there here indeed? Fight facing all directions.)
Whether it is victory or defeat, for a fighter in battle, what is the wonder here? Indeed, fight facing all directions.
पश्यध्वं च महात्मानं कर्णं वैकर्तनं युधि। प्रचरन्तं महेष्वासं दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्महाबलम् ॥८-२-१०॥
paśyadhvaṁ ca mahātmānaṁ karṇaṁ vaikartanaṁ yudhi। pracarantaṁ maheṣvāsaṁ divyairastrairmahābalam ॥8-2-10॥
[पश्यध्वं (paśyadhvaṁ) - see; च (ca) - and; महात्मानं (mahātmānaṁ) - great-souled; कर्णं (karṇaṁ) - Karṇa; वैकर्तनं (vaikartanaṁ) - son of Vikartana; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; प्रचरन्तं (pracarantaṁ) - moving; महेष्वासं (maheṣvāsaṁ) - great archer; दिव्यैः (divyaiḥ) - divine; अस्त्रैः (astraiḥ) - with weapons; महाबलम् (mahābalam) - mighty;]
(See also the great-souled Karṇa, son of Vikartana, moving in battle, the great archer, mighty with divine weapons.)
Behold the great-souled Karṇa, son of Vikartana, as he moves in battle, a great archer, mighty with divine weapons.
यस्य वै युधि सन्त्रासात्कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः। निवर्तते सदामर्षात्सिंहात्क्षुद्रमृगो यथा ॥८-२-११॥
yasya vai yudhi santrāsāt kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ। nivartate sadāmarṣātsimhātkṣudramṛgo yathā ॥8-2-11॥
[यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from whom; वै (vai) - indeed; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; सन्त्रासात् (santrāsāt) - out of fear; कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntīputraḥ) - son of Kunti; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhananjaya; निवर्तते (nivartate) - retreats; सदा (sadā) - always; अमर्षात् (amarṣāt) - out of anger; सिंहात् (simhāt) - from a lion; क्षुद्रमृगः (kṣudramṛgaḥ) - a small animal; यथा (yathā) - just as;]
(From whom indeed in battle, out of fear, the son of Kunti, Dhananjaya, retreats, always out of anger, just as a small animal from a lion.)
Indeed, in battle, Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti, retreats out of fear from whom, just as a small animal retreats from a lion, always out of anger.
येन नागायुतप्राणो भीमसेनो महाबलः। मानुषेणैव युद्धेन तामवस्थां प्रवेशितः ॥८-२-१२॥
yena nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ। mānuṣeṇaiva yuddhena tāmavasthāṃ praveśitaḥ ॥8-2-12॥
[येन (yena) - by whom; नागायुतप्राणः (nāgāyutaprāṇaḥ) - with the strength of ten thousand elephants; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - greatly powerful; मानुषेण (mānuṣeṇa) - by a human; एव (eva) - indeed; युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by battle; ताम् (tām) - that; अवस्थाम् (avasthām) - condition; प्रवेशितः (praveśitaḥ) - was brought into;]
(By whom Bhimasena, with the strength of ten thousand elephants and greatly powerful, was indeed brought into that condition by a human through battle.)
Bhimasena, who possessed the strength of ten thousand elephants and was greatly powerful, was brought into such a condition by a human through battle.
येन दिव्यास्त्रविच्छूरो मायावी स घटोत्कचः। अमोघया रणे शक्त्या निहतो भैरवं नदन् ॥८-२-१३॥
yena divyāstravicchūro māyāvī sa ghaṭotkacaḥ। amoghayā raṇe śaktyā nihato bhairavaṃ nadan ॥8-2-13॥
[येन (yena) - by whom; दिव्य (divya) - divine; अस्त्र (astra) - weapon; वित् (vit) - knower; शूरः (śūraḥ) - hero; मायावी (māyāvī) - illusionist; सः (saḥ) - he; घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - Ghatotkacha; अमोघया (amoghayā) - infallible; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; शक्त्या (śaktyā) - by power; निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed; भैरवं (bhairavaṃ) - terrifying; नदन् (nadan) - roaring;]
(By whom the divine weapon-knowing hero and illusionist Ghatotkacha was killed in battle with an infallible power, roaring terrifyingly.)
Ghatotkacha, the heroic and illusionist son of Bhima, known for his divine weapons, was killed in battle by an infallible weapon, roaring in terror.
तस्य दुष्पारवीर्यस्य सत्यसन्धस्य धीमतः। बाह्वोर्द्रविणमक्षय्यमद्य द्रक्ष्यथ संयुगे ॥८-२-१४॥
tasya duṣpāravīryasya satyasandhasya dhīmataḥ। bāhvordraviṇamakṣayyamadya drakṣyatha saṃyuge ॥8-2-14॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; दुष्पारवीर्यस्य (duṣpāravīryasya) - of immense strength; सत्यसन्धस्य (satyasandhasya) - truthful; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - wise; बाह्वोः (bāhvoḥ) - of the arms; द्रविणम् (draviṇam) - wealth; अक्षय्यम् (akṣayyam) - inexhaustible; अद्य (adya) - today; द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you will see; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(Today, you will see the inexhaustible wealth of the arms of the wise, truthful, and immensely strong one in battle.)
Today, in battle, you will witness the inexhaustible wealth of the arms of the wise and truthful warrior of immense strength.
