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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhritarashtra said:)
Dhritarashtra said:
यथा संशप्तकैः सार्धमर्जुनस्याभवद्रणः। अन्येषां च मदीयानां पाण्डवैस्तद्ब्रवीहि मे ॥८-१२-१॥
yathā saṃśaptakaiḥ sārdham arjunasya abhavad raṇaḥ। anyeṣāṃ ca madīyānāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ tad bravīhi me ॥8-12-1॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; संशप्तकैः (saṃśaptakaiḥ) - with the Saṃśaptakas; सार्धम् (sārdham) - together; अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna; अभवत् (abhavat) - was; रणः (raṇaḥ) - battle; अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of others; च (ca) - and; मदीयानाम् (madīyānām) - of my people; पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas; तत् (tad) - that; ब्रवीहि (bravīhi) - tell; मे (me) - me;]
(As there was a battle of Arjuna with the Saṃśaptakas, and of others of my people with the Pāṇḍavas, tell me that.)
Tell me about the battle that took place between Arjuna and the Saṃśaptakas, and also between my people and the Pāṇḍavas.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
शृणु राजन्यथावृत्तं सङ्ग्रामं ब्रुवतो मम। वीराणां शत्रुभिः सार्धं देहपाप्मप्रणाशनम् ॥८-१२-२॥
śṛṇu rājanyathāvṛttaṃ saṅgrāmaṃ bruvato mama। vīrāṇāṃ śatrubhiḥ sārdhaṃ dehapāpmapraṇāśanam ॥8-12-2॥
[शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen; राजन् (rājan) - O king; यथा (yathā) - as; वृत्तं (vṛttaṃ) - happened; सङ्ग्रामं (saṅgrāmaṃ) - battle; ब्रुवतः (bruvataḥ) - speaking; मम (mama) - my; वीराणां (vīrāṇāṃ) - of heroes; शत्रुभिः (śatrubhiḥ) - with enemies; सार्धं (sārdhaṃ) - together; देह (deha) - body; पाप्म (pāpma) - sin; प्रणाशनम् (praṇāśanam) - destruction;]
(Listen, O king, as I speak of the battle that happened, the destruction of the sins of the body of heroes together with enemies.)
"Listen, O king, to the account of the battle as I narrate it, where the sins of the bodies of heroes were destroyed along with their enemies."
पार्थः संशप्तकगणं प्रविश्यार्णवसंनिभम्। व्यक्षोभयदमित्रघ्नो महावात इवार्णवम् ॥८-१२-३॥
pārthaḥ saṃśaptakagaṇaṃ praviśyārṇavasaṃnibham। vyakṣobhayadamitraghno mahāvāta ivārṇavam ॥8-12-3॥
[पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; संशप्तकगणम् (saṃśaptakagaṇam) - the group of warriors sworn to die; प्रविश्य (praviśya) - entering; अर्णव (arṇava) - ocean; संनिभम् (saṃnibham) - resembling; व्यक्षोभयत् (vyakṣobhayat) - agitated; अमित्रघ्नः (amitraghnah) - the destroyer of enemies; महावातः (mahāvātaḥ) - great wind; इव (iva) - like; अर्णवम् (arṇavam) - ocean;]
(Arjuna, entering the group of warriors sworn to die, resembling an ocean, agitated it like a great wind agitates the ocean.)
Arjuna entered the ranks of the warriors sworn to die, resembling a vast ocean, and stirred them like a mighty wind stirs the sea.
शिरांस्युन्मथ्य वीराणां शितैर्भल्लैर्धनञ्जयः। पूर्णचन्द्राभवक्त्राणि स्वक्षिभ्रूदशनानि च ॥ सन्तस्तार क्षितिं क्षिप्रं विनालैर्नलिनैरिव ॥८-१२-४॥
śirāṃsyunmathya vīrāṇāṃ śitairbhallairdhanaṅjayaḥ। pūrṇacandrābhavaktrāṇi svakṣibhrūdaśanāni ca ॥ santastāra kṣitiṃ kṣipraṃ vinālairnalinairiva ॥8-12-4॥
[शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; उन्मथ्य (unmathya) - having cut off; वीराणां (vīrāṇāṃ) - of the heroes; शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - arrows; धनञ्जयः (dhanaṅjayaḥ) - Dhananjaya; पूर्णचन्द्राभवक्त्राणि (pūrṇacandrābhavaktrāṇi) - full moon-like faces; स्व (sva) - own; क्षि (kṣi) - eyes; भ्रू (bhrū) - eyebrows; दशनानि (daśanāni) - teeth; च (ca) - and; सन्तः (santaḥ) - having fallen; तार (tāra) - covered; क्षितिं (kṣitim) - the earth; क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṃ) - quickly; विनालैः (vinālaiḥ) - without stems; नलिनैः (nalinaiḥ) - with lotuses; इव (iva) - like;]
(Having cut off the heads of the heroes with sharp arrows, Dhananjaya quickly covered the earth with full moon-like faces, own eyes, eyebrows, and teeth, like lotuses without stems.)
Dhananjaya, having severed the heads of the warriors with his sharp arrows, swiftly covered the ground with their faces, eyes, eyebrows, and teeth, resembling stemless lotuses.
सुवृत्तानायतान्पुष्टांश्चन्दनागुरुभूषितान्। सायुधान्सतनुत्राणान्पञ्चास्योरगसंनिभान् ॥ बाहून्क्षुरैरमित्राणां विचकर्तार्जुनो रणे ॥८-१२-५॥
suvṛttānāyatānpuṣṭāṃścandanāgurubhūṣitān। sāyudhānsatanutrāṇānpañcāsyoragasaṃnibhān ॥ bāhūnkṣurairamitrāṇāṃ vicakartārjuno raṇe ॥८-१२-५॥
[सुवृत्तान् (suvṛttān) - well-formed; आयतान् (āyatān) - elongated; पुष्टान् (puṣṭān) - strong; चन्दन (candana) - sandalwood; अगुरु (aguru) - aloeswood; भूषितान् (bhūṣitān) - adorned; सायुधान् (sāyudhān) - armed; सतनुत्राणान् (satanutrāṇān) - with armor; पञ्च (pañca) - five; अस्य (asya) - faces; उरग (uraga) - serpent; संनिभान् (saṃnibhān) - resembling; बाहून् (bāhūn) - arms; क्षुरैः (kṣuraiḥ) - with blades; अमित्राणाम् (amitrāṇām) - of enemies; विचकर्त (vicakarta) - cut off; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Well-formed, elongated, strong, adorned with sandalwood and aloeswood, armed with armor, resembling five-faced serpents, Arjuna cut off the arms of the enemies with blades in battle.)
Arjuna, with his well-formed, elongated, and strong arms adorned with sandalwood and aloeswood, armed and resembling five-faced serpents, cut off the arms of his enemies with blades in the battle.
धुर्यान्धुर्यतरान्सूतान्ध्वजांश्चापानि सायकान्। पाणीनरत्नीनसकृद्भल्लैश्चिच्छेद पाण्डवः ॥८-१२-६॥
dhuryāndhuryatarānsūtāndhvajāṃścāpāni sāyakān। pāṇīnaratnīnasakṛdbhallaiściccheda pāṇḍavaḥ ॥8-12-6॥
[धुर्यान् (dhuryān) - horses; धुर्यतरान् (dhuryatarān) - superior horses; सूतान् (sūtān) - charioteers; ध्वजान् (dhvajān) - flags; च (ca) - and; अपानि (apāni) - bows; सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows; पाणीन् (pāṇīn) - hands; रत्नीन् (ratnīn) - jewels; असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with arrows; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Pāṇḍava;]
(The Pāṇḍava repeatedly cut the horses, superior horses, charioteers, flags, bows, arrows, hands, and jewels with arrows.)
The Pāṇḍava skillfully and repeatedly cut down the horses, superior horses, charioteers, flags, bows, arrows, hands, and jewels with his arrows.
द्विपान्हयान्रथांश्चैव सारोहानर्जुनो रणे। शरैरनेकसाहस्रै राजन्निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥८-१२-७॥
dvipānhayānrathāṃścaiva sārohānarjuno raṇe। śarairanekasāhasrai rājanninye yamakṣayam ॥8-12-7॥
[द्विपान् (dvipān) - elephants; हयान् (hayān) - horses; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; सारोहान् (sārohān) - with riders; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; अनेकसाहस्रैः (anekasāhasraiḥ) - with many thousands; राजन् (rājan) - O king; निन्ये (ninye) - sent; यमक्षयम् (yamakṣayam) - to the abode of Yama;]
(Arjuna, in battle, sent elephants, horses, chariots, and riders to the abode of Yama with many thousands of arrows, O king.)
In the battle, Arjuna, with his countless arrows, sent elephants, horses, chariots, and their riders to the realm of Yama, O king.
तं प्रवीरं प्रतीयाता नर्दमाना इवर्षभाः। वाशितार्थमभिक्रुद्धा हुङ्कृत्वा चाभिदुद्रुवुः ॥ निघ्नन्तमभिजघ्नुस्ते शरैः शृङ्गैरिवर्षभाः ॥८-१२-८॥
taṃ pravīraṃ pratīyātā nardamānā iva ṛṣabhāḥ। vāśitārtham abhikruddhā huṅkṛtvā cābhidudruvuḥ ॥ nighnantam abhijaghnus te śaraiḥ śṛṅgair iva ṛṣabhāḥ ॥8-12-8॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; प्रवीरं (pravīraṃ) - the mighty; प्रतीयाता (pratīyātā) - approached; नर्दमाना (nardamānā) - bellowing; इव (iva) - like; ऋषभाः (ṛṣabhāḥ) - bulls; वाशितार्थम् (vāśitārtham) - for the purpose of killing; अभिक्रुद्धाः (abhikruddhāḥ) - enraged; हुङ्कृत्वा (huṅkṛtvā) - roaring; च (ca) - and; अभिदुद्रुवुः (abhidudruvuḥ) - charged; निघ्नन्तम् (nighnantam) - striking; अभिजघ्नुः (abhijaghnuḥ) - attacked; ते (te) - they; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - with horns; इव (iva) - like; ऋषभाः (ṛṣabhāḥ) - bulls;]
(They approached him, the mighty one, bellowing like bulls, enraged for the purpose of killing, roaring and charged. They attacked him, striking with arrows like bulls with horns.)
The mighty warriors, like enraged bulls, approached him with a roar, intent on killing. They charged at him, attacking with arrows as if they were bulls using their horns.
