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Core and Pancharatra: The description of the battle involving various prominent warriors on both sides.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhritarashtra said:)
Dhritarashtra spoke:
निवृत्ते भीमसेने च पाण्डवे च युधिष्ठिरे। वध्यमाने बले चापि मामके पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः ॥८-४४-१॥
nivṛtte bhīmasene ca pāṇḍave ca yudhiṣṭhire। vadhyamāne bale cāpi māmake pāṇḍusṛñjayaiḥ ॥8-44-1॥
[निवृत्ते (nivṛtte) - withdrawn; भीमसेने (bhīmasene) - Bhimasena; च (ca) - and; पाण्डवे (pāṇḍave) - Pandava; च (ca) - and; युधिष्ठिरे (yudhiṣṭhire) - Yudhishthira; वध्यमाने (vadhyamāne) - being slain; बले (bale) - the forces; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; मामके (māmake) - my; पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः (pāṇḍusṛñjayaiḥ) - by the Pandavas and Srinjayas;]
(Withdrawn were Bhimasena and Pandava and Yudhishthira. Being slain were the forces, also mine, by the Pandavas and Srinjayas.)
Bhimasena, Pandava, and Yudhishthira had withdrawn. My forces were being slain by the Pandavas and Srinjayas.
द्रवमाणे बलौघे च निराक्रन्दे मुहुर्मुहुः। किमकुर्वन्त कुरवस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥८-४४-२॥
dravamāṇe balaughe ca nirākrande muhurmuhuḥ। kimakurvanta kuravastanmamācakṣva sañjaya ॥8-44-2॥
[द्रवमाणे (dravamāṇe) - flowing; बलौघे (balaughe) - in the force; च (ca) - and; निराक्रन्दे (nirākrande) - without crying; मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again; किमकुर्वन्त (kimakurvanta) - what did they do; कुरवः (kuravaḥ) - the Kauravas; तन्ममाचक्ष्व (tanmamācakṣva) - tell me that; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya;]
(In the flowing force and without crying again and again, what did the Kauravas do? Tell me that, Sanjaya.)
In the midst of the flowing forces and amidst the relentless cries, what actions did the Kauravas take? Please narrate that to me, Sanjaya.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
दृष्ट्वा भीमं महाबाहुं सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान्। क्रोधरक्तेक्षणो राजन्भीमसेनमुपाद्रवत् ॥८-४४-३॥
dṛṣṭvā bhīmaṃ mahābāhuṃ sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān। krodharaktekṣaṇo rājanbhīmasenamupādravat ॥8-44-3॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; महाबाहुम् (mahābāhum) - mighty-armed; सूतपुत्रः (sūtaputraḥ) - son of a charioteer; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - glorious; क्रोधरक्तेक्षणः (krodharaktekṣaṇaḥ) - with eyes red with anger; राजन् (rājan) - O king; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - attacked;]
(Having seen Bhima, the mighty-armed, the son of a charioteer, glorious, with eyes red with anger, O king, attacked Bhimasena.)
Seeing the mighty-armed Bhima, the valiant son of a charioteer, with eyes inflamed with anger, attacked Bhimasena, O king.
तावकं च बलं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनात्पराङ्मुखम्। यत्नेन महता राजन्पर्यवस्थापयद्बली ॥८-४४-४॥
tāvakaṃ ca balaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenātparāṅmukham। yatnena mahatā rājaparyavasthāpayadbali ॥8-44-4॥
[तावकं (tāvakaṃ) - your; च (ca) - and; बलं (balaṃ) - strength; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भीमसेनात् (bhīmasenāt) - from Bhimasena; पराङ्मुखम् (parāṅmukham) - turned away; यत्नेन (yatnena) - with effort; महता (mahatā) - great; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पर्यवस्थापयत् (paryavasthāpayat) - arranged; बली (balī) - the strong one;]
(Having seen your strength turned away by Bhimasena, O king, the strong one arranged with great effort.)
O king, having witnessed your forces being repelled by Bhimasena, the mighty one reorganized them with great effort.
व्यवस्थाप्य महाबाहुस्तव पुत्रस्य वाहिनीम्। प्रत्युद्ययौ तदा कर्णः पाण्डवान्युद्धदुर्मदान् ॥८-४४-५॥
vyavasthāpya mahābāhustava putrasya vāhinīm। pratyudyayau tadā karṇaḥ pāṇḍavānyuddhadurmadān ॥8-44-5॥
[व्यवस्थाप्य (vyavasthāpya) - having arranged; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; वाहिनीम् (vāhinīm) - army; प्रत्युद्ययौ (pratyudyayau) - advanced; तदा (tadā) - then; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pandavas; युद्धदुर्मदान् (yuddhadurmadān) - arrogant in battle;]
(Having arranged your son's army, the mighty-armed Karna then advanced against the Pandavas, who were arrogant in battle.)
The mighty-armed Karna, having arranged your son's army, advanced against the Pandavas, who were known for their arrogance in battle.
प्रत्युद्ययुस्तु राधेयं पाण्डवानां महारथाः। धुन्वानाः कार्मुकाण्याजौ विक्षिपन्तश्च सायकान् ॥८-४४-६॥
pratyudyayustu rādheyaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ। dhunvānāḥ kārmukāṇyājau vikṣipantaśca sāyakān ॥8-44-6॥
[प्रत्युद्ययुः (pratyudyayuḥ) - advanced; तु (tu) - but; राधेयं (rādheyaṃ) - Karna; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors; धुन्वानाः (dhunvānāḥ) - wielding; कार्मुकाणि (kārmukāṇi) - bows; आजौ (ājau) - in battle; विक्षिपन्तः (vikṣipantaḥ) - shooting; च (ca) - and; सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows;]
(But the great warriors of the Pandavas advanced against Karna, wielding bows and shooting arrows in battle.)
The great warriors of the Pandavas, equipped with bows, moved forward to confront Karna in the battle, launching arrows.
भीमसेनः शिनेर्नप्ता शिखण्डी जनमेजयः। धृष्टद्युम्नश्च बलवान्सर्वे चापि प्रभद्रकाः ॥८-४४-७॥
bhīmasenaḥ śinernaptā śikhaṇḍī janamejayaḥ। dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca balavānsarve cāpi prabhadrakāḥ ॥8-44-7॥
[भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; शिनः (śinaḥ) - of Shini; नप्ता (naptā) - grandson; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandi; जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhrishtadyumna; च (ca) - and; बलवान् (balavān) - strong; सर्वे (sarve) - all; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; प्रभद्रकाः (prabhadrakāḥ) - Prabhadrakas;]
(Bhimasena, the grandson of Shini, Shikhandi, Janamejaya, Dhrishtadyumna, and the strong Prabhadrakas all also.)
Bhimasena, the grandson of Shini, along with Shikhandi, Janamejaya, Dhrishtadyumna, and the strong Prabhadrakas, were all present.
