08.011
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
भीमसेनं ततो द्रौणी राजन्विव्याध पत्रिणा। त्वरया परया युक्तो दर्शयन्नस्त्रलाघवम् ॥८-११-१॥
bhīmasenaṃ tato drauṇī rājanvivyādha patriṇā। tvarayā parayā yukto darśayannastralāghavam ॥8-11-1॥
[भीमसेनं (bhīmasenaṃ) - Bhimasena; ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्रौणी (drauṇī) - Drauni; राजन् (rājan) - O King; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; पत्रिणा (patriṇā) - with an arrow; त्वरया (tvarayā) - with speed; परया (parayā) - great; युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - endowed; दर्शयन् (darśayan) - showing; अस्त्रलाघवम् (astralāghavam) - skill in weapons;]
(Then Drauni, O King, pierced Bhimasena with an arrow, endowed with great speed, showing skill in weapons.)
Then Drauni, demonstrating his exceptional skill in weaponry, swiftly pierced Bhimasena with an arrow, O King.
अथैनं पुनराजघ्ने नवत्या निशितैः शरैः। सर्वमर्माणि सम्प्रेक्ष्य मर्मज्ञो लघुहस्तवत् ॥८-११-२॥
athainaṃ punarājaghne navatyā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ। sarvamarmāṇi samprekṣya marmajño laghuhastavat ॥8-11-2॥
[अथ (atha) - then; एनम् (enam) - him; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आजघ्ने (ājaghne) - struck; नवत्या (navatyā) - with ninety; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; सर्व (sarva) - all; मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital parts; सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having observed; मर्मज्ञः (marmajñaḥ) - knower of vital points; लघुहस्तवत् (laghuhastavat) - with light hands;]
(Then he struck him again with ninety sharp arrows, aiming at all the vital parts, like one skilled in vital points with light hands.)
Then, like an expert marksman with light hands, he struck him again with ninety sharp arrows, targeting all the vital points.
भीमसेनः समाकीर्णो द्रौणिना निशितैः शरैः। रराज समरे राजन्रश्मिवानिव भास्करः ॥८-११-३॥
bhīmasenaḥ samākīrṇo drauṇinā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ। rarāja samare rājanraśmivāniva bhāskaraḥ ॥8-11-3॥
[भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; समाकीर्णः (samākīrṇaḥ) - covered; द्रौणिना (drauṇinā) - by Drona's son; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; रराज (rarāja) - shone; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O King; रश्मिवान् (raśmivān) - with rays; इव (iva) - like; भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun;]
(Bhimasena, covered by Drona's son's sharp arrows, shone in battle, O King, like the sun with rays.)
Bhimasena, enveloped by the sharp arrows of Drona's son, shone in the battlefield, O King, like the radiant sun.
ततः शरसहस्रेण सुप्रयुक्तेन पाण्डवः। द्रोणपुत्रमवच्छाद्य सिंहनादममुञ्चत ॥८-११-४॥
tataḥ śarasahasreṇa suprayuktena pāṇḍavaḥ। droṇaputramavacchādya siṃhanādamamuñcata ॥8-11-4॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शरसहस्रेण (śarasahasreṇa) - with thousands of arrows; सुप्रयुक्तेन (suprayuktena) - well-aimed; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pandu; द्रोणपुत्रम् (droṇaputram) - Drona's son; अवच्छाद्य (avacchādya) - covering; सिंहनादम् (siṃhanādam) - a lion's roar; अमुञ्चत (amuñcata) - released;]
(Then, with thousands of well-aimed arrows, the son of Pandu covered Drona's son and released a lion's roar.)
Then, Arjuna, the son of Pandu, skillfully shot thousands of arrows at Ashwatthama, the son of Drona, and let out a mighty roar like a lion.
शरैः शरांस्ततो द्रौणिः संवार्य युधि पाण्डवम्। ललाटेऽभ्यहनद्राजन्नाराचेन स्मयन्निव ॥८-११-५॥
śaraiḥ śarāṁstato drauṇiḥ saṁvārya yudhi pāṇḍavam। lalāṭe'bhyahanadrājannārācena smayanniva ॥8-11-5॥
[शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; संवार्य (saṁvārya) - having blocked; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; ललाटे (lalāṭe) - on the forehead; अभ्यहनत् (abhyahanat) - struck; राजन् (rājan) - O king; आराचेन (ārācena) - with a sharp arrow; स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling; इव (iva) - as if;]
(With arrows, then Drona's son, having blocked the Pāṇḍava in battle, struck him on the forehead with a sharp arrow, O king, as if smiling.)
Then Drona's son, smiling as if in mockery, blocked the Pāṇḍava with arrows in battle and struck him on the forehead with a sharp arrow, O king.
