08.040
Pancharatra and Core: General destruction of the army by Arjua, Bhima and Karna; Nakula and Sahadeva fighting Duryodhana face defeat, but are ably supported by Dhṛṣṭadyumna in time, who makes the Kuru king retreat; Karna takes on Dhṛṣṭadyumna as day reaches its midpoint causing great destruction of Panchala forces; Seeing the destruction caused by Karna, Arjuna asks Krishna to take him there; Ashvatthama stops Arjuna and overpowers him, resulting in Krishna's rebuke. What follows is the complete slaughter of the Kaurava forces by Arjuna.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
भीमसेनं सपाञ्चाल्यं चेदिकेकयसंवृतम्। वैकर्तनः स्वयं रुद्ध्वा वारयामास सायकैः ॥८-४०-१॥
bhīmasenaṃ sapāñcālyaṃ cedikekayasaṃvṛtam। vaikartanaḥ svayaṃ ruddhvā vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ ॥8-40-1॥
[भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; सपाञ्चाल्यम् (sapāñcālyam) - with the Panchalas; चेदिकेकयसंवृतम् (cedikekayasaṃvṛtam) - surrounded by the Chedis and Kekayas; वैकर्तनः (vaikartanaḥ) - Karna; स्वयम् (svayam) - himself; रुद्ध्वा (ruddhvā) - having stopped; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained; सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Karna himself, having stopped Bhimasena, surrounded by the Panchalas, Chedis, and Kekayas, restrained them with arrows.)
Karna, by his own prowess, halted Bhimasena and his allies, the Panchalas, Chedis, and Kekayas, using his arrows.
ततस्तु चेदिकारूषान्सृञ्जयांश्च महारथान्। कर्णो जघान सङ्क्रुद्धो भीमसेनस्य पश्यतः ॥८-४०-२॥
tatastu cedikārūṣānsṛñjayāṃśca mahārathān। karṇo jaghāna saṅkruddho bhīmasenasya paśyataḥ ॥8-40-2॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - but; चेदि (cedi) - Cedis; कारूषान् (kārūṣān) - Karushas; सृञ्जयान् (sṛñjayān) - Srinjayas; च (ca) - and; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great warriors; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angry; भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhimasena; पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - in the presence of;]
(Then, but Karna, angry, killed the Cedis, Karushas, and Srinjayas, the great warriors, in the presence of Bhimasena.)
Then, in the presence of Bhimasena, the angry Karna killed the great warriors of the Cedis, Karushas, and Srinjayas.
भीमसेनस्ततः कर्णं विहाय रथसत्तमम्। प्रययौ कौरवं सैन्यं कक्षमग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥८-४०-३॥
bhīmasenastataḥ karṇaṃ vihāya rathasattamam। prayayau kauravaṃ sainyaṃ kakṣamagniriva jvalan ॥8-40-3॥
[भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; ततः (tataḥ) - then; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; विहाय (vihāya) - leaving; रथसत्तमम् (rathasattamam) - the best of chariots; प्रययौ (prayayau) - proceeded; कौरवम् (kauravam) - Kaurava; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; कक्षम् (kakṣam) - like a forest; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; इव (iva) - like; ज्वलन् (jvalan) - blazing;]
(Bhimasena then, leaving Karna, the best of chariots, proceeded towards the Kaurava army like a blazing fire in a forest.)
Then Bhimasena, leaving Karna behind, advanced towards the Kaurava army, blazing like a fire consuming a forest.
सूतपुत्रोऽपि समरे पाञ्चालान्केकयांस्तथा। सृञ्जयांश्च महेष्वासान्निजघान सहस्रशः ॥८-४०-४॥
sūtaputro'pi samare pāñcālānkekayāṃstathā। sṛñjayāṃśca maheṣvāsānnijaghāna sahasraśaḥ ॥8-40-4॥
[सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - son of a charioteer; अपि (api) - also; समरे (samare) - in battle; पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - Panchalas; केकयान् (kekayān) - Kekayas; तथा (tathā) - as well as; सृञ्जयान् (sṛñjayān) - Srinjayas; च (ca) - and; महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great archers; निजघान (nijaghāna) - killed; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by the thousands;]
(The son of a charioteer also killed the Panchalas, Kekayas, as well as the Srinjayas and great archers by the thousands in battle.)
The son of a charioteer, in the battle, killed thousands of great archers, including the Panchalas, Kekayas, and Srinjayas.
संशप्तकेषु पार्थश्च कौरवेषु वृकोदरः। पाञ्चालेषु तथा कर्णः क्षयं चक्रूर्महारथाः ॥८-४०-५॥
saṁśaptakeṣu pārthaśca kauraveṣu vṛkodaraḥ। pāñcāleṣu tathā karṇaḥ kṣayaṁ cakrūrmahārathāḥ ॥8-40-5॥
[संशप्तकेषु (saṁśaptakeṣu) - among the Saṁśaptakas; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; कौरवेषु (kauraveṣu) - among the Kauravas; वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhima; पाञ्चालेषु (pāñcāleṣu) - among the Panchalas; तथा (tathā) - also; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; क्षयं (kṣayam) - destruction; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - made; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors;]
(Among the Saṁśaptakas, Arjuna; and among the Kauravas, Bhima; among the Panchalas, also Karna; the great warriors made destruction.)
Arjuna fought fiercely among the Saṁśaptakas, Bhima among the Kauravas, and Karna among the Panchalas, all causing great destruction.
ते क्षत्रिया दह्यमानास्त्रिभिस्तैः पावकोपमैः। जग्मुर्विनाशं समरे राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥८-४०-६॥
te kṣatriyā dahyamānāstribhistaiḥ pāvakopamaiḥ। jagmurvināśaṃ samare rājandurmantrite tava ॥8-40-6॥
[ते (te) - they; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors; दह्यमानाः (dahyamānāḥ) - being burned; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three; तैः (taiḥ) - by those; पावक-उपमैः (pāvaka-upamaiḥ) - fire-like; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - went; विनाशम् (vināśam) - to destruction; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; दुर्मन्त्रिते (durmantrite) - due to bad counsel; तव (tava) - your;]
(They, the warriors, being burned by those three fire-like ones, went to destruction in battle, O king, due to your bad counsel.)
The warriors, scorched by the three who were like fire, met their end in battle, O king, because of your poor strategy.
ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धो नकुलं नवभिः शरैः। विव्याध भरतश्रेष्ठ चतुरश्चास्य वाजिनः ॥८-४०-७॥
tato duryodhanaḥ kruddho nakulaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ। vivyādha bharataśreṣṭha caturaścāsya vājinaḥ ॥8-40-7॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakula; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses;]
(Then Duryodhana, angry, pierced Nakula with nine arrows, O best of the Bharatas, and four of his horses.)
Then, in his anger, Duryodhana shot nine arrows at Nakula, O best of the Bharatas, and also struck four of his horses.
ततः पुनरमेयात्मा तव पुत्रो जनाधिपः। क्षुरेण सहदेवस्य ध्वजं चिच्छेद काञ्चनम् ॥८-४०-८॥
tataḥ punarameyātmā tava putro janādhipaḥ। kṣureṇa sahadevasya dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāñcanam ॥8-40-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पुनः (punar) - again; अमेयात्मा (ameyātmā) - immeasurable soul; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; जनाधिपः (janādhipaḥ) - king; क्षुरेण (kṣureṇa) - with the sword; सहदेवस्य (sahadevasya) - of Sahadeva; ध्वजम् (dhvajam) - flag; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - golden;]
(Then again, your son, the immeasurable soul, the king, cut the golden flag of Sahadeva with the sword.)
Then once more, your son, the immeasurable soul and king, severed the golden flag of Sahadeva with his sword.
नकुलस्तु ततः क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रं त्रिसप्तभिः। जघान समरे राजन्सहदेवश्च पञ्चभिः ॥८-४०-९॥
nakulastu tataḥ kruddhastava putraṁ trisaptabhiḥ। jaghāna samare rājansahadevaśca pañcabhiḥ ॥8-40-9॥
[नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; तु (tu) - but; ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रं (putraṁ) - son; त्रिसप्तभिः (trisaptabhiḥ) - with twenty-one; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; च (ca) - and; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five;]
(Nakula, then angry, killed your son with twenty-one (arrows) in battle, O king, and Sahadeva (killed) with five (arrows).)
Nakula, in his anger, then killed your son with twenty-one arrows in the battle, O king, while Sahadeva killed with five arrows.
तावुभौ भरतश्रेष्ठौ श्रेष्ठौ सर्वधनुष्मताम्। विव्याधोरसि सङ्क्रुद्धः पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः ॥८-४०-१०॥
tāvubhau bharataśreṣṭhau śreṣṭhau sarvadhanuṣmatām। vivyādhorasi saṅkruddhaḥ pañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ ॥8-40-10॥
[तावुभौ (tāvubhau) - those two; भरतश्रेष्ठौ (bharataśreṣṭhau) - best among the Bharatas; श्रेष्ठौ (śreṣṭhau) - best; सर्वधनुष्मताम् (sarvadhanuṣmatām) - among all archers; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; उरसि (urasi) - in the chest; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angrily; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(Those two, the best among the Bharatas, the best among all archers, angrily pierced the chest with five arrows each.)
The two best among the Bharatas, renowned as the finest archers, angrily struck the chest with five arrows each.
ततोऽपराभ्यां भल्लाभ्यां धनुषी समकृन्तत। यमयोः प्रहसन्राजन्विव्याधैव च सप्तभिः ॥८-४०-११॥
tato'parābhyāṁ bhallābhyāṁ dhanuṣī samakṛntata। yamayoḥ prahasanrājanvivyādhaiva ca saptabhiḥ ॥8-40-11॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अपराभ्याम् (aparābhyām) - with two others; भल्लाभ्याम् (bhallābhyām) - with two arrows; धनुषी (dhanuṣī) - bows; समकृन्तत (samakṛntata) - cut off; यमयोः (yamayoḥ) - of Yama's sons; प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smiling; राजन् (rājan) - O king; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ) - with seven;]
(Then, with two other arrows, he cut off the bows of Yama's sons. Smiling, O king, he indeed pierced them with seven (arrows).)
Then, with two other arrows, he cut off the bows of Yama's sons. Smiling, O king, he pierced them with seven arrows.
तावन्ये धनुषी श्रेष्ठे शक्रचापनिभे शुभे। प्रगृह्य रेजतुः शूरौ देवपुत्रसमौ युधि ॥८-४०-१२॥
tāvanye dhanuṣī śreṣṭhe śakracāpanibhe śubhe। pragṛhya rejatuḥ śūrau devaputrasamau yudhi ॥8-40-12॥
[तौ (tau) - those two; अन्ये (anye) - other; धनुषी (dhanuṣī) - bows; श्रेष्ठे (śreṣṭhe) - excellent; शक्रचापनिभे (śakracāpanibhe) - resembling Indra's bow; शुभे (śubhe) - auspicious; प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having taken; रेजतुः (rejatuḥ) - shone; शूरौ (śūrau) - heroes; देवपुत्रसमौ (devaputrasamau) - equal to the sons of gods; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(Those two other heroes, having taken the excellent, auspicious bows resembling Indra's bow, shone equal to the sons of gods in battle.)
Those two other heroes, holding their excellent and auspicious bows that resembled Indra's bow, shone like the sons of gods in the battle.
ततस्तौ रभसौ युद्धे भ्रातरौ भ्रातरं नृप। शरैर्ववर्षतुर्घोरैर्महामेघौ यथाचलम् ॥८-४०-१३॥
tatastau rabhasau yuddhe bhrātarau bhrātaraṃ nṛpa। śrairvavarṣaturghorairmahāmeghau yathācalam ॥8-40-13॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तौ (tau) - those two; रभसौ (rabhasau) - fierce; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - brothers; भ्रातरं (bhrātaraṃ) - brother; नृप (nṛpa) - king; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; ववर्षतुः (vavarṣatuḥ) - showered; घोरैः (ghoraiḥ) - terrible; महामेघौ (mahāmeghau) - great clouds; यथा (yathā) - like; अचलम् (acalam) - mountain;]
(Then those two fierce brothers, O king, showered their brother with terrible arrows like great clouds on a mountain.)
Then those two fierce brothers, O king, attacked their brother with a barrage of terrible arrows, resembling great clouds pouring down on a mountain.
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज तव पुत्रो महारथः। पाण्डुपुत्रौ महेष्वासौ वारयामास पत्रिभिः ॥८-४०-१४॥
tataḥ kruddho mahārāja tava putro mahārathaḥ। pāṇḍuputrau maheṣvāsau vārayāmāsa patribhiḥ ॥8-40-14॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior; पाण्डुपुत्रौ (pāṇḍuputrau) - the sons of Pandu; महेष्वासौ (maheṣvāsau) - great archers; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - stopped; पत्रिभिः (patribhiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Then, O great king, your son, the great warrior, stopped the sons of Pandu, the great archers, with arrows.)
Then, O great king, your son, the mighty warrior, halted the Pandava brothers, who were great archers, using his arrows.
धनुर्मण्डलमेवास्य दृश्यते युधि भारत। सायकाश्चैव दृश्यन्ते निश्चरन्तः समन्ततः ॥८-४०-१५॥
dhanurmaṇḍalamevāsyadṛśyate yudhi bhārata। sāyakāścaiva dṛśyante niścarantaḥ samantataḥ ॥8-40-15॥
[धनुर्मण्डलम् (dhanurmaṇḍalam) - bow-circle; एव (eva) - indeed; अस्य (asya) - his; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; सायकाः (sāyakāḥ) - arrows; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen; निश्चरन्तः (niścarantaḥ) - moving; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around;]
(The bow-circle indeed of his is seen in battle, O Bhārata. The arrows and indeed are seen moving all around.)
In the battle, O Bhārata, his bow's circle is clearly visible, and the arrows are seen flying all around.
तस्य सायकसञ्छन्नौ चकाशेतां च पाण्डवौ। मेघच्छन्नौ यथा व्योम्नि चन्द्रसूर्यौ हतप्रभौ ॥८-४०-१६॥
tasya sāyakasañchannau cakāśetāṃ ca pāṇḍavau। meghacchannau yathā vyomni candrasūryau hataprabhau ॥8-40-16॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; सायक (sāyaka) - arrows; सञ्छन्नौ (sañchannau) - covered; चकाशेतां (cakāśetāṃ) - shone; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवौ (pāṇḍavau) - the Pandavas; मेघ (megha) - cloud; छन्नौ (channau) - covered; यथा (yathā) - as; व्योम्नि (vyomni) - in the sky; चन्द्र (candra) - moon; सूर्यौ (sūryau) - sun; हत (hata) - stricken; प्रभौ (prabhau) - radiance;]
(Covered by his arrows, the Pandavas shone, as the moon and sun, covered by clouds in the sky, with their radiance stricken.)
The Pandavas, covered by his arrows, appeared like the moon and sun in the sky, obscured by clouds, their brilliance dimmed.
ते तु बाणा महाराज हेमपुङ्खाः शिलाशिताः। आच्छादयन्दिशः सर्वाः सूर्यस्येवांशवस्तदा ॥८-४०-१७॥
te tu bāṇā mahārāja hemapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ। ācchādayandiśaḥ sarvāḥ sūryasyevāṃśavastadā ॥8-40-17॥
[ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; हेमपुङ्खाः (hemapuṅkhāḥ) - golden-feathered; शिलाशिताः (śilāśitāḥ) - stone-sharpened; आच्छादयन् (ācchādayan) - covering; दिशः (diśaḥ) - the directions; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; सूर्यस्य (sūryasya) - of the sun; इव (iva) - like; अंशवः (aṃśavaḥ) - rays; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(But those arrows, O great king, golden-feathered and stone-sharpened, were covering all the directions like the rays of the sun then.)
At that time, O great king, those arrows with golden feathers and sharpened with stones covered all directions, resembling the rays of the sun.
बाणभूते ततस्तस्मिन्सञ्छन्ने च नभस्तले। यमाभ्यां ददृशे रूपं कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥८-४०-१८॥
bāṇabhūte tatastasminsañchannē ca nabhastalē। yamābhyāṁ dadṛśē rūpaṁ kālāntakayamōpamam ॥8-40-18॥
[बाणभूते (bāṇabhūte) - in the form of an arrow; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; सञ्छन्ने (sañchannē) - covered; च (ca) - and; नभस्तले (nabhastalē) - in the sky; यमाभ्यां (yamābhyāṁ) - by Yama; ददृशे (dadṛśē) - was seen; रूपं (rūpaṁ) - form; कालान्तकयमोपमम् (kālāntakayamōpamam) - like the end-time Yama;]
(Then, in the form of an arrow, in that covered sky, the form was seen by Yama, like the end-time Yama.)