पाञ्चालाश्च नरव्याघ्राः समन्तात्तव वाहिनीम्। अभ्यद्रवन्त सङ्क्रुद्धाः समरे जितकाशिनः ॥८-४४-८॥
pāñcālāśca naravyāghrāḥ samantāttava vāhinīm। abhyadravanta saṅkruddhāḥ samare jitakāśinaḥ ॥8-44-8॥
[पाञ्चालाः (pāñcālāḥ) - Panchalas; च (ca) - and; नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - tiger-like men; समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides; तव (tava) - your; वाहिनीम् (vāhinīm) - army; अभ्यद्रवन्त (abhyadravanta) - attacked; सङ्क्रुद्धाः (saṅkruddhāḥ) - angrily; समरे (samare) - in battle; जितकाशिनः (jitakāśinaḥ) - victorious ones;]
(The Panchalas and tiger-like men attacked your army from all sides angrily in battle, the victorious ones.)
The Panchalas, fierce as tigers, launched an angry assault on your army from all directions in the battle, being the victorious ones.
तथैव तावका राजन्पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्। अभ्यद्रवन्त त्वरिता जिघांसन्तो महारथाः ॥८-४४-९॥
tathaiva tāvakā rājanpāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm। abhyadravanta tvaritā jighāṁsanto mahārathāḥ ॥8-44-9॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; तावका (tāvakā) - your men; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pandavas; अनीकिनीम् (anīkinīm) - army; अभ्यद्रवन्त (abhyadravanta) - attacked; त्वरिता (tvaritā) - hurriedly; जिघांसन्तः (jighāṁsantaḥ) - desiring to kill; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors;]
(In the same way, your men, O king, attacked the army of the Pandavas hurriedly, desiring to kill, the great warriors.)
In the same way, O king, your great warriors attacked the Pandavas' army with haste, eager to kill.
रथनागाश्वकलिलं पत्तिध्वजसमाकुलम्। बभूव पुरुषव्याघ्र सैन्यमद्भुतदर्शनम् ॥८-४४-१०॥
rathanāgāśvakalilaṃ pattidhvajasamākulam। babhūva puruṣavyāghra sainyamadbhutadarśanam ॥8-44-10॥
[रथ (ratha) - chariot; नाग (nāga) - elephant; अश्व (aśva) - horse; कलिलम् (kalilam) - crowded; पत्ति (patti) - infantry; ध्वज (dhvaja) - flag; समाकुलम् (samākulam) - filled with; बभूव (babhūva) - became; पुरुष (puruṣa) - man; व्याघ्र (vyāghra) - tiger; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; अद्भुत (adbhuta) - wonderful; दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight;]
(The army, filled with chariots, elephants, horses, infantry, and flags, became a wonderful sight for the tiger-like men.)
The army, crowded with chariots, elephants, horses, infantry, and flags, appeared as a wonderful spectacle to the heroic warriors.
शिखण्डी च ययौ कर्णं धृष्टद्युम्नः सुतं तव। दुःशासनं महाराज महत्या सेनया वृतम् ॥८-४४-११॥
śikhaṇḍī ca yayau karṇaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ sutaṃ tava। duḥśāsanaṃ mahārāja mahatyā senayā vṛtam ॥8-44-11॥
[शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandi; च (ca) - and; ययौ (yayau) - went; कर्णं (karṇam) - Karna; धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhrishtadyumna; सुतं (sutam) - son; तव (tava) - your; दुःशासनं (duḥśāsanam) - Duhshasana; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; महत्या (mahatyā) - with great; सेनया (senayā) - army; वृतम् (vṛtam) - surrounded;]
(Shikhandi went to Karna, Dhrishtadyumna to your son. Duhshasana, O great king, was surrounded by a great army.)
Shikhandi approached Karna, while Dhrishtadyumna went towards your son. Meanwhile, Duhshasana, O great king, was encircled by a vast army.
नकुलो वृषसेनं च चित्रसेनं युधिष्ठिरः। उलूकं समरे राजन्सहदेवः समभ्ययात् ॥८-४४-१२॥
nakulo vṛṣasenaṃ ca citrasenaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। ulūkaṃ samare rājansahadevaḥ samabhyayāt ॥8-44-12॥
[नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakul; वृषसेनम् (vṛṣasenam) - Vṛṣasena; च (ca) - and; चित्रसेनम् (citrasenam) - Citrasena; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; उलूकम् (ulūkam) - Uluka; समरे (samare) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; समभ्ययात् (samabhyayāt) - approached;]
(Nakul, Vṛṣasena, and Citrasena, Yudhishthira. Uluka in battle, O king, Sahadeva approached.)
Nakul, Vṛṣasena, and Citrasena were approached by Yudhishthira. In the battle, O king, Sahadeva approached Uluka.
सात्यकिः शकुनिं चापि भीमसेनश्च कौरवान्। अर्जुनं च रणे यत्तं द्रोणपुत्रो महारथः ॥८-४४-१३॥
sātyakiḥ śakuniṃ cāpi bhīmasenaśca kauravān। arjunaṃ ca raṇe yattaṃ droṇaputro mahārathaḥ ॥8-44-13॥
[सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki; शकुनिं (śakuniṃ) - Shakuni; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; च (ca) - and; कौरवान् (kauravān) - Kauravas; अर्जुनं (arjunaṃ) - Arjuna; च (ca) - and; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; यत्तं (yattaṃ) - engaged; द्रोणपुत्रः (droṇaputraḥ) - Drona's son; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior;]
(Satyaki, Shakuni, and also Bhimasena and the Kauravas. Arjuna and in battle engaged Drona's son, the great warrior.)
Satyaki, Shakuni, Bhimasena, and the Kauravas were engaged in battle, along with Arjuna and Drona's son, the great warrior.
युधामन्युं महेष्वासं गौतमोऽभ्यपतद्रणे। कृतवर्मा च बलवानुत्तमौजसमाद्रवत् ॥८-४४-१४॥
yudhāmanyuṃ maheṣvāsaṃ gautamo'bhyapatadraṇe। kṛtavarmā ca balavānuttamaujasamādravat ॥8-44-14॥
[युधामन्यम् (yudhāmanyam) - Yudhāmanyu; महेष्वासम् (maheṣvāsam) - great archer; गौतमः (gautamaḥ) - Gautama; अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - attacked; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā; च (ca) - and; बलवान् (balavān) - strong; उत्तमौजसम् (uttamaujasam) - Uttamaujas; आद्रवत् (ādravat) - charged;]
(Gautama attacked Yudhāmanyu, the great archer, in battle. Kṛtavarmā, the strong one, charged at Uttamaujas.)
In the battle, Gautama attacked the great archer Yudhāmanyu, while the strong Kṛtavarmā charged towards Uttamaujas.