तस्य तेषां च तद्युद्धमभवल्लोमहर्षणम्। त्रैलोक्यविजये यादृग्दैत्यानां सह वज्रिणा ॥८-१२-९॥
tasya teṣāṃ ca tadyuddhamabhavallomaharṣaṇam। trailokyavijaye yādṛgdaityānāṃ saha vajriṇā ॥8-12-9॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; तेषां (teṣām) - their; च (ca) - and; तत् (tat) - that; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; लोमहर्षणम् (lomaharṣaṇam) - hair-raising; त्रैलोक्य (trailokya) - three worlds; विजये (vijaye) - in conquest; यादृक् (yādṛk) - as; दैत्यानाम् (daityānām) - of the demons; सह (saha) - with; वज्रिणा (vajriṇā) - with Indra;]
(His and their battle became hair-raising, as in the conquest of the three worlds with the demons and Indra.)
Their battle was as terrifying as the conquest of the three worlds, fought alongside Indra against the demons.
अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य द्विषतां सर्वतोऽर्जुनः। इषुभिर्बहुभिस्तूर्णं विद्ध्वा प्राणान्ररास सः ॥८-१२-१०॥
astrairastrāṇi saṁvārya dviṣatāṁ sarvato'rjunaḥ। iṣubhirbahubhistūrṇaṁ viddhvā prāṇānrarāsa saḥ ॥8-12-10॥
[अस्त्रैः (astraiḥ) - with weapons; अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons; संवार्य (saṁvārya) - having countered; द्विषताम् (dviṣatām) - of the enemies; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - many; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives; ररास (rarāsa) - roared; सः (saḥ) - he;]
(Arjuna, having countered the weapons with weapons from all sides of the enemies, quickly pierced (them) with many arrows and roared.)
Arjuna skillfully countered the enemy's weapons from all directions with his own, swiftly piercing them with numerous arrows, and then he roared in triumph.
छिन्नत्रिवेणुचक्राक्षान्हतयोधाश्वसारथीन्। विध्वस्तायुधतूणीरान्समुन्मथितकेतनान् ॥८-१२-११॥
chinnatriveṇucakrākṣānhatayodhāśvasārathīn। vidhvastāyudhatuṇīrānsamunmathitaketanān ॥8-12-11॥
[छिन्न (chinna) - cut; त्रिवेणु (triveṇu) - three bamboo; चक्र (cakra) - wheel; अक्षान् (akṣān) - axles; हत (hata) - killed; योध (yodha) - warriors; अश्व (aśva) - horses; सारथीन् (sārathīn) - charioteers; विध्वस्त (vidhvasta) - destroyed; आयुध (āyudha) - weapons; तूणीरान् (tūṇīrān) - quivers; समुन्मथित (samunmathita) - completely shattered; केतनान् (ketanān) - banners;]
(Cut were the axles of the three-bamboo wheels, killed were the warriors, horses, and charioteers. Destroyed were the weapons and quivers, completely shattered were the banners.)
The axles of the three-bamboo wheels were cut, the warriors, horses, and charioteers were killed. The weapons and quivers were destroyed, and the banners were completely shattered.
सञ्छिन्नयोक्त्ररश्मीकान्वित्रिवेणून्विकूबरान्। विध्वस्तबन्धुरयुगान्विशस्तायुधमण्डलान् ॥ रथान्विशकलीकुर्वन्महाभ्राणीव मारुतः ॥८-१२-१२॥
sañchinnayoktraraśmīkānvitriveṇūnvikūbarān। vidhvastabandhurayugānviśastāyudhamanḍalān ॥ rathānviśakalīkurvanmahābhrāṇīva mārutaḥ ॥8-12-12॥
[सञ्छिन्न (sañchinna) - cut off; योक्त्र (yoktra) - yokes; रश्मीकान् (raśmīkān) - reins; वित्रिवेणून् (vitriveṇūn) - broken axles; विकूबरान् (vikūbarān) - shattered bodies; विध्वस्त (vidhvasta) - destroyed; बन्धुर (bandhura) - beautiful; युगान् (yugān) - chariots; विशस्त (viśasta) - slaughtered; आयुध (āyudha) - weapons; मण्डलान् (maṇḍalān) - circles; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; विशकलीकुर्वन् (viśakalīkurvan) - breaking apart; महाभ्राणि (mahābhrāṇi) - great clouds; इव (iva) - like; मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind;]
(The wind, like great clouds, breaking apart chariots with cut-off yokes, reins, broken axles, shattered bodies, destroyed beautiful chariots, slaughtered weapons circles.)
The wind, resembling great clouds, dismantles the chariots with severed yokes and reins, broken axles, shattered bodies, and destroyed beautiful chariots, scattering the circles of slaughtered weapons.
विस्मापयन्प्रेक्षणीयं द्विषातां भयवर्धनम्। महारथसहस्रस्य समं कर्मार्जुनोऽकरोत् ॥८-१२-१३॥
vismāpayanprekṣaṇīyaṃ dviṣātāṃ bhayavardhanam। mahārathasahasrasya samaṃ karmārjuno'karot ॥8-12-13॥
[विस्मापयन् (vismāpayan) - astonishing; प्रेक्षणीयं (prekṣaṇīyaṃ) - spectacular; द्विषातां (dviṣātāṃ) - of the enemies; भयवर्धनम् (bhayavardhanam) - fear-increasing; महारथसहस्रस्य (mahārathasahasrasya) - of a thousand great chariots; समं (samaṃ) - equal; कर्म (karma) - deed; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; अकरोत् (akarot) - performed;]
(Astonishing and spectacular, increasing the fear of the enemies, Arjuna performed a deed equal to that of a thousand great chariots.)
Arjuna performed a remarkable feat that was both awe-inspiring and terrifying to his enemies, equivalent to the might of a thousand great chariots.
सिद्धदेवर्षिसङ्घाश्च चारणाश्चैव तुष्टुवुः। देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुः पुष्पवर्षाणि चापतन् ॥ केशवार्जुनयोर्मूर्ध्नि प्राह वाक्चाशरीरिणी ॥८-१२-१४॥
siddhadevarṣisaṅghāśca cāraṇāścaiva tuṣṭuvuḥ। devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi cāpatan ॥ keśavārjunayormūrdhni prāha vākcāśarīriṇī ॥8-12-14॥
[सिद्ध (siddha) - perfected beings; देवर्षि (devarṣi) - divine sages; सङ्घाः (saṅghāḥ) - assemblies; च (ca) - and; चारणाः (cāraṇāḥ) - celestial singers; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - praised; देवदुन्दुभयः (devadundubhayaḥ) - divine drums; नेदुः (neduḥ) - resounded; पुष्पवर्षाणि (puṣpavarṣāṇi) - flower showers; च (ca) - and; अपतन् (apatan) - fell; केशव (keśava) - Keshava; अर्जुनयोः (arjunayoḥ) - of Arjuna; मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the heads; प्राह (prāha) - spoke; वाक् (vāk) - a voice; च (ca) - and; अशरीरिणी (aśarīriṇī) - bodiless;]
(The assemblies of perfected beings, divine sages, and celestial singers indeed praised. Divine drums resounded, and flower showers fell on the heads of Keshava and Arjuna. A bodiless voice spoke.)
The assemblies of perfected beings, divine sages, and celestial singers praised them. Divine drums resounded, and flowers showered down upon the heads of Keshava and Arjuna. A bodiless voice spoke.
चन्द्रार्कानिलवह्नीनां कान्तिदीप्तिबलद्युतीः। यौ सदा बिभ्रतुर्वीरौ ताविमौ केशवार्जुनौ ॥८-१२-१५॥
candrārkānilavahnīnāṃ kāntidīptibaladyutīḥ। yau sadā bibhraturvīrau tāvimau keśavārjunau ॥8-12-15॥
[चन्द्र (candra) - moon; अर्क (arka) - sun; अनिल (anila) - wind; वह्नि (vahni) - fire; नाम् (nām) - of the names; कान्ति (kānti) - brilliance; दीप्ति (dīpti) - splendor; बल (bala) - strength; द्युतिः (dyutiḥ) - radiance; यौ (yau) - who; सदा (sadā) - always; बिभ्रतु (bibhratu) - bear; वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes; तौ (tau) - those two; इमौ (imau) - these two; केशव (keśava) - Keshava; अर्जुनौ (arjunau) - Arjuna;]
(The moon, sun, wind, and fire's brilliance, splendor, strength, and radiance; who always bear, those two heroes, these two are Keshava and Arjuna.)
The two heroes, Keshava and Arjuna, always bear the brilliance, splendor, strength, and radiance of the moon, sun, wind, and fire.
ब्रह्मेशानाविवाजय्यौ वीरावेकरथे स्थितौ। सर्वभूतवरौ वीरौ नरनारायणावुभौ ॥८-१२-१६॥
brahmeśānāvivājayyau vīrāvekarathe sthitau। sarvabhūtavarau vīrau naranārāyaṇāvubhau ॥8-12-16॥
[ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahma; ईशानौ (īśānau) - and Shiva; अविवाजय्यौ (avivājayyau) - inseparable; वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes; एकरथे (ekarathe) - in one chariot; स्थितौ (sthitau) - standing; सर्व (sarva) - all; भूत (bhūta) - beings; वरौ (varau) - best; वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes; नर (nara) - Nara; नारायणौ (nārāyaṇau) - and Narayana; उभौ (ubhau) - both;]
(Brahma and Shiva, inseparable heroes standing in one chariot, the best among all beings, the heroes Nara and Narayana, both.)
Brahma and Shiva, the inseparable heroes, stood together in one chariot, being the best among all beings, as the heroes Nara and Narayana.
इत्येतन्महदाश्चर्यं दृष्ट्वा श्रुत्वा च भारत। अश्वत्थामा सुसंयत्तः कृष्णावभ्यद्रवद्रणे ॥८-१२-१७॥
ityetanmahadāścaryaṃ dṛṣṭvā śrutvā ca bhārata। aśvatthāmā susaṃyattaḥ kṛṣṇāvabhyadravadraṇe ॥8-12-17॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एतत् (etat) - this; महत् (mahat) - great; आश्चर्यं (āścaryaṃ) - wonder; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā; सुसंयत्तः (susaṃyattaḥ) - well-prepared; कृष्णौ (kṛṣṇau) - the two Krishnas; अभ्यद्रवत् (abhyadravat) - attacked; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Thus, having seen and heard this great wonder, O Bhārata, Aśvatthāmā, well-prepared, attacked the two Krishnas in battle.)
Upon witnessing and hearing of this great wonder, Aśvatthāmā, fully prepared, charged at the two Krishnas in the battlefield, O Bhārata.
अथ पाण्डवमस्यन्तं यमकालान्तकाञ्शरान्। सेषुणा पाणिनाहूय हसन्द्रौणिरथाब्रवीत् ॥८-१२-१८॥
atha pāṇḍavam asyantaṃ yamakālāntakāñ śarān। seṣuṇā pāṇinā āhūya hasan drauṇir athābravīt ॥8-12-18॥
[अथ (atha) - then; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; अस्यन्तम् (asyantam) - shooting; यमकालान्तकान् (yamakālāntakān) - Yama, Kāla, Antaka; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; स (sa) - he; इषुणा (iṣuṇā) - with an arrow; पाणिना (pāṇinā) - by hand; आहूय (āhūya) - calling; हसन् (hasan) - smiling; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drauṇi; अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(Then, Drauṇi, smiling, called Pāṇḍava, who was shooting arrows like Yama, Kāla, and Antaka, with an arrow by hand, and then said:)
Then, with a smile, Drauṇi called out to Pāṇḍava, who was launching arrows as deadly as Yama, Kāla, and Antaka, using his hand with an arrow, and spoke.