ललाटस्थं ततो बाणं धारयामास पाण्डवः। यथा शृङ्गं वने दृप्तः खड्गो धारयते नृप ॥८-११-६॥
lalāṭasthaṃ tato bāṇaṃ dhārayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ। yathā śṛṅgaṃ vane dṛptaḥ khaḍgo dhārayate nṛpa ॥8-11-6॥
[ललाटस्थम् (lalāṭastham) - on the forehead; ततः (tataḥ) - then; बाणम् (bāṇam) - arrow; धारयामास (dhārayāmāsa) - held; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Pāṇḍava; यथा (yathā) - as; शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) - horn; वने (vane) - in the forest; दृप्तः (dṛptaḥ) - proud; खड्गः (khaḍgaḥ) - rhinoceros; धारयते (dhārayate) - holds; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(Then Pāṇḍava held the arrow on his forehead, as a proud rhinoceros holds its horn in the forest, O king.)
Pāṇḍava then placed the arrow on his forehead, much like a proud rhinoceros carries its horn in the forest, O king.
ततो द्रौणिं रणे भीमो यतमानं पराक्रमी। त्रिभिर्विव्याध नाराचैर्ललाटे विस्मयन्निव ॥८-११-७॥
tato drauṇiṃ raṇe bhīmo yatamānaṃ parākramī। tribhirvivyādha nārācairlalāṭe vismayanniva ॥8-11-7॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drona's son; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; यतमानम् (yatamānam) - striving; पराक्रमी (parākramī) - valiant; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with arrows; ललाटे (lalāṭe) - on the forehead; विस्मयन् (vismayann) - astonishing; इव (iva) - as if;]
(Then, Bhima, the valiant, pierced Drona's son, who was striving in battle, with three arrows on the forehead, as if astonishing.)
Then, the valiant Bhima, in the battle, pierced Drona's son, who was making efforts, with three arrows on his forehead, as if to astonish him.
ललाटस्थैस्ततो बाणैर्ब्राह्मणः स व्यरोचत। प्रावृषीव यथा सिक्तस्त्रिशृङ्गः पर्वतोत्तमः ॥८-११-८॥
lalāṭasthaistato bāṇairbrāhmaṇaḥ sa vyarocata। prāvṛṣīva yathā siktastriśṛṅgaḥ parvatottamaḥ ॥8-11-8॥
[ललाटस्थैः (lalāṭasthaiḥ) - placed on the forehead; ततः (tataḥ) - then; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - the Brahmin; सः (saḥ) - he; व्यरोचत (vyarocata) - shone; प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season; इव (iva) - like; यथा (yathā) - as; सिक्तः (siktaḥ) - moistened; त्रिशृङ्गः (triśṛṅgaḥ) - three-peaked; पर्वतोत्तमः (parvatottamaḥ) - the best of mountains;]
(Then the Brahmin shone with arrows placed on the forehead, like the three-peaked best of mountains moistened in the rainy season.)
The Brahmin, adorned with arrows on his forehead, shone brilliantly like the majestic three-peaked mountain drenched in the monsoon rains.
ततः शरशतैर्द्रौणिमर्दयामास पाण्डवः। न चैनं कम्पयामास मातरिश्वेव पर्वतम् ॥८-११-९॥
tataḥ śaraśatairdrauṇimardayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ। na cainaṃ kampayāmāsa mātariśveva parvatam ॥8-11-9॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drona's son; अर्दयामास (ardayāmāsa) - tormented; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pandava; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; कम्पयामास (kampayāmāsa) - shook; मातरिश्वा (mātariśvā) - the wind; इव (iva) - like; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - a mountain;]
(Then the Pandava tormented Drona's son with hundreds of arrows. And he did not shake him, like the wind does not shake a mountain.)
Then the Pandava attacked Drona's son with hundreds of arrows, but he remained unmoved, like a mountain stands firm against the wind.
तथैव पाण्डवं युद्धे द्रौणिः शरशतैः शितैः। नाकम्पयत संहृष्टो वार्योघ इव पर्वतम् ॥८-११-१०॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavaṃ yuddhe drauṇiḥ śaraśataiḥ śitaiḥ। nākampayata saṃhṛṣṭo vāryogha iva parvatam ॥8-11-10॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Droṇa's son; शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - sharp; नाकम्पयत (nākampayata) - did not shake; संहृष्टः (saṃhṛṣṭaḥ) - elated; वार्योघः (vāryoghaḥ) - flood of water; इव (iva) - like; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain;]
(In the same way, Droṇa's son, with hundreds of sharp arrows, did not shake the elated Pāṇḍava in battle, like a flood of water does not shake a mountain.)
In the battle, Droṇa's son, despite using hundreds of sharp arrows, could not disturb the confident Pāṇḍava, just as a flood cannot move a mountain.
तावन्योन्यं शरैर्घोरैश्छादयानौ महारथौ। रथचर्यागतौ शूरौ शुशुभाते रणोत्कटौ ॥८-११-११॥
tāvanyonyaṃ śarairghoraiśchādayānau mahārathau। rathacaryāgatau śūrau śuśubhāte raṇotkaṭau ॥8-11-11॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṃ) - each other; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; घोरैः (ghoraiḥ) - terrible; छादयानौ (chādayānau) - covering; महारथौ (mahārathau) - great charioteers; रथचर्यागतौ (rathacaryāgatau) - engaged in chariot maneuvers; शूरौ (śūrau) - heroes; शुशुभाते (śuśubhāte) - shone; रणोत्कटौ (raṇotkaṭau) - fierce in battle;]
(Those two great charioteers, covering each other with terrible arrows, engaged in chariot maneuvers, shone as heroes fierce in battle.)