भीमसेनः कुरून्सर्वान्पुत्रांश्च तव मारिष। सहानीकान्महाबाहुरेक एवाभ्यवारयत् ॥८-४४-१५॥
bhīmasenaḥ kurūnsarvānaputrāṃśca tava māriṣa। sahānīkānmahābāhureka evābhyavārayat ॥8-44-15॥
[भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhimasena; कुरून् (kurūn) - Kurus; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; च (ca) - and; तव (tava) - your; मारिष (māriṣa) - O lord; सहानीकान् (sahānīkān) - with armies; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; एव (eva) - indeed; अभ्यवारयत् (abhyavārayat) - stopped;]
(Bhimasena stopped all the Kurus and your sons, O lord, with their armies, mighty-armed and alone, indeed.)
Bhimasena, mighty-armed and alone, indeed stopped all the Kurus and your sons, O lord, with their armies.
शिखण्डी च ततः कर्णं विचरन्तमभीतवत्। भीष्महन्ता महाराज वारयामास पत्रिभिः ॥८-४४-१६॥
śikhaṇḍī ca tataḥ karṇaṃ vicarantam abhītavat। bhīṣmahantā mahārāja vārayāmāsa patribhiḥ ॥8-44-16॥
[शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandi; च (ca) - and; ततः (tataḥ) - then; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; विचरन्तम् (vicarantam) - moving; अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly; भीष्महन्ता (bhīṣmahantā) - the slayer of Bhishma; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained; पत्रिभिः (patribhiḥ) - with arrows;]
(Shikhandi then restrained Karna, who was moving fearlessly, O great king, with arrows, the slayer of Bhishma.)
Shikhandi, the slayer of Bhishma, then restrained the fearless Karna with arrows, O great king.
प्रतिरब्धस्ततः कर्णो रोषात्प्रस्फुरिताधरः। शिखण्डिनं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्भ्रुवोर्मध्ये व्यताडयत् ॥८-४४-१७॥
pratirabdhas tataḥ karṇo roṣāt prasphuritādharaḥ। śikhaṇḍinaṃ tribhir bāṇair bhruvor madhye vyatāḍayat ॥8-44-17॥
[प्रतिरब्धः (pratirabdhaḥ) - attacked; ततः (tataḥ) - then; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; रोषात् (roṣāt) - with anger; प्रस्फुरित (prasphurita) - trembling; अधरः (adharaḥ) - lip; शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandin; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; भ्रुवोः (bhruvoḥ) - between the eyebrows; मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle; व्यताडयत् (vyatāḍayat) - struck;]
(Then Karṇa, with trembling lip due to anger, attacked Shikhandin with three arrows in the middle of the eyebrows.)
Then Karṇa, his lip trembling with anger, struck Shikhandin with three arrows right between the eyebrows.
धारयंस्तु स तान्बाणाञ्शिखण्डी बह्वशोभत। राजतः पर्वतो यद्वत्त्रिभिः शृङ्गैः समन्वितः ॥८-४४-१८॥
dhārayaṃstu sa tānbāṇāñśikhaṇḍī bahvaśobhata। rājataḥ parvato yadvattribhiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ samanvitaḥ ॥8-44-18॥
[धारयन् (dhārayan) - holding; तु (tu) - but; सः (saḥ) - he; तान् (tān) - those; बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; बहु (bahu) - much; अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone; राजतः (rājataḥ) - like a silver; पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain; यद्वत् (yadvat) - as; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) - peaks; समन्वितः (samanvitaḥ) - endowed;]
(Holding those arrows, Śikhaṇḍī shone much, like a silver mountain endowed with three peaks.)
Śikhaṇḍī, holding those arrows, shone brightly like a silver mountain with three peaks.
सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासः सूतपुत्रेण संयुगे। कर्णं विव्याध समरे नवत्या निशितैः शरैः ॥८-४४-१९॥
so'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ sūtaputreṇa saṃyuge। karṇaṃ vivyādha samare navatyā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥8-44-19॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अतिविद्धः (atividdhaḥ) - pierced deeply; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - great archer; सूतपुत्रेण (sūtaputreṇa) - by the son of a charioteer; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; समरे (samare) - in the war; नवत्या (navatyā) - with ninety; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(He, the great archer, deeply pierced by the son of a charioteer in battle, pierced Karna in the war with ninety sharp arrows.)
He, the great archer, though deeply pierced by the son of a charioteer in battle, retaliated by piercing Karna in the war with ninety sharp arrows.
तस्य कर्णो हयान्हत्वा सारथिं च त्रिभिः शरैः। उन्ममाथ ध्वजं चास्य क्षुरप्रेण महारथः ॥८-४४-२०॥
tasya karṇo hayānhatvā sārathiṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ। unmamātha dhvajaṃ cāsya kṣurapreṇa mahārathaḥ ॥8-44-20॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; हयान् (hayān) - horses; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; सारथिम् (sārathim) - charioteer; च (ca) - and; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; उन्ममाथ (unmamātha) - cut off; ध्वजम् (dhvajam) - the banner; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-edged arrow; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - the great chariot warrior;]
(Karṇa, having killed his horses and charioteer with three arrows, cut off his banner with a razor-edged arrow, the great chariot warrior.)
Karṇa, the great chariot warrior, killed his opponent's horses and charioteer with three arrows and then cut off his banner with a razor-edged arrow.
हताश्वात्तु ततो यानादवप्लुत्य महारथः। शक्तिं चिक्षेप कर्णाय सङ्क्रुद्धः शत्रुतापनः ॥८-४४-२१॥
hatāśvāttu tato yānādavaplutya mahārathaḥ। śaktiṃ cikṣepa karṇāya saṅkruddhaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ ॥8-44-21॥
[हत (hata) - killed; अश्वात् (aśvāt) - horses; तु (tu) - but; ततः (tataḥ) - then; यानात् (yānāt) - from the chariot; अवप्लुत्य (avaplutya) - having jumped down; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - the great warrior; शक्तिम् (śaktim) - spear; चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - hurled; कर्णाय (karṇāya) - at Karna; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angrily; शत्रुतापनः (śatrutāpanaḥ) - the tormentor of enemies;]
(But then, having jumped down from the chariot with his horses killed, the great warrior angrily hurled a spear at Karna, the tormentor of enemies.)
The great warrior, with his horses slain, leapt down from his chariot and, in anger, hurled a spear at Karna, the tormentor of foes.
तां छित्त्वा समरे कर्णस्त्रिभिर्भारत सायकैः। शिखण्डिनमथाविध्यन्नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥८-४४-२२॥
tāṃ chittvā samare karṇastribhirbhārata sāyakaiḥ। śikhaṇḍinamathāvidhyannavabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ॥8-44-22॥
[तां (tāṃ) - her; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut; समरे (samare) - in battle; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata; सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - arrows; शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandi; अथ (atha) - then; अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - pierced; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows;]
(Having cut her down in battle with three arrows, O descendant of Bharata, Karna then pierced Shikhandi with nine sharp arrows.)
