08.052
Pancharatra and Core: Arjuna thanks Krishna for his assuring words and then indulges in his own self-boosting, preparing mentally to face Karna.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
स केशवस्य बीभत्सुः श्रुत्वा भारत भाषितम्। विशोकः सम्प्रहृष्टश्च क्षणेन समपद्यत ॥८-५२-१॥
sa keśavasya bībhatsuḥ śrutvā bhārata bhāṣitam। viśokaḥ samprahṛṣṭaśca kṣaṇena samapadyata ॥8-52-1॥
[स (sa) - he; केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keshava; बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Bibhatsu; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; भाषितम् (bhāṣitam) - speech; विशोकः (viśokaḥ) - free from sorrow; सम्प्रहृष्टः (samprahṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted; च (ca) - and; क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - became.;]
(He, having heard the speech of Keshava, O Bharata, Bibhatsu became free from sorrow and delighted in a moment.)
Upon hearing Keshava's words, Bibhatsu, O Bharata, was instantly relieved of sorrow and filled with joy.
ततो ज्यामनुमृज्याशु व्याक्षिपद्गाण्डिवं धनुः। दध्रे कर्णविनाशाय केशवं चाभ्यभाषत ॥८-५२-२॥
tato jyāmanumṛjyāśu vyākṣipadgāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ। dadhre karṇavināśāya keśavaṃ cābhyabhāṣata ॥8-52-2॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ज्याम् (jyām) - bowstring; अनुमृज्य (anumṛjya) - having cleaned; आशु (āśu) - quickly; व्याक्षिपत् (vyākṣipat) - stretched; गाण्डिवम् (gāṇḍivam) - Gandiva; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; दध्रे (dadhre) - held; कर्ण (karṇa) - Karna; विनाशाय (vināśāya) - for destruction; केशवम् (keśavam) - to Keshava; च (ca) - and; अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - spoke;]
(Then, having quickly cleaned the bowstring, he stretched the Gandiva bow, held it for the destruction of Karna, and spoke to Keshava.)
Then, after swiftly cleaning the bowstring, he stretched the Gandiva bow, prepared it for Karna's destruction, and addressed Keshava.
त्वया नाथेन गोविन्द ध्रुव एष जयो मम। प्रसन्नो यस्य मेऽद्य त्वं भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः ॥८-५२-३॥
tvayā nāthena govinda dhruva eṣa jayo mama। prasanno yasya me'dya tvaṃ bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ ॥8-52-3॥
[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; नाथेन (nāthena) - by the lord; गोविन्द (govinda) - Govinda; ध्रुव (dhruva) - certain; एषः (eṣaḥ) - this; जयः (jayaḥ) - victory; मम (mama) - my; प्रसन्नः (prasannaḥ) - pleased; यस्मै (yasmai) - to whom; मे (me) - to me; अद्य (adya) - today; त्वम् (tvam) - you; भूत (bhūta) - past; भव्य (bhavya) - future; भवत् (bhavat) - present; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord;]
(By you, O Lord Govinda, this victory of mine is certain. You, who are pleased with me today, are the lord of past, future, and present.)
With you as my protector, O Govinda, my victory is assured. You, who are gracious to me today, are the master of all times: past, present, and future.
त्वत्सहायो ह्यहं कृष्ण त्रीँल्लोकान्वै समागतान्। प्रापयेयं परं लोकं किमु कर्णं महारणे ॥८-५२-४॥
tvatsahāyo hyahaṃ kṛṣṇa trīṁllokān vai samāgatān। prāpayeyaṃ paraṃ lokaṃ kimu karṇaṃ mahāraṇe ॥8-52-4॥
[त्वत् (tvat) - your; सहायः (sahāyaḥ) - helper; हि (hi) - indeed; अहम् (aham) - I; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Krishna; त्रीँल्लोकान् (trīṁllokān) - three worlds; वै (vai) - indeed; समागतान् (samāgatān) - assembled; प्रापयेयम् (prāpayeyam) - would deliver; परम् (param) - supreme; लोकम् (lokam) - world; किमु (kimu) - what to say of; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle;]
(With your help, indeed, I, Krishna, would deliver the three assembled worlds to the supreme world; what to say of Karna in the great battle.)
With your assistance, Krishna, I could deliver the three worlds that have assembled to the supreme realm; let alone Karna in the great battle.