The two great warriors, skilled in chariot warfare, fiercely covered each other with dreadful arrows, shining as valiant heroes in the intense battle.
आदित्याविव संदीप्तौ लोकक्षयकरावुभौ। स्वरश्मिभिरिवान्योन्यं तापयन्तौ शरोत्तमैः ॥८-११-१२॥
ādityāviva sandīptau lokakṣayakarāvubhau। svaraśmibhirivānyonyaṃ tāpayantau śarottamaiḥ ॥8-11-12॥
[आदित्यौ (ādityau) - like the suns; इव (iva) - as if; संदीप्तौ (sandīptau) - blazing; लोक (loka) - world; क्षय (kṣaya) - destruction; करौ (karau) - causing; उभौ (ubhau) - both; स्व (sva) - own; रश्मिभिः (raśmibhiḥ) - with rays; इव (iva) - as if; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other; तापयन्तौ (tāpayantau) - burning; शर (śara) - arrows; उत्तमैः (uttamaiḥ) - with best;]
(Both blazing like the suns, causing the destruction of the world, burning each other with their own rays as if with the best arrows.)
Both were blazing like the suns, appearing to cause the destruction of the world, and seemed to burn each other with their own rays as if with the best arrows.
कृतप्रतिकृते यत्नं कुर्वाणौ च महारणे। कृतप्रतिकृते यत्नं चक्राते तावभीतवत् ॥८-११-१३॥
kṛtapratikṛte yatnaṃ kurvāṇau ca mahāraṇe। kṛtapratikṛte yatnaṃ cakrāte tāvabhītavat ॥8-11-13॥
[कृत (kṛta) - done; प्रतिकृते (pratikṛte) - in response; यत्नं (yatnaṃ) - effort; कुर्वाणौ (kurvāṇau) - making; च (ca) - and; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle; कृत (kṛta) - done; प्रतिकृते (pratikṛte) - in response; यत्नं (yatnaṃ) - effort; चक्राते (cakrāte) - made; ताव (tāv) - they both; अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly;]
(Having made an effort in response, they both acted fearlessly in the great battle.)
In the great battle, both of them made efforts in response and acted fearlessly.
व्याघ्राविव च सङ्ग्रामे चेरतुस्तौ महारथौ। शरदंष्ट्रौ दुराधर्षौ चापव्यात्तौ भयानकौ ॥८-११-१४॥
vyāghrāv iva ca saṅgrāme ceratus tau mahārathau। śaradaṁṣṭrau durādharṣau cāpavyāttau bhayānakau ॥8-11-14॥
[व्याघ्रौ (vyāghrau) - tigers; इव (iva) - like; च (ca) - and; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; चेरतुः (ceratuḥ) - roamed; तौ (tau) - those two; महारथौ (mahārathau) - great warriors; शर (śara) - arrows; दंष्ट्रौ (daṁṣṭrau) - with fangs; दुराधर्षौ (durādharṣau) - invincible; चाप (cāpa) - bows; व्यात्तौ (vyāttau) - drawn; भयानकौ (bhayānakau) - fearsome;]
(Like tigers in battle, those two great warriors roamed, with arrows as fangs, invincible, with drawn bows, fearsome.)
The two great warriors roamed the battlefield like tigers, fearsome with their drawn bows and arrows, invincible and terrifying.
अभूतां तावदृश्यौ च शरजालैः समन्ततः। मेघजालैरिव च्छन्नौ गगने चन्द्रभास्करौ ॥८-११-१५॥
abhūtāṃ tāvadṛśyau ca śarajālaiḥ samantataḥ। meghajālairiva cchannau gagane candrabhāskarau ॥8-11-15॥
[अभूताम् (abhūtām) - became; तावत् (tāvat) - then; अदृश्यौ (adṛśyau) - invisible; च (ca) - and; शरजालैः (śarajālaiḥ) - by the network of arrows; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; मेघजालैः (meghajālaiḥ) - by the network of clouds; इव (iva) - as if; च्छन्नौ (cchannau) - covered; गगने (gagane) - in the sky; चन्द्रभास्करौ (candrabhāskarau) - the moon and the sun;]
(Then the moon and the sun became invisible, covered all around by the network of arrows, as if by the network of clouds in the sky.)
The moon and the sun were completely obscured by the dense barrage of arrows, resembling a sky covered by thick clouds.
प्रकाशौ च मुहूर्तेन तत्रैवास्तामरिंदमौ। विमुक्तौ मेघजालेन शशिसूर्यौ यथा दिवि ॥८-११-१६॥
prakāśau ca muhūrtena tatraivāstām ariṃdamau। vimuktau meghajālena śaśisūryau yathā divi ॥8-11-16॥
[प्रकाशौ (prakāśau) - the bright ones; च (ca) - and; मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment; तत्र (tatra) - there; एव (eva) - indeed; आस्ताम् (āstām) - were; अरिंदमौ (ariṃdamau) - the subduers of enemies; विमुक्तौ (vimuktau) - freed; मेघजालेन (meghajālena) - from the cloud cover; शशिसूर्यौ (śaśisūryau) - the moon and the sun; यथा (yathā) - as; दिवि (divi) - in the sky;]
(The bright ones and the subduers of enemies were there indeed in a moment, freed from the cloud cover, as the moon and the sun in the sky.)