Karna, having severed her in the battle with three arrows, O Bharata, then struck Shikhandi with nine sharp arrows.
कर्णचापच्युतान्बाणान्वर्जयंस्तु नरोत्तमः। अपयातस्ततस्तूर्णं शिखण्डी जयतां वरः ॥८-४४-२३॥
karṇacāpathyutānbāṇānvarjayaṃstu narottamaḥ। apayātastatastūrṇaṃ śikhaṇḍī jayatāṃ varaḥ ॥8-44-23॥
[कर्ण (karṇa) - Karna; चाप (cāpa) - bow; च्युतान् (chyutān) - released; बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows; वर्जयन् (varjayan) - avoiding; तु (tu) - but; नर (nara) - man; उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - best; अपयातः (apayātaḥ) - retreated; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandi; जयताम् (jayatām) - of the victorious; वरः (varaḥ) - best;]
(The best of men, avoiding the arrows released from Karna's bow, then quickly retreated, Shikhandi, the best of the victorious.)
Shikhandi, the best among the victorious, quickly retreated, avoiding the arrows released from Karna's bow. He was the best of men.
ततः कर्णो महाराज पाण्डुसैन्यान्यशातयत्। तूलराशिं समासाद्य यथा वायुर्महाजवः ॥८-४४-२४॥
tataḥ karṇo mahārāja pāṇḍusainyānyaśātayat। tūlarāśiṃ samāsādya yathā vāyurmahājavaḥ ॥8-44-24॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; पाण्डु-सैन्यानि (pāṇḍu-sainyāni) - Pandava armies; अशातयत् (aśātayat) - attacked; तूलराशिम् (tūlarāśim) - cotton heap; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; यथा (yathā) - as; वायुः (vāyuḥ) - wind; महाजवः (mahājavaḥ) - of great speed;]
(Then Karna, O great king, attacked the Pandava armies, having approached them like the wind of great speed approaches a heap of cotton.)
Then Karna, O great king, attacked the Pandava armies with the swiftness of the wind approaching a heap of cotton.
धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज तव पुत्रेण पीडितः। दुःशासनं त्रिभिर्बाणैरभ्यविध्यत्स्तनान्तरे ॥८-४४-२५॥
dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja tava putreṇa pīḍitaḥ। duḥśāsanaṃ tribhirbāṇairabhyavidhyatstanāntare ॥8-44-25॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; तव (tava) - your; पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - by the son; पीडितः (pīḍitaḥ) - afflicted; दुःशासनम् (duḥśāsanam) - Duḥśāsana; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; अभ्यविध्यत् (abhyavidhyat) - pierced; स्तनान्तरे (stanāntare) - in the chest;]
(Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O great king, afflicted by your son, pierced Duḥśāsana in the chest with three arrows.)
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O great king, was afflicted by your son and in retaliation, he pierced Duḥśāsana in the chest with three arrows.
तस्य दुःशासनो बाहुं सव्यं विव्याध मारिष। शितेन रुक्मपुङ्खेन भल्लेन नतपर्वणा ॥८-४४-२६॥
tasya duḥśāsano bāhuṃ savyaṃ vivyādha māriṣa। śitena rukmapuṅkhena bhallena nataparvaṇā ॥8-44-26॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; दुःशासनो (duḥśāsano) - Duḥśāsana; बाहुं (bāhuṃ) - arm; सव्यं (savyaṃ) - left; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; मारिष (māriṣa) - O lord; शितेन (śitena) - sharp; रुक्मपुङ्खेन (rukmapuṅkhena) - golden-feathered; भल्लेन (bhallena) - arrow; नतपर्वणा (nataparvaṇā) - with a bent joint;]
(His left arm, O lord, was pierced by Duḥśāsana with a sharp, golden-feathered arrow with a bent joint.)
Duḥśāsana pierced his left arm with a sharp arrow that had golden feathers and a bent joint, O lord.
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तु निर्विद्धः शरं घोरममर्षणः। दुःशासनाय सङ्क्रुद्धः प्रेषयामास भारत ॥८-४४-२७॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnastu nirviddhaḥ śaraṃ ghoramamarṣaṇaḥ। duḥśāsanāya saṅkruddhaḥ preṣayāmāsa bhārata ॥8-44-27॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; तु (tu) - but; निर्विद्धः (nirviddhaḥ) - pierced; शरं (śaram) - arrow; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; अमर्षणः (amarṣaṇaḥ) - angry; दुःशासनाय (duḥśāsanāya) - to Duḥśāsana; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - enraged; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Dhṛṣṭadyumna, pierced by a terrible arrow, angrily sent (it) to Duḥśāsana, O Bhārata.)
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, though pierced by a terrible arrow, in his anger, sent it towards Duḥśāsana, O Bhārata.
आपतन्तं महावेगं धृष्टद्युम्नसमीरितम्। शरैश्चिच्छेद पुत्रस्ते त्रिभिरेव विशां पते ॥८-४४-२८॥
āpantaṃ mahāvegaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnasamīritam। śaraiś ciccheda putras te tribhir eva viśāṃ pate ॥8-44-28॥
[आपतन्तं (āpantam) - approaching; महावेगं (mahāvegam) - with great speed; धृष्टद्युम्न (dhṛṣṭadyumna) - Dhrishtadyumna; समीरितम् (samīritam) - urged; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; ते (te) - your; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; एव (eva) - only; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(Your son cut off (the one) approaching with great speed, urged by Dhrishtadyumna, with only three arrows, O lord of men.)
Your son, O lord of men, swiftly intercepted the oncoming force driven by Dhrishtadyumna, using just three arrows.
अथापरैः सप्तदशैर्भल्लैः कनकभूषणैः। धृष्टद्युम्नं समासाद्य बाह्वोरुरसि चार्दयत् ॥८-४४-२९॥
athāparaiḥ saptadaśairbhallaiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ। dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ samāsādya bāhvorurasi cārdayat ॥8-44-29॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अपैः (aparaiḥ) - by others; सप्तदशैः (saptadaśaiḥ) - seventeen; भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - arrows; कनक (kanaka) - gold; भूषणैः (bhūṣaṇaiḥ) - adorned; धृष्टद्युम्नं (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; बाह्वोः (bāhvoḥ) - arms; उरसि (urasi) - chest; चार्दयत् (cārdayat) - pierced;]
(Then, by others, seventeen arrows adorned with gold, having approached Dhṛṣṭadyumna, pierced his arms and chest.)
Then, seventeen golden-adorned arrows shot by others struck Dhṛṣṭadyumna in the arms and chest.