यदि मां मन्यसे वीर प्राप्तमर्हमिवातिथिम्। ततः सर्वात्मनाद्य त्वं युद्धातिथ्यं प्रयच्छ मे ॥८-१२-१९॥
yadi māṃ manyase vīra prāptamarhamivātithim। tataḥ sarvātmanādya tvaṃ yuddhātithyaṃ prayaccha me ॥8-12-19॥
[यदि (yadi) - if; माम् (mām) - me; मन्यसे (manyase) - consider; वीर (vīra) - hero; प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - arrived; अर्हम् (arham) - worthy; इव (iva) - as; अतिथिम् (atithim) - guest; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सर्वात्मना (sarvātmanā) - with all your heart; अद्य (adya) - today; त्वम् (tvam) - you; युद्धातिथ्यम् (yuddhātithyam) - hospitality in battle; प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - grant; मे (me) - to me;]
(If you consider me, O hero, as a worthy guest who has arrived, then today, with all your heart, grant me the hospitality of battle.)
If you regard me as a worthy guest, O hero, then today, with all your heart, grant me the honor of battle.
एवमाचार्यपुत्रेण समाहूतो युयुत्सया। बहु मेनेऽर्जुनोऽऽत्मानमिदं चाह जनार्दनम् ॥८-१२-२०॥
evamācāryaputreṇa samāhūto yuyutsayā। bahu mene'rjuno''tmānamidaṃ cāha janārdanam ॥8-12-20॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; आचार्यपुत्रेण (ācāryaputreṇa) - by the teacher's son; समाहूतः (samāhūtaḥ) - called; युयुत्सया (yuyutsayā) - by the desire to fight; बहु (bahu) - much; मेने (mene) - considered; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself; इदं (idaṃ) - this; च (ca) - and; आह (āha) - said; जनार्दनम् (janārdanam) - to Janardana;]
(Thus called by the teacher's son with the desire to fight, Arjuna considered himself much and said this to Janardana.)
Thus, called by the teacher's son with the desire to fight, Arjuna thought highly of himself and spoke to Janardana.
संशप्तकाश्च मे वध्या द्रौणिराह्वयते च माम्। यदत्रानन्तरं प्राप्तं प्रशाधि त्वं महाभुज ॥८-१२-२१॥
saṃśaptakāśca me vadhyā drauṇirāhvayate ca mām। yadatrānantaraṃ prāptaṃ praśādhi tvaṃ mahābhuja ॥8-12-21॥
[संशप्तकाः (saṃśaptakāḥ) - warriors sworn to fight to the death; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my; वध्या (vadhyā) - to be slain; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; आह्वयते (āhvayate) - challenges; च (ca) - and; माम् (mām) - me; यत् (yat) - what; अत्र (atra) - here; अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - next; प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - has come; प्रशाधि (praśādhi) - command; त्वम् (tvam) - you; महाभुज (mahābhuja) - mighty-armed one;]
(The warriors sworn to fight to the death and my enemies are to be slain; Drona's son challenges me. What has come next here, you command, O mighty-armed one.)
The warriors sworn to fight to the death and my enemies are to be slain; Drona's son challenges me. You, O mighty-armed one, must command what is to be done next.
एवमुक्तोऽवहत्पार्थं कृष्णो द्रोणात्मजान्तिकम्। जैत्रेण विधिनाहूतं वायुरिन्द्रमिवाध्वरे ॥८-१२-२२॥
evamukto'vahatpārthaṃ kṛṣṇo droṇātmajāntikam। jaitreṇa vidhināhūtaṃ vāyurindramivādhvare ॥8-12-22॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - having been told; अवहत् (avahat) - carried; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Arjuna; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna; द्रोणात्मज (droṇātmaja) - son of Drona; अन्तिकम् (antikam) - near; जैत्रेण (jaitreṇa) - by the victorious; विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method; आहूतम् (āhūtam) - invoked; वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind; इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra; इव (iva) - like; अध्वरे (adhvare) - in the sacrifice;]
(Thus having been told, Krishna carried Arjuna near the son of Drona, invoked by the method of the victorious, like the wind (carries) Indra in the sacrifice.)
Upon being instructed, Krishna transported Arjuna to the vicinity of Drona's son, as the wind summons Indra during the ritual.
तमामन्त्र्यैकमनसा केशवो द्रौणिमब्रवीत्। अश्वत्थामन्स्थिरो भूत्वा प्रहराशु सहस्व च ॥८-१२-२३॥
tamāmantryaikamanasā keśavo drauṇimabravīt। aśvatthāmansthiro bhūtvā praharāśu sahasva ca ॥8-12-23॥
[तमामन्त्र्य (tamāmantrya) - having addressed; एकमनसा (ekamanasā) - with one mind; केशवः (keśavaḥ) - Keshava; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drona's son; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; अश्वत्थामन् (aśvatthāman) - Ashwatthaman; स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - steady; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; प्रहर (prahar) - attack; आशु (āśu) - quickly; सहस्व (sahasva) - endure; च (ca) - and;]
(Having addressed Drona's son with one mind, Keshava said, "Ashwatthaman, being steady, attack quickly and endure.")
Keshava, with a focused mind, addressed Drona's son, saying, "Ashwatthaman, remain steady, attack swiftly, and endure the challenges."
निर्वेष्टुं भर्तृपिण्डं हि कालोऽयमुपजीविनाम्। सूक्ष्मो विवादो विप्राणां स्थूलौ क्षात्रौ जयाजयौ ॥८-१२-२४॥
nirveṣṭuṃ bhartṛpiṇḍaṃ hi kālo'yamupajīvinām। sūkṣmo vivādo viprāṇāṃ sthūlau kṣātrau jayājayau ॥8-12-24॥
[निर्वेष्टुं (nirveṣṭuṃ) - to distribute; भर्तृपिण्डं (bhartṛpiṇḍaṃ) - master's share; हि (hi) - indeed; कालः (kālaḥ) - time; अयम् (ayam) - this; उपजीविनाम् (upajīvinām) - for dependents; सूक्ष्मः (sūkṣmaḥ) - subtle; विवादः (vivādaḥ) - dispute; विप्राणाम् (viprāṇām) - of the learned; स्थूलौ (sthūlau) - gross; क्षात्रौ (kṣātrau) - of warriors; जयाजयौ (jayājayau) - victory and defeat;]
(Indeed, this is the time for dependents to distribute the master's share. Subtle is the dispute of the learned, gross are the victory and defeat of warriors.)
"This is indeed the time for dependents to distribute the master's share. The learned engage in subtle disputes, while warriors face the tangible outcomes of victory and defeat."
यां न सङ्क्षमसे मोहाद्दिव्यां पार्थस्य सत्क्रियाम्। तामाप्तुमिच्छन्युध्यस्व स्थिरो भूत्वाद्य पाण्डवम् ॥८-१२-२५॥
yāṁ na saṅkṣamase mohādivyāṁ pārthasya satkriyām। tāmāptumicchanyudhyasva sthiro bhūtvādya pāṇḍavam ॥8-12-25॥
[याम् (yām) - which; न (na) - not; सङ्क्षमसे (saṅkṣamase) - you are able; मोहात् (mohāt) - due to delusion; दिव्याम् (divyām) - divine; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Partha; सत्क्रियाम् (satkriyām) - honor; ताम् (tām) - that; आप्तुम् (āptum) - to obtain; इच्छन् (icchan) - desiring; युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight; स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - steady; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - being; अद्य (adya) - today; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - O Pandava;]
(Desiring to obtain that divine honor of Partha which you are not able to due to delusion, fight today, being steady, O Pandava.)
O Pandava, today, being steady, fight to obtain that divine honor of Partha which you are unable to achieve due to delusion.
इत्युक्तो वासुदेवेन तथेत्युक्त्वा द्विजोत्तमः। विव्याध केशवं षष्ट्या नाराचैरर्जुनं त्रिभिः ॥८-१२-२६॥
ityukto vāsudevena tathetyuktvā dvijottamaḥ। vivyādha keśavaṃ ṣaṣṭyā nārācairarjunaṃ tribhiḥ ॥8-12-26॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; वासुदेवेन (vāsudevena) - by Vāsudeva; तथा (tathā) - so; इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - the best of the twice-born; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; केशवम् (keśavam) - Keśava; षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three;]
(Thus spoken by Vāsudeva, having spoken so, the best of the twice-born pierced Keśava with sixty iron arrows and Arjuna with three.)
Upon being addressed by Vāsudeva, the best of the twice-born responded accordingly and attacked Keśava with sixty iron arrows and Arjuna with three.
तस्यार्जुनः सुसङ्क्रुद्धस्त्रिभिर्भल्लैः शरासनम्। चिच्छेदाथान्यदादत्त द्रौणिर्घोरतरं धनुः ॥८-१२-२७॥
tasyārjunaḥ susaṅkruddhastribhirbhallaiḥ śarāsanam। cicchedāthānyadādatta drauṇirghorataraṃ dhanuḥ ॥8-12-27॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; सुसङ्क्रुद्धः (susaṅkruddhaḥ) - very angry; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - arrows; शरासनम् (śarāsanam) - bow; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; अथ (atha) - then; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; आदत्त (ādatta) - took; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; घोरतरम् (ghorataraṃ) - more terrible; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow;]
(His Arjuna, very angry, with three arrows, cut the bow. Then Drona's son took another more terrible bow.)
Arjuna, in great anger, cut the bow with three arrows. Then, Drona's son took up another, more formidable bow.
सज्यं कृत्वा निमेषात्तद्विव्याधार्जुनकेशवौ। त्रिभिः शरैर्वासुदेवं सहस्रेण च पाण्डवम् ॥८-१२-२८॥
sajyaṁ kṛtvā nimeṣāttadvivyādhārjunakeśavau। tribhiḥ śarairvāsudevaṁ sahasreṇa ca pāṇḍavam ॥8-12-28॥
[सज्यम् (sajyam) - bowstring; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; निमेषात् (nimeṣāt) - in a moment; तत् (tad) - that; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; अर्जुनकेशवौ (arjunakeśavau) - Arjuna and Keshava; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vasudeva; सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - with a thousand; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pandava;]
(Having made the bowstring ready, in a moment, he pierced Arjuna and Keshava with three arrows, and Vasudeva with a thousand, and Pandava.)
In an instant, having prepared his bowstring, he shot three arrows at Arjuna and Keshava, and a thousand at Vasudeva and Pandava.