The bright warriors, known as the subduers of enemies, appeared there instantly, freed from the cloud cover, just like the moon and the sun appear in the sky.
अपसव्यं ततश्चक्रे द्रौणिस्तत्र वृकोदरम्। किरञ्शरशतैरुग्रैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ॥८-११-१७॥
apasavyaṁ tataścakre drauṇistatra vṛkodaram। kirañśaraśatairugrairdhārābhiriva parvatam ॥8-11-17॥
[अपसव्यम् (apasavyam) - anticlockwise; ततः (tataḥ) - then; चक्रे (cakre) - made; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; तत्र (tatra) - there; वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vrikodara; किरञ् (kirañ) - showering; शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows; उग्रैः (ugraiḥ) - fierce; धाराभिः (dhārābhiḥ) - with streams; इव (iva) - like; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - a mountain;]
(Then Drona's son made an anticlockwise turn there, showering Vrikodara with hundreds of fierce arrows, like streams on a mountain.)
Drona's son, Ashwatthama, then turned anticlockwise and attacked Bhima (Vrikodara) with a fierce shower of hundreds of arrows, resembling streams cascading down a mountain.
न तु तन्ममृषे भीमः शत्रोर्विजयलक्षणम्। प्रतिचक्रे च तं राजन्पाण्डवोऽप्यपसव्यतः ॥८-११-१८॥
na tu tanmamṛṣe bhīmaḥ śatrorvijayalakṣaṇam। praticakre ca taṃ rājanpāṇḍavo'pyapasavyataḥ ॥8-11-18॥
[न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; तत् (tat) - that; ममृषे (mamṛṣe) - endured; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; शत्रोः (śatroḥ) - of the enemy; विजय (vijaya) - victory; लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - sign; प्रतिचक्रे (praticakre) - countered; च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - him; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pandava; अपि (api) - also; अपसव्यतः (apasavyataḥ) - from the left;]
(But Bhima did not endure that sign of victory of the enemy. And the Pandava countered him from the left, O king.)
Bhima could not tolerate the enemy's sign of victory. O king, the Pandava also countered him from the left side.
मण्डलानां विभागेषु गतप्रत्यागतेषु च। बभूव तुमुलं युद्धं तयोस्तत्र महामृधे ॥८-११-१९॥
maṇḍalānāṃ vibhāgeṣu gatapratyāgateṣu ca। babhūva tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ tayostatra mahāmṛdhe ॥8-11-19॥
[मण्डलानां (maṇḍalānāṃ) - of the formations; विभागेषु (vibhāgeṣu) - in the divisions; गतप्रत्यागतेषु (gatapratyāgateṣu) - in the advancing and retreating; च (ca) - and; बभूव (babhūva) - there was; तुमुलं (tumulaṃ) - a tumultuous; युद्धं (yuddhaṃ) - battle; तयोः (tayoḥ) - between them; तत्र (tatra) - there; महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great fight;]
(In the divisions of the formations and in the advancing and retreating, there was a tumultuous battle between them in the great fight.)
In the divisions of the formations, as they advanced and retreated, a tumultuous battle ensued between them in the great conflict.
चरित्वा विविधान्मार्गान्मण्डलं स्थानमेव च। शरैः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैरन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः ॥८-११-२०॥
caritvā vividhānmārgānmaṇḍalaṃ sthānameva ca। śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭairanyonamabhijaghnatuḥ ॥8-11-20॥
[चरित्वा (caritvā) - having traversed; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; मार्गान् (mārgān) - paths; मण्डलं (maṇḍalam) - circle; स्थानम् (sthānam) - place; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैः (pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭaiḥ) - fully drawn and released; अन्योन्यम् (anyonam) - each other; अभिजघ्नतुः (abhijaghnatuḥ) - they struck;]
(Having traversed various paths and indeed the circle and place, they struck each other with fully drawn and released arrows.)
After traversing various paths and reaching the designated circle and place, they engaged in combat, striking each other with fully drawn and released arrows.
अन्योन्यस्य वधे यत्नं चक्रतुस्तौ महारथौ। ईषतुर्विरथं चैव कर्तुमन्योन्यमाहवे ॥८-११-२१॥
anyonyasya vadhe yatnaṁ cakratus tau mahārathau। īṣatur virathaṁ caiva kartum anyonyam āhave ॥8-11-21॥
[अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other; वधे (vadhe) - in killing; यत्नं (yatnaṁ) - effort; चक्रतुस्तौ (cakratus tau) - both of them made; महारथौ (mahārathau) - great warriors; ईषतुर्विरथं (īṣatur virathaṁ) - desired to make chariotless; चैव (caiva) - and also; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to make; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other; आहवे (āhave) - in battle;]
(Both great warriors made efforts to kill each other and also desired to make each other chariotless in battle.)
The two great warriors exerted themselves to slay each other and sought to render each other chariotless in the battle.