पश्यामि द्रवतीं सेनां पाञ्चालानां जनार्दन। पश्यामि कर्णं समरे विचरन्तमभीतवत् ॥८-५२-५॥
paśyāmi dravatīṃ senāṃ pāñcālānāṃ janārdana। paśyāmi karṇaṃ samare vicarantamabhītavat ॥8-52-5॥
[पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; द्रवतीं (dravatīṃ) - fleeing; सेनां (senāṃ) - army; पाञ्चालानां (pāñcālānāṃ) - of the Pāñcālas; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; कर्णं (karṇaṃ) - Karna; समरे (samare) - in the battle; विचरन्तमभीतवत् (vicarantamabhītavat) - moving fearlessly;]
(I see the fleeing army of the Pāñcālas, O Janardana. I see Karna moving fearlessly in the battle.)
I observe the Pāñcālas' army retreating, O Janardana, and Karna fearlessly maneuvering in the battlefield.
भार्गवास्त्रं च पश्यामि विचरन्तं समन्ततः। सृष्टं कर्णेन वार्ष्णेय शक्रेणेव महाशनिम् ॥८-५२-६॥
bhārgavāstraṃ ca paśyāmi vicarantaṃ samantataḥ। sṛṣṭaṃ karṇena vārṣṇeya śakreṇeva mahāśanim ॥8-52-6॥
[भार्गव-अस्त्रं (bhārgava-astraṃ) - Bhargava weapon; च (ca) - and; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; विचरन्तं (vicarantaṃ) - wandering; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; सृष्टं (sṛṣṭaṃ) - created; कर्णेन (karṇena) - by Karna; वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇeya) - O descendant of Vrishni; शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - by Indra; इव (iva) - like; महाशनिम् (mahāśanim) - great thunderbolt;]
(I see the Bhargava weapon wandering all around, created by Karna, O descendant of Vrishni, like the great thunderbolt by Indra.)
I see the Bhargava weapon moving all around, created by Karna, O descendant of Vrishni, just like the great thunderbolt created by Indra.
अयं खलु स सङ्ग्रामो यत्र कृष्ण मया कृतम्। कथयिष्यन्ति भूतानि यावद्भूमिर्धरिष्यति ॥८-५२-७॥
ayaṁ khalu sa saṅgrāmo yatra kṛṣṇa mayā kṛtam। kathayiṣyanti bhūtāni yāvadbhūmirdhariṣyati ॥8-52-7॥
[अयम् (ayam) - this; खलु (khalu) - indeed; सः (saḥ) - that; सङ्ग्रामः (saṅgrāmaḥ) - battle; यत्र (yatra) - where; कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna; मया (mayā) - by me; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; कथयिष्यन्ति (kathayiṣyanti) - will tell; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings; यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth; धरिष्यति (dhariṣyati) - will hold;]
(This indeed is the battle where Krishna, by me, was done. Beings will tell as long as the earth will hold.)
This is indeed the battle where Krishna and I fought. Beings will speak of it as long as the earth endures.
अद्य कृष्ण विकर्णा मे कर्णं नेष्यन्ति मृत्यवे। गाण्डीवमुक्ताः क्षिण्वन्तो मम हस्तप्रचोदिताः ॥८-५२-८॥
adya kṛṣṇa vikarṇā me karṇaṃ neṣyanti mṛtyave। gāṇḍīvamuktāḥ kṣiṇvanto mama hastapracoditāḥ ॥8-52-8॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna; विकर्णाः (vikarṇāḥ) - the sons of Vikarna; मे (me) - my; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; नेष्यन्ति (neṣyanti) - will lead; मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) - to death; गाण्डीवमुक्ताः (gāṇḍīvamuktāḥ) - released from the Gandiva bow; क्षिण्वन्तः (kṣiṇvantaḥ) - destroying; मम (mama) - my; हस्तप्रचोदिताः (hastapracoditāḥ) - driven by my hands;]
(Today, O Krishna, the sons of Vikarna will lead my Karna to death, released from the Gandiva bow, destroying, driven by my hands.)
Today, O Krishna, the sons of Vikarna will lead my Karna to his death, as arrows released from the Gandiva bow, destroying everything in their path, driven by my hands.
अद्य राजा धृतराष्ट्रः स्वां बुद्धिमवमंस्यते। दुर्योधनमराज्यार्हं यया राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत् ॥८-५२-९॥
adya rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ svāṃ buddhim avamaṃsyate। duryodhanam arājyārhaṃ yayā rājye'bhyaṣecayat ॥8-52-9॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; राजा (rājā) - king; धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra; स्वां (svāṃ) - own; बुद्धिम् (buddhim) - intelligence; अवमंस्यते (avamaṃsyate) - will reflect; दुर्योधनम् (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; अराज्यार्हम् (arājyārham) - unworthy of the kingdom; यया (yayā) - by whom; राज्ये (rājye) - in the kingdom; अभ्यषेचयत् (abhyaṣecayat) - was anointed;]
(Today, King Dhritarashtra will reflect on his own intelligence by which Duryodhana, unworthy of the kingdom, was anointed in the kingdom.)