ततः शरसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। ससृजे द्रौणिरायस्तः संस्तभ्य च रणेऽर्जुनम् ॥८-१२-२९॥
tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca। sasṛje drauṇirāyastaḥ sanstabhya ca raṇe'rjunam ॥8-12-29॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शरसहस्राणि (śarasahasrāṇi) - thousands of arrows; प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - millions; अर्बुदानि (arbudāni) - hundreds of millions; च (ca) - and; ससृजे (sasṛje) - released; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāmā; आयस्तः (āyastaḥ) - stretched; संस्तभ्य (sanstabhya) - restraining; च (ca) - and; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna;]
(Then, Aśvatthāmā, having stretched, released thousands, millions, and hundreds of millions of arrows, restraining Arjuna in battle.)
Then, Aśvatthāmā, with great effort, released countless arrows to hold Arjuna at bay in the battle.
इषुधेर्धनुषो ज्याया अङ्गुलीभ्यश्च मारिष। बाह्वोः कराभ्यामुरसो वदनघ्राणनेत्रतः ॥८-१२-३०॥
iṣudherdhanuṣo jyāyā aṅgulībhyaśca māriṣa। bāhvoḥ karābhyāmuraso vadanaghrāṇanetrataḥ ॥8-12-30॥
[इषुधेः (iṣudheḥ) - from the quiver; धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - of the bow; ज्याया (jyāyā) - of the string; अङ्गुलीभ्यः (aṅgulībhyaḥ) - from the fingers; च (ca) - and; मारिष (māriṣa) - O dear; बाह्वः (bāhvoḥ) - from the arms; कराभ्याम् (karābhyām) - from the hands; उरसः (urasaḥ) - from the chest; वदन (vadana) - from the face; घ्राण (ghrāṇa) - from the nose; नेत्रतः (netrataḥ) - from the eyes;]
(From the quiver, of the bow, of the string, from the fingers, and, O dear, from the arms, from the hands, from the chest, from the face, from the nose, from the eyes.)
O dear, from the quiver, bow, string, fingers, arms, hands, chest, face, nose, and eyes.
कर्णाभ्यां शिरसोऽङ्गेभ्यो लोमवर्त्मभ्य एव च। रथध्वजेभ्यश्च शरा निष्पेतुर्ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥८-१२-३१॥
karṇābhyāṃ śiraso'ṅgebhyo lomavartmabhya eva ca। rathadhvajebhyaśca śarā niṣpeturbrahmavādinaḥ ॥8-12-31॥
[कर्णाभ्यां (karṇābhyām) - from the ears; शिरसः (śirasaḥ) - from the head; अङ्गेभ्यः (aṅgebhyaḥ) - from the limbs; लोमवर्त्मभ्यः (lomavartmabhyaḥ) - from the hair-follicles; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; रथध्वजेभ्यः (rathadhvajebhyaḥ) - from the chariot-banners; च (ca) - and; शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows; निष्पेतुः (niṣpetuḥ) - emerged; ब्रह्मवादिनः (brahmavādinaḥ) - O Brahmanas;]
(From the ears, head, limbs, hair-follicles, and indeed from the chariot-banners, arrows emerged, O Brahmanas.)
Arrows emerged from the ears, head, limbs, hair-follicles, and even from the chariot-banners, O Brahmanas.
शरजालेन महता विद्ध्वा केशवपाण्डवौ। ननाद मुदितो द्रौणिर्महामेघौघनिस्वनः ॥८-१२-३२॥
śarajālena mahatā viddhvā keśavapāṇḍavau। nanāda mudito drauṇirmahāmeghaughanisvanaḥ ॥8-12-32॥
[शरजालेन (śarajālena) - with a great net of arrows; महता (mahatā) - great; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; केशवपाण्डवौ (keśavapāṇḍavau) - Keshava and Pandava; ननाद (nanāda) - roared; मुदितः (muditaḥ) - joyful; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drauni; महामेघौघनिस्वनः (mahāmeghaughanisvanaḥ) - like the sound of a great cloud mass;]
(Having pierced Keshava and Pandava with a great net of arrows, Drauni, joyful, roared like the sound of a great cloud mass.)
Drauni, filled with joy, roared thunderously after piercing Keshava and Pandava with a massive volley of arrows, resembling the sound of a mighty storm cloud.
तस्य नानदतः श्रुत्वा पाण्डवोऽच्युतमब्रवीत्। पश्य माधव दौरात्म्यं द्रोणपुत्रस्य मां प्रति ॥८-१२-३३॥
tasya nānadataḥ śrutvā pāṇḍavo'cyutamabravīt। paśya mādhava daurātmyaṃ droṇaputrasya māṃ prati ॥8-12-33॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; नानदतः (nānadataḥ) - roaring; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pandu; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - to Krishna; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; पश्य (paśya) - see; माधव (mādhava) - O Madhava; दौरात्म्यम् (daurātmyam) - wickedness; द्रोणपुत्रस्य (droṇaputrasya) - of Drona's son; माम् (mām) - towards me; प्रति (prati) - against;]
(Having heard his roaring, the son of Pandu said to Krishna, "See, O Madhava, the wickedness of Drona's son against me.")
Upon hearing his roar, the Pandava said to Krishna, "Look, O Madhava, at the malice of Drona's son towards me."
वधप्राप्तौ मन्यते नौ प्रवेश्य शरवेश्मनि। एषोऽस्य हन्मि सङ्कल्पं शिक्षया च बलेन च ॥८-१२-३४॥
vadha-prāptau manyate nau praveśya śaraveśmani। eṣo'sya hanmi saṅkalpaṃ śikṣayā ca balena ca ॥8-12-34॥
[वधप्राप्तौ (vadha-prāptau) - in the situation of being sentenced to death; मन्यते (manyate) - he thinks; नौ (nau) - us; प्रवेश्य (praveśya) - having entered; शरवेश्मनि (śaraveśmani) - in the abode of arrows; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; अस्य (asya) - his; हन्मि (hanmi) - I will destroy; सङ्कल्पं (saṅkalpaṃ) - resolve; शिक्षया (śikṣayā) - by teaching; च (ca) - and; बलेन (balena) - by strength; च (ca) - and;]
(In the situation of being sentenced to death, he thinks of us as having entered the abode of arrows. I will destroy his resolve by teaching and by strength.)
In the face of a death sentence, he believes we have entered the realm of arrows. I will break his resolve through both instruction and strength.
अश्वत्थाम्नः शरानस्तांश्छित्त्वैकैकं त्रिधा त्रिधा। व्यधमद्भरतश्रेष्ठो नीहारमिव मारुतः ॥८-१२-३५॥
aśvatthāmnaḥ śarānastāṃśchittvaikaikaṃ tridhā tridhā। vyadhamadbharataśreṣṭho nīhāramiva mārutaḥ ॥8-12-35॥
[अश्वत्थाम्नः (aśvatthāmnaḥ) - of Ashwatthama; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; अस्तान् (astān) - those; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut; एकैकं (ekaikaṃ) - each one; त्रिधा (tridhā) - into three; त्रिधा (tridhā) - into three; व्यधमत् (vyadhamat) - dispersed; भरतश्रेष्ठः (bharataśreṣṭhaḥ) - O best of the Bharatas; नीहारम् (nīhāram) - mist; इव (iva) - like; मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - wind;]
(O best of the Bharatas, having cut each of Ashwatthama's arrows into three, dispersed them like the wind disperses mist.)
O best of the Bharatas, you cut each of Ashwatthama's arrows into three and dispersed them as the wind disperses the mist.
ततः संशप्तकान्भूयः साश्वसूतरथद्विपान्। ध्वजपत्तिगणानुग्रैर्बाणैर्विव्याध पाण्डवः ॥८-१२-३६॥
tataḥ saṃśaptakānbhūyaḥ sāśvasūtarathadvipān। dhvajapattigaṇānugrairbāṇairvivyādha pāṇḍavaḥ ॥8-12-36॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; संशप्तकान् (saṃśaptakān) - the Saṃśaptakas; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; स (sa) - with; अश्व (aśva) - horses; सूतरथ (sūtaratha) - charioteers; द्विपान् (dvipān) - elephants; ध्वज (dhvaja) - flags; पत्ति (patti) - infantry; गणान् (gaṇān) - troops; उग्रैः (ugraiḥ) - fierce; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pāṇḍava;]
(Then the Pāṇḍava again pierced the Saṃśaptakas, along with horses, charioteers, elephants, flags, infantry, and troops, with fierce arrows.)
Then the Pāṇḍava once more attacked the Saṃśaptakas, along with their horses, charioteers, elephants, flags, infantry, and troops, using fierce arrows.
ये ये ददृशिरे तत्र यद्यद्रूपं यथा यथा। ते ते तत्तच्छरैर्व्याप्तं मेनिरेऽऽत्मानमेव च ॥८-१२-३७॥
ye ye dadṛśire tatra yadyadrūpaṃ yathā yathā। te te tattaccharairvyāptaṃ menire''tmānameva ca ॥8-12-37॥
[ये (ye) - those who; ये (ye) - those who; ददृशिरे (dadṛśire) - saw; तत्र (tatra) - there; यद्यद्रूपं (yadyadrūpaṃ) - whatever form; यथा (yathā) - as; यथा (yathā) - as; ते (te) - they; ते (te) - they; तत्तच्छरैः (tattaccharaiḥ) - by those arrows; व्याप्तं (vyāptam) - pervaded; मेनिरे (menire) - considered; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - themselves; एव (eva) - only; च (ca) - and;]
(Those who saw there, whatever form as it was, they considered themselves pervaded by those arrows.)
Those who saw whatever forms were there, perceived themselves as being pervaded by those very arrows.
ते गाण्डीवप्रणुदिता नानारूपाः पतत्रिणः। क्रोशे साग्रे स्थितान्घ्नन्ति द्विपांश्च पुरुषान्रणे ॥८-१२-३८॥
te gāṇḍīvapraṇuditā nānārūpāḥ patatriṇaḥ। krośe sāgre sthitānghnanti dvipāṃśca puruṣānraṇe ॥8-12-38॥
[ते (te) - they; गाण्डीवप्रणुदिता (gāṇḍīvapraṇuditā) - struck by the Gandiva bow; नानारूपाः (nānārūpāḥ) - of various forms; पतत्रिणः (patatriṇaḥ) - birds; क्रोशे (krośe) - within a cry; साग्रे (sāgre) - at the forefront; स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing; घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - kill; द्विपान् (dvipān) - elephants; च (ca) - and; पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(They, the birds of various forms struck by the Gandiva bow, kill the elephants and men standing at the forefront within a cry in battle.)
The birds, transformed into various forms and struck by the Gandiva bow, attack and kill the elephants and men who are positioned at the forefront within a cry's distance in the battle.