ततो द्रौणिर्महास्त्राणि प्रादुश्चक्रे महारथः। तान्यस्त्रैरेव समरे प्रतिजघ्नेऽस्य पाण्डवः ॥८-११-२२॥
tato drauṇirmahāstrāṇi prāduścakre mahārathaḥ। tānyastraireva samare pratijaghne'sya pāṇḍavaḥ ॥8-11-22॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; महास्त्राणि (mahāstrāṇi) - great weapons; प्रादुश्चक्रे (prāduścakre) - manifested; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior; तानि (tāni) - those; अस्त्रैः (astraiḥ) - with weapons; एव (eva) - only; समरे (samare) - in battle; प्रतिजघ्ने (pratijaghne) - countered; अस्य (asya) - his; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Pāṇḍava;]
(Then Drona's son, the great chariot-warrior, manifested great weapons. In battle, Pāṇḍava countered those with weapons only.)
Then Drona's son, a great chariot-warrior, manifested powerful weapons, but Pāṇḍava countered them in battle using weapons alone.
ततो घोरं महाराज अस्त्रयुद्धमवर्तत। ग्रहयुद्धं यथा घोरं प्रजासंहरणे अभूत् ॥८-११-२३॥
tato ghoraṃ mahārāja astrayuddhamavartata। grahayuddhaṃ yathā ghoraṃ prajāsaṃharaṇe abhūt ॥8-11-23॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; अस्त्रयुद्धम् (astrayuddham) - weapon battle; अवर्तत (avartata) - occurred; ग्रहयुद्धम् (grahayuddham) - planetary battle; यथा (yathā) - as; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; प्रजासंहरणे (prajāsaṃharaṇe) - in destruction of people; अभूत् (abhūt) - was;]
(Then, O great king, a terrible weapon battle occurred. Just as a terrible planetary battle was in the destruction of people.)
Then, O great king, there was a terrible battle of weapons, akin to a dreadful planetary conflict that resulted in the destruction of people.
ते बाणाः समसज्जन्त क्षिप्तास्ताभ्यां तु भारत। द्योतयन्तो दिशः सर्वास्तच्च सैन्यं समन्ततः ॥८-११-२४॥
te bāṇāḥ samasajjanta kṣiptāstābhyāṃ tu bhārata। dyotayanto diśaḥ sarvāstacca sainyaṃ samantataḥ ॥8-11-24॥
[ते (te) - those; बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows; समसज्जन्त (samasajjanta) - were arranged; क्षिप्ताः (kṣiptāḥ) - thrown; ताभ्यां (tābhyāṃ) - by them; तु (tu) - but; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; द्योतयन्तः (dyotayantaḥ) - illuminating; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; तत् (tat) - that; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around;]
(Those arrows were arranged and thrown by them, O Bharata, illuminating all directions and that army all around.)
The arrows, arranged and thrown by them, O Bharata, illuminated all directions and the entire army.
बाणसङ्घावृतं घोरमाकाशं समपद्यत। उक्लापातकृतं यद्वत्प्रजानां सङ्क्षये नृप ॥८-११-२५॥
bāṇasaṅghāvṛtaṃ ghoramākāśaṃ samapadyata। uklāpātakṛtaṃ yadvatprajānāṃ saṅkṣaye nṛpa ॥8-11-25॥
[बाण (bāṇa) - arrows; सङ्घ (saṅgha) - group; आवृतं (āvṛtaṃ) - covered; घोरं (ghoram) - terrible; आकाशं (ākāśaṃ) - sky; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - became; उक्ल (ukla) - white; आपात (āpāta) - fall; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - made; यद्वत् (yadvat) - as if; प्रजानां (prajānāṃ) - of the people; सङ्क्षये (saṅkṣaye) - destruction; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(The sky became terribly covered with a group of arrows, as if made white by the fall, for the destruction of the people, O king.)
O king, the sky was terrifyingly filled with a mass of arrows, appearing as if it was whitened by a downfall, signaling the destruction of the people.
बाणाभिघातात्सञ्जज्ञे तत्र भारत पावकः। सविस्फुलिङ्गो दीप्तार्चिः सोऽदहद्वाहिनीद्वयम् ॥८-११-२६॥
bāṇābhighātātsañjajñe tatra bhārata pāvakaḥ। savisphuliṅgo dīptārciḥ so'dahadvāhinīdvayam ॥8-11-26॥
[बाण (bāṇa) - arrow; अभिघातात् (abhighātāt) - from the impact; सञ्जज्ञे (sañjajñe) - arose; तत्र (tatra) - there; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire; स (sa) - with; विस्फुलिङ्गः (visphuliṅgaḥ) - sparks; दीप्त (dīpta) - blazing; अर्चिः (arciḥ) - flame; सः (saḥ) - he; अदहत् (adahat) - burned; वाहिनी (vāhinī) - army; द्वयम् (dvayam) - both;]
(From the impact of the arrow, O Bharata, a fire arose there with sparks and blazing flames; it burned both armies.)
O Bharata, from the impact of the arrow, a fire with sparks and blazing flames arose there and burned both armies.