ततः स पार्षतः क्रुद्धो धनुश्चिच्छेद मारिष। क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन तत उच्चुक्रुशुर्जनाः ॥८-४४-३०॥
tataḥ sa pārṣataḥ kruddho dhanuś ciccheda māriṣaḥ। kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena tata uccukruśur janāḥ ॥8-44-30॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; पार्षतः (pārṣataḥ) - Pārṣata; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; मारिष (māriṣaḥ) - O Māriṣa; क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a sharp arrow; सुतीक्ष्णेन (sutīkṣṇena) - very sharp; ततः (tataḥ) - then; उच्चुक्रुशुः (uccukruśuḥ) - cried out; जनाः (janāḥ) - people;]
(Then he, Pārṣata, angry, cut the bow, O Māriṣa, with a very sharp arrow; then the people cried out.)
Then, in anger, Pārṣata cut the bow with a very sharp arrow, O Māriṣa, and the people cried out in response.
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ। धृष्टद्युम्नं शरव्रातैः समन्तात्पर्यवारयत् ॥८-४४-३१॥
athānyaddhanurādāya putraste bharatarṣabha। dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ śaravrātaiḥ samantātparyavārayat ॥8-44-31॥
[अथ (atha) - then; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; आदाय (ādāya) - taking; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; ते (te) - your; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas; धृष्टद्युम्नम् (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; शरव्रातैः (śaravrātaiḥ) - with volleys of arrows; समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides; पर्यवारयत् (paryavārayat) - surrounded;]
(Then, taking another bow, your son, O best of the Bharatas, surrounded Dhṛṣṭadyumna with volleys of arrows from all sides.)
Then, your son, O best of the Bharatas, took another bow and surrounded Dhṛṣṭadyumna with volleys of arrows from all directions.
तव पुत्रस्य ते दृष्ट्वा विक्रमं तं महात्मनः। व्यहसन्त रणे योधाः सिद्धाश्चाप्सरसां गणाः ॥८-४४-३२॥
tava putrasya te dṛṣṭvā vikramaṃ taṃ mahātmanaḥ। vyahasanta raṇe yodhāḥ siddhāścāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ ॥8-44-32॥
[तव (tava) - your; पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - son's; ते (te) - your; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; विक्रमं (vikramaṃ) - valor; तं (taṃ) - that; महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - great soul; व्यहसन्त (vyahasanta) - laughed; रणे (raṇe) - in the battle; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; सिद्धाः (siddhāḥ) - perfected beings; च (ca) - and; अप्सरसां (apsarasāṃ) - of the celestial nymphs; गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - groups;]
(Having seen the valor of your son, that great soul, the warriors laughed in the battle, and the groups of perfected beings and celestial nymphs.)
Upon witnessing the valor of your son, the great soul, the warriors in the battle laughed, as did the groups of perfected beings and celestial nymphs.
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं तावकानां परैः सह। घोरं प्राणभृतां काले घोररूपं परन्तप ॥८-४४-३३॥
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tāvakānāṃ paraiḥ saha। ghoraṃ prāṇabhṛtāṃ kāle ghorarūpaṃ parantapa ॥8-44-33॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रववृते (pravavṛte) - commenced; युद्धं (yuddhaṃ) - battle; तावकानां (tāvakānāṃ) - of your side; परैः (paraiḥ) - with the enemies; सह (saha) - together; घोरं (ghoraṃ) - terrible; प्राणभृतां (prāṇabhṛtāṃ) - of the living beings; काले (kāle) - at the time; घोररूपं (ghorarūpaṃ) - of terrible form; परन्तप (parantapa) - O subduer of enemies;]
(Then commenced the battle of your side with the enemies, terrible at the time for the living beings, of terrible form, O subduer of enemies.)
Then the battle began between your forces and the enemies, a dreadful and terrifying event for all living beings, O subduer of enemies.
नकुलं वृषसेनस्तु विद्ध्वा पञ्चभिरायसैः। पितुः समीपे तिष्ठन्तं त्रिभिरन्यैरविध्यत ॥८-४४-३४॥
nakulaṁ vṛṣasenastu viddhvā pañcabhirāyasaiḥ। pituḥ samīpe tiṣṭhantaṁ tribhiranyairavidhyat ॥8-44-34॥
[नकुलं (nakulaṁ) - Nakul; वृषसेनः (vṛṣasenaḥ) - Vrishasena; तु (tu) - but; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; आयसैः (āyasaiḥ) - iron arrows; पितुः (pituḥ) - father's; समीपे (samīpe) - near; तिष्ठन्तं (tiṣṭhantaṁ) - standing; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - other; अविध्यत (avidhyat) - pierced;]
(Vrishasena, having pierced Nakul with five iron arrows, pierced him again with three other arrows while he was standing near his father.)
Vrishasena shot Nakul with five iron arrows and then struck him again with three more while Nakul was standing by his father.
नकुलस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो वृषसेनं स्मयन्निव। नाराचेन सुतीक्ष्णेन विव्याध हृदये दृढम् ॥८-४४-३५॥
nakulastu tataḥ kruddho vṛṣasenaṃ smayanniva। nārācena sutīkṣṇena vivyādha hṛdaye dṛḍham ॥8-44-35॥
[नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakul; तु (tu) - but; ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; वृषसेनम् (vṛṣasenam) - Vṛṣasena; स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling; इव (iva) - as if; नाराचेन (nārācena) - with an arrow; सुतीक्ष्णेन (sutīkṣṇena) - sharp; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart; दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firmly;]
(Nakul, but then angry, as if smiling, pierced Vṛṣasena firmly in the heart with a sharp arrow.)
Nakul, though appearing to smile, was actually angry and pierced Vṛṣasena firmly in the heart with a sharp arrow.
सोऽतिविद्धो बलवता शत्रुणा शत्रुकर्शनः। शत्रुं विव्याध विंशत्या स च तं पञ्चभिः शरैः ॥८-४४-३६॥
so'tividdho balavatā śatruṇā śatrukarśanaḥ। śatruṃ vivyādha viṃśatyā sa ca taṃ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ ॥8-44-36॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अतिविद्धः (atividdhaḥ) - pierced deeply; बलवता (balavatā) - by the strong; शत्रुणा (śatruṇā) - by the enemy; शत्रुकर्शनः (śatrukarśanaḥ) - destroyer of enemies; शत्रुम् (śatrum) - enemy; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; विंशत्या (viṃśatyā) - with twenty; सः (saḥ) - he; च (ca) - and; तम् (tam) - him; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows;]
(He, pierced deeply by the strong enemy, the destroyer of enemies, pierced the enemy with twenty (arrows), and he (pierced) him with five arrows.)
The destroyer of enemies, though deeply pierced by the strong enemy, retaliated by piercing the enemy with twenty arrows, and then struck him with five more arrows.