Today, King Dhritarashtra will reconsider his decision to appoint Duryodhana, who was not worthy of ruling, as the heir to the kingdom.
अद्य राज्यात्सुखाच्चैव श्रियो राष्ट्रात्तथा पुरात्। पुत्रेभ्यश्च महाबाहो धृतराष्ट्रो वियोक्ष्यते ॥८-५२-१०॥
adya rājyātsukhāccaiva śriyo rāṣṭrāttathā purāt। putrebhyaśca mahābāho dhṛtarāṣṭro viyokṣyate ॥8-52-10॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; राज्यात् (rājyāt) - from the kingdom; सुखात् (sukhāt) - from happiness; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; श्रियः (śriyaḥ) - prosperity; राष्ट्रात् (rāṣṭrāt) - from the nation; तथा (tathā) - and also; पुरात् (purāt) - from the city; पुत्रेभ्यः (putrebhyaḥ) - from the sons; च (ca) - and; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one; धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra; वियोक्ष्यते (viyokṣyate) - will be separated;]
(Today, from the kingdom, from happiness, and indeed from prosperity, from the nation, and also from the city, from the sons, and O mighty-armed one, Dhritarashtra will be separated.)
Today, O mighty-armed one, Dhritarashtra will be separated from the kingdom, happiness, prosperity, the nation, the city, and his sons.
अद्य दुर्योधनो राजा जीविताच्च निराशकः। भविष्यति हते कर्णे कृष्ण सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ॥८-५२-११॥
adya duryodhano rājā jīvitācca nirāśakaḥ। bhaviṣyati hate karṇe kṛṣṇa satyaṃ bravīmi te ॥8-52-11॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजा (rājā) - king; जीवितात् (jīvitāt) - from life; च (ca) - and; निराशकः (nirāśakaḥ) - hopeless; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will become; हते (hate) - slain; कर्णे (karṇe) - Karna; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Krishna; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak; ते (te) - to you;]
(Today, Duryodhana, the king, will become hopeless from life, with Karna slain. Krishna, I speak the truth to you.)
Today, King Duryodhana will lose hope in life with Karna's death. Krishna, I tell you the truth.
अद्य दृष्ट्वा मया कर्णं शरैर्विशकलीकृतम्। स्मरतां तव वाक्यानि शमं प्रति जनेश्वरः ॥८-५२-१२॥
adya dṛṣṭvā mayā karṇaṃ śarairviśakalīkṛtam। smaratāṃ tava vākyāni śamaṃ prati janeśvaraḥ ॥8-52-12॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; मया (mayā) - by me; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; विशकलीकृतम् (viśakalīkṛtam) - torn apart; स्मरताम् (smaratām) - remembering; तव (tava) - your; वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - words; शमम् (śamam) - peace; प्रति (prati) - towards; जनेश्वरः (janeśvaraḥ) - O lord of people;]
(Today, having seen Karna torn apart by arrows, remembering your words towards peace, O lord of people.)
"Today, having witnessed Karna torn apart by arrows, I am reminded of your words regarding peace, O lord of the people."
अद्यासौ सौबलः कृष्ण ग्लहं जानातु वै शरान्। दुरोदरं च गाण्डीवं मण्डलं च रथं मम ॥८-५२-१३॥
adyāsau saubalaḥ kṛṣṇa glahaṃ jānātu vai śarān। durodaraṃ ca gāṇḍīvaṃ maṇḍalaṃ ca rathaṃ mama ॥8-52-13॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; असौ (asau) - this; सौबलः (saubalaḥ) - son of Subala; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Krishna; ग्लहं (glahaṃ) - challenge; जानातु (jānātu) - may know; वै (vai) - indeed; शरान् (śarān) - arrows; दुरोदरं (durodaraṃ) - Duryodhana; च (ca) - and; गाण्डीवं (gāṇḍīvaṃ) - Gandiva; मण्डलं (maṇḍalaṃ) - circle; च (ca) - and; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; मम (mama) - my;]
(Today, let this son of Subala, Krishna, indeed know the challenge of arrows, Duryodhana, and the circle of Gandiva and my chariot.)