द्रोणपुत्रस्य विक्रान्तं राधेयस्यैव चोभयोः। पाण्डुपाञ्चालसैन्येषु द्रक्ष्यथापि महात्मनोः ॥८-२-१५॥
droṇaputrasya vikrāntaṃ rādheyasyaiva cobhayoḥ। pāṇḍupāñcālasainyeṣu drakṣyathāpi mahātmanoḥ ॥8-2-15॥
[द्रोणपुत्रस्य (droṇaputrasya) - of Drona's son; विक्रान्तं (vikrāntaṃ) - valiant; राधेयस्य (rādheyasya) - of Radheya; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both; पाण्डुपाञ्चालसैन्येषु (pāṇḍupāñcālasainyeṣu) - in the Pandava and Panchala armies; द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you will see; अपि (api) - also; महात्मनोः (mahātmanoḥ) - of the great souls;]
(You will also see the valiant acts of both Drona's son and Radheya in the Pandava and Panchala armies.)
You will witness the bravery of both Drona's son and Karna in the armies of the Pandavas and Panchalas.
सर्व एव भवन्तश्च शूराः प्राज्ञाः कुलोद्गताः। शीलवन्तः कृतास्त्राश्च द्रक्ष्यथाद्य परस्परम् ॥८-२-१६॥
sarva eva bhavantaśca śūrāḥ prājñāḥ kulodgatāḥ। śīlavantaḥ kṛtāstrāśca drakṣyathādya parasparam ॥8-2-16॥
[सर्व (sarva) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you all; च (ca) - and; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - wise; कुलोद्गताः (kulodgatāḥ) - noble-born; शीलवन्तः (śīlavantaḥ) - virtuous; कृतास्त्राः (kṛtāstrāḥ) - skilled in weapons; च (ca) - and; द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you will see; अद्य (adya) - today; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other;]
(All of you are indeed heroes, wise, noble-born, virtuous, and skilled in weapons; today you will see each other.)
"All of you are indeed heroes, wise, noble-born, virtuous, and skilled in weapons; today you will see each other."
एवमुक्ते महाराज कर्णो वैकर्तनो नृपः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः प्रायुध्यत महाबलः ॥८-२-१७॥
evamukte mahārāja karṇo vaikartano nṛpaḥ। siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ prāyudhyata mahābalaḥ ॥8-2-17॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्ते (ukte) - having been spoken; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; वैकर्तनः (vaikartanaḥ) - son of Vikartana; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; सिंहनादम् (siṃhanādam) - lion's roar; विनद्य (vinadya) - having roared; उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly; प्रायुध्यत (prāyudhyata) - engaged in battle; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty; ॥८-२-१७॥ (॥8-2-17॥) - (verse number);]
(Thus having been spoken, O great king, Karṇa, the son of Vikartana, the king, having roared like a lion loudly, engaged in battle, mighty.)
Upon hearing these words, the mighty Karṇa, son of Vikartana, roared loudly like a lion and engaged in battle, O great king.
स सृञ्जयानां सर्वेषां पाञ्चालानां च पश्यताम्। केकयानां विदेहानामकरोत्कदनं महत् ॥८-२-१८॥
sa sṛñjayānāṃ sarveṣāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca paśyatām। kekayānāṃ videhānāmakarotkadanaṃ mahat ॥8-2-18॥
[स (sa) - he; सृञ्जयानां (sṛñjayānāṃ) - of the Sṛñjayas; सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṃ) - of all; पाञ्चालानां (pāñcālānāṃ) - of the Pāñcālas; च (ca) - and; पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those who were watching; केकयानां (kekayānāṃ) - of the Kekayas; विदेहानाम् (videhānām) - of the Videhas; अकरोत् (akarot) - did; कदनं (kadanaṃ) - slaughter; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(He did a great slaughter of all the Sṛñjayas, Pāñcālas, Kekayas, and Videhas, as they were watching.)
He inflicted a great massacre upon all the Sṛñjayas, Pāñcālas, Kekayas, and Videhas, in full view of everyone.
तस्येषुधाराः शतशः प्रादुरासञ्शरासनात्। अग्रे पुङ्खे च संसक्ता यथा भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः ॥८-२-१९॥
tasyeṣudhārāḥ śataśaḥ prādurāsañśarāsanāt। agre puṅkhe ca saṃsaktā yathā bhramara-paṅktayaḥ ॥8-2-19॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; इषुधाराः (iṣudhārāḥ) - arrows; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - hundreds; प्रादुरासन् (prādurāsan) - appeared; शरासनात् (śarāsanāt) - from the bow; अग्रे (agre) - in front; पुङ्खे (puṅkhe) - on the feathers; च (ca) - and; संसक्ता (saṃsaktā) - attached; यथा (yathā) - like; भ्रमरपङ्क्तयः (bhramara-paṅktayaḥ) - rows of bees;]
(His arrows appeared in hundreds from the bow, attached in front on the feathers like rows of bees.)
His arrows emerged in hundreds from the bow, aligned in front on the feathers like rows of bees.
स पीडयित्वा पाञ्चालान्पाण्डवांश्च तरस्विनः। हत्वा सहस्रशो योधानर्जुनेन निपातितः ॥८-२-२०॥
sa pīḍayitvā pāñcālānpāṇḍavāṃśca tarasvinaḥ। hatvā sahasraśo yodhānarjunena nipātitaḥ ॥8-2-20॥
[स (sa) - he; पीडयित्वा (pīḍayitvā) - having oppressed; पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - the Panchalas; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pandavas; च (ca) - and; तरस्विनः (tarasvinaḥ) - the mighty; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands; योधान् (yodhān) - warriors; अर्जुनेन (arjunena) - by Arjuna; निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - was slain;]
(He, having oppressed the Panchalas and the mighty Pandavas, having killed thousands of warriors, was slain by Arjuna.)
He oppressed the Panchalas and the mighty Pandavas, and after killing thousands of warriors, he was ultimately slain by Arjuna.