Then, in the sky covered by arrows, Yama saw a form resembling the end-time Yama.
पराक्रमं तु तं दृष्ट्वा तव सूनोर्महारथाः। मृत्योरुपान्तिकं प्राप्तौ माद्रीपुत्रौ स्म मेनिरे ॥८-४०-१९॥
parākramaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā tava sūnormahārathāḥ। mṛtyorupāntikaṃ prāptau mādrīputrau sma menire ॥8-40-19॥
[पराक्रमम् (parākramam) - valor; तु (tu) - but; तम् (tam) - that; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तव (tava) - your; सूनोः (sūnoḥ) - son's; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors; मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - of death; उपान्तिकम् (upāntikam) - proximity; प्राप्तौ (prāptau) - having reached; माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - sons of Mādrī; स्म (sma) - indeed; मेनिरे (menire) - thought;]
(But having seen that valor of your son, the great warriors thought that the sons of Mādrī had indeed reached the proximity of death.)
The great warriors, upon witnessing the valor of your son, believed that the sons of Mādrī were indeed on the brink of death.
ततः सेनापती राजन्पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः। पार्षतः प्रययौ तत्र यत्र राजा सुयोधनः ॥८-४०-२०॥
tataḥ senāpatī rājanpāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ। pārṣataḥ prayayau tatra yatra rājā suyodhanaḥ ॥8-40-20॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सेनापती (senāpatī) - commander; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पाण्डवस्य (pāṇḍavasya) - of the Pandava; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great soul; पार्षतः (pārṣataḥ) - son of Prishata; प्रययौ (prayayau) - went; तत्र (tatra) - there; यत्र (yatra) - where; राजा (rājā) - king; सुयोधनः (suyodhanaḥ) - Suyodhana;]
(Then the commander, O king, of the Pandavas, the great soul, son of Prishata, went there where King Suyodhana was.)
Then the commander of the Pandavas, the noble son of Prishata, went to the place where King Suyodhana was.
माद्रीपुत्रौ ततः शूरौ व्यतिक्रम्य महारथौ। धृष्टद्युम्नस्तव सुतं ताडयामास सायकैः ॥८-४०-२१॥
mādrīputrau tataḥ śūrau vyatikramya mahārathau। dhṛṣṭadyumnastava sutaṃ tāḍayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ ॥8-40-21॥
[माद्रीपुत्रौ (mādrīputrau) - sons of Madri; ततः (tataḥ) - then; शूरौ (śūrau) - heroes; व्यतिक्रम्य (vyatikramya) - having surpassed; महारथौ (mahārathau) - great charioteers; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhrishtadyumna; तव (tava) - your; सुतं (sutaṃ) - son; ताडयामास (tāḍayāmāsa) - struck; सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Then the sons of Madri, the heroes and great charioteers, having surpassed, Dhrishtadyumna struck your son with arrows.)
Then the heroic sons of Madri, having surpassed the great charioteers, Dhrishtadyumna struck your son with arrows.
तमविध्यदमेयात्मा तव पुत्रोऽत्यमर्षणः। पाञ्चाल्यं पञ्चविंशत्या प्रहस्य पुरुषर्षभ ॥८-४०-२२॥
tamavidhyadamayātmā tava putro'tyamarṣaṇaḥ। pāñcālyaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā prahasya puruṣarṣabha ॥8-40-22॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - pierced; अमेय (amaya) - immeasurable; आत्मा (ātmā) - soul; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; अत्य (atya) - extremely; अमर्षणः (amarṣaṇaḥ) - angry; पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - Panchala's son; पञ्चविंशत्या (pañcaviṃśatyā) - with twenty-five; प्रहस्य (prahasya) - smiling; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O bull among men;]
(Your son, with an immeasurable soul, extremely angry, pierced him, Panchala's son, with twenty-five arrows, smiling, O bull among men.)
Your son, possessing an immeasurable soul and extreme anger, smilingly pierced the son of Panchala with twenty-five arrows, O bull among men.
ततः पुनरमेयात्मा पुत्रस्ते पृथिवीपते। विद्ध्वा ननाद पाञ्चाल्यं षष्ट्या पञ्चभिरेव च ॥८-४०-२३॥
tataḥ punarameyātmā putraste pṛthivīpate। viddhvā nanāda pāñcālyaṃ ṣaṣṭyā pañcabhireva ca ॥8-40-23॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; अमेयात्मा (ameyātmā) - immeasurable soul; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; ते (te) - your; पृथिवीपते (pṛthivīpate) - O lord of the earth; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; ननाद (nanāda) - roared; पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - at the Panchala prince; षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - and five; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(Then again, your son, the immeasurable soul, O lord of the earth, having pierced, roared at the Panchala prince with sixty and five indeed.)
Then again, your son, the one with an immeasurable soul, O lord of the earth, pierced and roared at the Panchala prince with sixty-five arrows.
अथास्य सशरं चापं हस्तावापं च मारिष। क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन राजा चिच्छेद संयुगे ॥८-४०-२४॥
athāsya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ hastāvāpaṃ ca māriṣa। kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena rājā ciccheda saṃyuge ॥8-40-24॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अस्य (asya) - his; सशरं (saśaram) - with arrow; चापं (cāpam) - bow; हस्तावापं (hastāvāpam) - grip; च (ca) - and; मारिष (māriṣa) - O honorable one; क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-sharp arrow; सुतीक्ष्णेन (sutīkṣṇena) - very sharp; राजा (rājā) - the king; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(Then, O honorable one, the king cut off his bow with the arrow and grip with a very sharp razor-sharp arrow in battle.)
Then, O honorable one, the king severed his bow and grip with a very sharp razor-sharp arrow during the battle.
तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं पाञ्चाल्यः शत्रुकर्शनः। अन्यदादत्त वेगेन धनुर्भारसहं नवम् ॥८-४०-२५॥
tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ pāñcālyaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ। anyadādatta vegena dhanurbhārasahaṃ navam ॥8-40-25॥
[तत् (tat) - that; अपास्य (apāsya) - having discarded; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; छिन्नं (chinnaṃ) - broken; पाञ्चाल्यः (pāñcālyaḥ) - son of Panchala; शत्रुकर्शनः (śatrukarśanaḥ) - enemy tormentor; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; आदत्त (ādatta) - took; वेगेन (vegena) - swiftly; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; भारसहम् (bhārasaham) - weight-bearing; नवम् (navam) - new;]
(Having discarded the broken bow, the son of Panchala, tormentor of enemies, swiftly took another new weight-bearing bow.)
The son of Panchala, known for tormenting enemies, discarded his broken bow and swiftly took up another new bow capable of bearing weight.
प्रज्वलन्निव वेगेन संरम्भाद्रुधिरेक्षणः। अशोभत महेष्वासो धृष्टद्युम्नः कृतव्रणः ॥८-४०-२६॥
prajvalanniva vegena saṁrambhādrudhirekṣaṇaḥ। aśobhata maheṣvāso dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kṛtavraṇaḥ ॥8-40-26॥
[प्रज्वलन् (prajvalan) - blazing; इव (iva) - as if; वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; संरम्भात् (saṁrambhāt) - from anger; रुधिरेक्षणः (rudhirekṣaṇaḥ) - bloodshot eyes; अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; कृतव्रणः (kṛtavraṇaḥ) - wounded;]
(Blazing as if with speed, from anger, with bloodshot eyes, shone the great archer Dhṛṣṭadyumna, wounded.)
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the great archer, appeared fierce and wounded, his eyes bloodshot with anger, blazing as if with speed.
स पञ्चदश नाराचाञ्श्वसतः पन्नगानिव। जिघांसुर्भरतश्रेष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नो व्यवासृजत् ॥८-४०-२७॥
sa pañcadaśa nārācāñśvasataḥ pannagāniva। jighāṁsur bharataśreṣṭhaṁ dhṛṣṭadyumno vyavāsṛjat ॥8-40-27॥
[स (sa) - he; पञ्चदश (pañcadaśa) - fifteen; नाराचान् (nārācān) - arrows; श्वसतः (śvasataḥ) - breathing; पन्नगान् (pannagān) - serpents; इव (iva) - like; जिघांसुः (jighāṁsuḥ) - desiring to kill; भरतश्रेष्ठम् (bharataśreṣṭham) - O best of the Bharatas; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; व्यवासृजत् (vyavāsṛjat) - released;]
(He released fifteen arrows, breathing like serpents, desiring to kill, O best of the Bharatas, Dhṛṣṭadyumna.)
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, desiring to kill, released fifteen arrows that hissed like serpents, O best of the Bharatas.
ते वर्म हेमविकृतं भित्त्वा राज्ञः शिलाशिताः। विविशुर्वसुधां वेगात्कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः ॥८-४०-२८॥
te varma hemavikṛtaṃ bhittvā rājñaḥ śilāśitāḥ। viviśurvasudhāṃ vegātkaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ ॥8-40-28॥
[ते (te) - they; वर्म (varma) - armor; हेमविकृतं (hemavikṛtaṃ) - made of gold; भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced; राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king; शिलाशिताः (śilāśitāḥ) - adorned with stones; विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - entered; वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - the earth; वेगात् (vegāt) - with speed; कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः (kaṅkabarhiṇavāsasaḥ) - wearing peacock feathers;]
(They, having pierced the armor made of gold adorned with stones of the king, entered the earth with speed, wearing peacock feathers.)
They pierced the golden armor adorned with gems of the king and swiftly entered the earth, dressed in peacock feathers.
सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज पुत्रस्तेऽतिव्यराजत। वसन्ते पुष्पशबलः सपुष्प इव किंशुकः ॥८-४०-२९॥
so'tividdho mahārāja putraste'tivyarājata। vasante puṣpaśabalaḥ sapuṣpa iva kiṃśukaḥ ॥8-40-29॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अतिविद्धः (atividdhaḥ) - pierced deeply; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; ते (te) - your; अतिव्यराजत (ativyarājata) - shone brightly; वसन्ते (vasante) - in spring; पुष्पशबलः (puṣpaśabalaḥ) - flower-covered; सपुष्पः (sapuṣpaḥ) - with flowers; इव (iva) - like; किंशुकः (kiṃśukaḥ) - a Kimshuka tree;]
(He, pierced deeply, O great king, your son shone brightly, like a Kimshuka tree covered with flowers in spring.)
O great king, your son, though deeply pierced, shone brightly like a Kimshuka tree in full bloom during spring.
स छिन्नवर्मा नाराचैः प्रहारैर्जर्जरच्छविः। धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भल्लेन क्रुद्धश्चिच्छेद कार्मुकम् ॥८-४०-३०॥
sa chinnavarmā nārācaiḥ prahārairjarjaracchaviḥ। dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhallena kruddhaściccheda kārmukam ॥8-40-30॥
[स (sa) - he; छिन्नवर्मा (chinnavarmā) - with broken armor; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by arrows; प्रहारैः (prahāraiḥ) - by attacks; जर्जरच्छविः (jarjaracchaviḥ) - battered appearance; धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhrishtadyumna; भल्लेन (bhallena) - by an arrow; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow;]
(He, with broken armor and battered appearance by arrows and attacks, angrily cut off the bow of Dhrishtadyumna with an arrow.)
He, with his armor shattered and appearance battered by arrows and attacks, angrily severed Dhrishtadyumna's bow with an arrow.
अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं त्वरमाणो महीपतिः। सायकैर्दशभी राजन्भ्रुवोर्मध्ये समार्दयत् ॥८-४०-३१॥
athainaṁ chinnadhanvānaṁ tvaramāṇo mahīpatiḥ। sāyakairdaśabhī rājanbhruvormadhye samārdayat ॥8-40-31॥
[अथ (atha) - then; एनम् (enam) - him; छिन्न (chinna) - broken; धन्वानम् (dhanvānam) - bowed; त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hastening; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king; सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows; दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - ten; राजन् (rājan) - O king; भ्रुवोः (bhruvoḥ) - between the eyebrows; मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle; समार्दयत् (samārdayat) - pierced;]
(Then, the king, hastening, pierced him, who had a broken bow, with ten arrows in the middle between the eyebrows, O king.)
Then the king, in his haste, struck the one with the broken bow with ten arrows right between the eyebrows, O king.
तस्य तेऽशोभयन्वक्त्रं कर्मारपरिमार्जिताः। प्रफुल्लं चम्पकं यद्वद्भ्रमरा मधुलिप्सवः ॥८-४०-३२॥
tasya te'śobhayanvaktraṁ karmāraparimārjitāḥ। praphullaṁ campakaṁ yadvadbhramarā madhulipsavaḥ ॥8-40-32॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; ते (te) - they; अशोभयन् (aśobhayan) - adorned; वक्त्रं (vaktraṁ) - face; कर्मार (karmāra) - artisan; परिमार्जिताः (parimārjitāḥ) - polished; प्रफुल्लं (praphullaṁ) - blooming; चम्पकं (campakaṁ) - champaka flower; यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as; भ्रमराः (bhramarāḥ) - bees; मधुलिप्सवः (madhulipsavaḥ) - honey-seeking;]
(His face was adorned like a polished artisan's work, just as bees adorn a blooming champaka flower seeking honey.)
His face was beautifully adorned, polished like the work of an artisan, just as bees seeking honey adorn a blooming champaka flower.
तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं धृष्टद्युम्नो महामनाः। अन्यदादत्त वेगेन धनुर्भल्लांश्च षोडश ॥८-४०-३३॥
tadapāsya dhanuśchinnaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumno mahāmanāḥ। anyadādatta vegena dhanurbhallāṃśca ṣoḍaśa ॥8-40-33॥
[तत् (tat) - that; अपास्य (apāsya) - having discarded; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; छिन्नं (chinnaṃ) - broken; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhrishtadyumna; महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; आदत्त (ādatta) - took; वेगेन (vegena) - swiftly; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; भल्लान् (bhallān) - arrows; च (ca) - and; षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen;]
(Having discarded the broken bow, the great-minded Dhrishtadyumna swiftly took another bow and sixteen arrows.)
Dhrishtadyumna, with great resolve, discarded his broken bow and quickly picked up another bow along with sixteen arrows.
ततो दुर्योधनस्याश्वान्हत्वा सूतं च पञ्चभिः। धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन जातरूपपरिष्कृतम् ॥८-४०-३४॥
tato duryodhanasyāśvānhatvā sūtaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ। dhanuściccheda bhallena jātarūpapariṣkṛtam ॥8-40-34॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; दुर्योधनस्य (duryodhanasya) - of Duryodhana; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; सूतम् (sūtam) - charioteer; च (ca) - and; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; भल्लेन (bhallena) - with an arrow; जातरूप (jātarūpa) - gold; परिष्कृतम् (pariṣkṛtam) - adorned;]
(Then, having killed Duryodhana's horses and charioteer with five (arrows), he cut the bow adorned with gold with an arrow.)
Then, he killed Duryodhana's horses and charioteer with five arrows and cut the gold-adorned bow with an arrow.
रथं सोपस्करं छत्रं शक्तिं खड्गं गदां ध्वजम्। भल्लैश्चिच्छेद नवभिः पुत्रस्य तव पार्षतः ॥८-४०-३५॥
rathaṁ sopaskaraṁ chatraṁ śaktiṁ khaḍgaṁ gadāṁ dhvajam। bhallaiściccheda navabhiḥ putrasya tava pārṣataḥ ॥8-40-35॥
[रथम् (ratham) - chariot; सोपस्करम् (sopaskaram) - with equipment; छत्रम् (chatram) - umbrella; शक्तिम् (śaktim) - spear; खड्गम् (khaḍgam) - sword; गदाम् (gadām) - mace; ध्वजम् (dhvajam) - banner; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with arrows; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son; तव (tava) - your; पार्षतः (pārṣataḥ) - of Pārṣata;]
(The chariot with equipment, umbrella, spear, sword, mace, and banner was cut with nine arrows by your son, Pārṣata.)
Your son, Pārṣata, cut the chariot with its equipment, umbrella, spear, sword, mace, and banner using nine arrows.
तपनीयाङ्गदं चित्रं नागं मणिमयं शुभम्। ध्वजं कुरुपतेश्छिन्नं ददृशुः सर्वपार्थिवाः ॥८-४०-३६॥
tapanīyāṅgadaṃ citraṃ nāgaṃ maṇimayaṃ śubham। dhvajaṃ kurupateśchinnaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarvapārthivāḥ ॥8-40-36॥
[तपनीय (tapanīya) - golden; अङ्गदं (aṅgadaṃ) - armlet; चित्रं (citraṃ) - bright; नागं (nāgaṃ) - serpent; मणिमयं (maṇimayaṃ) - bejeweled; शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious; ध्वजं (dhvajaṃ) - flag; कुरुपतेः (kurupateḥ) - of the Kuru lord; छिन्नं (chinnaṃ) - broken; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - saw; सर्व (sarva) - all; पार्थिवाः (pārthivāḥ) - kings;]
(The kings saw the golden armlet, the bright serpent, the bejeweled auspicious flag of the Kuru lord, broken.)