तत्र सिद्धा महाराज सम्पतन्तोऽब्रुवन्वचः। अति युद्धानि सर्वाणि युद्धमेतत्ततोऽधिकम् ॥८-११-२७॥
tatra siddhā mahārāja sampatanto'bruvanvacaḥ। ati yuddhāni sarvāṇi yuddhametattato'dhikam ॥8-11-27॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; सम्पतन्तः (sampatantaḥ) - approaching; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - said; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; अति (ati) - very; युद्धानि (yuddhāni) - battles; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; एतत् (etat) - this; ततः (tataḥ) - than that; अधिकम् (adhikam) - greater;]
(There, the perfected beings, O great king, approaching, said words: "All battles are very, but this battle is greater than that.")
There, the perfected beings approached and said to the great king: "All battles are significant, but this battle surpasses them all."
सर्वयुद्धानि चैतस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्। नैतादृशं पुनर्युद्धं न भूतं न भविष्यति ॥८-११-२८॥
sarvayuddhāni caitasya kalāṁ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm। naitādṛśaṁ punaryuddhaṁ na bhūtaṁ na bhaviṣyati ॥8-11-28॥
[सर्वयुद्धानि (sarvayuddhāni) - all battles; च (ca) - and; एतस्य (etasya) - of this; कलाम् (kalām) - a fraction; न (na) - not; अर्हन्ति (arhanti) - deserve; षोडशीम् (ṣoḍaśīm) - sixteenth part; न (na) - not; एतादृशम् (etādṛśam) - like this; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; न (na) - not; भूतम् (bhūtam) - has been; न (na) - not; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be;]
(All battles do not deserve even a sixteenth part of this. Such a battle has never been and will never be again.)
All the battles do not compare to even a fraction of this one. Such a battle has never occurred before and will never occur again.
अहो ज्ञानेन संयुक्तावुभौ चोग्रपराक्रमौ। अहो भीमे बलं भीममेतयोश्च कृतास्त्रता ॥८-११-२९॥
aho jñānena saṁyuktāvubhau cogra-parākramau। aho bhīme balaṁ bhīmametayośca kṛtāstratā ॥8-11-29॥
[अहो (aho) - Oh; ज्ञानेन (jñānena) - with knowledge; संयुक्तौ (saṁyuktau) - united; उभौ (ubhau) - both; च (ca) - and; उग्रपराक्रमौ (ugra-parākramau) - fierce warriors; अहो (aho) - Oh; भीमे (bhīme) - in Bhima; बलं (balaṁ) - strength; भीमम् (bhīmam) - terrible; एतयोः (etayoḥ) - of these two; च (ca) - and; कृतास्त्रता (kṛtāstratā) - skill in weaponry;]
(Oh, united with knowledge, both are fierce warriors. Oh, the strength in Bhima is terrible, and the skill in weaponry of these two.)
Oh, both are united with knowledge and are fierce warriors. Oh, the strength in Bhima is formidable, and both possess great skill in weaponry.
अहो वीर्यस्य सारत्वमहो सौष्ठवमेतयोः। स्थितावेतौ हि समरे कालान्तकयमोपमौ ॥८-११-३०॥
aho vīryasya sāratvamaho sauṣṭhavametayoḥ। sthitāvetau hi samare kālāntakayamopamau ॥8-11-30॥
[अहो (aho) - Oh; वीर्यस्य (vīryasya) - of valor; सारत्वम् (sāratvam) - essence; अहो (aho) - Oh; सौष्ठवम् (sauṣṭhavam) - skill; एतयोः (etayoḥ) - of these two; स्थितौ (sthitau) - standing; एतौ (etau) - these two; हि (hi) - indeed; समरे (samare) - in battle; कालान्तक (kālāntaka) - death at the end of time; यम (yama) - Yama; उपमौ (upamau) - comparable;]
(Oh, the essence of valor, oh, the skill of these two. These two are indeed standing in battle, comparable to Yama and death at the end of time.)
Oh, what valor and skill these two possess! They stand in battle like Yama and the end of time itself.
रुद्रौ द्वाविव सम्भूतौ यथा द्वाविव भास्करौ। यमौ वा पुरुषव्याघ्रौ घोररूपाविमौ रणे ॥८-११-३१॥
rudrau dvāviva sambhūtau yathā dvāviva bhāskarau। yamau vā puruṣavyāghrau ghorarūpāvimau raṇe ॥8-11-31॥
[रुद्रौ (rudrau) - Rudras; द्वा (dvā) - two; इव (iva) - like; सम्भूतौ (sambhūtau) - born; यथा (yathā) - as; द्वा (dvā) - two; इव (iva) - like; भास्करौ (bhāskarau) - suns; यमौ (yamau) - Yamas; वा (vā) - or; पुरुषव्याघ्रौ (puruṣavyāghrau) - tiger-like men; घोररूपौ (ghorarūpau) - terrible forms; इमौ (imau) - these two; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Like two Rudras born, like two suns, or like Yamas, these two tiger-like men with terrible forms in battle.)
These two warriors, fierce as Rudras, radiant as suns, or as formidable as Yamas, stand like tiger-like men with terrifying forms in the battlefield.