Today, let this son of Subala, Krishna, indeed understand the challenge posed by the arrows, Duryodhana, and the formation of Gandiva and my chariot.
योऽसौ रणे नरं नान्यं पृथिव्यामभिमन्यते। तस्याद्य सूतपुत्रस्य भूमिः पास्यति शोणितम् ॥ गाण्डीवसृष्टा दास्यन्ति कर्णस्य परमां गतिम् ॥८-५२-१४॥
yo'sau raṇe naraṃ nānyaṃ pṛthivyāmabhimanyate। tasyādya sūtaputrasya bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam ॥ gāṇḍīvasṛṣṭā dāsyanti karṇasya paramāṃ gatim ॥8-52-14॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; असौ (asau) - that; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; नरं (naraṃ) - man; न (na) - not; अन्यं (anyaṃ) - other; पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth; अभिमन्यते (abhimanyate) - considers; तस्य (tasya) - his; अद्य (adya) - today; सूतपुत्रस्य (sūtaputrasya) - of the charioteer's son; भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth; पास्यति (pāsyati) - will drink; शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood; गाण्डीवसृष्टाः (gāṇḍīvasṛṣṭāḥ) - released from the Gandiva; दास्यन्ति (dāsyanti) - will give; कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karna; परमाम् (paramām) - ultimate; गतिम् (gatim) - state;]
(He who in battle considers no other man on earth, today the earth will drink the blood of that charioteer's son. Released from the Gandiva, they will give Karna the ultimate state.)
The one who in battle considers no other man on earth, today the earth will drink the blood of that charioteer's son. The arrows released from the Gandiva will grant Karna his ultimate fate.
अद्य तप्स्यति राधेयः पाञ्चालीं यत्तदाब्रवीत्। सभामध्ये वचः क्रूरं कुत्सयन्पाण्डवान्प्रति ॥८-५२-१५॥
adya tapsyati rādheyaḥ pāñcālīṃ yattadābravīt। sabhāmadhye vacaḥ krūraṃ kutsayanpāṇḍavānprati ॥8-52-15॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; तप्स्यति (tapsyati) - will suffer; राधेयः (rādheyaḥ) - Radheya; पाञ्चालीं (pāñcālīṃ) - Panchali; यत् (yat) - what; तदा (tadā) - then; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; सभामध्ये (sabhāmadhye) - in the assembly; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; क्रूरं (krūraṃ) - harsh; कुत्सयन् (kutsayan) - insulting; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pandavas; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Today, Radheya will suffer for what he said to Panchali in the assembly, harsh words insulting the Pandavas.)
Today, Radheya will face consequences for his harsh words towards Panchali in the assembly, where he insulted the Pandavas.
ये वै षण्ढतिलास्तत्र भवितारोऽद्य ते तिलाः। हते वैकर्तने कर्णे सूतपुत्रे दुरात्मनि ॥८-५२-१६॥
ye vai ṣaṇḍhatilāstatra bhavitāro'dya te tilāḥ। hate vaikartane karṇe sūtaputre durātmani ॥8-52-16॥
[ये (ye) - those who; वै (vai) - indeed; षण्ढतिलाः (ṣaṇḍhatilāḥ) - eunuch-like sesame seeds; तत्र (tatra) - there; भवितारः (bhavitāraḥ) - will become; अद्य (adya) - today; ते (te) - those; तिलाः (tilāḥ) - sesame seeds; हते (hate) - killed; वैकर्तने (vaikartane) - Vaikartana; कर्णे (karṇe) - Karna; सूतपुत्रे (sūtaputre) - son of a charioteer; दुरात्मनि (durātmani) - wicked soul;]
(Those who are like eunuch sesame seeds there will become sesame seeds today. When Vaikartana Karna, the son of a charioteer and a wicked soul, is killed.)
Today, those who are like impotent sesame seeds will indeed become sesame seeds there, as the wicked Karna, the son of a charioteer, is slain.
अहं वः पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यस्त्रास्यामीति यदब्रवीत्। अनृतं तत्करिष्यन्ति मामका निशिताः शराः ॥८-५२-१७॥
ahaṁ vaḥ pāṇḍuputrebhyastrāsyāmīti yadabravīt। anṛtaṁ tatkariṣyanti māmakā niśitāḥ śarāḥ ॥8-52-17॥
[अहम् (aham) - I; वः (vaḥ) - you; पाण्डुपुत्रेभ्यः (pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ) - to the sons of Pandu; त्रास्यामि (trāsyāmi) - will cause fear; इति (iti) - thus; यत् (yat) - which; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said; अनृतम् (anṛtam) - false; तत् (tat) - that; करिष्यन्ति (kariṣyanti) - will make; मामकाः (māmakāḥ) - my; निशिताः (niśitāḥ) - sharp; शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows;]
(I will cause fear to you, the sons of Pandu, thus he said: My sharp arrows will make that false.)