All the kings saw the broken, bejeweled, auspicious flag of the Kuru lord, adorned with a golden armlet and a bright serpent.
दुर्योधनं तु विरथं छिन्नसर्वायुधं रणे। भ्रातरः पर्यरक्षन्त सोदर्या भरतर्षभ ॥८-४०-३७॥
duryodhanaṁ tu virathaṁ chinnasarvāyudhaṁ raṇe। bhrātaraḥ paryarakṣanta sodaryā bharatarṣabha ॥8-40-37॥
[दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; तु (tu) - but; विरथम् (viratham) - chariotless; छिन्न (chinna) - deprived; सर्वायुधम् (sarvāyudham) - of all weapons; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; पर्यरक्षन्त (paryarakṣanta) - protected; सodar्याः (sodaryāḥ) - siblings; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(Duryodhana, however, chariotless and deprived of all weapons in battle, was protected by his brothers, O best of the Bharatas.)
Duryodhana, left without a chariot and all his weapons in the battle, was shielded by his brothers, O best of the Bharatas.
तमारोप्य रथे राजन्दण्डधारो जनाधिपम्। अपोवाह च सम्भ्रान्तो धृष्टद्युम्नस्य पश्यतः ॥८-४०-३८॥
tamāropya rathe rājandaṇḍadhāro janādhipam। apovāha ca sambhrānto dhṛṣṭadyumnasya paśyataḥ ॥8-40-38॥
[तम् (tam) - him; आरोप्य (āropya) - having placed; रथे (rathe) - on the chariot; राजन् (rājan) - O king; दण्डधारः (daṇḍadhāraḥ) - the wielder of the staff; जनाधिपम् (janādhipam) - the lord of people; अपोवाह (apovāha) - carried away; च (ca) - and; सम्भ्रान्तः (sambhrāntaḥ) - hurriedly; धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching;]
(Having placed him on the chariot, O king, the wielder of the staff, the lord of people, carried away hurriedly while Dhṛṣṭadyumna was watching.)
The wielder of the staff, having placed the lord of people on the chariot, carried him away hurriedly while Dhṛṣṭadyumna watched.
कर्णस्तु सात्यकिं जित्वा राजगृद्धी महाबलः। द्रोणहन्तारमुग्रेषुं ससाराभिमुखं रणे ॥८-४०-३९॥
karṇastu sātyakiṃ jitvā rājagṛddhī mahābalaḥ। droṇahantāramugreṣuṃ sasārābhimukhaṃ raṇe ॥8-40-39॥
[कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; तु (tu) - but; सात्यकिं (sātyakiṃ) - Satyaki; जित्वा (jitvā) - having conquered; राजगृद्धी (rājagṛddhī) - desirous of kingship; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty; द्रोणहन्तारम् (droṇahantāram) - the slayer of Drona; उग्रेषुं (ugreṣuṃ) - fierce warrior; ससार (sasāra) - approached; अभिमुखं (abhimukhaṃ) - towards; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Karna, but having conquered Satyaki, desirous of kingship, mighty, approached the fierce warrior, the slayer of Drona, towards in battle.)
Karna, after defeating Satyaki, driven by the desire for kingship and being mighty, approached the fierce warrior who had slain Drona, facing him in battle.
तं पृष्ठतोऽभ्ययात्तूर्णं शैनेयो वितुदञ्शरैः। वारणं जघनोपान्ते विषाणाभ्यामिव द्विपः ॥८-४०-४०॥
taṁ pṛṣṭhato'bhyayāttūrṇaṁ śaineyo vitudañśaraiḥ। vāraṇaṁ jaghanopānte viṣāṇābhyāmiva dvipaḥ ॥8-40-40॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached; तूर्णं (tūrṇam) - quickly; शैनेयः (śaineyaḥ) - son of Śini; वितुदन् (vitudan) - piercing; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; वारणं (vāraṇam) - elephant; जघनोपान्ते (jaghanopānte) - at the rear end; विषाणाभ्याम् (viṣāṇābhyām) - with tusks; इव (iva) - like; द्विपः (dvipaḥ) - elephant;]
(The son of Śini quickly approached him from behind, piercing with arrows, like an elephant with tusks at the rear end of another elephant.)
The son of Śini swiftly approached from behind and attacked with arrows, resembling an elephant striking with its tusks at the rear of another elephant.
स भारत महानासीद्योधानां सुमहात्मनाम्। कर्णपार्षतयोर्मध्ये त्वदीयानां महारणः ॥८-४०-४१॥
sa bhārata mahānāsīdyodhānāṃ sumahātmanām। karṇapārṣatayormadhye tvadīyānāṃ mahāraṇaḥ ॥8-40-41॥
[स (sa) - that; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; महान् (mahān) - great; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; योधानाम् (yodhānām) - of warriors; सुमहात्मनाम् (sumahātmanām) - of great souls; कर्णपार्षतयोः (karṇapārṣatayoḥ) - between Karna and Parshata; मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst; त्वदीयानाम् (tvadīyānām) - of your people; महारणः (mahāraṇaḥ) - great battle;]
(That great battle of the warriors of great souls, O Bharata, was in the midst of your people between Karna and Parshata.)
O Bharata, there was a great battle among the warriors of noble souls, right in the midst of your people, between Karna and Parshata.
न पाण्डवानां नास्माकं योधः कश्चित्पराङ्मुखः। प्रत्यदृश्यत यत्कर्णः पाञ्चालांस्त्वरितो ययौ ॥८-४०-४२॥
na pāṇḍavānāṃ nāsmākaṃ yodhaḥ kaścitparāṅmukhaḥ। pratyadṛśyata yatkarṇaḥ pāñcālāṃstvarito yayau ॥8-40-42॥
[न (na) - not; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; न (na) - not; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us; योधः (yodhaḥ) - warrior; कश्चित् (kaścit) - any; पराङ्मुखः (parāṅmukhaḥ) - turned away; प्रत्यदृश्यत (pratyadṛśyata) - was seen; यत् (yat) - as; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - the Panchalas; त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly; ययौ (yayau) - went;]
(Not a single warrior from the Pandavas or our side was seen turning away as Karna quickly went towards the Panchalas.)
No warrior from either the Pandavas or our side was seen retreating as Karna swiftly advanced towards the Panchalas.
तस्मिन्क्षणे नरश्रेष्ठ गजवाजिनरक्षयः। प्रादुरासीदुभयतो राजन्मध्यङ्गतेऽहनि ॥८-४०-४३॥
tasmiṅkṣaṇe naraśreṣṭha gajavājinarakṣayaḥ। prādurāsīdubhayato rājanmadhyaṅgate'hani ॥8-40-43॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; क्षणे (kṣaṇe) - moment; नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best of men; गजवाजिनरक्षयः (gajavājinarakṣayaḥ) - elephants, horses, and chariots; प्रादुरासीत् (prādurāsīt) - appeared; उभयतः (ubhayataḥ) - on both sides; राजन् (rājan) - O king; मध्यङ्गते (madhyaṅgate) - in the middle; अहनि (ahani) - of the day;]
(In that moment, O best of men, elephants, horses, and chariots appeared on both sides, O king, in the middle of the day.)
At that moment, O best of men, elephants, horses, and chariots appeared on both sides as the day reached its midpoint, O king.
पाञ्चालास्तु महाराज त्वरिता विजिगीषवः। सर्वतोऽभ्यद्रवन्कर्णं पतत्रिण इव द्रुमम् ॥८-४०-४४॥
pāñcālāstu mahārāja tvaritā vijigīṣavaḥ। sarvato'bhyadravankarṇaṃ patatriṇa iva drumam ॥8-40-44॥
[पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - Panchalas; तु (tu) - but; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; त्वरिताः (tvaritāḥ) - swift; विजिगीषवः (vijigīṣavaḥ) - desiring victory; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; अभ्यद्रवन् (abhyadravan) - rushed; कर्णम् (karṇam) - at Karna; पतत्रिणः (patatriṇaḥ) - birds; इव (iva) - like; द्रुमम् (drumam) - a tree;]
(The Panchalas, O great king, swift and desiring victory, rushed at Karna from all sides like birds at a tree.)
The Panchalas, eager for victory, swiftly surrounded Karna from all directions, much like birds flocking to a tree, O great king.
तेषामाधिरथिः क्रुद्धो यतमानान्मनस्विनः। विचिन्वन्नेव बाणाग्रैः समासादयदग्रतः ॥८-४०-४५॥
teṣām ādhirathiḥ kruddho yatamānān manasvinaḥ। vicinvann eva bāṇāgraiḥ samāsādayad agrataḥ ॥8-40-45॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; आधिरथिः (ādhirathiḥ) - the chief of charioteers; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; यतमानान् (yatamānān) - striving; मनस्विनः (manasvinaḥ) - spirited ones; विचिन्वन् (vicinvan) - searching; एव (eva) - indeed; बाणाग्रैः (bāṇāgraiḥ) - with arrow tips; समासादयत् (samāsādayat) - attacked; अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front;]
(The chief of charioteers, angry, attacked the spirited ones striving, searching indeed with arrow tips in front.)
The chief of the charioteers, in his anger, attacked the spirited warriors who were striving, by searching them out with the tips of his arrows in front.
व्याघ्रकेतुं सुशर्माणं शङ्कुं चोग्रं धनञ्जयम्। शुक्लं च रोचमानं च सिंहसेनं च दुर्जयम् ॥८-४०-४६॥
vyāghraketuṃ suśarmāṇaṃ śaṅkuṃ cograṃ dhanañjayam। śuklaṃ ca rocamānaṃ ca siṃhasenaṃ ca durjayam ॥8-40-46॥
[व्याघ्रकेतुं (vyāghraketuṃ) - Vyaghra-ketu; सुशर्माणं (suśarmāṇaṃ) - Susharman; शङ्कुं (śaṅkuṃ) - Shanku; च (ca) - and; उग्रं (ugraṃ) - Ugra; धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhananjaya; शुक्लं (śuklaṃ) - Shukla; च (ca) - and; रोचमानं (rocamānaṃ) - Rochamana; च (ca) - and; सिंहसेनं (siṃhasenaṃ) - Simhasena; च (ca) - and; दुर्जयम् (durjayam) - Durjaya;]
(Vyaghra-ketu, Susharman, Shanku, and Ugra, Dhananjaya, Shukla, and Rochamana, and Simhasena, and Durjaya.)
Vyaghra-ketu, Susharman, Shanku, Ugra, Dhananjaya, Shukla, Rochamana, Simhasena, and Durjaya were present.
ते वीरा रथवेगेन परिवव्रुर्नरोत्तमम्। सृजन्तं सायकान्क्रुद्धं कर्णमाहवशोभिनम् ॥८-४०-४७॥
te vīrā rathavegena parivavrur narottamam। sṛjantaṃ sāyakān kruddhaṃ karṇam āhavaśobhinam ॥8-40-47॥
[ते (te) - they; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; रथवेगेन (rathavegena) - with the speed of chariots; परिवव्रुः (parivavrur) - surrounded; नर-उत्तमम् (nara-uttamam) - the best of men; सृजन्तम् (sṛjantam) - releasing; सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows; क्रुद्धम् (kruddham) - angry; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; आहव-शोभिनम् (āhava-śobhinam) - shining in battle;]
(They, the heroes, surrounded the best of men with the speed of chariots, releasing arrows, angry, Karna shining in battle.)
The heroes, with the speed of their chariots, surrounded the best of men, Karna, who was angrily releasing arrows and shining in the battle.
युध्यमानांस्तु ताञ्शूरान्मनुजेन्द्रः प्रतापवान्। अष्टाभिरष्टौ राधेयो न्यहनन्निशितैः शरैः ॥८-४०-४८॥
yudhyamānāṃs tu tāñ śūrān manujendraḥ pratāpavān। aṣṭābhir aṣṭau rādheyo nyahanan niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥8-40-48॥
[युध्यमानाम् (yudhyamānām) - fighting; तु (tu) - but; तान् (tān) - those; शूरान् (śūrān) - heroes; मनुजेन्द्रः (manujendraḥ) - the lord of men; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - the powerful; अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhiḥ) - with eight; अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight; राधेयः (rādheyaḥ) - Radheya; न्यहनत् (nyahanat) - killed; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(But the powerful lord of men, Radheya, killed those fighting heroes with eight sharp arrows.)
The mighty Radheya, son of Radha, skillfully defeated the brave warriors with his sharp arrows, demonstrating his prowess in battle.
अथापरान्महाराज सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान्। जघान बहुसाहस्रान्योधान्युद्धविशारदः ॥८-४०-४९॥
athāparānmahārāja sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān। jaghāna bahusāhasrānyodhānyuddhaviśāradaḥ ॥8-40-49॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अपरान् (aparān) - others; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - son of a charioteer; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; बहुसाहस्रान् (bahusāhasrān) - many thousands; योधान् (yodhān) - warriors; युद्धविशारदः (yuddhaviśāradaḥ) - expert in warfare;]
(Then, O great king, the mighty son of a charioteer killed many thousands of warriors, expert in warfare.)
Then, O great king, the mighty son of a charioteer, skilled in battle, slew many thousands of warriors.
विष्णुं च विष्णुकर्माणं देवापिं भद्रमेव च। दण्डं च समरे राजंश्चित्रं चित्रायुधं हरिम् ॥८-४०-५०॥
viṣṇuṃ ca viṣṇukarmāṇaṃ devāpiṃ bhadrameva ca। daṇḍaṃ ca samare rājaṃścitram citrāyudhaṃ harim ॥8-40-50॥
[विष्णुं (viṣṇuṃ) - Vishnu; च (ca) - and; विष्णुकर्माणं (viṣṇukarmāṇaṃ) - Vishnu's deeds; देवापिं (devāpiṃ) - Devapi; भद्रमेव (bhadrameva) - auspicious indeed; च (ca) - and; दण्डं (daṇḍaṃ) - punishment; च (ca) - and; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजं (rājaṃ) - king; चित्रं (citraṃ) - wonderful; चित्रायुधं (citrāyudhaṃ) - with a bright weapon; हरिम् (harim) - Hari;]
(Vishnu and Vishnu's deeds, Devapi, auspicious indeed, and punishment, and in battle, king, wonderful, with a bright weapon, Hari.)
Vishnu, along with his deeds, Devapi, and the auspicious, punishment, and in battle, the king with a bright weapon, Hari, are all described as wonderful.
सिंहकेतुं रोचमानं शलभं च महारथम्। निजघान सुसङ्क्रुद्धश्चेदीनां च महारथान् ॥८-४०-५१॥
siṃhaketum rocamānaṃ śalabhaṃ ca mahāratham। nijaghāna susaṅkruddhaścedīnāṃ ca mahārathān ॥8-40-51॥
[सिंहकेतुम् (siṃhaketum) - Siṃhaketu; रोचमानम् (rocamānam) - shining; शलभम् (śalabham) - Śalabha; च (ca) - and; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; निजघान (nijaghāna) - killed; सुसङ्क्रुद्धः (susaṅkruddhaḥ) - very angry; चेदीनाम् (cedīnām) - of the Cedis; च (ca) - and; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot-warriors;]
(He killed Siṃhaketu, the shining Śalabha, and the great chariot-warrior, being very angry, and the great chariot-warriors of the Cedis.)
In his fury, he slew Siṃhaketu, the radiant Śalabha, and the great chariot-warrior, along with the mighty warriors of the Cedi kingdom.
तेषामाददतः प्राणानासीदाधिरथेर्वपुः। शोणिताभ्युक्षिताङ्गस्य रुद्रस्येवोर्जितं महत् ॥८-४०-५२॥
teṣām ādadataḥ prāṇān āsīd ādhirather vapuḥ। śoṇitābhyukṣitāṅgasya rudrasyevorjitaṃ mahat ॥8-40-52॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; आददतः (ādadataḥ) - taking away; प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; आधिरथेः (ādhiratheḥ) - of Adhiratha; वपुः (vapuḥ) - body; शोणिताभ्युक्षिताङ्गस्य (śoṇitābhyukṣitāṅgasya) - blood-smeared body; रुद्रस्य (rudrasya) - of Rudra; इव (iva) - like; उर्जितं (urjitaṃ) - powerful; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(The body of Adhiratha, who was taking away their lives, was like the powerful and great Rudra with a blood-smeared body.)