भल्लैश्छिन्नाः कराः पेतुः करिणां मदकर्षिणाम्। छिन्ना यथा परशुभिः प्रवृद्धाः शरदि द्रुमाः ॥८-१२-३९॥
bhallaiśchinnāḥ karāḥ petuḥ kariṇāṃ madakarṣiṇām। chinnā yathā paraśubhiḥ pravṛddhāḥ śaradi drumāḥ ॥8-12-39॥
[भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - by arrows; छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut off; कराः (karāḥ) - trunks; पेतुः (petuḥ) - fell; करिणाम् (kariṇām) - of elephants; मदकर्षिणाम् (madakarṣiṇām) - intoxicated; छिन्ना (chinnā) - cut off; यथा (yathā) - as; परशुभिः (paraśubhiḥ) - by axes; प्रवृद्धाः (pravṛddhāḥ) - grown; शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn; द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees;]
(The trunks of the intoxicated elephants were cut off by arrows and fell, just as grown trees are cut off by axes in autumn.)
The intoxicated elephants had their trunks severed by arrows, falling like trees that are cut down by axes in the autumn season.
पश्चात्तु शैलवत्पेतुस्ते गजाः सह सादिभिः। वज्रिवज्रप्रमथिता यथैवाद्रिचयास्तथा ॥८-१२-४०॥
paścāttu śailavatpetuste gajāḥ saha sādibhiḥ। vajrivajrapramathitā yathaivādricayāstathā ॥8-12-40॥
[पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; तु (tu) - but; शैलवत् (śailavat) - like a rock; पेतुः (petuḥ) - fell; ते (te) - they; गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants; सह (saha) - with; सादिभिः (sādibhiḥ) - with riders; वज्रिवज्रप्रमथिता (vajrivajrapramathitā) - smashed by the thunderbolt of Indra; यथा (yathā) - as; एव (eva) - indeed; अद्रिचयाः (adricayāḥ) - mountain peaks; तथा (tathā) - so; ८-१२-४० (8-12-40) - (verse number);]
(Afterwards, but like a rock, they fell, the elephants with riders, smashed by the thunderbolt of Indra, as indeed mountain peaks so.)
Afterwards, the elephants with their riders fell like rocks, smashed by Indra's thunderbolt, just as mountain peaks would fall.
गन्धर्वनगराकारान्विधिवत्कल्पितान्रथान्। विनीतजवनान्युक्तानास्थितान्युद्धदुर्मदान् ॥८-१२-४१॥
gandharvanagarākārānvidhivatkalpitānrathān। vinītajavanānyuktānāsthitānyuddhadurmadān ॥8-12-41॥
[गन्धर्व (gandharva) - celestial being; नगर (nagara) - city; आकारान् (ākārān) - shaped like; विधिवत् (vidhivat) - properly; कल्पितान् (kalpitān) - constructed; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; विनीत (vinīta) - trained; जवनान् (javanān) - swift; युक्तान् (yuktān) - equipped; आस्थितान् (āsthitān) - occupied; युद्ध (yuddha) - battle; दुर्मदान् (durmadān) - arrogant;]
(Chariots shaped like the city of celestial beings, properly constructed, equipped with trained and swift horses, occupied by arrogant warriors for battle.)
The chariots, resembling the city of celestial beings, were properly constructed and equipped with trained and swift horses, occupied by warriors who were arrogant and ready for battle.
शरैर्विशकलीकुर्वन्नमित्रानभ्यवीवृषत्। अलङ्कृतानश्वसादीन्पत्तींश्चाहन्धनञ्जयः ॥८-१२-४२॥
śarairviśakalīkurvanamitrānabhyavīvṛṣat। alaṅkṛtānaśvasādīnpatttīṃścāhandhanañjayaḥ ॥8-12-42॥
[शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; विशकलीकुर्वन् (viśakalīkurvan) - shattering; अमित्रान् (amitrān) - enemies; अभ्यवीवृषत् (abhyavīvṛṣat) - attacked; अलङ्कृतान् (alaṅkṛtān) - adorned; अश्वसादीन् (aśvasādīn) - horses and others; पत्तीन् (patttīn) - foot soldiers; च (ca) - and; अहन (ahan) - struck; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhananjaya;]
(With arrows, shattering the enemies, he attacked. Dhananjaya struck the adorned horses and others, and the foot soldiers.)
Dhananjaya, with his arrows, shattered and attacked the enemies. He struck the adorned horses, other animals, and foot soldiers.
धनञ्जययुगान्तार्कः संशप्तकमहार्णवम्। व्यशोषयत दुःशोषं तीव्रैः शरगभस्तिभिः ॥८-१२-४३॥
dhanañjayayugāntārkaḥ saṃśaptakamahārṇavam। vyaśoṣayata duḥśoṣaṃ tīvraiḥ śaragabhastibhiḥ ॥8-12-43॥
[धनञ्जय (dhanañjaya) - Arjuna; युगान्त (yugānta) - end of an era; अर्कः (arkaḥ) - sun; संशप्तक (saṃśaptaka) - the Trigartas (a group of warriors); महार्णवम् (mahārṇavam) - great ocean; व्यशोषयत (vyaśoṣayata) - dried up; दुःशोषं (duḥśoṣaṃ) - difficult to dry; तीव्रैः (tīvraiḥ) - intense; शर (śara) - arrows; गभस्तिभिः (gabhastibhiḥ) - with rays;]
(Arjuna, like the sun at the end of an era, dried up the great ocean of the Trigartas, difficult to dry, with intense rays of arrows.)
Arjuna, resembling the sun at the end of an era, dried up the formidable ocean of the Trigartas with his intense arrows, which was otherwise difficult to dry.
पुनर्द्रौणिमहाशैलं नाराचैः सूर्यसंनिभैः। निर्बिभेद महावेगैस्त्वरन्वज्रीव पर्वतम् ॥८-१२-४४॥
punardrauṇimahāśailaṃ nārācaiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaiḥ। nirbibheda mahāvegāistvaranvajrīva parvatam ॥8-12-44॥
[पुनः (punah) - again; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drona's son; महाशैलम् (mahāśailam) - great mountain; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows; सूर्यसंनिभैः (sūryasaṃnibhaiḥ) - resembling the sun; निर्बिभेद (nirbibheda) - pierced; महावेगैः (mahāvegaiḥ) - with great speed; त्वरन् (tvaran) - rushing; वज्री (vajrī) - like Indra's thunderbolt; इव (iva) - like; पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain;]
(Again, Drona's son, like a great mountain, was pierced with iron arrows resembling the sun, with great speed, rushing like Indra's thunderbolt at the mountain.)
Once more, Drona's son, akin to a towering mountain, was struck by iron arrows that shone like the sun, with immense speed, as if Indra's thunderbolt was rushing towards a mountain.
तमाचार्यसुतः क्रुद्धः साश्वयन्तारमाशुगैः। युयुत्सुर्नाशकद्योद्धुं पार्थस्तानन्तराच्छिनत् ॥८-१२-४५॥
tamācāryasutaḥ kruddhaḥ sāśvayantāramāśugaiḥ। yuyutsurnāśakadyoddhuṃ pārthastāntarācchinat ॥8-12-45॥
[तम (tam) - that; आचार्य (ācārya) - teacher; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; स (sa) - with; अश्वयन्तारम् (aśvayantāram) - charioteer; आशुगैः (āśugaiḥ) - swift; युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - desiring to fight; न (na) - not; अशकद् (aśakad) - able; योद्धुं (yoddhuṃ) - to fight; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; तान् (tān) - them; अन्तरात् (antarāt) - from within; छिनत् (chinat) - cut off;]
(That son of the teacher, angry, with his swift charioteer, desiring to fight, was not able to fight Arjuna; he cut them off from within.)
The son of the teacher, filled with anger and accompanied by his swift charioteer, wanted to fight but was unable to engage Arjuna in battle; instead, he cut them off from within.
ततः परमसङ्क्रुद्धः काण्डकोशानवासृजत्। अश्वत्थामाभिरूपाय गृहानतिथये यथा ॥८-१२-४६॥
tataḥ paramasaṅkruddhaḥ kāṇḍakośānavāsṛjat। aśvatthāmābhirūpāya gṛhānatithaye yathā ॥8-12-46॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; परमसङ्क्रुद्धः (paramasaṅkruddhaḥ) - extremely angry; काण्डकोशान् (kāṇḍakośān) - missiles; अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - released; अश्वत्थामाभिरूपाय (aśvatthāmābhirūpāya) - for Ashwatthama's form; गृहान् (gṛhān) - houses; अतिथये (atithaye) - for the guest; यथा (yathā) - as;]
(Then, extremely angry, he released the missiles for Ashwatthama's form, as houses for the guest.)
Then, in extreme anger, he released the missiles for Ashwatthama, as if they were houses for a guest.
अथ संशप्तकांस्त्यक्त्वा पाण्डवो द्रौणिमभ्ययात्। अपाङ्क्तेयमिव त्यक्त्वा दाता पाङ्क्तेयमर्थिनम् ॥८-१२-४७॥
atha saṃśaptakāṃstyaktvā pāṇḍavo drauṇimabhyayāt। apāṅkteyamiva tyaktvā dātā pāṅkteyamarthinam ॥8-12-47॥
[अथ (atha) - then; संशप्तकान् (saṃśaptakān) - the Trigartas; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pandu; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drona's son; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached; अपाङ्क्तेयम् (apāṅkteyam) - unworthy; इव (iva) - like; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; दाता (dātā) - the giver; पाङ्क्तेयम् (pāṅkteyam) - worthy; अर्थिनम् (arthinam) - to the seeker;]
(Then, having abandoned the Trigartas, the son of Pandu approached Drona's son. Like abandoning the unworthy, the giver approaches the worthy seeker.)
Then, leaving the Trigartas behind, the Pandava went towards Drona's son, just as a benefactor leaves the unworthy and approaches the worthy seeker.
ततः समभवद्युद्धं शुक्राङ्गिरसवर्चसोः। नक्षत्रमभितो व्योम्नि शुक्राङ्गिरसयोरिव ॥८-१२-४८॥
tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṁ śukrāṅgirasavarcasoḥ। nakṣatramabhito vyomni śukrāṅgirasayoriva ॥8-12-48॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; समभवत् (samabhavat) - arose; युद्धं (yuddhaṁ) - battle; शुक्र (śukra) - Shukra; अङ्गिरस (aṅgirasa) - Angiras; वर्चसोः (varcasoḥ) - of the brilliance; नक्षत्रम् (nakṣatram) - stars; अभितः (abhitaḥ) - around; व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky; शुक्र (śukra) - Shukra; अङ्गिरसयोः (aṅgirasayoḥ) - of Angiras; इव (iva) - like;]
(Then a battle arose of the brilliance of Shukra and Angiras, like stars around in the sky of Shukra and Angiras.)
Then a battle arose between the brilliance of Shukra and Angiras, resembling stars surrounding the sky, like Shukra and Angiras.