ततः शरसहस्रेण तावुभौ पुरुषर्षभौ। अन्योन्यमाच्छादयतामथाभज्यत वाहिनी ॥८-४४-३७॥
tataḥ śarasahasreṇa tāvubhau puruṣarṣabhau। anyonyamācchādayatām athābhajyata vāhinī ॥8-44-37॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शरसहस्रेण (śarasahasreṇa) - with thousands of arrows; तौ (tau) - those two; उभौ (ubhau) - both; पुरुषर्षभौ (puruṣarṣabhau) - bulls among men; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other; आच्छादयताम् (ācchādayatām) - covered; अथ (atha) - then; अभज्यत (abhajyata) - was broken; वाहिनी (vāhinī) - army;]
(Then, with thousands of arrows, those two bulls among men covered each other, and then the army was broken.)
Then, with thousands of arrows, those two warriors, like bulls among men, covered each other, and then the army was shattered.
दृष्ट्वा तु प्रद्रुतां सेनां धार्तराष्ट्रस्य सूतजः। निवारयामास बलादनुपत्य विशां पते ॥ निवृत्ते तु ततः कर्णे नकुलः कौरवान्ययौ ॥८-४४-३८॥
dṛṣṭvā tu pradrutāṃ senāṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya sūtajaḥ। nivārayāmāsa balādanupatya viśāṃ pate ॥ nivṛtte tu tataḥ karṇe nakulaḥ kauravānyayau ॥8-44-38॥
[दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तु (tu) - but; प्रद्रुतां (pradrutām) - fleeing; सेनां (senāṃ) - army; धार्तराष्ट्रस्य (dhārtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhritarashtra's son; सूतजः (sūtajaḥ) - son of a charioteer; निवारयामास (nivārayāmāsa) - restrained; बलात् (balāt) - by force; अनुपत्य (anupatya) - following; विशां (viśāṃ) - of the people; पते (pate) - O lord; निवृत्ते (nivṛtte) - having returned; तु (tu) - but; ततः (tataḥ) - then; कर्णे (karṇe) - Karna; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakul; कौरवान् (kauravān) - Kauravas; ययौ (yayau) - went;]
(Having seen the fleeing army of Dhritarashtra's son, the son of a charioteer restrained them by force, following, O lord of the people. But having returned, then Nakul went to the Kauravas.)
Upon seeing the fleeing army of Dhritarashtra's son, the son of a charioteer forcefully restrained them, following them, O lord of the people. After Karna returned, Nakul went towards the Kauravas.
कर्णपुत्रस्तु समरे हित्वा नकुलमेव तु। जुगोप चक्रं त्वरितं राधेयस्यैव मारिष ॥८-४४-३९॥
karṇaputrastu samare hitvā nakulameva tu। jugopa cakraṃ tvaritaṃ rādheyasyaiva māriṣa ॥8-44-39॥
[कर्णपुत्रः (karṇaputraḥ) - son of Karna; तु (tu) - but; समरे (samare) - in battle; हित्वा (hitvā) - having left; नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakul; एव (eva) - only; तु (tu) - but; जुगोप (jugopa) - protected; चक्रं (cakraṃ) - the wheel; त्वरितं (tvaritaṃ) - swiftly; राधेयस्य (rādheyasya) - of Radheya (Karna); एव (eva) - only; मारिष (māriṣa) - O great one;]
(The son of Karna, however, in battle, having left only Nakul, swiftly protected the wheel of Radheya, O great one.)
The son of Karna, in the battle, left Nakul aside and swiftly protected Karna's chariot wheel, O great one.
उलूकस्तु रणे क्रुद्धः सहदेवेन वारितः। तस्याश्वांश्चतुरो हत्वा सहदेवः प्रतापवान् ॥ सारथिं प्रेषयामास यमस्य सदनं प्रति ॥८-४४-४०॥
ulūkastu raṇe kruddhaḥ sahadevena vāritaḥ। tasyāśvāṃścaturo hatvā sahadevaḥ pratāpavān ॥ sārathiṃ preṣayāmāsa yamasya sadanaṃ prati ॥8-44-40॥
[उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - Uluka; तु (tu) - but; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; सहदेवेन (sahadevena) - by Sahadeva; वारितः (vāritaḥ) - restrained; तस्य (tasya) - his; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - the valiant; सारथिम् (sārathim) - the charioteer; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent; यमस्य (yamasya) - to Yama's; सदनं (sadanaṃ) - abode; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Uluka, angry in battle, was restrained by Sahadeva. Having killed his four horses, the valiant Sahadeva sent the charioteer towards Yama's abode.)
In the battle, Uluka, filled with rage, was stopped by Sahadeva. After slaying his four horses, the brave Sahadeva dispatched the charioteer to the abode of Yama.
उलूकस्तु ततो यानादवप्लुत्य विशां पते। त्रिगर्तानां बलं पूर्णं जगाम पितृनन्दनः ॥८-४४-४१॥
ulūkastu tato yānādavaplutya viśāṃ pate। trigartānāṃ balaṃ pūrṇaṃ jagāma pitṛnandanaḥ ॥8-44-41॥
[उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - Uluka; तु (tu) - but; ततः (tataḥ) - then; यानात् (yānāt) - from the vehicle; अवप्लुत्य (avaplutya) - having descended; विशां (viśāṃ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; त्रिगर्तानाम् (trigartānām) - of the Trigartas; बलम् (balam) - army; पूर्णम् (pūrṇam) - full; जगाम (jagāma) - went; पितृनन्दनः (pitṛnandanaḥ) - O son of the father;]
(Uluka, but then having descended from the vehicle, O lord of men, went to the full army of the Trigartas, O son of the father.)
Uluka then descended from the vehicle and went to the full army of the Trigartas, O lord of men, O son of the father.
सात्यकिः शकुनिं विद्ध्वा विंशत्या निशितैः शरैः। ध्वजं चिच्छेद भल्लेन सौबलस्य हसन्निव ॥८-४४-४२॥
sātyakiḥ śakuniṃ viddhvā viṃśatyā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ। dhvajaṃ ciccheda bhallena saubalasya hasanniva ॥8-44-42॥
[सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki; शकुनिं (śakuniṃ) - Shakuni; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; विंशत्या (viṃśatyā) - with twenty; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - arrows; ध्वजं (dhvajaṃ) - flag; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; भल्लेन (bhallena) - with a shaft; सौबलस्य (saubalasya) - of Saubala; हसन्निव (hasanniva) - as if laughing;]
(Satyaki, having pierced Shakuni with twenty sharp arrows, cut off the flag of Saubala with a shaft, as if laughing.)
Satyaki, with a smile, pierced Shakuni with twenty sharp arrows and then cut off Saubala's flag with a precise shot.
सौबलस्तस्य समरे क्रुद्धो राजन्प्रतापवान्। विदार्य कवचं भूयो ध्वजं चिच्छेद काञ्चनम् ॥८-४४-४३॥
saubalas tasya samare kruddho rājan pratāpavān। vidārya kavacaṃ bhūyo dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāñcanam ॥8-44-43॥
[सौबलः (saubalaḥ) - Saubala; तस्य (tasya) - his; समरे (samare) - in battle; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty; विदार्य (vidārya) - having pierced; कवचम् (kavacam) - armor; भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; ध्वजम् (dhvajam) - banner; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off; काञ्चनम् (kāñcanam) - golden;]
(Saubala, angry in battle, O king, mighty, having pierced his armor, again cut off the golden banner.)