Adhiratha, in his act of taking lives, appeared as formidable and mighty as Rudra, with his body smeared in blood.
तत्र भारत कर्णेन मातङ्गास्ताडिताः शरैः। सर्वतोऽभ्यद्रवन्भीताः कुर्वन्तो महदाकुलम् ॥८-४०-५३॥
tatra bhārata karṇena mātaṅgāstāḍitāḥ śaraiḥ। sarvato'bhyadravanbhītāḥ kurvanto mahadākulam ॥8-40-53॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; कर्णेन (karṇena) - by Karna; मातङ्गाः (mātaṅgāḥ) - elephants; ताडिताः (tāḍitāḥ) - struck; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; अभ्यद्रवन् (abhyadravan) - ran away; भीताः (bhītāḥ) - frightened; कुर्वन्तः (kurvantaḥ) - making; महत् (mahat) - great; आकुलम् (ākulam) - confusion;]
(There, O Bharata, the elephants struck by Karna with arrows ran away from all sides, frightened, making great confusion.)
In that place, O Bharata, the elephants, struck by Karna's arrows, fled in all directions, terrified and causing great chaos.
निपेतुरुर्व्यां समरे कर्णसायकपीडिताः। कुर्वन्तो विविधान्नादान्वज्रनुन्ना इवाचलाः ॥८-४०-५४॥
nipetururvyāṃ samare karṇasāyakapīḍitāḥ। kurvanto vividhānnādānvajranunnā ivācalāḥ ॥8-40-54॥
[निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - fell; उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the ground; समरे (samare) - in battle; कर्ण (karṇa) - Karna's; सायक (sāyaka) - arrows; पीडिताः (pīḍitāḥ) - afflicted; कुर्वन्तः (kurvantaḥ) - making; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; नादान् (nādān) - sounds; वज्र (vajra) - thunderbolt; नुन्नाः (nunnāḥ) - struck; इव (iva) - like; अचलाः (acalāḥ) - mountains;]
(They fell on the ground in battle, afflicted by Karna's arrows, making various sounds, like mountains struck by a thunderbolt.)
In the battle, they fell to the ground, struck by Karna's arrows, making various sounds like mountains hit by a thunderbolt.
गजवाजिमनुष्यैश्च निपतद्भिः समन्ततः। रथैश्चावगतैर्मार्गे पर्यस्तीर्यत मेदिनी ॥८-४०-५५॥
gajavājimanuṣyaiśca nipatadbhiḥ samantataḥ। rathaiścāvagatairmārge paryastīryata medinī ॥8-40-55॥
[गज (gaja) - elephants; वाजि (vāji) - horses; मनुष्यैः (manuṣyaiḥ) - men; च (ca) - and; निपतद्भिः (nipatadbhiḥ) - falling; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; रथैः (rathaiḥ) - chariots; च (ca) - and; अवगतैः (avagataiḥ) - fallen; मार्गे (mārge) - on the path; पर्यस्तीर्यत (paryastīryata) - was spread; मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth;]
(The earth was spread all around with elephants, horses, men, and chariots falling on the path.)
The earth was covered everywhere with fallen elephants, horses, men, and chariots on the path.
नैव भीष्मो न च द्रोणो नाप्यन्ये युधि तावकाः। चक्रुः स्म तादृशं कर्म यादृशं वै कृतं रणे ॥८-४०-५६॥
naiva bhīṣmo na ca droṇo nāpyanye yudhi tāvakāḥ। cakruḥ sma tādṛśaṃ karma yādṛśaṃ vai kṛtaṃ raṇe ॥8-40-56॥
[न (na) - not; एव (eva) - indeed; भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona; न (na) - not; अपि (api) - also; अन्ये (anye) - others; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your men; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - did; स्म (sma) - indeed; तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - such; कर्म (karma) - deed; यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - as; वै (vai) - indeed; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Neither Bhishma nor Drona nor others of your men did such a deed as was done in battle.)
Neither Bhishma nor Drona nor any of your warriors performed such a feat as was accomplished in the battle.
सूतपुत्रेण नागेषु रथेषु च हयेषु च। नरेषु च नरव्याघ्र कृतं स्म कदनं महत् ॥८-४०-५७॥
sūtaputreṇa nāgeṣu ratheṣu ca hayeṣu ca। nareṣu ca naravyāghra kṛtaṃ sma kadanaṃ mahat ॥8-40-57॥
[सूतपुत्रेण (sūtaputreṇa) - by the son of a charioteer; नागेषु (nāgeṣu) - among elephants; रथेषु (ratheṣu) - among chariots; च (ca) - and; हयेषु (hayeṣu) - among horses; च (ca) - and; नरेषु (nareṣu) - among men; च (ca) - and; नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - O tiger among men; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - done; स्म (sma) - indeed; कदनं (kadanaṃ) - slaughter; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(By the son of a charioteer, among elephants, chariots, horses, and men, O tiger among men, a great slaughter was indeed done.)
A great slaughter was indeed carried out by the son of a charioteer among elephants, chariots, horses, and men, O tiger among men.
मृगमध्ये यथा सिंहो दृश्यते निर्भयश्चरन्। पाञ्चालानां तथा मध्ये कर्णोऽचरदभीतवत् ॥८-४०-५८॥
mṛgamadhye yathā siṃho dṛśyate nirbhayaścaran। pāñcālānāṃ tathā madhye karṇo'caradabhītavat ॥8-40-58॥
[मृगमध्ये (mṛgamadhye) - among animals; यथा (yathā) - as; सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; निर्भयः (nirbhayaḥ) - fearless; चरन् (caran) - moving; पाञ्चालानाम् (pāñcālānām) - of the Panchalas; तथा (tathā) - so; मध्ये (madhye) - among; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; अचरद् (acarat) - moved; अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly;]
(As a lion is seen moving fearlessly among animals, so Karna moved fearlessly among the Panchalas.)
"Just as a lion roams fearlessly among animals, Karna moved fearlessly among the Panchalas."
यथा मृगगणांस्त्रस्तान्सिंहो द्रावयते दिशः। पाञ्चालानां रथव्रातान्कर्णो द्रावयते तथा ॥८-४०-५९॥
yathā mṛgagaṇāṃstrastānsiṃho drāvayate diśaḥ। pāñcālānāṃ rathavrātānkarṇo drāvayate tathā ॥8-40-59॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; मृगगणान् (mṛgagaṇān) - herds of deer; त्रस्तान् (trastān) - frightened; सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; द्रावयते (drāvayate) - chases away; दिशः (diśaḥ) - in all directions; पाञ्चालानाम् (pāñcālānām) - of the Pāñcālas; रथव्रातान् (rathavrātān) - groups of chariots; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; द्रावयते (drāvayate) - chases away; तथा (tathā) - in the same way;]
(Just as a lion chases away frightened herds of deer in all directions, so does Karṇa chase away the groups of chariots of the Pāñcālas.)
In the same way that a lion scatters frightened herds of deer in all directions, Karṇa disperses the groups of chariots belonging to the Pāñcālas.
सिंहास्यं च यथा प्राप्य न जीवन्ति मृगाः क्वचित्। तथा कर्णमनुप्राप्य न जीवन्ति महारथाः ॥८-४०-६०॥
siṃhāsyaṃ ca yathā prāpya na jīvanti mṛgāḥ kvacit। tathā karṇamanuprāpya na jīvanti mahārathāḥ ॥8-40-60॥
[सिंहास्यं (siṃhāsyaṃ) - lion's mouth; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - just as; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; न (na) - not; जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - live; मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer; क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere; तथा (tathā) - so; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; अनुप्राप्य (anuprāpya) - having approached; न (na) - not; जीवन्ति (jīvanti) - live; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors;]
(Just as deer do not live anywhere after reaching the lion's mouth, so great warriors do not live after approaching Karna.)
"Just as deer cannot survive once they reach the mouth of a lion, similarly, great warriors do not survive after confronting Karna."
वैश्वानरं यथा दीप्तं दह्यन्ते प्राप्य वै जनाः। कर्णाग्निना रणे तद्वद्दग्धा भारत सृञ्जयाः ॥८-४०-६१॥
vaiśvānaraṃ yathā dīptaṃ dahyante prāpya vai janāḥ। karṇāgninā raṇe tadvaddagdhā bhārata sṛñjayāḥ ॥8-40-61॥
[वैश्वानरम् (vaiśvānaram) - fire; यथा (yathā) - as; दीप्तम् (dīptam) - blazing; दह्यन्ते (dahyante) - are burned; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; वै (vai) - indeed; जनाः (janāḥ) - people; कर्णाग्निना (karṇāgninā) - by Karna's fire; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly; दग्धाः (dagdhāḥ) - burned; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; सृञ्जयाः (sṛñjayāḥ) - Srinjayas;]
(As people are burned when they reach the blazing fire, so were the Srinjayas burned by Karna's fire in battle, O Bharata.)
"O Bharata, just as people are consumed by a blazing fire upon reaching it, so were the Srinjayas consumed by Karna's fire in the battle."
कर्णेन चेदिष्वेकेन पाञ्चालेषु च भारत। विश्राव्य नाम निहता बहवः शूरसंमताः ॥८-४०-६२॥
karṇena cediṣvekena pāñcāleṣu ca bhārata। viśrāvya nāma nihatā bahavaḥ śūrasaṁmatāḥ ॥8-40-62॥
[कर्णेन (karṇena) - by Karna; च (ca) - and; एदिष्वेकेन (ediṣvekena) - by one of the Edishas; पाञ्चालेषु (pāñcāleṣu) - among the Panchalas; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; विश्राव्य (viśrāvya) - having proclaimed; नाम (nāma) - the name; निहता (nihatā) - were killed; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; शूरसंमताः (śūrasaṁmatāḥ) - approved by heroes;]
(By Karna and by one of the Edishas among the Panchalas, O Bharata, having proclaimed the name, many approved by heroes were killed.)
O Bharata, many warriors, approved by heroes, were killed by Karna and one of the Edishas among the Panchalas after their names were proclaimed.
मम चासीन्मनुष्येन्द्र दृष्ट्वा कर्णस्य विक्रमम्। नैकोऽप्याधिरथेर्जीवन्पाञ्चाल्यो मोक्ष्यते युधि ॥८-४०-६३॥
mama cāsīn manuṣyendra dṛṣṭvā karṇasya vikramam। naiko'py ādhirather jīvan pāñcālyo mokṣyate yudhi ॥8-40-63॥
[मम (mama) - my; च (ca) - and; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; मनुष्येन्द्र (manuṣyendra) - O king of men; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karna; विक्रमम् (vikramam) - prowess; न (na) - not; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; अपि (api) - even; अधिरथिः (adhirathiḥ) - warrior; जीवन् (jīvan) - alive; पाञ्चाल्यः (pāñcālyaḥ) - of the Panchalas; मोक्ष्यते (mokṣyate) - will escape; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(My, O king of men, having seen Karna's prowess, not one warrior of the Panchalas will escape alive in battle.)
O king of men, upon witnessing Karna's prowess, not a single warrior from the Panchalas will survive the battle.
पाञ्चालान्विधमन्सङ्ख्ये सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान्। अभ्यधावत सङ्क्रुद्धो धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥८-४०-६४॥
pāñcālānvidhamansaṅkhye sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān। abhyadhāvata saṅkruddho dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram ॥8-40-64॥
[पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - the Panchalas; विधमन् (vidhaman) - scattering; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - the son of a charioteer; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty; अभ्यधावत (abhyadhāvata) - rushed towards; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angrily; धर्मपुत्रम् (dharmaputram) - the son of Dharma; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira;]
(The mighty son of a charioteer, scattering the Panchalas in battle, angrily rushed towards Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma.)
The mighty son of a charioteer, filled with anger, scattered the Panchalas in battle and charged towards Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma.
धृष्टद्युम्नश्च राजानं द्रौपदेयाश्च मारिष। परिवव्रुरमित्रघ्नं शतशश्चापरे जनाः ॥८-४०-६५॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca rājānaṃ draupadeyāśca māriṣa। parivavruramitraghnaṃ śataśaścāpare janāḥ ॥8-40-65॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; च (ca) - and; राजानम् (rājānam) - king; द्रौपदेयाः (draupadeyāḥ) - sons of Draupadī; च (ca) - and; मारिष (māriṣa) - O lord; परिवव्रुः (parivavruḥ) - surrounded; अमित्रघ्नम् (amitraghnam) - foe-slayer; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; च (ca) - and; अपरे (apare) - others; जनाः (janāḥ) - people;]
(Dhṛṣṭadyumna and the sons of Draupadī, O lord, surrounded the foe-slayer king by hundreds of other people.)
Dhṛṣṭadyumna and the sons of Draupadī, O lord, along with hundreds of other people, surrounded the king who was a slayer of foes.
शिखण्डी सहदेवश्च नकुलो नाकुलिस्तथा। जनमेजयः शिनेर्नप्ता बहवश्च प्रभद्रकाः ॥८-४०-६६॥
śikhaṇḍī sahadevaśca nakulo nākulistathā। janamejayaḥ śinernaptā bahavaśca prabhadrakāḥ ॥8-40-66॥
[शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandi; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; च (ca) - and; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; नाकुलिः (nākuliḥ) - son of Nakula; तथा (tathā) - also; जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya; शिनः (śinaḥ) - of Shini; नप्ता (naptā) - grandson; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; च (ca) - and; प्रभद्रकाः (prabhadrakāḥ) - Prabhadrakas;]
(Shikhandi, Sahadeva, and Nakula, the son of Nakula also; Janamejaya, the grandson of Shini; and many Prabhadrakas.)
Shikhandi, Sahadeva, Nakula, and his son, along with Janamejaya, the grandson of Shini, and many Prabhadrakas were present.
एते पुरोगमा भूत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नस्य संयुगे। कर्णमस्यन्तमिष्वस्त्रैर्विचेरुरमितौजसः ॥८-४०-६७॥
ete purogamā bhūtvā dhṛṣṭadyumnasya saṃyuge। karṇamasyantamiṣvastrairviceruramitaujasaḥ ॥8-40-67॥
[एते (ete) - these; पुरोगमाः (purogamāḥ) - leaders; भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become; धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; अस्यन्तम् (asyantam) - shooting; इष्वस्त्रैः (iṣvastraiḥ) - with arrows; विचेरुः (viceruḥ) - moved around; अमितौजसः (amitaujasaḥ) - of immeasurable energy;]
(These leaders, having become of Dhṛṣṭadyumna in battle, moved around Karna, shooting with arrows, of immeasurable energy.)
These leaders, having aligned with Dhṛṣṭadyumna in the battle, surrounded Karna, attacking him with arrows, displaying their immense energy.
तांस्तत्राधिरथिः सङ्ख्ये चेदिपाञ्चालपाण्डवान्। एको बहूनभ्यपतद्गरुत्मन्पन्नगानिव ॥८-४०-६८॥
tāṃstatra-adhirathiḥ saṅkhye cedipāñcālapāṇḍavān। eko bahūn-abhyapatad-garutmān-pannagān-iva ॥8-40-68॥
[ताम् (tām) - them; तत्र (tatra) - there; अधिरथिः (adhirathiḥ) - the great charioteer; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in the battle; चेदि (cedi) - Cedis; पाञ्चाल (pāñcāla) - Panchalas; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - Pandavas; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; बहून् (bahūn) - many; अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - attacked; गरुत्मान् (garutmān) - Garuda; पन्नगान् (pannagān) - serpents; इव (iva) - like;]
(There, the great charioteer attacked the Cedis, Panchalas, and Pandavas in the battle, like Garuda attacking many serpents.)
In the battle, the great charioteer charged alone against the Cedis, Panchalas, and Pandavas, just as Garuda would swoop down upon numerous serpents.
भीमसेनस्तु सङ्क्रुद्धः कुरून्मद्रान्सकेकयान्। एकः सङ्ख्ये महेष्वासो योधयन्बह्वशोभत ॥८-४०-६९॥
bhīmasenastu saṅkruddhaḥ kurūn madrānsakekayān। ekaḥ saṅkhye maheṣvāso yodhayanbahvaśobhata ॥8-40-69॥
[भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; तु (tu) - but; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angry; कुरून् (kurūn) - Kurus; मद्रान् (madrān) - Madras; सकेकयान् (sakekayān) - and Kekayas; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in the battle; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; योधयन् (yodhayan) - fighting; बहु (bahu) - many; अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone;]
(Bhimasena, angry, fought alone against the Kurus, Madras, and Kekayas in the battle, and as a great archer, shone among many.)