सन्तापयन्तावन्योन्यं दीप्तैः शरगभस्तिभिः। लोकत्रासकरावास्तां विमार्गस्थौ ग्रहाविव ॥८-१२-४९॥
santāpayantāv anyonyaṃ dīptaiḥ śaragabhastibhiḥ। lokatrāsakarāv āstāṃ vimārgasthau grahāv iva ॥8-12-49॥
[सन्तापयन्तौ (santāpayantau) - causing to heat; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyaṃ) - each other; दीप्तैः (dīptaiḥ) - with blazing; शरगभस्तिभिः (śaragabhastibhiḥ) - with arrow rays; लोकत्रासकरौ (lokatrāsakarau) - causing fear to the world; आस्ताम् (āstām) - were; विमार्गस्थौ (vimārgasthau) - astray; ग्रहाविव (grahāv iva) - like planets;]
(Causing to heat each other with blazing arrow rays, they were causing fear to the world, astray like planets.)
They were like planets gone astray, causing fear to the world, heating each other with their blazing arrow rays.
ततोऽविध्यद्भ्रुवोर्मध्ये नाराचेनार्जुनो भृशम्। स तेन विबभौ द्रौणिरूर्ध्वरश्मिर्यथा रविः ॥८-१२-५०॥
tato'vidhyadbhruvormadhye nārācenārjuno bhṛśam। sa tena vibabhau drauṇirūrdhvaraśmiryathā raviḥ ॥8-12-50॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - pierced; भ्रुवोः (bhruvoḥ) - of the eyebrows; मध्ये (madhye) - between; नाराचेन (nārācena) - with an arrow; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - severely; सः (saḥ) - he; तेन (tena) - by that; विबभौ (vibabhau) - shone; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; ऊर्ध्वरश्मिः (ūrdhvaraśmiḥ) - with upward rays; यथा (yathā) - like; रविः (raviḥ) - the sun;]
(Then Arjuna severely pierced between the eyebrows with an arrow. By that, Drona's son shone with upward rays like the sun.)
Then Arjuna, with great force, pierced the space between the eyebrows with an arrow. As a result, Drona's son shone brilliantly, resembling the sun with its upward rays.
अथ कृष्णौ शरशतैरश्वत्थाम्नार्दितौ भृशम्। सरश्मिजालनिकरौ युगान्तार्काविवासतुः ॥८-१२-५१॥
atha kṛṣṇau śaraśatairaśvatthāmnārditau bhṛśam। saraśmijālanikarau yugāntārkāvivāsatuḥ ॥8-12-51॥
[अथ (atha) - then; कृष्णौ (kṛṣṇau) - Krishna and Arjuna; शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows; अश्वत्थाम्ना (aśvatthāmnā) - by Ashwatthama; आर्दितौ (ārditau) - afflicted; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; सरश्मिजालनिकरौ (saraśmijālanikarau) - with rays like the sun; युगान्तार्कौ (yugāntārkau) - like the sun at the end of the age; इव (iva) - as if; आसतुः (āsatuḥ) - stood;]
(Then Krishna and Arjuna, greatly afflicted by hundreds of arrows from Ashwatthama, stood like the sun at the end of the age with rays like the sun.)
Then Krishna and Arjuna, severely struck by Ashwatthama's hundreds of arrows, stood firm, resembling the sun at the end of the age with their radiant rays.
ततोऽर्जुनः सर्वतोधारमस्त्र; मवासृजद्वासुदेवाभिगुप्तः। द्रौणायनिं चाभ्यहनत्पृषत्कै; र्वज्राग्निवैवस्वतदण्डकल्पैः ॥८-१२-५२॥
tato'rjunaḥ sarvatodhāramastra; mavāsṛjadvāsudevābhiguptaḥ। drauṇāyaniṃ cābhyahanatpṛṣatkai; rvajrāgnivaivasvatadaṇḍakalpaiḥ ॥8-12-52॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; धारम् (dhāram) - continuous; अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon; अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - released; वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vasudeva; अभिगुप्तः (abhiguptaḥ) - protected; द्रौणायनिम् (drauṇāyanim) - Drona's son; च (ca) - and; अभ्यहनत् (abhyahanat) - struck; पृषत्कैः (pṛṣatkaiḥ) - with arrows; वज्र (vajra) - thunderbolt; अग्नि (agni) - fire; वैवस्वत (vaivasvata) - Vaivasvata; दण्डकल्पैः (daṇḍakalpaiḥ) - like the rod of punishment;]
(Then Arjuna, protected by Vasudeva, released a continuous weapon from all sides and struck Drona's son with arrows like thunderbolt, fire, and Vaivasvata's rod of punishment.)
Then Arjuna, under the protection of Vasudeva, unleashed a barrage of weapons from all directions, striking Drona's son with arrows that were as powerful as thunderbolts, fire, and the rod of Vaivasvata.
स केशवं चार्जुनं चातितेजा; विव्याध मर्मस्वतिरौद्रकर्मा। बाणैः सुमुक्तैरतितीव्रवेगै; र्यैराहतो मृत्युरपि व्यथेत ॥८-१२-५३॥
sa keśavaṁ cārjunaṁ cātitejā; vivyādha marmasvatiraudrakarmā। bāṇaiḥ sumuktairatitīvravegai; ryairāhato mṛtyurapi vyatheta ॥8-12-53॥
[स (sa) - he; केशवम् (keśavam) - Keshava; च (ca) - and; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; अतितेजा (atitejā) - very powerful; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; मर्मस्व (marmasva) - in the vital parts; अतिरौद्रकर्मा (atiraudrakarmā) - one with fierce deeds; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; सुमुक्तैः (sumuktaiḥ) - well-released; अतितीव्रवेगैः (atitīvravegaiḥ) - with very intense speed; यैः (yaiḥ) - by which; आहतः (āhataḥ) - struck; मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death; अपि (api) - even; व्यथेत (vyatheta) - would tremble;]
(He, very powerful, pierced Keshava and Arjuna in the vital parts with arrows well-released with very intense speed, by which even death would tremble.)
The very powerful warrior pierced Keshava and Arjuna in their vital parts with arrows that were released with such intense speed and precision that even death itself would tremble.
द्रौणेरिषूनर्जुनः संनिवार्य; व्यायच्छतस्तद्द्विगुणैः सुपुङ्खैः। तं साश्वसूतध्वजमेकवीर; मावृत्य संशप्तकसैन्यमार्छत् ॥८-१२-५४॥
drauṇeriṣūnarjunaḥ saṃnivārya; vyāyacchatastaddviguṇaiḥ supuṅkhaiḥ। taṃ sāśvasūtadhvajamekavīra; māvṛtya saṃśaptakasainyamārchat ॥8-12-54॥
[द्रौणेः (drauṇeḥ) - of Drona; इषून् (iṣūn) - arrows; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; संनिवार्य (saṃnivārya) - having repelled; व्यायच्छतः (vyāyacchataḥ) - countering; तत् (tad) - those; द्विगुणैः (dviguṇaiḥ) - with twice as many; सुपुङ्खैः (supuṅkhaiḥ) - well-feathered; तम् (tam) - him; साश्वसूतध्वजम् (sāśvasūtadhvajam) - with horse, charioteer, and banner; एकवीरः (ekavīraḥ) - the lone hero; मावृत्य (māvṛtya) - having surrounded; संशप्तकसैन्यम् (saṃśaptakasainyam) - the army of the Saṃśaptakas; आर्छत् (ārchat) - attacked;]
(Arjuna, having repelled the arrows of Drona, countered those with twice as many well-feathered ones. The lone hero, having surrounded him with horse, charioteer, and banner, attacked the army of the Saṃśaptakas.)
Arjuna skillfully repelled Drona's arrows and responded with twice as many well-feathered arrows. The lone hero, with his horse, charioteer, and banner, surrounded and attacked the Saṃśaptaka army.
धनूंषि बाणानिषुधीर्धनुर्ज्याः; पाणीन्भुजान्पाणिगतं च शस्त्रम्। छत्राणि केतूंस्तुरगानथैषां; वस्त्राणि माल्यान्यथ भूषणानि ॥८-१२-५५॥
dhanūṃṣi bāṇāni śudhīrdhanurjyāḥ; pāṇīn bhujān pāṇigataṃ ca śastram. chatrāṇi ketūṃs turagān athaiṣāṃ; vastrāṇi mālyāny atha bhūṣaṇāni ॥8-12-55॥
[धनूंषि (dhanūṃṣi) - bows; बाणानि (bāṇāni) - arrows; इषुधीन् (iṣudhīn) - quivers; धनुर्ज्याः (dhanurjyāḥ) - bowstrings; पाणीन् (pāṇīn) - hands; भुजान् (bhujān) - arms; पाणिगतं (pāṇigataṃ) - held in hand; च (ca) - and; शस्त्रम् (śastram) - weapon; छत्राणि (chatrāṇi) - umbrellas; केतून् (ketūn) - banners; तुरगान् (turagān) - horses; अथ (atha) - and; एषां (eṣāṃ) - their; वस्त्राणि (vastrāṇi) - garments; माल्यानि (mālyāni) - garlands; अथ (atha) - and; भूषणानि (bhūṣaṇāni) - ornaments;]
(Bows, arrows, quivers, bowstrings; hands, arms, and weapon held in hand. Umbrellas, banners, horses, and their garments, garlands, and ornaments.)
The bows, arrows, quivers, and bowstrings; the hands, arms, and weapons held in hand. The umbrellas, banners, horses, and their garments, garlands, and ornaments are described.
चर्माणि वर्माणि मनोरथांश्च; प्रियाणि सर्वाणि शिरांसि चैव। चिच्छेद पार्थो द्विषतां प्रमुक्तै; र्बाणैः स्थितानामपराङ्मुखानाम् ॥८-१२-५६॥
carmāṇi varmāṇi manorathāṃśca; priyāṇi sarvāṇi śirāṃsi caiva। ciccheda pārtho dviṣatāṃ pramuktai; rbāṇaiḥ sthitānāmaparāṅmukhānām ॥8-12-56॥
[चर्माणि (carmāṇi) - skins; वर्माणि (varmāṇi) - armors; मनोरथान् (manorathān) - desires; च (ca) - and; प्रियाणि (priyāṇi) - dear; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; द्विषताम् (dviṣatām) - of the enemies; प्रमुक्तैः (pramuktaiḥ) - released; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; स्थितानाम् (sthitānām) - standing; अपराङ्मुखानाम् (aparāṅmukhānām) - turned away;]
(Skins, armors, desires, and all dear heads indeed; Arjuna cut off of the enemies with released arrows standing turned away.)
Arjuna, with his released arrows, cut off the skins, armors, desires, and all the dear heads of the enemies who were standing turned away.