श्रूयन्ते स्म तदा वाचः सिद्धानां वै मुहुर्मुहुः। सिंहनादश्च सञ्जज्ञे समेतानां दिवौकसाम् ॥ अद्भुतं चाप्यचिन्त्यं च दृष्ट्वा कर्म तयोर्मृधे ॥८-११-३२॥
śrūyante sma tadā vācaḥ siddhānāṃ vai muhurmuhuḥ। siṃhanādaśca sañjajñe sametānāṃ divaukasām ॥ adbhutaṃ cāpyacintyaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā karma tayormṛdhe ॥8-11-32॥
[श्रूयन्ते (śrūyante) - are heard; स्म (sma) - indeed; तदा (tadā) - then; वाचः (vācaḥ) - voices; सिद्धानां (siddhānāṃ) - of the perfected ones; वै (vai) - indeed; मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again; सिंहनादः (siṃhanādaḥ) - lion's roar; च (ca) - and; सञ्जज्ञे (sañjajñe) - arose; समेतानां (sametānāṃ) - of the assembled; दिवौकसाम् (divaukasām) - of the celestial beings; अद्भुतं (adbhutaṃ) - wonderful; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अचिन्त्यं (acintyaṃ) - inconceivable; च (ca) - and; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; कर्म (karma) - the act; तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them; मृधे (mṛdhe) - in the battle;]
(Then the voices of the perfected ones were indeed heard again and again. The lion's roar arose from the assembled celestial beings. Having seen the wonderful and inconceivable act of them in the battle.)
The voices of the perfected ones echoed repeatedly, and the lion's roar emerged from the gathered celestial beings. Witnessing their incredible and unimaginable act in the battle was truly astonishing.
तौ शूरौ समरे राजन्परस्परकृतागसौ। परस्परमुदैक्षेतां क्रोधादुद्वृत्य चक्षुषी ॥८-११-३३॥
tau śūrau samare rājanparasparakṛtāgasau। parasparamudaikṣetāṃ krodhādudvṛtya cakṣuṣī ॥8-11-33॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; शूरौ (śūrau) - heroes; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; परस्पर (paraspara) - each other; कृत (kṛta) - having committed; अगसौ (agasau) - offense; परस्परम् (parasparam) - at each other; उदैक्षेताम् (udaikṣetām) - looked; क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - out of anger; उद्वृत्य (udvṛtya) - rolling; चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - eyes;]
(Those two heroes, O king, having committed offenses against each other, looked at each other with eyes rolling in anger.)
The two valiant warriors, having wronged each other, glared at one another with eyes full of rage, O king.
क्रोधरक्तेक्षणौ तौ तु क्रोधात्प्रस्फुरिताधरौ। क्रोधात्संदष्टदशनौ संदष्टदशनच्छदौ ॥८-११-३४॥
krodharaktekṣaṇau tau tu krodhātprasphuritādharau। krodhātsaṃdaṣṭadaśanau saṃdaṣṭadaśanacchadau ॥8-11-34॥
[क्रोध (krodha) - anger; रक्त (rakta) - red; ईक्षणौ (īkṣaṇau) - eyes; तौ (tau) - those two; तु (tu) - indeed; क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - from anger; प्रस्फुरित (prasphurita) - trembling; अधरौ (adharau) - lips; संदष्ट (saṃdaṣṭa) - bitten; दशनौ (daśanau) - teeth; संदष्ट (saṃdaṣṭa) - bitten; दशनच्छदौ (daśanacchadau) - lips covering teeth;]
(Those two, with eyes red from anger, indeed with trembling lips from anger, with bitten teeth and lips covering teeth.)
Those two, with eyes red from anger, had trembling lips and were biting their lips and teeth in anger.
अन्योन्यं छादयन्तौ स्म शरवृष्ट्या महारथौ। शराम्बुधारौ समरे शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ ॥८-११-३५॥
anyonyaṁ chādayantau sma śaravṛṣṭyā mahārathau। śarāmbudhārau samare śastravidyutprakāśinau ॥8-11-35॥
[अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - each other; छादयन्तौ (chādayantau) - covering; स्म (sma) - indeed; शरवृष्ट्या (śaravṛṣṭyā) - with a shower of arrows; महारथौ (mahārathau) - great charioteers; शराम्बुधारौ (śarāmbudhārau) - with streams of arrows; समरे (samare) - in battle; शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ (śastravidyutprakāśinau) - shining like lightning with weapons;]
(The great charioteers were indeed covering each other with a shower of arrows, shining like lightning with weapons in battle.)
The two great charioteers were engaged in a fierce battle, covering each other with streams of arrows, their weapons flashing like lightning.
तावन्योन्यं ध्वजौ विद्ध्वा सारथी च महारथौ। अन्योन्यस्य हयान्विद्ध्वा बिभिदाते परस्परम् ॥८-११-३६॥
tāvanyonyaṃ dhvajau viddhvā sārathī ca mahārathau। anyonyasya hayānviddhvā bibhidāte parasparam ॥8-11-36॥
[तौ (tau) - they; अन्योन्यं (anyonyam) - each other; ध्वजौ (dhvajau) - flags; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; सारथी (sārathī) - charioteer; च (ca) - and; महारथौ (mahārathau) - great warriors; अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other; हयान् (hayān) - horses; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; बिभिदाते (bibhidāte) - they broke; परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually;]
(They, having pierced each other's flags, the charioteer and the great warriors, having pierced each other's horses, broke mutually.)