Bhimasena, in his anger, stood out as a great archer, fighting alone against the Kurus, Madras, and Kekayas in the battle, and shone brightly among them.
तत्र मर्मसु भीमेन नाराचैस्ताडिता गजाः। प्रपतन्तो हतारोहाः कम्पयन्ति स्म मेदिनीम् ॥८-४०-७०॥
tatra marmasu bhīmena nārācaiḥ tāḍitā gajāḥ। prapatanto hatārohāḥ kampayanti sma medinīm ॥8-40-70॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; मर्मसु (marmasu) - in the vital parts; भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhima; नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with arrows; ताडिताः (tāḍitāḥ) - struck; गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants; प्रपतन्तः (prapatantaḥ) - falling; हतारोहाः (hatārohāḥ) - with slain riders; कम्पयन्ति (kampayanti) - shake; स्म (sma) - indeed; मेदिनीम् (medinīm) - the earth;]
(There, the elephants struck in the vital parts by Bhima with arrows, falling with slain riders, indeed shake the earth.)
There, the elephants, struck by Bhima's arrows in their vital parts, fell with their riders slain, shaking the earth.
वाजिनश्च हतारोहाः पत्तयश्च गतासवः। शेरते युधि निर्भिन्ना वमन्तो रुधिरं बहु ॥८-४०-७१॥
vājinaśca hatārohāḥ pattayaśca gatāsavaḥ। śerate yudhi nirbhinnā vamanto rudhiraṃ bahu ॥8-40-71॥
[वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses; च (ca) - and; हत (hata) - killed; अरोहाः (arohāḥ) - riders; पत्तयः (pattayaḥ) - foot soldiers; च (ca) - and; गत (gata) - departed; असवः (asavaḥ) - life; शेरते (śerate) - lie; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; निर्भिन्नाः (nirbhinnāḥ) - pierced; वमन्तः (vamantaḥ) - vomiting; रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood; बहु (bahu) - much;]
(Horses and their killed riders, and foot soldiers whose life has departed, lie in battle pierced, vomiting much blood.)
Horses with their slain riders and foot soldiers who have lost their lives lie on the battlefield, pierced and vomiting a lot of blood.
सहस्रशश्च रथिनः पतिताः पतितायुधाः। अक्षताः समदृश्यन्त भीमाद्भीता गतासवः ॥८-४०-७२॥
sahasraśaśca rathinaḥ patitāḥ patitāyudhāḥ। akṣatāḥ samadṛśyanta bhīmādbhītā gatāsavaḥ ॥8-40-72॥
[सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - thousands; च (ca) - and; रथिनः (rathinaḥ) - charioteers; पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen; पतितायुधाः (patitāyudhāḥ) - with fallen weapons; अक्षताः (akṣatāḥ) - unharmed; समदृश्यन्त (samadṛśyanta) - were seen; भीमात् (bhīmāt) - from Bhima; भीताः (bhītāḥ) - terrified; गतासवः (gatāsavaḥ) - lifeless;]
(Thousands of charioteers, fallen with their weapons, were seen unharmed, terrified of Bhima, lifeless.)
Thousands of charioteers lay fallen with their weapons, appearing unharmed but lifeless, terrified by Bhima.
रथिभिर्वाजिभिः सूतैः पत्तिभिश्च तथा गजैः। भीमसेनशरच्छिन्नैरास्तीर्णा वसुधाभवत् ॥८-४०-७३॥
rathibhirvājibhiḥ sūtaiḥ pattibhiśca tathā gajaiḥ। bhīmasenaśaracchinnairāstīrṇā vasudhābhavat ॥8-40-73॥
[रथिभिः (rathibhiḥ) - by charioteers; वाजिभिः (vājibhiḥ) - by horses; सूतैः (sūtaiḥ) - by charioteers; पत्तिभिः (pattibhiḥ) - by foot soldiers; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - also; गजैः (gajaiḥ) - by elephants; भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - Bhimasena's; शर (śara) - arrows; छिन्नैः (chinnair) - cut down; आस्तीर्णा (āstīrṇā) - covered; वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(The earth became covered with charioteers, horses, charioteers, foot soldiers, and elephants, all cut down by Bhimasena's arrows.)
The earth was strewn with the bodies of charioteers, horses, foot soldiers, and elephants, all felled by Bhimasena's arrows.
तत्स्तम्भितमिवातिष्ठद्भीमसेनबलार्दितम्। दुर्योधनबलं राजन्निरुत्साहं कृतव्रणम् ॥८-४०-७४॥
tatstambhitamivātiṣṭhadbhīmasenabalārditam। duryodhanabalaṃ rājannirutsāhaṃ kṛtavraṇam ॥8-40-74॥
[तत् (tat) - that; स्तम्भितम् (stambhitam) - paralyzed; इव (iva) - as if; अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - stood; भीमसेन (bhīmasena) - Bhimasena; बल (bala) - strength; आर्दितम् (ārditam) - afflicted; दुर्योधन (duryodhana) - Duryodhana; बलम् (balam) - army; राजन् (rājan) - O king; निरुत्साहम् (nirutsāham) - dispirited; कृत (kṛta) - made; व्रणम् (vraṇam) - wounded;]
(That army of Duryodhana, afflicted by the strength of Bhimasena, stood as if paralyzed, O king, dispirited and wounded.)
The army of Duryodhana, overwhelmed by Bhimasena's might, appeared paralyzed, O king, and was left dispirited and wounded.
निश्चेष्टं तुमुले दीनं बभौ तस्मिन्महारणे। प्रसन्नसलिलः काले यथा स्यात्सागरो नृप ॥८-४०-७५॥
niśceṣṭaṃ tumule dīnaṃ babhau tasminmahāraṇe। prasannasalilaḥ kāle yathā syātsāgaro nṛpa ॥8-40-75॥
[निश्चेष्टम् (niśceṣṭam) - motionless; तुमुले (tumule) - in the tumult; दीनम् (dīnam) - miserable; बभौ (babhau) - appeared; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - great battle; प्रसन्नसलिलः (prasannasalilaḥ) - clear water; काले (kāle) - in time; यथा (yathā) - as; स्यात् (syāt) - would be; सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - ocean; नृप (nṛpa) - O king;]
(Motionless in the tumult, miserable it appeared in that great battle, like the ocean with clear water in time, O king.)
In the midst of the great battle, it appeared motionless and miserable, just as the ocean would be clear in time, O king.
मन्युवीर्यबलोपेतं बलात्पर्यवरोपितम्। अभवत्तव पुत्रस्य तत्सैन्यमिषुभिस्तदा ॥ रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्नं रुधिरार्द्रं बभूव ह ॥८-४०-७६॥
manyuvīryabalopetaṁ balātparyavaropitam। abhavattava putrasya tatsainyamiṣubhistadā ॥ rudhiraughapariklinnam rudhirārdraṁ babhūva ha ॥8-40-76॥
[मन्यु (manyu) - anger; वीर्य (vīrya) - strength; बल (bala) - power; उपेतं (upetaṁ) - endowed with; बलात् (balāt) - forcibly; पर्यवरोपितम् (paryavaropitam) - surrounded; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; तत् (tat) - that; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows; तदा (tadā) - then; रुधिर (rudhira) - blood; ओघ (ogha) - flood; परिक्लिन्नं (pariklinnam) - soaked; रुधिर (rudhira) - blood; आर्द्रं (ārdraṁ) - wet; बभूव (babhūva) - became; ह (ha) - indeed;]
(Endowed with anger, strength, and power, forcibly surrounded, your son's army then became soaked in a flood of blood, indeed wet with blood.)
Your son's army, endowed with anger, strength, and power, was forcibly surrounded and then became drenched in a flood of blood.
सूतपुत्रो रणे क्रुद्धः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्। भीमसेनः कुरूंश्चापि द्रावयन्बह्वशोभत ॥८-४०-७७॥
sūtaputro raṇe kruddhaḥ pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm। bhīmasenaḥ kurūṃścāpi drāvayanbahvaśobhata ॥8-40-77॥
[सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - son of a charioteer; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; अनीकिनीम् (anīkinīm) - army; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kauravas; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; द्रावयन् (drāvayan) - driving away; बहु (bahu) - much; अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone;]
(The son of a charioteer, angry in battle, drove away the army of the Pandavas. Bhimasena also drove away the Kauravas and shone greatly.)
The son of a charioteer, enraged in battle, attacked the Pandava army. Bhimasena, too, drove away the Kauravas and stood out prominently.
वर्तमाने तथा रौद्रे सङ्ग्रामेऽद्भुतदर्शने। निहत्य पृतनामध्ये संशप्तकगणान्बहून् ॥८-४०-७८॥
vartamāne tathā raudre saṅgrāme'dbhutadarśane। nihatya pṛtanāmadhye saṃśaptakagaṇānbahūn ॥8-40-78॥
[वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - present; तथा (tathā) - and; रौद्रे (raudre) - fierce; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - battle; अद्भुतदर्शने (adbhutadarśane) - wonderful to behold; निहत्य (nihatya) - having slain; पृतनामध्ये (pṛtanāmadhye) - in the midst of the army; संशप्तकगणान् (saṃśaptakagaṇān) - the group of warriors sworn to die; बहून् (bahūn) - many;]
(In the present fierce battle, wonderful to behold, having slain many groups of warriors sworn to die in the midst of the army.)
In the current fierce and wondrous battle, many groups of warriors sworn to die were slain in the midst of the army.
अर्जुनो जयतां श्रेष्ठो वासुदेवमथाब्रवीत्। प्रभग्नं बलमेतद्धि योत्स्यमानं जनार्दन ॥८-४०-७९॥
arjuno jayatāṃ śreṣṭho vāsudevamathābravīt। prabhagnaṃ balametaddhi yotsyamānaṃ janārdana ॥8-40-79॥
[अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; जयताम् (jayatām) - of the victorious; श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - the best; वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - to Vāsudeva; अथ (atha) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; प्रभग्नम् (prabhagnam) - broken; बलम् (balam) - army; एतत् (etat) - this; हि (hi) - indeed; योत्स्यमानम् (yotsyamānam) - fighting; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana;]
(Arjuna, the best of the victorious, then said to Vāsudeva: "This army is indeed broken and fighting, O Janardana.")
Arjuna, the greatest among the victorious, addressed Vāsudeva, saying that the army was indeed shattered and engaged in battle, O Janardana.
एते धावन्ति सगणाः संशप्तकमहारथाः। अपारयन्तो मद्बाणान्सिंहशब्दान्मृगा इव ॥८-४०-८०॥
ete dhāvanti sagaṇāḥ saṃśaptakamahārathāḥ। apārayanto madbāṇānsiṃhaśabdānmṛgā iva ॥8-40-80॥
[एते (ete) - these; धावन्ति (dhāvanti) - run; सगणाः (sagaṇāḥ) - in groups; संशप्तकमहारथाः (saṃśaptakamahārathāḥ) - great charioteers of the Saṃśaptakas; अपारयन्तः (apārayantaḥ) - unable to withstand; मद्बाणान् (madbāṇān) - my arrows; सिंहशब्दान् (siṃhaśabdān) - lion's roars; मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer; इव (iva) - like;]
(These great charioteers of the Saṃśaptakas run in groups, unable to withstand my arrows and the lion's roars, like deer.)
The great charioteers of the Saṃśaptakas, unable to withstand my arrows and the lion's roars, flee in groups like deer.
दीर्यते च महत्सैन्यं सृञ्जयानां महारणे। हस्तिकक्ष्यो ह्यसौ कृष्ण केतुः कर्णस्य धीमतः ॥ दृश्यते राजसैन्यस्य मध्ये विचरतो मुहुः ॥८-४०-८१॥
dīryate ca mahatsainyaṃ sṛñjayānāṃ mahāraṇe। hastikakṣyo hyasau kṛṣṇa ketuḥ karṇasya dhīmataḥ ॥ dṛśyate rājasainyasya madhye vicarato muhuḥ ॥8-40-81॥
[दीर्यते (dīryate) - spreads; च (ca) - and; महत्सैन्यं (mahatsainyaṃ) - great army; सृञ्जयानां (sṛñjayānāṃ) - of the Sṛñjayas; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle; हस्तिकक्ष्यः (hastikakṣyaḥ) - Hastikakṣya; हि (hi) - indeed; असौ (asau) - this; कृष्णकेतुः (kṛṣṇaketuḥ) - Kṛṣṇa-bannered; कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karṇa; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - wise; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; राजसैन्यस्य (rājasainyasya) - of the royal army; मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst; विचरतः (vicarataḥ) - moving; मुहुः (muhuḥ) - constantly;]
(Spreads and the great army of the Sṛñjayas in the great battle. Hastikakṣya indeed this Kṛṣṇa-bannered of Karṇa wise is seen of the royal army in the midst moving constantly.)
The great army of the Sṛñjayas spreads in the great battle. Hastikakṣya, the wise Karṇa with the Kṛṣṇa-banner, is constantly seen moving in the midst of the royal army.
न च कर्णं रणे शक्ता जेतुमन्ये महारथाः। जानीते हि भवान्कर्णं वीर्यवन्तं पराक्रमे ॥८-४०-८२॥
na ca karṇaṃ raṇe śaktā jetumanye mahārathāḥ। jānīte hi bhavānkarṇaṃ vīryavantaṃ parākrame ॥8-40-82॥
[न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; शक्ताः (śaktāḥ) - capable; जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer; अन्ये (anye) - others; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors; जानीते (jānīte) - know; हि (hi) - indeed; भवान् (bhavān) - you; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; वीर्यवन्तम् (vīryavantam) - valiant; पराक्रमे (parākrame) - in prowess;]
(And not other great warriors are capable to conquer Karna in battle. Indeed, you know Karna as valiant in prowess.)
Other great warriors are not capable of defeating Karna in battle. Indeed, you know Karna to be valiant and powerful in his prowess.
तत्र याहि यतः कर्णो द्रावयत्येष नो बलम्। वर्जयित्वा रणे याहि सूतपुत्रं महारथम्। श्रमो मा बाधते कृष्ण यथा वा तव रोचते ॥८-४०-८४॥
tatra yāhi yataḥ karṇo drāvayatyeṣa no balam। varjayitvā raṇe yāhi sūtaputraṃ mahāratham। śramo mā bādhate kṛṣṇa yathā vā tava rocate ॥8-40-84॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; याहि (yāhi) - go; यतः (yataḥ) - from where; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; द्रावयति (drāvayati) - is driving away; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; नः (naḥ) - our; बलम् (balam) - strength; वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - avoiding; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; याहि (yāhi) - go; सूतपुत्रम् (sūtaputram) - son of a charioteer; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; श्रमः (śramaḥ) - fatigue; मा (mā) - not; बाधते (bādhate) - afflict; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Krishna; यथा (yathā) - as; वा (vā) - or; तव (tava) - your; रोचते (rocate) - pleases;]
(There, go from where Karna is driving away our strength. Avoiding in battle, go to the son of a charioteer, the great chariot-warrior. Fatigue does not afflict, Krishna, as or your pleases.)
"Go there where Karna is driving away our forces. Avoid the son of a charioteer, the great warrior, in battle. Do not let fatigue trouble you, Krishna, as you please."
एतच्छ्रुत्वा महाराज गोविन्दः प्रहसन्निव। अब्रवीदर्जुनं तूर्णं कौरवाञ्जहि पाण्डव ॥८-४०-८५॥
etacchrutvā mahārāja govindaḥ prahasanniva। abravīdarjunaṃ tūrṇaṃ kauravāñjahi pāṇḍava ॥8-40-85॥
[एतत् (etat) - this; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; गोविन्दः (govindaḥ) - Govinda; प्रहसन् (prahasan) - smiling; इव (iva) - as if; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; अर्जुनं (arjunam) - to Arjuna; तूर्णं (tūrṇam) - quickly; कौरवान् (kauravān) - the Kauravas; जहि (jahi) - conquer; पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O son of Pandu;]
(Having heard this, O great king, Govinda, smiling as if, said to Arjuna, "Quickly conquer the Kauravas, O son of Pandu.")
Upon hearing this, King Govinda, with a smile, said to Arjuna, "Quickly defeat the Kauravas, O Pandava."