Saubala, filled with rage in the battle, O king, displayed his might by piercing through the armor and once again severing the golden banner.
अथैनं निशितैर्बाणैः सात्यकिः प्रत्यविध्यत। सारथिं च महाराज त्रिभिरेव समार्दयत् ॥ अथास्य वाहांस्त्वरितः शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥८-४४-४४॥
athainaṁ niśitairbāṇaiḥ sātyakiḥ pratyavidhyata. sārathiṁ ca mahārāja tribhireva samārdayat. athāsya vāhāṁstvaritaḥ śarairninye yamakṣayam ॥8-44-44॥
[अथ (atha) - then; एनम् (enam) - him; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki; प्रत्यविध्यत (pratyavidhyata) - pierced; सारथिम् (sārathim) - the charioteer; च (ca) - and; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three; एव (eva) - only; समार्दयत् (samārdayat) - struck; अथ (atha) - then; अस्य (asya) - his; वाहान् (vāhān) - horses; त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; निन्ये (ninye) - sent; यमक्षयम् (yamakṣayam) - to the abode of Yama;]
(Then Satyaki pierced him with sharp arrows. And, O great king, he struck the charioteer with only three. Then quickly sent his horses to the abode of Yama with arrows.)
Then Satyaki pierced him with sharp arrows and struck the charioteer with three arrows, O great king. Then he quickly sent his horses to the abode of Yama with arrows.
ततोऽवप्लुत्य सहसा शकुनिर्भरतर्षभ। आरुरोह रथं तूर्णमुलूकस्य महारथः ॥ अपोवाहाथ शीघ्रं स शैनेयाद्युद्धशालिनः ॥८-४४-४५॥
tato'vaplutya sahasā śakunirbharatarṣabha। āruroha rathaṃ tūrṇamulūkasya mahārathaḥ ॥ apovāhātha śīghraṃ sa śaineyādyuddhaśālinaḥ ॥8-44-45॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अवप्लुत्य (avaplutya) - having jumped; सहसा (sahasā) - quickly; शकुनिः (śakuniḥ) - Shakuni; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O bull of the Bharatas; आरुरोह (āruroha) - ascended; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - swiftly; उलूकस्य (ulūkasya) - of Uluka; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior; अपोवाह (apovāha) - drove away; अथ (atha) - then; शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; सः (saḥ) - he; शैनेयात् (śaineyāt) - from Satyaki; युद्धशालिनः (yuddhaśālinaḥ) - the warrior.;]
(Then, having quickly jumped, Shakuni, O bull of the Bharatas, ascended the chariot of Uluka, the great chariot-warrior, and then quickly drove away from Satyaki, the warrior.)
Shakuni, swiftly leaping up, mounted Uluka's chariot, the great warrior, and quickly drove away from the battlefield, leaving Satyaki behind.
सात्यकिस्तु रणे राजंस्तावकानामनीकिनीम्। अभिदुद्राव वेगेन ततोऽनीकमभिद्यत ॥८-४४-४६॥
sātyakistu raṇe rājaṁstāvakānāmanīkinīm। abhidudrāva vegena tato'nīkamabhidyata ॥8-44-46॥
[सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki; तु (tu) - but; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; राजन् (rājan) - O king; तावकानाम् (tāvakānām) - of your army; अनीकिनीम् (anīkinīm) - the army; अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - charged; वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अनीकम् (anīkam) - the formation; अभिद्यत (abhidyata) - pierced;]
(Satyaki, however, charged at your army's formation in battle, O king, with speed, then pierced the formation.)
Satyaki, in the battle, charged swiftly at the formation of your army, O king, and then broke through it.
शैनेयशरनुन्नं तु ततः सैन्यं विशां पते। भेजे दश दिशस्तूर्णं न्यपतच्च गतासुवत् ॥८-४४-४७॥
śaineyaśaranuṁnaṁ tu tataḥ sainyaṁ viśāṁ pate। bheje daśa diśastūrṇaṁ nyapatacca gatāsuvat ॥8-44-47॥
[शैनेय (śaineya) - of Śaineya; शर (śara) - arrow; नुन्नं (nunnaṁ) - pierced; तु (tu) - but; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सैन्यं (sainyaṁ) - army; विशां (viśāṁ) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord; भेजे (bheje) - fled; दश (daśa) - ten; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; तूर्णं (tūrṇaṁ) - swiftly; न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - fell; च (ca) - and; गतासुवत् (gatāsuvat) - lifeless;]
(The army, pierced by Śaineya's arrow, O lord of men, then swiftly fled in ten directions and fell lifeless.)
Pierced by Śaineya's arrow, the army then fled swiftly in all directions and fell as if lifeless, O lord of men.
भीमसेनं तव सुतो वारयामास संयुगे। तं तु भीमो मुहूर्तेन व्यश्वसूतरथध्वजम् ॥ चक्रे लोकेश्वरं तत्र तेनातुष्यन्त चारणाः ॥८-४४-४८॥
bhīmasenaṃ tava suto vārayāmāsa saṃyuge। taṃ tu bhīmo muhūrtena vyaśvasūtarathadhvajam ॥ cakre lokeśvaraṃ tatra tenātuṣyanta cāraṇāḥ ॥8-44-48॥
[भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; तव (tava) - your; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - stopped; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; तम् (tam) - him; तु (tu) - but; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment; व्यश्वसूतरथध्वजम् (vyaśvasūtarathadhvajam) - horses, charioteer, chariot, and banner; चक्रे (cakre) - made; लोकेश्वरम् (lokeśvaram) - lord of the world; तत्र (tatra) - there; तेन (tena) - by him; अतुष्यन्त (atuṣyanta) - were pleased; चारणाः (cāraṇāḥ) - bards;]
(Your son stopped Bhimasena in battle. But Bhima, in a moment, made him without horses, charioteer, chariot, and banner. There, the bards were pleased by him, the lord of the world.)
Your son confronted Bhimasena in battle, but Bhima quickly disarmed him, leaving him without horses, charioteer, chariot, and banner. The bards were pleased by Bhima, the lord of the world.