The charioteer and the great warriors pierced each other's flags and horses, breaking them mutually.
ततः क्रुद्धौ महाराज बाणौ गृह्य महाहवे। उभौ चिक्षिपतुस्तूर्णमन्योन्यस्य वधैषिणौ ॥८-११-३७॥
tataḥ kruddhau mahārāja bāṇau gṛhya mahāhave। ubhau cikṣipatus tūrṇam anyonyasya vadhaiṣiṇau ॥8-11-37॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - angry; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; बाणौ (bāṇau) - arrows; गृह्य (gṛhya) - taking; महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle; उभौ (ubhau) - both; चिक्षिपतुः (cikṣipatuḥ) - hurled; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - swiftly; अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - at each other; वधैषिणौ (vadhaiṣiṇau) - desiring to kill;]
(Then, O great king, both, taking arrows in the great battle, swiftly hurled them at each other, desiring to kill.)
Then, O great king, both warriors, in their anger, took up arrows and swiftly hurled them at each other in the great battle, each desiring to kill the other.
तौ सायकौ महाराज द्योतमानौ चमूमुखे। आजघ्नाते समासाद्य वज्रवेगौ दुरासदौ ॥८-११-३८॥
tau sāyakau mahārāja dyotamānau camūmukhe। ājaghnāte samāsādya vajravegau durāsadau ॥8-11-38॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; सायकौ (sāyakau) - arrows; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; द्योतमानौ (dyotamānau) - shining; चमूमुखे (camūmukhe) - at the front of the army; आजघ्नाते (ājaghnāte) - struck; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached; वज्रवेगौ (vajravegau) - with the speed of a thunderbolt; दुरासदौ (durāsadau) - unassailable;]
(Those two arrows, O great king, shining at the front of the army, struck with the speed of a thunderbolt, having reached, unassailable.)
O great king, those two shining arrows, unassailable and with the speed of a thunderbolt, struck at the front of the army.
तौ परस्परवेगाच्च शराभ्यां च भृशाहतौ। निपेततुर्महावीरौ स्वरथोपस्थयोस्तदा ॥८-११-३९॥
tau parasparavegācca śarābhyāṃ ca bhṛśāhatau। nipetaturmahāvīrau svarathopasthayostadā ॥8-11-39॥
[तौ (tau) - they two; परस्परवेगात् (parasparavegāt) - from each other's force; च (ca) - and; शराभ्यां (śarābhyāṃ) - by arrows; च (ca) - and; भृशाहतौ (bhṛśāhatau) - severely struck; निपेततु: (nipetatuḥ) - fell down; महावीरौ (mahāvīrau) - the great heroes; स्वरथोपस्थयोः (svarathopasthayoḥ) - on their chariot seats; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(They two, severely struck by each other's force and by arrows, fell down then, the great heroes, on their chariot seats.)
The two great heroes, struck by each other's force and arrows, fell down on their chariot seats at that moment.
ततस्तु सारथिर्ज्ञात्वा द्रोणपुत्रमचेतनम्। अपोवाह रणाद्राजन्सर्वक्षत्रस्य पश्यतः ॥८-११-४०॥
tatastu sārathirjñātvā droṇaputramacetanam। apovāha raṇādrājansarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ ॥8-11-40॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - but; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - the charioteer; ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - knowing; द्रोणपुत्रम् (droṇaputram) - Drona's son; अचेतनम् (acetanam) - unconscious; अपोवाह (apovāha) - carried away; रणात् (raṇāt) - from the battlefield; राजन् (rājan) - O King; सर्वक्षत्रस्य (sarvakṣatrasya) - of all the warriors; पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching;]
(Then, the charioteer, knowing Drona's son to be unconscious, carried him away from the battlefield, O King, while all the warriors were watching.)
Then, the charioteer, realizing that Drona's son was unconscious, took him away from the battlefield as all the warriors watched, O King.
तथैव पाण्डवं राजन्विह्वलन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः। अपोवाह रथेनाजौ सारथिः शत्रुतापनम् ॥८-११-४१॥
tathaiva pāṇḍavaṃ rājanvihvalantaṃ muhurmuhuḥ। apovāha rathenājau sārathiḥ śatrutāpanam ॥8-11-41॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; राजन् (rājan) - O King; विह्वलन्तम् (vihvalantam) - distressed; मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again; मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again; अपोवाह (apovāha) - carried away; रथेन (rathena) - by chariot; अजौ (ajau) - in the battle; सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - the charioteer; शत्रुतापनम् (śatrutāpanam) - the tormentor of enemies;]
(In the same way, O King, the charioteer carried away the distressed Pāṇḍava again and again by chariot in the battle, the tormentor of enemies.)
In the same manner, O King, the charioteer repeatedly carried away the distressed Pāṇḍava in the battle, who was the tormentor of enemies.