ततस्तव महत्सैन्यं गोविन्दप्रेरिता हयाः। हंसवर्णाः प्रविविशुर्वहन्तः कृष्णपाण्डवौ ॥८-४०-८६॥
tatastava mahatsainyaṁ govindapreritā hayāḥ। haṁsavarṇāḥ praviviśurvahantaḥ kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau ॥8-40-86॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तव (tava) - your; महत् (mahat) - great; सैन्यं (sainyaṁ) - army; गोविन्द (govinda) - Govinda; प्रेरिता (preritā) - inspired; हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses; हंस (haṁsa) - swan; वर्णाः (varṇāḥ) - colored; प्रविविशुः (praviviśuḥ) - entered; वहन्तः (vahantaḥ) - carrying; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Krishna; पाण्डवौ (pāṇḍavau) - the Pandavas;]
(Then your great army, inspired by Govinda, the swan-colored horses entered, carrying Krishna and the Pandavas.)
Then, inspired by Govinda, the swan-colored horses of your great army entered, carrying Krishna and the Pandavas.
केशवप्रहितैरश्वैः श्वेतैः काञ्चनभूषणैः। प्रविशद्भिस्तव बलं चतुर्दिशमभिद्यत ॥८-४०-८७॥
keśavaprahitairaśvaiḥ śvetaiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ। praviśadbhistava balaṃ caturdiśamabhidyata ॥8-40-87॥
[केशवप्रहितैः (keśavaprahitaiḥ) - sent by Keshava; अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - by horses; श्वेतैः (śvetaiḥ) - white; काञ्चन (kāñcana) - golden; भूषणैः (bhūṣaṇaiḥ) - ornaments; प्रविशद्भिः (praviśadbhiḥ) - entering; तव (tava) - your; बलं (balaṃ) - army; चतुर्दिशम् (caturdiśam) - in all directions; अभिद्यत (abhidyata) - was pierced;]
(Sent by Keshava, the white horses adorned with golden ornaments, entering, pierced your army in all directions.)
The white horses, sent by Keshava and adorned with golden ornaments, entered and pierced your army from all directions.
तौ विदार्य महासेनां प्रविष्टौ केशवार्जुनौ। क्रुद्धौ संरम्भरक्ताक्षौ व्यभ्राजेतां महाद्युती ॥८-४०-८८॥
tau vidārya mahāsenāṃ praviṣṭau keśavārjunau। kruddhau saṃrambharaktākṣau vyabhrajetāṃ mahādyutī ॥8-40-88॥
[तौ (tau) - they two; विदार्य (vidārya) - having pierced; महासेनां (mahāsenāṃ) - great army; प्रविष्टौ (praviṣṭau) - entered; केशव-अर्जुनौ (keśava-arjunau) - Keshava and Arjuna; क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - angry; संरम्भ-रक्त-अक्षौ (saṃrambha-rakta-akṣau) - with eyes red with fury; व्यभ्राजेतां (vyabhrajetāṃ) - shone; महाद्युती (mahādyutī) - of great splendor;]
(They two, having pierced the great army, entered, Keshava and Arjuna, angry, with eyes red with fury, shone of great splendor.)
Keshava and Arjuna, with eyes red with fury, pierced through the great army and entered, shining with great splendor in their anger.
युद्धशौण्डौ समाहूतावरिभिस्तौ रणाध्वरम्। यज्वभिर्विधिनाहूतौ मखे देवाविवाश्विनौ ॥८-४०-८९॥
yuddhaśauṇḍau samāhūtāvaribhistau raṇādhvaram। yajvabhirvidhināhūtau makhe devāvivāśvinau ॥8-40-89॥
[युद्ध (yuddha) - war; शौण्डौ (śauṇḍau) - experts; समाहूतौ (samāhūtau) - invited; अरिभिः (aribhiḥ) - by enemies; तौ (tau) - those two; रण (raṇa) - battle; अध्वरम् (adhvaram) - sacrifice; यज्वभिः (yajvabhiḥ) - by priests; विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method; आहूतौ (āhūtau) - invited; मखे (makhe) - in the sacrifice; देवौ (devau) - gods; इव (iva) - like; अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - Aśvins;]
(The war experts, invited by enemies, those two entered the battle sacrifice, like gods invited by priests in the sacrifice.)
The two war experts, summoned by their enemies, entered the battlefield as if they were gods, like the Aśvins invited by priests to a sacrifice.
क्रुद्धौ तौ तु नरव्याघ्रौ वेगवन्तौ बभूवतुः। तलशब्देन रुषितौ यथा नागौ महाहवे ॥८-४०-९०॥
kruddhau tau tu naravyāghrau vegavantau babhūvatuḥ। talaśabdena ruṣitau yathā nāgau mahāhave ॥8-40-90॥
[क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - angry; तौ (tau) - those two; तु (tu) - indeed; नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - tiger among men; वेगवन्तौ (vegavantau) - swift; बभूवतुः (babhūvatuḥ) - became; तलशब्देन (talaśabdena) - by the sound of the palm; रुषितौ (ruṣitau) - angered; यथा (yathā) - like; नागौ (nāgau) - serpents; महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle;]
(Angry, those two tigers among men became swift. Angered by the sound of the palm, like serpents in the great battle.)
The two warriors, fierce as tigers, became swift in their anger. They were provoked by the sound of the palm, like serpents in a great battle.
विगाहन्स रथानीकमश्वसङ्घांश्च फल्गुनः। व्यचरत्पृतनामध्ये पाशहस्त इवान्तकः ॥८-४०-९१॥
vigāhansa rathānīkamaśvasaṅghāṃśca phalgunaḥ। vyacaratpṛtanāmadhye pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ ॥8-40-91॥
[विगाहन् (vigāhan) - entering; रथानीकम् (rathānīkam) - chariot army; अश्वसङ्घान् (aśvasaṅghān) - groups of horses; च (ca) - and; फल्गुनः (phalgunaḥ) - Arjuna; व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - moved; पृतनामध्ये (pṛtanāmadhye) - in the midst of the army; पाशहस्तः (pāśahastaḥ) - noose in hand; इव (iva) - like; अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - death;]
(Entering the chariot army and groups of horses, Arjuna moved in the midst of the army like death with a noose in hand.)
Arjuna, entering the chariot army and groups of horses, moved through the midst of the army like death itself, holding a noose in hand.
तं दृष्ट्वा युधि विक्रान्तं सेनायां तव भारत। संशप्तकगणान्भूयः पुत्रस्ते समचोदयत् ॥८-४०-९२॥
taṁ dṛṣṭvā yudhi vikrāntaṁ senāyāṁ tava bhārata। saṁśaptakagaṇānbhūyaḥ putraste samacodayat ॥8-40-92॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; युधि (yudhi) - in battle; विक्रान्तं (vikrāntaṁ) - valiant; सेनायां (senāyāṁ) - in the army; तव (tava) - your; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; संशप्तकगणान् (saṁśaptakagaṇān) - the Saṁśaptaka groups; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; ते (te) - your; समचोदयत् (samacodayat) - urged;]
(Having seen him valiant in battle, your son urged the Saṁśaptaka groups again in the army, O Bharata.)
Upon witnessing his valor in battle, your son once more urged the Saṁśaptaka warriors within your army, O Bharata.
ततो रथसहस्रेण द्विरदानां त्रिभिः शतैः। चतुर्दशसहस्रैश्च तुरगाणां महाहवे ॥८-४०-९३॥
tato rathasahasreṇa dviradānāṃ tribhiḥ śataiḥ। caturdaśasahasraiśca turagāṇāṃ mahāhave ॥8-40-93॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; रथसहस्रेण (rathasahasreṇa) - with a thousand chariots; द्विरदानाम् (dviradānām) - of elephants; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; शतैः (śataiḥ) - hundreds; चतुर्दशसहस्रैः (caturdaśasahasraiḥ) - with fourteen thousand; च (ca) - and; तुरगाणाम् (turagāṇām) - of horses; महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle;]
(Then with a thousand chariots, three hundred elephants, and fourteen thousand horses in the great battle.)
Then, in the great battle, there were a thousand chariots, three hundred elephants, and fourteen thousand horses.
द्वाभ्यां शतसहस्राभ्यां पदातीनां च धन्विनाम्। शूराणां नामलब्धानां विदितानां समन्ततः ॥ अभ्यवर्तन्त तौ वीरौ छादयन्तो महारथाः ॥८-४०-९४॥
dvābhyāṃ śatasahasrābhyāṃ padātīnāṃ ca dhanvinām। śūrāṇāṃ nāmalabdhānāṃ viditānāṃ samantataḥ ॥ abhyavartanta tau vīrau chādayanto mahārathāḥ ॥8-40-94॥
[द्वाभ्यां (dvābhyāṃ) - by two; शतसहस्राभ्यां (śatasahasrābhyāṃ) - by hundred thousand; पदातीनां (padātīnāṃ) - of foot soldiers; च (ca) - and; धन्विनाम् (dhanvinām) - of archers; शूराणां (śūrāṇāṃ) - of heroes; नामलब्धानां (nāmalabdhānāṃ) - of those who have gained fame; विदितानां (viditānāṃ) - of the known; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; अभ्यवर्तन्त (abhyavartanta) - advanced; तौ (tau) - those two; वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes; छादयन्तः (chādayantaḥ) - covering; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers;]
(By two hundred thousand foot soldiers and archers, of heroes who have gained fame and are known all around, those two heroes advanced, covering the great charioteers.)
Two heroes, known and famed among hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers and archers, advanced all around, covering the great charioteers.
स छाद्यमानः समरे शरैः परबलार्दनः। दर्शयन्रौद्रमात्मानं पाशहस्त इवान्तकः ॥ निघ्नन्संशप्तकान्पार्थः प्रेक्षणीयतरोऽभवत् ॥८-४०-९५॥
sa chādyamānaḥ samare śaraiḥ parabalārdanaḥ। darśayanraudramātmānaṃ pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ ॥ nighnansaṃśaptakānpārthaḥ prekṣaṇīyataro'bhavat ॥8-40-95॥
[स (sa) - he; छाद्यमानः (chādyamānaḥ) - being covered; समरे (samare) - in the battle; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; परबलार्दनः (parabalārdanaḥ) - destroyer of enemy forces; दर्शयन् (darśayan) - showing; रौद्रम् (raudram) - fierce; आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self; पाशहस्तः (pāśahastaḥ) - with a noose in hand; इव (iva) - like; अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - death; निघ्नन् (nighnan) - slaying; संशप्तकान् (saṃśaptakān) - the Samsaptakas; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; प्रेक्षणीयतरः (prekṣaṇīyataraḥ) - more splendid; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(He, being covered in the battle with arrows, the destroyer of enemy forces, showing his fierce self like Death with a noose in hand, slaying the Samsaptakas, Arjuna became more splendid.)
Arjuna, covered in arrows in the battle and appearing fierce like Death with a noose, became more splendid as he slew the Samsaptakas.
ततो विद्युत्प्रभैर्बाणैः कार्तस्वरविभूषितैः। निरन्तरमिवाकाशमासीन्नुन्नैः किरीटिना ॥८-४०-९६॥
tato vidyutprabhairbāṇaiḥ kārtsvaravibhūṣitaiḥ। nirantaramivākāśamāsīnnunnaiḥ kirīṭinā ॥8-40-96॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; विद्युत्प्रभैः (vidyutprabhaiḥ) - with lightning-like brightness; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; कार्तस्वरविभूषितैः (kārtsvaravibhūṣitaiḥ) - adorned with gold; निरन्तरम् (nirantaram) - continuously; इव (iva) - like; आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; नुन्नैः (nunnaiḥ) - pierced; किरीटिना (kirīṭinā) - by the crowned one;]
(Then, with arrows of lightning-like brightness adorned with gold, the sky was continuously pierced by the crowned one.)
Then, the crowned warrior continuously pierced the sky with his arrows, which shone with the brightness of lightning and were adorned with gold.
किरीटिभुजनिर्मुक्तैः सम्पतद्भिर्महाशरैः। समाच्छन्नं बभौ सर्वं काद्रवेयैरिव प्रभो ॥८-४०-९७॥
kirīṭibhujanirmuktaiḥ sampatadbhirmahāśaraiḥ। samācchannaṃ babhau sarvaṃ kādraveyairiva prabho ॥8-40-97॥
[किरीटि (kirīṭi) - crowned one; भुज (bhuja) - arm; निर्मुक्तैः (nirmuktaiḥ) - released; सम्पतद्भिः (sampatadbhiḥ) - falling; महाशरैः (mahāśaraiḥ) - great arrows; समाच्छन्नं (samācchannaṃ) - covered; बभौ (babhau) - shone; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; काद्रवेयैः (kādraveyaiḥ) - by the sons of Kadrava; इव (iva) - like; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(The crowned one's arms released great arrows that fell, covering everything, shining like the sons of Kadrava, O lord.)
The crowned one's arms released great arrows that fell and covered everything, shining like the sons of Kadrava, O lord.
रुक्मपुङ्खान्प्रसन्नाग्राञ्शरान्संनतपर्वणः। अदर्शयदमेयात्मा दिक्षु सर्वासु पाण्डवः ॥८-४०-९८॥
rukmapuṅkhānprasannāgrāñśarānsaṃnataparvaṇaḥ। adarśayadameyātmā dikṣu sarvāsu pāṇḍavaḥ ॥8-40-98॥
[रुक्मपुङ्खान् (rukmapuṅkhān) - golden-feathered arrows; प्रसन्नाग्रान् (prasannāgrān) - with bright tips; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; संनतपर्वणः (saṃnataparvaṇaḥ) - with bent joints; अदर्शयत् (adarśayat) - showed; अमेयात्मा (ameyātmā) - immeasurable soul; दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in all directions; सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the Pandava;]
(The Pandava, with an immeasurable soul, showed golden-feathered arrows with bright tips and bent joints in all directions.)
The Pandava, possessing an immeasurable soul, displayed his golden-feathered arrows with bright tips and bent joints, visible in all directions.
हत्वा दश सहस्राणि पार्थिवानां महारथः। संशप्तकानां कौन्तेयः प्रपक्षं त्वरितोऽभ्ययात् ॥८-४०-९९॥
hatvā daśa sahasrāṇi pārthivānāṃ mahārathaḥ। saṃśaptakānāṃ kaunteyaḥ prapakṣaṃ tvarito'bhyayāt ॥8-40-99॥
[हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; दश (daśa) - ten; सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands; पार्थिवानां (pārthivānāṃ) - of kings; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior; संशप्तकानां (saṃśaptakānāṃ) - of the Trigartas; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kunti; प्रपक्षं (prapakṣaṃ) - towards the enemy; त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - swiftly; अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached;]
(Having slain ten thousand kings, the great warrior, son of Kunti, swiftly approached towards the enemy of the Trigartas.)
After slaying ten thousand kings, the great warrior Arjuna, son of Kunti, swiftly advanced towards the enemy forces of the Trigartas.
प्रपक्षं स समासाद्य पार्थः काम्बोजरक्षितम्। प्रममाथ बलाद्बाणैर्दानवानिव वासवः ॥८-४०-१००॥
prapakṣaṃ sa samāsādya pārthaḥ kāmbojarakṣitam। pramamātha balādbāṇairdānavāniva vāsavaḥ ॥8-40-100॥
[प्रपक्षम् (prapakṣam) - the enemy side; सः (saḥ) - he; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna; काम्बोजरक्षितम् (kāmbojarakṣitam) - protected by the Kambojas; प्रममाथ (pramamātha) - crushed; बलात् (balāt) - by force; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; दानवान् (dānavān) - the demons; इव (iva) - like; वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra;]
(Having reached the enemy side protected by the Kambojas, Arjuna crushed them by force with arrows, like Indra (crushed) the demons.)
Arjuna, upon reaching the enemy side protected by the Kambojas, forcefully crushed them with his arrows, just as Indra did to the demons.
प्रचिच्छेदाशु भल्लैश्च द्विषतामाततायिनाम्। शस्त्रपाणींस्तथा बाहूंस्तथापि च शिरांस्युत ॥८-४०-१०१॥
pracicchedāśu bhallaizca dviṣatāmātatāyinām। śastrapāṇīṃstathā bāhūṃstathāpi ca śirāṃsyuta ॥8-40-101॥
[प्रचिच्छेद (praciccheda) - cut off; आशु (āśu) - quickly; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with arrows; च (ca) - and; द्विषताम् (dviṣatām) - of enemies; आततायिनाम् (ātatāyinām) - of aggressors; शस्त्रपाणीं (śastrapāṇīn) - armed; तथा (tathā) - also; बाहून् (bāhūn) - arms; तथा (tathā) - also; अपि (api) - even; च (ca) - and; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; उत (uta) - indeed;]
(He quickly cut off with arrows the arms and heads of the armed aggressors and enemies.)
He swiftly severed the arms and heads of the armed enemies and aggressors with arrows.