सुकल्पिताः स्यन्दनवाजिनागाः; समास्थिताः कृतयत्नैर्नृवीरैः। पार्थेरितैर्बाणगणैर्निरस्ता; स्तैरेव सार्धं नृवरैर्निपेतुः ॥८-१२-५७॥
sukalpitāḥ syandanavājināgāḥ; samāsthitāḥ kṛtayatnairnṛvīraiḥ। pārtheritairbāṇagaṇairnirastā; staireva sārdhaṃ nṛvarairnipetuḥ ॥8-12-57॥
[सुकल्पिताः (sukalpitāḥ) - well-arranged; स्यन्दन (syandana) - chariots; वाजि (vāji) - horses; नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants; समास्थिताः (samāsthitāḥ) - well-positioned; कृतयत्नैः (kṛtayatnaiḥ) - with efforts; नृवीरैः (nṛvīraiḥ) - by heroes; पार्थ (pārtha) - Arjuna; इरितैः (iritaiḥ) - dispatched; बाणगणैः (bāṇagaṇaiḥ) - by groups of arrows; निरस्ता (nirastā) - driven away; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; एव (eva) - indeed; सार्धं (sārdhaṃ) - together; नृवरैः (nṛvaraiḥ) - with the best of men; निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - fell down;]
(Well-arranged chariots, horses, and elephants, well-positioned by heroes with efforts, were driven away by groups of arrows dispatched by Arjuna; they indeed fell down together with the best of men.)
The well-arranged chariots, horses, and elephants, positioned by the heroes with great effort, were driven away by the groups of arrows dispatched by Arjuna; they fell down together with the best of men.
पद्मार्कपूर्णेन्दुसमाननानि; किरीटमालामुकुटोत्कटानि। भल्लार्धचन्द्रक्षुरहिंसितानि; प्रपेतुरुर्व्यां नृशिरांस्यजस्रम् ॥८-१२-५८॥
padmārkapūrṇendusamānanāni; kirīṭamālāmukuṭotkaṭāni। bhallārdhacandrakṣurahiṃsitāni; prapetururvyāṃ nṛśirāṃsyajasram ॥8-12-58॥
[पद्म (padma) - lotus; अर्क (arka) - sun; पूर्ण (pūrṇa) - full; इन्दु (indu) - moon; समान (samāna) - equal; अनानि (anāni) - faces; किरीट (kirīṭa) - crown; माला (mālā) - garland; मुकुट (mukuṭa) - diadem; उत्कटानि (utkaṭāni) - prominent; भल्ल (bhalla) - arrow; अर्ध (ardha) - half; चन्द्र (candra) - moon; क्षुर (kṣura) - razor; हिंसितानि (hiṃsitāni) - injured; प्रपेतुः (prapetuḥ) - fell; उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the earth; नृ (nṛ) - men; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; अजस्रम् (ajasram) - continuously;]
(Faces like lotus, sun, and full moon; prominent crowns, garlands, and diadems. Injured by arrows, half-moon razors; heads of men continuously fell on the earth.)
The faces, resembling lotus, sun, and full moon, adorned with prominent crowns, garlands, and diadems, were injured by arrows and half-moon shaped razors, causing the heads of men to continuously fall on the earth.
अथ द्विपैर्देवपतिद्विपाभै; र्देवारिदर्पोल्बणमन्युदर्पैः। कलिङ्गवङ्गाङ्गनिषादवीरा; जिघांसवः पाण्डवमभ्यधावन् ॥८-१२-५९॥
atha dvipairdevapatidvipābhai; rdevāridarpolbaṇamanyudarpaiḥ। kaliṅgavaṅgāṅganiṣādavīrā; jighāṁsavaḥ pāṇḍavamabhyadhāvan ॥8-12-59॥
[अथ (atha) - then; द्विपैः (dvipaiḥ) - by elephants; देवपति (devapati) - lord of gods; द्विपाभैः (dvipābhaiḥ) - by elephants; देवारि (devāri) - enemy of gods; दर्प (darpa) - pride; उल्बण (ulbaṇa) - intense; मन्यु (manyu) - anger; दर्पैः (darpaiḥ) - with pride; कलिङ्ग (kaliṅga) - Kalinga; वङ्ग (vaṅga) - Vanga; अङ्ग (aṅga) - Anga; निषाद (niṣāda) - Nishada; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; जिघांसवः (jighāṁsavaḥ) - desiring to kill; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pandava; अभ्यधावन् (abhyadhāvan) - attacked;]
(Then, by elephants resembling the lord of gods' elephants, with intense pride and anger of the enemies of gods, the heroes of Kalinga, Vanga, Anga, and Nishada, desiring to kill, attacked the Pandava.)
Then, the heroes from Kalinga, Vanga, Anga, and Nishada, mounted on elephants resembling those of the lord of gods, driven by intense pride and anger, charged at the Pandava with the intent to kill.
तेषां द्विपानां विचकर्त पार्थो; वर्माणि मर्माणि करान्नियन्तॄन्। ध्वजाः पताकाश्च ततः प्रपेतु; र्वज्राहतानीव गिरेः शिरांसि ॥८-१२-६०॥
teṣāṃ dvipānāṃ vicakarta pārtho; varmāṇi marmāṇi karānniyantṝn। dhvajāḥ patākāśca tataḥ prapetu; rvajrāhatānīva gireḥ śirāṃsi ॥8-12-60॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; द्विपानाम् (dvipānām) - of the elephants; विचकर्त (vicakarta) - cut down; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; वर्माणि (varmāṇi) - armors; मर्माणि (marmāṇi) - vital parts; करान् (karān) - hands; नियन्तॄन् (niyantṝn) - drivers; ध्वजाः (dhvajāḥ) - flags; पताकाः (patākāḥ) - banners; च (ca) - and; ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रपेतुः (prapetuḥ) - fell down; वज्राहतानि (vajrāhatāni) - struck by the thunderbolt; इव (iva) - like; गिरेः (gireḥ) - of the mountain; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - peaks;]
(Arjuna cut down the armors, vital parts, hands, and drivers of those elephants; then the flags and banners fell down like the peaks of a mountain struck by the thunderbolt.)
Arjuna, with his skill, dismantled the elephants' defenses, cutting through their armors, vital points, and the hands of their drivers. Consequently, the flags and banners toppled as if the peaks of a mountain were struck by a thunderbolt.
तेषु प्ररुग्णेषु गुरोस्तनूजं; बाणैः किरीटी नवसूर्यवर्णैः। प्रच्छादयामास महाभ्रजालै; र्वायुः समुद्युक्तमिवांशुमन्तम् ॥८-१२-६१॥
teṣu prarugṇeṣu gurostanūjaṃ; bāṇaiḥ kirīṭī navasūryavarṇaiḥ। pracchādayāmāsa mahābhrajālai; rvāyuḥ samudyuktamivāṃśumantam ॥8-12-61॥
[तेषु (teṣu) - in them; प्ररुग्णेषु (prarugṇeṣu) - wounded; गुरोः (guroḥ) - of the teacher; तनूजं (tanūjaṃ) - son; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; किरीटी (kirīṭī) - Arjuna; नवसूर्यवर्णैः (navasūryavarṇaiḥ) - like the new sun; प्रच्छादयामास (pracchādayāmāsa) - covered; महाभ्रजालैः (mahābhrajālaiḥ) - with a great mass of clouds; वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind; समुद्युक्तमिव (samudyuktamiva) - as if engaged; अंशुमन्तम् (aṃśumantam) - the sun;]
(In them, wounded, the son of the teacher; with arrows, Arjuna, like the new sun, covered with a great mass of clouds; wind, as if engaged, the sun.)
In the midst of the wounded, Arjuna, the son of the teacher, covered the sky with arrows like a new sun, as if the wind was engaged with a great mass of clouds, obscuring the sun.
ततोऽर्जुनेषूनिषुभिर्निरस्य; द्रौणिः शरैरर्जुनवासुदेवौ। प्रच्छादयित्व दिवि चन्द्रसूर्यौ; ननाद सोऽम्भोद इवातपान्ते ॥८-१२-६२॥
tato'rjuneṣūniṣubhirnirāsya; drauṇiḥ śarairarjunavāsudevau। pracchādayitva divi candrasūryau; nanāda so'mbhoda ivātapānte ॥8-12-62॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनेषूनिषुभिः (arjuneṣūniṣubhiḥ) - Arjuna's arrows with arrows; निरस्य (nirāsya) - having repelled; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; अर्जुनवासुदेवौ (arjunavāsudevau) - Arjuna and Vasudeva; प्रच्छादयित्व (pracchādayitva) - having covered; दिवि (divi) - in the sky; चन्द्रसूर्यौ (candrasūryau) - moon and sun; ननाद (nanāda) - roared; सः (saḥ) - he; अम्भोदः (ambhodaḥ) - cloud; इव (iva) - like; अतपान्ते (atapānte) - at the end of the heat;]
(Then, having repelled Arjuna's arrows with arrows, Drona's son, having covered Arjuna and Vasudeva with arrows, roared in the sky like a cloud at the end of the heat.)
Then, Drona's son repelled Arjuna's arrows with his own and covered Arjuna and Vasudeva with arrows. He roared in the sky like a cloud at the end of the summer heat.
तमर्जुनस्तांश्च पुनस्त्वदीया; नभ्यर्दितस्तैरविकृत्तशस्त्रैः। बाणान्धकारं सहसैव कृत्वा; विव्याध सर्वानिषुभिः सुपुङ्खैः ॥८-१२-६३॥
tamarjunastāṁśca punastvadīyā; nabhyarditastairavikṛttaśastraiḥ। bāṇāndhakāraṁ sahasaiva kṛtvā; vivyādha sarvāniṣubhiḥ supuṅkhaiḥ ॥8-12-63॥
[तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; तान् (tān) - them; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; त्वदीयान् (tvadīyān) - your men; न (na) - not; अभ्यर्दितः (abhyarditaḥ) - overpowered; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; अविकृत्त (avikṛtta) - unbroken; शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons; बाण (bāṇa) - arrows; अन्धकारं (andhakāraṁ) - darkness; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; एव (eva) - indeed; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows; सुपुङ्खैः (supuṅkhaiḥ) - well-feathered;]
(Arjuna, not overpowered by your men with unbroken weapons, suddenly created darkness with arrows and pierced all with well-feathered arrows.)
Arjuna, undeterred by your men whose weapons remained unbroken, swiftly cast a veil of darkness with his arrows and struck all with precision-guided shafts.