ततोऽपायान्नृपस्तत्र भीमसेनस्य गोचरात्। कुरुसैन्यं ततः सर्वं भीमसेनमुपाद्रवत् ॥ तत्र रावो महानासीद्भीममेकं जिघांसताम् ॥८-४४-४९॥
tato'pāyānnṛpastatra bhīmasenasya gocarāt। kurusainyaṃ tataḥ sarvaṃ bhīmasenamupādravat ॥ tatra rāvo mahānāsīdbhīmamekaṃ jighāṃsatām ॥8-44-49॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अपायात् (apāyāt) - departed; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; तत्र (tatra) - there; भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhimasena; गोचरात् (gocarāt) - from the vicinity; कुरुसैन्यम् (kurusainyam) - Kuru army; ततः (tataḥ) - then; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhimasena; उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - attacked; तत्र (tatra) - there; रावः (rāvaḥ) - sound; महान् (mahān) - great; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima; एकम् (ekam) - one; जिघांसताम् (jighāṃsatām) - desiring to kill;]
(Then the king departed from the vicinity of Bhimasena. Then the entire Kuru army attacked Bhimasena. There was a great sound from those desiring to kill Bhima.)
Then the king left the area near Bhimasena. Subsequently, the entire Kuru army attacked Bhimasena. There was a loud noise from those who wanted to kill Bhima.
युधामन्युः कृपं विद्ध्वा धनुरस्याशु चिच्छिदे। अथान्यद्धनुरादाय कृपः शस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥८-४४-५०॥
yudhāmanyuḥ kṛpaṃ viddhvā dhanurasyaśu cicchide। athānyaddhanurādāya kṛpaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ॥8-44-50॥
[युधामन्युः (yudhāmanyuḥ) - Yudhāmanyu; कृपं (kṛpaṃ) - Kṛpa; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; अस्य (asya) - his; आशु (āśu) - quickly; चिच्छिदे (cicchide) - cut off; अथ (atha) - then; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; आदाय (ādāya) - taking; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; शस्त्रभृताम् (śastrabhṛtām) - of the warriors; वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(Yudhāmanyu, having pierced Kṛpa, quickly cut off his bow. Then, taking another bow, Kṛpa, the best of the warriors.)
Yudhāmanyu pierced Kṛpa and swiftly cut off his bow. Then Kṛpa, being the best among warriors, took another bow.
युधामन्योर्ध्वजं सूतं छत्रं चापातयत्क्षितौ। ततोऽपायाद्रथेनैव युधामन्युर्महारथः ॥८-४४-५१॥
yudhāmanyordhvajaṃ sūtaṃ chatraṃ cāpātayatkṣitau। tato'pāyādrathenaiva yudhāmanyurmahārathaḥ ॥8-44-51॥
[युधामन्योः (yudhāmanyoḥ) - of Yudhāmanyu; ध्वजं (dhvajaṃ) - flag; सूतं (sūtaṃ) - charioteer; छत्रं (chatraṃ) - umbrella; च (ca) - and; अपातयत् (apātayat) - caused to fall; क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the ground; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अपायात् (apāyāt) - departed; रथेन (rathena) - by chariot; एव (eva) - only; युधामन्युः (yudhāmanyuḥ) - Yudhāmanyu; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior;]
(Yudhāmanyu's flag, charioteer, and umbrella were caused to fall on the ground. Then Yudhāmanyu, the great warrior, departed by chariot only.)
Yudhāmanyu's flag, charioteer, and umbrella were knocked down to the ground. Then, the great warrior Yudhāmanyu left the battlefield in his chariot.
उत्तमौजास्तु हार्दिक्यं शरैर्भीमपराक्रमम्। छादयामास सहसा मेघो वृष्ट्या यथाचलम् ॥८-४४-५२॥
uttamaujāstu hārdikyaṃ śarairbhīmaparākramam। chādayāmāsa sahasā megho vṛṣṭyā yathācalam ॥8-44-52॥
[उत्तमौजाः (uttamaujāḥ) - Uttamaujas; तु (tu) - but; हार्दिक्यम् (hārdikyam) - Hārdikya; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; भीमपराक्रमम् (bhīmaparākramam) - of mighty valor; छादयामास (chādayāmāsa) - covered; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; मेघः (meghaḥ) - cloud; वृष्ट्या (vṛṣṭyā) - with rain; यथा (yathā) - as; अचलम् (acalam) - a mountain;]
(But Uttamaujas, with arrows, covered Hārdikya of mighty valor suddenly, as a cloud covers a mountain with rain.)
Uttamaujas suddenly covered Hārdikya, who was of mighty valor, with arrows, just as a cloud covers a mountain with rain.
तद्युद्धं सुमहच्चासीद्घोररूपं परन्तप। यादृशं न मया युद्धं दृष्टपूर्वं विशां पते ॥८-४४-५३॥
tadyuddhaṃ sumahaccāsīdghorarūpaṃ parantapa। yādṛśaṃ na mayā yuddhaṃ dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ viśāṃ pate ॥8-44-53॥
[तत् (tat) - that; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; घोररूपम् (ghorarūpam) - terrible form; परन्तप (parantapa) - O scorcher of foes; यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - like which; न (na) - not; मया (mayā) - by me; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; दृष्टपूर्वम् (dṛṣṭapūrvam) - seen before; विशाम् (viśām) - of men; पते (pate) - O lord;]
(That battle was very great and terrible in form, O scorcher of foes, like which battle has not been seen before by me, O lord of men.)
O lord of men, that battle was immense and terrifying, unlike any I have seen before, O scorcher of foes.
कृतवर्मा ततो राजन्नुत्तमौजसमाहवे। हृदि विव्याध स तदा रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ॥८-४४-५४॥
kṛtavarmā tato rājannuttamaujasamāhave। hṛdi vivyādha sa tadā rathopastha upāviśat ॥8-44-54॥
[कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kritavarma; ततः (tataḥ) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; उत्तमौजसम् (uttamaujasam) - Uttamaujas; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; सः (saḥ) - he; तदा (tadā) - then; रथोपस्थ (rathopastha) - on the chariot seat; उपाविशत् (upāviśat) - sat down;]
(Then Kritavarma, O king, pierced Uttamaujas in battle in the heart, and he then sat down on the chariot seat.)
Then Kritavarma, O king, struck Uttamaujas in the heart during the battle, and he sat down on the chariot seat.
सारथिस्तमपोवाह रथेन रथिनां वरम्। ततस्तु सत्वरं राजन्पाण्डुसैन्यमुपाद्रवत् ॥८-४४-५५॥
sārathistamapovāha rathena rathināṃ varam। tatastu satvaraṃ rājanpāṇḍusainyamupādravat ॥8-44-55॥
[सारथिः (sārathiḥ) - charioteer; तम् (tam) - him; अपोवाह (apovāha) - carried away; रथेन (rathena) - by chariot; रथिनाम् (rathinām) - of charioteers; वरम् (varam) - the best; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तु (tu) - but; सत्वरम् (satvaram) - quickly; राजन् (rājan) - O king; पाण्डुसैन्यम् (pāṇḍusainyam) - Pandu's army; उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - attacked;]
(The charioteer carried him away by chariot, the best of charioteers. Then, O king, quickly attacked Pandu's army.)
The charioteer, the best among charioteers, carried him away by chariot. Then, O king, he swiftly attacked the Pandava army.