अङ्गाङ्गावयवैश्छिन्नैर्व्यायुधास्तेऽपतन्क्षितौ। विष्वग्वाताभिसम्भग्ना बहुशाखा इव द्रुमाः ॥८-४०-१०२॥
aṅgāṅgāvayavaiśchinnairvyāyudhāste'patankṣitau। viṣvagvātābhisambhagnā bahuśākhā iva drumāḥ ॥8-40-102॥
[अङ्ग (aṅga) - limbs; अङ्ग (aṅga) - limbs; अवयवैः (avayavaiḥ) - by parts; छिन्नैः (chinnaiḥ) - cut off; व्यायुधाः (vyāyudhāḥ) - weapons; ते (te) - they; अपतन् (apatan) - fell; क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the ground; विष्वक् (viṣvak) - in all directions; वात (vāta) - by wind; अभिसम्भग्नाः (abhisambhagnāḥ) - broken; बहुशाखाः (bahuśākhāḥ) - many-branched; इव (iva) - like; द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees;]
(With limbs and parts cut off, they fell on the ground, broken by the wind in all directions, like many-branched trees.)
The warriors, with their limbs and parts severed, fell to the ground, scattered by the wind in all directions, like trees with many branches.
हस्त्यश्वरथपत्तीनां व्रातान्निघ्नन्तमर्जुनम्। सुदक्षिणादवरजः शरवृष्ट्याभ्यवीवृषत् ॥८-४०-१०३॥
hastyaśvarathapattīnāṃ vrātān nighnantam arjunam। sudakṣiṇād avarajaḥ śaravṛṣṭyābhyavīvṛṣat ॥8-40-103॥
[हस्ति (hasti) - elephant; अश्व (aśva) - horse; रथ (ratha) - chariot; पत्तीनां (pattīnāṃ) - of foot soldiers; व्रातान् (vrātān) - groups; निघ्नन्तम् (nighnantam) - slaying; अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna; सुदक्षिणात् (sudakṣiṇāt) - from Sudakshina; अवरजः (avarajaḥ) - younger brother; शरवृष्ट्या (śaravṛṣṭyā) - with a shower of arrows; अभ्यवीवृषत् (abhyavīvṛṣat) - covered;]
(The younger brother from Sudakshina covered Arjuna, who was slaying groups of elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers, with a shower of arrows.)
The younger brother of Sudakshina attacked Arjuna, who was destroying the groups of elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers, with a rain of arrows.
अस्यास्यतोऽर्धचन्द्राभ्यां स बाहू परिघोपमौ। पूर्णचन्द्राभवक्त्रं च क्षुरेणाभ्यहनच्छिरः ॥८-४०-१०४॥
asyāsyato'rdhacandrābhyāṃ sa bāhū parighopamau। pūrṇacandrābhavaktraṃ ca kṣureṇābhyahanacchiraḥ ॥8-40-104॥
[अस्य (asya) - of this; अस्यतः (asyataḥ) - from the mouth; अर्धचन्द्राभ्यां (ardhacandrābhyāṃ) - with two half-moons; सः (saḥ) - he; बाहू (bāhū) - arms; परिघोपमौ (parighopamau) - like iron bars; पूर्णचन्द्राभवक्त्रं (pūrṇacandrābhavaktraṃ) - full moon-like face; च (ca) - and; क्षुरेण (kṣureṇa) - with a razor; अभ्यहनत् (abhyahanat) - struck; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head;]
(With two half-moons from the mouth of this, he struck the arms like iron bars and the full moon-like face with a razor, the head.)
He struck with two crescent-shaped weapons from his mouth, his arms resembling iron bars, and his face like a full moon, using a razor, at the head.
स पपात ततो वाहात्स्वलोहितपरिस्रवः। मनःशिलागिरेः शृङ्गं वज्रेणेवावदारितम् ॥८-४०-१०५॥
sa papāta tato vāhātsvalohitaparisravaḥ। manaḥśilāgireḥ śṛṅgaṃ vajreṇevāvadāritam ॥8-40-105॥
[स (sa) - he; पपात (papāta) - fell; ततः (tataḥ) - then; वाहात् (vāhāt) - from the vehicle; स्वलोहितपरिस्रवः (svalohitaparisravaḥ) - bleeding profusely; मनःशिलागिरेः (manaḥśilāgireḥ) - of the cinnabar mountain; शृङ्गं (śṛṅgaṃ) - peak; वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - by a thunderbolt; इव (iva) - as if; अवदारितम् (avadāritam) - torn apart;]
(He fell then from the vehicle, bleeding profusely, as if the peak of the cinnabar mountain was torn apart by a thunderbolt.)
He fell from the vehicle, bleeding profusely, as if struck by a thunderbolt, resembling the peak of a cinnabar mountain being shattered.
सुदक्षिणादवरजं काम्बोजं ददृशुर्हतम्। प्रांशुं कमलपत्राक्षमत्यर्थं प्रियदर्शनम् ॥ काञ्चनस्तम्भसङ्काशं भिन्नं हेमगिरिं यथा ॥८-४०-१०६॥
sudakṣiṇādavarajaṃ kāmbojaṃ dadṛśurhatam। prāṃśuṃ kamalapatrākṣamatyarthaṃ priyadarśanam ॥ kāñcanastambhasaṅkāśaṃ bhinnaṃ hemagiriṃ yathā ॥8-40-106॥
[सुदक्षिणात् (sudakṣiṇāt) - from Sudakshina; अवरजम् (avarajam) - younger brother; काम्बोजम् (kāmbojam) - Kamboja; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; हतम् (hatam) - slain; प्रांशुम् (prāṃśum) - tall; कमलपत्राक्षम् (kamalapatrākṣam) - lotus-eyed; अत्यर्थम् (atyartham) - extremely; प्रियदर्शनम् (priyadarśanam) - handsome; काञ्चन (kāñcana) - golden; स्तम्भसङ्काशम् (stambhasaṅkāśam) - pillar-like; भिन्नम् (bhinnam) - broken; हेमगिरिम् (hemagirim) - golden mountain; यथा (yathā) - like;]
(They saw the younger brother of Sudakshina, Kamboja, slain. Tall, lotus-eyed, extremely handsome, like a golden pillar, broken like a golden mountain.)
They saw the younger brother of Sudakshina, Kamboja, who was tall, lotus-eyed, and extremely handsome, lying slain. He appeared like a golden pillar, shattered like a golden mountain.
ततोऽभवत्पुनर्युद्धं घोरमद्भुतदर्शनम्। नानावस्थाश्च योधानां बभूवुस्तत्र युध्यताम् ॥८-४०-१०७॥
tato'bhavatpunaryuddhaṁ ghoramadbhutadarśanam। nānāvasthāśca yodhānāṁ babhūvustatra yudhyatām ॥8-40-107॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभवत् (abhavat) - there was; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; अद्भुत (adbhuta) - wonderful; दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight; नाना (nānā) - various; अवस्थाः (avasthāḥ) - conditions; च (ca) - and; योधानाम् (yodhānām) - of the warriors; बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - there were; तत्र (tatra) - there; युध्यताम् (yudhyatām) - of those fighting;]
(Then there was again a battle, terrible and wonderful to behold. Various were the conditions of the warriors fighting there.)
Then once again, a fierce and astonishing battle took place. The warriors engaged in combat were in various states and conditions.
एतेष्वावर्जितैरश्वैः काम्बोजैर्यवनैः शकैः। शोणिताक्तैस्तदा रक्तं सर्वमासीद्विशां पते ॥८-४०-१०८॥
eteṣv āvarjitair aśvaiḥ kāmbojair yavanaiḥ śakaiḥ। śoṇitāktais tadā raktaṃ sarvam āsīd viśāṃ pate ॥8-40-108॥
[एतेषु (eteṣu) - in these; आवर्जितैः (āvarjitaiḥ) - gathered; अश्वैः (aśvaiḥ) - horses; काम्बोजैः (kāmbojaiḥ) - Kambojas; यवनैः (yavanaiḥ) - Yavanas; शकैः (śakaiḥ) - Shakas; शोणिताक्तैः (śoṇitāktais) - blood-stained; तदा (tadā) - then; रक्तं (raktaṃ) - red; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(In these gathered horses, Kambojas, Yavanas, and Shakas, then all was red with blood, O lord of men.)
O lord of men, at that time, all was red with the blood of the gathered horses, Kambojas, Yavanas, and Shakas.
रथै रथाश्वसूतैश्च हतारोहैश्च वाजिभिः। द्विरदैश्च हतारोहैर्महामात्रैर्हतद्विपैः ॥ अन्योन्येन महाराज कृतो घोरो जनक्षयः ॥८-४०-१०९॥
rathai rathāśvasūtaiśca hatārohaiśca vājibhiḥ। dviradaiśca hatārohairmahāmātrairhatadvipaiḥ ॥ anyonyena mahārāja kṛto ghoro janakṣayaḥ ॥8-40-109॥
[रथैः (rathaiḥ) - by chariots; रथ-अश्व-सूतैः (ratha-aśva-sūtaiḥ) - by chariot-horses and charioteers; च (ca) - and; हत-आरोहैः (hata-ārohaiḥ) - by slain riders; च (ca) - and; वाजिभिः (vājibhiḥ) - by horses; द्विरदैः (dviradaiḥ) - by elephants; च (ca) - and; हत-आरोहैः (hata-ārohaiḥ) - by slain riders; महामात्रैः (mahāmātraiḥ) - by great ministers; हत-द्विपैः (hata-dvipaiḥ) - by slain elephants; अन्योन्येन (anyonyena) - by one another; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - was made; घोरः (ghoraḥ) - terrible; जन-क्षयः (jana-kṣayaḥ) - destruction of people;]
(By chariots, chariot-horses, charioteers, slain riders, horses, elephants, great ministers, and slain elephants, O great king, a terrible destruction of people was made by one another.)
O great king, a terrible destruction of people was caused by chariots, horses, elephants, and their riders, as they fought against each other.
तस्मिन्प्रपक्षे पक्षे च वध्यमाने महात्मना। अर्जुनं जयतां श्रेष्ठं त्वरितो द्रौणिराययौ ॥८-४०-११०॥
tasminprapakṣe pakṣe ca vadhyamāne mahātmanā। arjunaṃ jayatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tvarito drauṇirāyayau ॥8-40-110॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; प्रपक्षे (prapakṣe) - battle; पक्षे (pakṣe) - side; च (ca) - and; वध्यमाने (vadhyamāne) - being slain; महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great soul; अर्जुनं (arjunaṃ) - Arjuna; जयतां (jayatāṃ) - of the victorious; श्रेष्ठं (śreṣṭhaṃ) - the best; त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; आययौ (āyayau) - arrived;]
(In that battle, on the side being slain by the great soul, quickly arrived Drona's son, the best of the victorious, Arjuna.)
In the midst of the battle, as the great soul was being slain, Drona's son swiftly arrived, recognizing Arjuna as the best among the victorious.
विधुन्वानो महच्चापं कार्तस्वरविभूषितम्। आददानः शरान्घोरान्स्वरश्मीनिव भास्करः ॥८-४०-१११॥
vidhunvāno mahaccāpaṃ kārtsvaravibhūṣitam। ādadānaḥ śarānghorān svaraśmīniva bhāskaraḥ ॥8-40-111॥
[विधुन्वानः (vidhunvānaḥ) - wielding; महत् (mahat) - great; चापम् (cāpam) - bow; कार्तस्वर (kārtsvara) - gold; विभूषितम् (vibhūṣitam) - adorned; आददानः (ādadānaḥ) - taking; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible; स्वरश्मीन् (svaraśmīn) - rays; इव (iva) - like; भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - sun;]
(Wielding a great bow adorned with gold, taking terrible arrows like the rays of the sun.)
He wielded a great bow adorned with gold and took terrible arrows, resembling the rays of the sun.
तैः पतद्भिर्महाराज द्रौणिमुक्तैः समन्ततः। सञ्छादितौ रथस्थौ तावुभौ कृष्णधनञ्जयौ ॥८-४०-११२॥
taiḥ patadbhirmahārāja drauṇimuktaiḥ samantataḥ। sañchāditau rathasthau tāvubhau kṛṣṇadhanañjayau ॥8-40-112॥
[तैः (taiḥ) - by those; पतद्भिः (patadbhiḥ) - falling; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; द्रौणिमुक्तैः (drauṇimuktaiḥ) - released by Drona's son; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; सञ्छादितौ (sañchāditau) - covered; रथस्थौ (rathasthau) - standing on the chariot; तौ (tau) - those two; उभौ (ubhau) - both; कृष्णधनञ्जयौ (kṛṣṇadhanañjayau) - Krishna and Dhananjaya;]
(By those falling missiles released by Drona's son, O great king, both Krishna and Dhananjaya standing on the chariot were covered all around.)
O great king, both Krishna and Arjuna, standing on their chariot, were completely covered by the missiles released by Drona's son from all directions.
ततः शरशतैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान्। निश्चेष्टौ तावुभौ चक्रे युद्धे माधवपाण्डवौ ॥८-४०-११३॥
tataḥ śaraśataistīkṣṇairbhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān। niśceṣṭau tāvubhau cakre yuddhe mādhavapāṇḍavau ॥8-40-113॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शरशतैः (śaraśataiḥ) - with hundreds of arrows; तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - sharp; भारद्वाजः (bhāradvājaḥ) - Bharadvaja; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - valiant; निश्चेष्टौ (niśceṣṭau) - motionless; तौ (tau) - those two; उभौ (ubhau) - both; चक्रे (cakre) - made; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; माधवपाण्डवौ (mādhavapāṇḍavau) - Madhava and Pandava;]
(Then, Bharadvaja, the valiant, made both Madhava and Pandava motionless in battle with hundreds of sharp arrows.)
Then, the valiant Bharadvaja rendered both Madhava and Pandava motionless in the battle with hundreds of sharp arrows.
हाहाकृतमभूत्सर्वं जङ्गमं स्थावरं तथा। चराचरस्य गोप्तारौ दृष्ट्वा सञ्छादितौ शरैः ॥८-४०-११४॥
hāhākṛtam abhūt sarvaṁ jaṅgamaṁ sthāvaraṁ tathā। carācarasya goptārau dṛṣṭvā sañchāditau śaraiḥ ॥8-40-114॥
[हाहाकृतम् (hāhākṛtam) - made a loud wailing sound; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; जङ्गमम् (jaṅgamam) - moving; स्थावरम् (sthāvaram) - non-moving; तथा (tathā) - and; चराचरस्य (carācarasya) - of the moving and non-moving; गोप्तारौ (goptārau) - the protectors; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; सञ्छादितौ (sañchāditau) - covered; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows;]
(All the moving and non-moving things made a loud wailing sound and became covered with arrows, having seen the protectors of the moving and non-moving.)
Upon seeing the protectors of all moving and non-moving beings covered with arrows, everything, both moving and non-moving, began to wail loudly.
सिद्धचारणसङ्घाश्च सम्पेतुर्वै समन्ततः। चिन्तयन्तो भवेदद्य लोकानां स्वस्त्यपीत्यह ॥८-४०-११५॥
siddhacāraṇasaṅghāśca sampeturvai samantataḥ। cintayanto bhavedadya lokānāṃ svastyapītyaha ॥8-40-115॥
[सिद्ध (siddha) - perfected beings; चारण (cāraṇa) - celestial singers; सङ्घाः (saṅghāḥ) - groups; च (ca) - and; सम्पेतुः (sampetuḥ) - arrived; वै (vai) - indeed; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides; चिन्तयन्तः (cintayantaḥ) - thinking; भवेत् (bhavet) - may be; अद्य (adya) - today; लोकानाम् (lokānām) - of the worlds; स्वस्ति (svasti) - welfare; अपि (api) - also; इति (iti) - thus; अह (aha) - said;]
(The groups of perfected beings and celestial singers indeed arrived from all sides, thinking, "May there be welfare for the worlds today," thus they said:)
The groups of Siddhas and Charanas gathered from all directions, contemplating whether there would be welfare for the worlds today, and thus they spoke.
न मया तादृशो राजन्दृष्टपूर्वः पराक्रमः। सञ्जज्ञे यादृशो द्रौणेः कृष्णौ सञ्छादयिष्यतः ॥८-४०-११६॥
na mayā tādṛśo rājandṛṣṭapūrvaḥ parākramaḥ। sañjajñe yādṛśo drauṇeḥ kṛṣṇau sañchādayiṣyataḥ ॥8-40-116॥
[न (na) - not; मया (mayā) - by me; तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - such; राजन् (rājan) - O king; दृष्टपूर्वः (dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ) - seen before; पराक्रमः (parākramaḥ) - valor; सञ्जज्ञे (sañjajñe) - arose; यादृशः (yādṛśaḥ) - as; द्रौणेः (drauṇeḥ) - of Drona's son; कृष्णौ (kṛṣṇau) - Krishna and Arjuna; सञ्छादयिष्यतः (sañchādayiṣyataḥ) - covering;]
(O king, I have not seen such valor before, as arose in Drona's son while covering Krishna and Arjuna.)