नाप्याददत्संदधन्नैव मुञ्च; न्बाणान्रणेऽदृश्यत सव्यसाची। हतांश्च नागांस्तुरगान्पदाती; न्संस्यूतदेहान्ददृशू रथांश्च ॥८-१२-६४॥
nāpyādadatsaṃdadhannaiva muñca; nbāṇānraṇe'dṛśyata savyasācī। hatāṃśca nāgāṃsturagānpadātī; nsaṃsyūtadehāndadṛśū rathāṃśca ॥8-12-64॥
[न (na) - not; अपि (api) - even; आददत् (ādadat) - taking; संदधत् (saṃdadhat) - fixing; न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; मुच् (muc) - releasing; बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - was seen; सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Arjuna; हतान् (hatān) - killed; च (ca) - and; नागान् (nāgān) - elephants; तुरगान् (turagān) - horses; पदातीन् (padātīn) - foot soldiers; संस्यूत (saṃsyūta) - pierced; देहान् (dehān) - bodies; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - saw; रथान् (rathān) - chariots; च (ca) - and;]
(Neither taking, fixing, nor releasing arrows in battle was Arjuna seen. Killed elephants, horses, foot soldiers, and pierced bodies were seen, and chariots too.)
Arjuna, known as Savyasachi, was not seen taking, fixing, or releasing arrows in the battle. Instead, the battlefield was filled with the sight of slain elephants, horses, foot soldiers, and chariots, with bodies pierced.
सन्धाय नाराचवरान्दशाशु; द्रौणिस्त्वरन्नेकमिवोत्ससर्ज। तेषां च पञ्चार्जुनमभ्यविध्य; न्पञ्चाच्युतं निर्बिभिदुः सुमुक्ताः ॥८-१२-६५॥
sandhāya nārācavarāndaśāśu; drauṇistvarannekamivotsasarja. teṣāṃ ca pañcārjunamabhyavidhya; npañcācyutaṃ nirbibhiduḥ sumuktāḥ ॥8-12-65॥
[सन्धाय (sandhāya) - having fixed; नाराचवरान् (nārācavarān) - excellent arrows; दश (daśa) - ten; अशु (aśu) - quickly; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; त्वरन् (tvaran) - hastily; एकम् (ekam) - one; इव (iva) - as if; उत्ससर्ज (utsasarja) - released; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; च (ca) - and; पञ्च (pañca) - five; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; अभ्यविध्यन् (abhyavidhyan) - pierced; पञ्च (pañca) - five; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - Acyuta (Krishna); निर्बिभिदुः (nirbibhiduḥ) - penetrated; सुमुक्ताः (sumuktāḥ) - well-released;]
(Having fixed ten excellent arrows, Drona's son hastily released them as if one. Of them, five pierced Arjuna and five penetrated Acyuta (Krishna), being well-released.)
Drona's son, having swiftly fixed ten of the finest arrows, released them as if they were one. Out of these, five struck Arjuna and five pierced Acyuta (Krishna) with precision.
तैराहतौ सर्वमनुष्यमुख्या; वसृक्क्षरन्तौ धनदेन्द्रकल्पौ। समाप्तविद्येन यथाभिभूतौ; हतौ स्विदेतौ किमु मेनिरेऽन्ये ॥८-१२-६६॥
tairāhatau sarvamanuṣyamukhyā; vasṛkkṣarantau dhanadendrakalpau। samāptavidyena yathābhibhūtau; hatau svidetau kimu menire'nye ॥8-12-66॥
[तैः (taiḥ) - by them; आहतौ (āhatau) - struck; सर्व (sarva) - all; मनुष्य (manuṣya) - human; मुख्यौ (mukhyau) - chiefs; वसृक् (vasṛk) - blood; क्षरन्तौ (kṣarantau) - bleeding; धनद (dhanada) - Kubera; इन्द्र (indra) - Indra; कल्पौ (kalpau) - like; समाप्त (samāpta) - completed; विद्येन (vidyena) - by knowledge; यथा (yathā) - as; अभिभूतौ (abhibhūtau) - overcome; हतौ (hatau) - killed; स्वित् (svid) - indeed; एतौ (etau) - these two; किमु (kimu) - what then; मेनिरे (menire) - considered; अन्ये (anye) - others;]
(Struck by them, the chief among all humans, bleeding, like Kubera and Indra, overcome by completed knowledge, indeed these two were killed; what then did others consider?)
Struck by them, the chief among all humans, bleeding like Kubera and Indra, were overcome by complete knowledge and killed; what then did others think of these two?
अथार्जुनं प्राह दशार्हनाथः; प्रमाद्यसे किं जहि योधमेतम्। कुर्याद्धि दोषं समुपेक्षितोऽसौ; कष्टो भवेद्व्याधिरिवाक्रियावान् ॥८-१२-६७॥
athārjunaṃ prāha daśārhanāthaḥ; pramādyase kiṃ jahi yodhametam। kuryāddhi doṣaṃ samupekṣito'sau; kaṣṭo bhavedvyādhirivākriyāvān ॥8-12-67॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; प्राह (prāha) - said; दशार्हनाथः (daśārhanāthaḥ) - the lord of the Dasharhas; प्रमाद्यसे (pramādyase) - you are negligent; किम् (kim) - why; जहि (jahi) - slay; योधम् (yodham) - the warrior; एतम् (etam) - this; कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - may cause; हि (hi) - indeed; दोषम् (doṣam) - harm; समुपेक्षितः (samupekṣitaḥ) - overlooked; असौ (asau) - he; कष्टः (kaṣṭaḥ) - difficult; भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes; व्याधिः (vyādhiḥ) - disease; इव (iva) - like; अक्रियावान् (akriyāvān) - without treatment;]
(Then the lord of the Dasharhas said to Arjuna, "Why are you negligent? Slay this warrior. Indeed, if overlooked, he may cause harm; like a disease becomes difficult without treatment.")
Then the lord of the Dasharhas said to Arjuna, "Why are you negligent? Slay this warrior. If he is overlooked, he may indeed cause harm, like a disease that becomes difficult to treat."
तथेति चोक्त्वाच्युतमप्रमादी; द्रौणिं प्रयत्नादिषुभिस्ततक्ष। छित्त्वाश्वरश्मींस्तुरगानविध्य; त्ते तं रणादूहुरतीव दूरम् ॥८-१२-६८॥
tatheti coktvācyutamapramādī; drauṇiṃ prayatnādiṣubhistatakṣa। chittvāśvaraśmīṃsturagānavidhya; tte taṃ raṇādūhuratīva dūram ॥8-12-68॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - Acyuta (Krishna); अप्रमादी (apramādī) - unfailing; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drona's son; प्रयत्नात् (prayatnāt) - with effort; इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows; ततक्ष (tatakṣa) - pierced; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut; अश्व (aśva) - horse; रश्मीन् (raśmīn) - reins; तुरगान् (turagān) - horses; अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - pierced; ते (te) - they; तम् (tam) - him; रणात् (raṇāt) - from the battlefield; ऊहुः (ūhuḥ) - carried away; अतीव (atīva) - very; दूरम् (dūram) - far;]
(Thus, having spoken to Acyuta unfailingly, he pierced Drona's son with effort using arrows. Having cut the reins of the horses, they carried him very far from the battlefield.)
After addressing Krishna, the unfailing one, he skillfully struck Drona's son with arrows. Cutting the reins of the horses, they swiftly carried him far away from the battlefield.
आवृत्य नेयेष पुनस्तु युद्धं; पार्थेन सार्धं मतिमान्विमृश्य। जानञ्जयं नियतं वृष्णिवीरे; धनञ्जये चाङ्गिरसां वरिष्ठः ॥८-१२-६९॥
āvṛtya neyeṣa punastu yuddhaṁ; pārthena sārdhaṁ matimānvimṛśya। jānañjayaṁ niyataṁ vṛṣṇivīre; dhanañjaye cāṅgirasāṁ variṣṭhaḥ ॥8-12-69॥
[आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having surrounded; नेयेष (neyeṣa) - desired to lead; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; तु (tu) - but; युद्धं (yuddhaṁ) - battle; पार्थेन (pārthena) - with Arjuna; सार्धं (sārdhaṁ) - together; मतिमान् (matimān) - the wise one; विमृश्य (vimṛśya) - having considered; जानञ्जयं (jānañjayaṁ) - knowing victory; नियतं (niyataṁ) - certain; वृष्णिवीरे (vṛṣṇivīre) - among the Vrishni heroes; धनञ्जये (dhanañjaye) - in Dhananjaya; च (ca) - and; अङ्गिरसां (aṅgirasāṁ) - of the Angiras; वरिष्ठः (variṣṭhaḥ) - the foremost;]
(Having surrounded, desired to lead again to battle; together with Arjuna, the wise one, having considered. Knowing victory certain among the Vrishni heroes; in Dhananjaya and the foremost of the Angiras.)
Having surrounded, he desired to lead again to battle; together with Arjuna, the wise one, having considered. Knowing victory was certain among the Vrishni heroes, in Dhananjaya and the foremost of the Angiras.
प्रतीपकाये तु रणादश्वत्थाम्नि हृते हयैः। मन्त्रौषधिक्रियादानैर्व्याधौ देहादिवाहृते ॥८-१२-७०॥
pratīpakāye tu raṇādaśvatthāmni hṛte hayaiḥ। mantrauṣadhikriyādānairvyādhau dehādivāhṛte ॥8-12-70॥
[प्रतीपकाये (pratīpakāye) - to the opposing side; तु (tu) - but; रणात् (raṇāt) - from the battle; अश्वत्थाम्नि (aśvatthāmni) - in Ashvatthaman; हृते (hṛte) - taken away; हयैः (hayaiḥ) - by the horses; मन्त्रौषधिक्रियादानैः (mantrauṣadhikriyādānaiḥ) - by the giving of mantras and medicinal actions; व्याधौ (vyādhau) - in disease; देहादिव (dehādiva) - like the body; आहृते (āhṛte) - brought back;]
(To the opposing side, but from the battle, Ashvatthaman was taken away by the horses. By the giving of mantras and medicinal actions, in disease, like the body, brought back.)
Ashvatthaman was taken away from the battle by the horses to the opposing side. Through mantras and medicinal actions, he was brought back as if recovering from a disease, like a body being restored.
संशप्तकानभिमुखौ प्रयातौ केशवार्जुनौ। वातोद्धूतपताकेन स्यन्दनेनौघनादिना ॥८-१२-७१॥
saṁśaptakānabhimukhau prayātau keśavārjunau। vātoddhūtapatākena syandanenaughanādinā ॥8-12-71॥
[संशप्तकान् (saṁśaptakān) - towards the Samsaptakas; अभिमुखौ (abhimukhau) - facing; प्रयातौ (prayātau) - proceeded; केशव-अर्जुनौ (keśava-arjunau) - Keshava and Arjuna; वात-उद्धूत-पताकेन (vāta-uddhūta-patākena) - with flags fluttering in the wind; स्यन्दनेन (syandanena) - by chariot; ओघ-नादिना (aughanādinā) - with roaring sound;]
(Keshava and Arjuna proceeded towards the Samsaptakas, facing them, with flags fluttering in the wind, by chariot with roaring sound.)
Keshava and Arjuna advanced towards the Samsaptakas, confronting them with their chariot, which had flags fluttering in the wind and made a roaring sound.