O king, I have never witnessed such valor before as was displayed by Drona's son when he confronted Krishna and Arjuna.
द्रौणेस्तु धनुषः शब्दमहितत्रासनं रणे। अश्रौषं बहुशो राजन्सिंहस्य नदतो यथा ॥८-४०-११७॥
drauṇestu dhanuṣaḥ śabdamahitatrāsanaṃ raṇe। aśrauṣaṃ bahuśo rājansiṃhasya nadato yathā ॥8-40-117॥
[द्रौणॆः (drauṇeḥ) - of Drona's son; तु (tu) - but; धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - of the bow; शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound; अहित (ahita) - terrifying; त्रासनम् (trāsanam) - frightening; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard; बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - many times; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सिंहस्य (siṃhasya) - of the lion; नदतः (nadataḥ) - roaring; यथा (yathā) - as; ८-४०-११७ (8-40-117) - (verse number);]
(But, O king, I heard many times in battle the terrifying sound of Drona's son's bow, as the roaring of a lion.)
O king, I often heard in battle the dreadful sound of the bow of Drona's son, akin to the roaring of a lion.
ज्या चास्य चरतो युद्धे सव्यदक्षिणमस्यतः। विद्युदम्बुदमध्यस्था भ्राजमानेव साभवत् ॥८-४०-११८॥
jyā cāsya carato yuddhe savyadakṣiṇamasyataḥ। vidyudambudamadhyasthā bhrājamāneva sābhavat ॥8-40-118॥
[ज्या (jyā) - bowstring; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; चरतः (carataḥ) - moving; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; सव्यदक्षिणम् (savyadakṣiṇam) - left and right; अस्यतः (asyataḥ) - releasing; विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning; अम्बुद (ambuda) - cloud; मध्यस्था (madhyasthā) - situated in the middle; भ्राजमाना (bhrājamānā) - shining; इव (iva) - like; सा (sā) - she; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(The bowstring, as he moved in battle, releasing left and right, was like lightning situated in the middle of a cloud, shining, she became.)
As he moved in battle, his bowstring released arrows left and right, resembling lightning in the middle of a cloud, shining brightly.
स तथा क्षिप्रकारी च दृढहस्तश्च पाण्डवः। संमोहं परमं गत्वा प्रैक्षत द्रोणजं ततः ॥८-४०-११९॥
sa tathā kṣiprakārī ca dṛḍhahastaśca pāṇḍavaḥ। saṃmohaṃ paramaṃ gatvā praikṣata droṇajaṃ tataḥ ॥8-40-119॥
[स (sa) - he; तथा (tathā) - thus; क्षिप्रकारी (kṣiprakārī) - quick-acting; च (ca) - and; दृढहस्तः (dṛḍhahastaḥ) - firm-handed; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Pāṇḍava; संमोहं (saṃmohaṃ) - confusion; परमं (paramaṃ) - great; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; प्रैक्षत (praikṣata) - saw; द्रोणजं (droṇajaṃ) - son of Droṇa; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(He, thus quick-acting and firm-handed Pāṇḍava, having gone into great confusion, then saw the son of Droṇa.)
The quick-acting and firm-handed Pāṇḍava, in a state of great confusion, then saw the son of Droṇa.
स विक्रमं हृतं मेने आत्मनः सुमहात्मना। तथास्य समरे राजन्वपुरासीत्सुदुर्दृशम् ॥८-४०-१२०॥
sa vikramaṃ hṛtaṃ mene ātmanaḥ sumahātmanā। tathāsya samare rājanvapurāsītsudurdṛśam ॥8-40-120॥
[स (sa) - he; विक्रमं (vikramaṃ) - valor; हृतं (hṛtaṃ) - taken away; मेने (mene) - considered; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself; सुमहात्मना (sumahātmanā) - by the great soul; तथा (tathā) - thus; अस्य (asya) - his; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; वपुः (vapuḥ) - form; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; सुदुर्दृशम् (sudurdṛśam) - very difficult to see;]
(He considered his valor taken away by the great soul. Thus, O king, his form in battle was very difficult to see.)
He thought that his valor had been taken by the great soul. Thus, O king, his form in the battle became very difficult to perceive.
द्रौणिपाण्डवयोरेवं वर्तमाने महारणे। वर्धमाने च राजेन्द्र द्रोणपुत्रे महाबले ॥ हीयमाने च कौन्तेये कृष्णं रोषः समभ्ययात् ॥८-४०-१२१॥
drauṇipāṇḍavayorevaṃ vartamāne mahāraṇe। vardhamāne ca rājendra droṇaputre mahābale ॥ hīyamāne ca kaunteye kṛṣṇaṃ roṣaḥ samabhyayāt ॥8-40-121॥
[द्रौणि (drauṇi) - of Aśvatthāmā; पाण्डवयोः (pāṇḍavayoḥ) - and the Pāṇḍavas; एवं (evaṃ) - thus; वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - ongoing; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle; वर्धमाने (vardhamāne) - increasing; च (ca) - and; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; द्रोणपुत्रे (droṇaputre) - the son of Droṇa; महाबले (mahābale) - of great strength; हीयमाने (hīyamāne) - diminishing; च (ca) - and; कौन्तेये (kaunteye) - the son of Kuntī; कृष्णं (kṛṣṇaṃ) - Kṛṣṇa; रोषः (roṣaḥ) - anger; समभ्ययात् (samabhyayāt) - approached;]
(Thus, in the ongoing great battle between Aśvatthāmā and the Pāṇḍavas, as the strength of the son of Droṇa increased, O king, and the son of Kuntī diminished, anger approached Kṛṣṇa.)
In the great battle that was ongoing between Aśvatthāmā and the Pāṇḍavas, as the strength of Droṇa's son increased and the son of Kuntī weakened, anger arose in Kṛṣṇa.
स रोषान्निःश्वसन्राजन्निर्दहन्निव चक्षुषा। द्रौणिं ह्यपश्यत्सङ्ग्रामे फल्गुनं च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥८-४०-१२२॥
sa roṣānniḥśvasanrājannirdahanniva cakṣuṣā. drauṇiṃ hyapaśyatsaṅgrāme phalgunaṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ ॥8-40-122॥
[स (sa) - he; रोषात् (roṣāt) - with anger; निःश्वसन (niḥśvasan) - breathing heavily; राजन् (rājan) - O king; निर्दहन् (nirdahan) - burning; इव (iva) - as if; चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - with eyes; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drona's son; हि (hi) - indeed; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in the battle; फल्गुनम् (phalgunaṃ) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly; मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again;]
(He, breathing heavily with anger, O king, as if burning with his eyes, indeed saw Drona's son and Arjuna repeatedly in the battle.)
In his anger, he breathed heavily, O king, and with eyes that seemed to burn, he kept seeing Drona's son and Arjuna again and again in the battle.
ततः क्रुद्धोऽब्रवीत्कृष्णः पार्थं सप्रणयं तदा। अत्यद्भुतमिदं पार्थ तव पश्यामि संयुगे ॥ अतिशेते हि यत्र त्वा द्रोणपुत्रोऽद्य भारत ॥८-४०-१२३॥
tataḥ kruddho'bravīt kṛṣṇaḥ pārthaṃ sapraṇayaṃ tadā। atyadbhutam idaṃ pārtha tava paśyāmi saṃyuge ॥ atiśete hi yatra tvā droṇaputro'dya bhārata ॥8-40-123॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna; पार्थम् (pārtham) - to Arjuna; सप्रणयम् (sapraṇayam) - with affection; तदा (tadā) - then; अत्यद्भुतम् (atyadbhutam) - very wonderful; इदम् (idam) - this; पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna; तव (tava) - your; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; अतिशेते (atiśete) - surpasses; हि (hi) - indeed; यत्र (yatra) - where; त्वा (tvā) - you; द्रोणपुत्रः (droṇaputraḥ) - son of Drona; अद्य (adya) - today; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]
(Then, angry Krishna said to Arjuna with affection: "O Arjuna, I see this very wonderful thing in battle. Indeed, today the son of Drona surpasses you, O descendant of Bharata.")
Then, in anger, Krishna affectionately said to Arjuna: "O Arjuna, I witness this extraordinary event in the battle. Indeed, today the son of Drona surpasses you, O descendant of Bharata."
कच्चित्ते गाण्डिवं हस्ते रथे तिष्ठसि चार्जुन। कच्चित्कुशलिनौ बाहू कच्चिद्वीर्यं तदेव ते ॥८-४०-१२४॥
kaccitte gāṇḍivaṃ haste rathe tiṣṭhasi cārjunaḥ। kaccitkuśalinau bāhū kaccidvīryaṃ tadeva te ॥8-40-124॥
[कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; ते (te) - your; गाण्डिवम् (gāṇḍivam) - Gandiva bow; हस्ते (haste) - in hand; रथे (rathe) - on the chariot; तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand; चार्जुन (cārjuna) - O Arjuna; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; कुशलिनौ (kuśalinau) - well; बाहू (bāhū) - arms; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; वीर्यम् (vīryam) - strength; तत् (tat) - that; एव (eva) - indeed; ते (te) - your;]
(Whether your Gandiva bow is in hand on the chariot, you stand, O Arjuna. Whether your arms are well, whether that strength is indeed yours.)
O Arjuna, do you still hold your Gandiva bow in your hand while standing on the chariot? Are your arms well and does your strength remain the same?
एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन क्षिप्त्वा भल्लांश्चतुर्दश। त्वरमाणस्त्वराकाले द्रौणेर्धनुरथाच्छिनत् ॥ ध्वजं छत्रं पताकां च रथं शक्तिं गदां तथा ॥८-४०-१२५॥
evamuktastu kṛṣṇena kṣiptvā bhallāṃścaturdaśa। tvaramāṇastvarākāle drauṇerdhanurathācchinat ॥ dhvajaṃ chatraṃ patākāṃ ca rathaṃ śaktiṃ gadāṃ tathā ॥8-40-125॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken; तु (tu) - but; कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Krishna; क्षिप्त्वा (kṣiptvā) - having thrown; भल्लान् (bhallān) - arrows; चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen; त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hastening; त्वरा (tvarā) - speed; काले (kāle) - in time; द्रौणेः (drauṇeḥ) - of Drona's son; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot; छिनत् (chinat) - cut off; ध्वजम् (dhvajam) - flag; छत्रम् (chatram) - umbrella; पताकाम् (patākām) - banner; च (ca) - and; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; शक्तिम् (śaktim) - spear; गदाम् (gadām) - mace; तथा (tathā) - also;]
(Thus spoken by Krishna, having thrown fourteen arrows, hastening in time, cut off the bow from Drona's son's chariot, and also the flag, umbrella, banner, chariot, spear, and mace.)
Upon being addressed by Krishna, he swiftly shot fourteen arrows, cutting off the bow of Drona's son from his chariot, along with the flag, umbrella, banner, chariot, spear, and mace.
जत्रुदेशे च सुभृशं वत्सदन्तैरताडयत्। स मूर्च्छां परमां गत्वा ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रितः ॥८-४०-१२६॥
jatrudeśe ca subhṛśaṃ vatsadantairatāḍayat। sa mūrcchāṃ paramāṃ gatvā dhvajayaṣṭiṃ samāśritaḥ ॥8-40-126॥
[जत्रुदेशे (jatrudeśe) - in the region of the neck; च (ca) - and; सुभृशं (subhṛśaṃ) - violently; वत्सदन्तैः (vatsadantaiḥ) - with calf teeth; अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck; सः (saḥ) - he; मूर्च्छां (mūrcchāṃ) - unconsciousness; परमां (paramāṃ) - great; गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone; ध्वजयष्टिं (dhvajayaṣṭiṃ) - flagstaff; समाश्रितः (samāśritaḥ) - leaned against;]
(In the region of the neck, he struck violently with calf teeth. Having gone into great unconsciousness, he leaned against the flagstaff.)
In the region of the neck, he struck violently with calf teeth. He then fell into a deep unconsciousness and leaned against the flagstaff.
तं विसञ्ज्ञं महाराज किरीटिभयपीडितम्। अपोवाह रणात्सूतो रक्षमाणो धनञ्जयात् ॥८-४०-१२७॥
taṁ visañjñaṁ mahārāja kirīṭibhayapīḍitam। apovāha raṇātsūto rakṣamāṇo dhanañjayāt ॥8-40-127॥
[तं (taṁ) - him; विसञ्ज्ञं (visañjñaṁ) - unconscious; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; किरीटि (kirīṭi) - Arjuna; भय (bhaya) - fear; पीडितम् (pīḍitam) - afflicted; अपोवाह (apovāha) - carried away; रणात् (raṇāt) - from the battlefield; सूतः (sūtaḥ) - the charioteer; रक्षमाणः (rakṣamāṇaḥ) - protecting; धनञ्जयात् (dhanañjayāt) - from Arjuna;]
(The charioteer, protecting him, carried away the unconscious great king, afflicted by the fear of Arjuna, from the battlefield.)
The charioteer, fearing Arjuna, carried away the unconscious great king from the battlefield, ensuring his protection.
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु विजयः शत्रुतापनः। न्यवधीत्तावकं सैन्यं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ पश्यतस्तव पुत्रस्य तस्य वीरस्य भारत ॥८-४०-१२८॥
etasmínneva kāle tu vijayaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ। nyavadhīttāvakaṃ sainyaṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥ paśyatastava putrasya tasya vīrasya bhārata ॥8-40-128॥
[एतस्मिन्नेव (etasmínneva) - at that very time; काले (kāle) - at the time; तु (tu) - but; विजयः (vijayaḥ) - Vijaya; शत्रुतापनः (śatrutāpanaḥ) - the tormentor of enemies; न्यवधीत् (nyavadhīt) - killed; तावकं (tāvakaṃ) - your; सैन्यं (sainyaṃ) - army; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and then; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; तस्य (tasya) - that; वीरस्य (vīrasya) - heroic; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]
(At that very time, Vijaya, the tormentor of enemies, killed your army by hundreds and then by thousands, while your heroic son was watching, O descendant of Bharata.)
At that moment, Vijaya, the destroyer of foes, slaughtered your troops in hundreds and thousands as your brave son looked on, O Bharata.
एवमेष क्षयो वृत्तस्तावकानां परैः सह। क्रूरो विशसनो घोरो राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥८-४०-१२९॥
evameṣa kṣayo vṛttastāvakānāṃ paraiḥ saha। krūro viśasano ghororājandurmantrite tava ॥8-40-129॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; क्षयः (kṣayaḥ) - destruction; वृत्तः (vṛttaḥ) - occurred; तावकानाम् (tāvakānām) - of your people; परैः (paraiḥ) - by the enemies; सह (saha) - with; क्रूरः (krūraḥ) - cruel; विशसनः (viśasanaḥ) - slaughter; घोरः (ghoraḥ) - terrible; राजन् (rājan) - O king; दुर्मन्त्रिते (durmantrite) - due to ill advice; तव (tava) - your;]
(Thus, this destruction of your people occurred with the enemies; cruel, slaughter, terrible, O king, due to your ill advice.)
Thus, O king, this terrible destruction of your people occurred due to your ill advice, in conjunction with the enemies.
संशप्तकांश्च कौन्तेयः कुरूंश्चापि वृकोदरः। वसुषेणं च पाञ्चालः कृत्स्नेन व्यधमद्रणे ॥८-४०-१३०॥
saṁśaptakāṁśca kaunteyaḥ kurūṁścāpi vṛkodaraḥ। vasuṣeṇaṁ ca pāñcālaḥ kṛtsnena vyadhamadraṇe ॥8-40-130॥
[संशप्तकान् (saṁśaptakān) - the Trigartas; च (ca) - and; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - son of Kunti (Arjuna); कुरून् (kurūn) - the Kauravas; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhima; वसुषेणम् (vasuṣeṇam) - Karna; च (ca) - and; पाञ्चालः (pāñcālaḥ) - the Panchala prince (Dhrishtadyumna); कृत्स्नेन (kṛtsnena) - entirely; व्यधमत् (vyadhamat) - scattered; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(The son of Kunti (Arjuna) scattered the Trigartas and the Kauravas; Bhima scattered Karna; the Panchala prince (Dhrishtadyumna) scattered entirely in battle.)
Arjuna, the son of Kunti, scattered the Trigartas and the Kauravas in battle; Bhima scattered Karna; and the Panchala prince, Dhrishtadyumna, scattered them entirely.