He declared that he would instill fear in the sons of Pandu. However, my sharp arrows will prove that statement false.
हन्ताहं पाण्डवान्सर्वान्सपुत्रानिति योऽब्रवीत्। तमद्य कर्णं हन्तास्मि मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥८-५२-१८॥
hantāhaṃ pāṇḍavānsarvānsaputrāniti yo'bravīt। tamadya karṇaṃ hantāsmi miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām ॥8-52-18॥
[हन्ता (hantā) - killer; अहम् (aham) - I; पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - Pāṇḍavas; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; सपुत्रान् (saputrān) - with sons; इति (iti) - thus; यः (yaḥ) - who; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; तम् (tam) - him; अद्य (adya) - today; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa; हन्तास्मि (hantāsmi) - I will kill; मिषताम् (miṣatām) - in the presence; सर्वधन्विनाम् (sarvadhanvinām) - of all archers;]
(I am the killer of all the Pāṇḍavas with their sons, thus he said: Today I will kill Karṇa in the presence of all archers.)
He who said, "I am the killer of all the Pāṇḍavas with their sons," today I will kill that Karṇa in the presence of all archers.
यस्य वीर्ये समाश्वस्य धार्तराष्ट्रो बृहन्मनाः। अवामन्यत दुर्बुद्धिर्नित्यमस्मान्दुरात्मवान् ॥ तमद्य कर्णं राधेयं हन्तास्मि मधुसूदन ॥८-५२-१९॥
yasya vīrye samāśvasya dhārtarāṣṭro bṛhanmanāḥ। avāmanyata durbuddhirnityamasmāndurātmavān ॥ tamadya karṇaṃ rādheyaṃ hantāsmi madhusūdana ॥8-52-19॥
[यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whom; वीर्ये (vīrye) - in the prowess; समाश्वस्य (samāśvasya) - having taken refuge; धार्तराष्ट्रः (dhārtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra's son; बृहन्मनाः (bṛhanmanāḥ) - great-minded; अवामन्यत (avāmanyata) - disrespected; दुर्बुद्धिः (durbuddhiḥ) - evil-minded; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; अस्मान् (asmān) - us; दुरात्मवान् (durātmavān) - wicked; तम् (tam) - him; अद्य (adya) - today; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; राधेयं (rādheyaṃ) - Radheya; हन्तास्मि (hantāsmi) - I shall kill; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - Madhusudana;]
(In whom, having taken refuge in the prowess, Dhritarashtra's great-minded son, evil-minded, always disrespected us, the wicked. Today, I shall kill Karna, Radheya, O Madhusudana.)
In whom Dhritarashtra's great-minded son, having taken refuge in prowess, always disrespected us, the wicked. Today, O Madhusudana, I shall kill Karna, Radheya.
अद्य कर्णे हते कृष्ण धार्तराष्ट्राः सराजकाः। विद्रवन्तु दिशो भीताः सिंहत्रस्ता मृगा इव ॥८-५२-२०॥
adya karṇe hate kṛṣṇa dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ sarājakāḥ। vidravantu diśo bhītāḥ siṃhatrastā mṛgā iva ॥8-52-20॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; कर्णे (karṇe) - Karna; हते (hate) - slain; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna; धार्तराष्ट्राः (dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ) - sons of Dhritarashtra; सराजकाः (sarājakāḥ) - with kings; विद्रवन्तु (vidravantu) - let them flee; दिशः (diśaḥ) - in all directions; भीताः (bhītāḥ) - frightened; सिंहत्रस्ता (siṃhatrastā) - terrified by lions; मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer; इव (iva) - like;]
(Today, with Karna slain, O Krishna, let the sons of Dhritarashtra with their kings flee in all directions, frightened like deer terrified by lions.)
Today, with Karna slain, O Krishna, let the sons of Dhritarashtra along with their kings flee in all directions, frightened like deer terrified by lions.
अद्य दुर्योधनो राजा पृथिवीमन्ववेक्षताम्। हते कर्णे मया सङ्ख्ये सपुत्रे ससुहृज्जने ॥८-५२-२१॥
adya duryodhano rājā pṛthivīmanvavekṣatām। hate karṇe mayā saṅkhye saputre sasuhṛjjane ॥8-52-21॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana; राजा (rājā) - king; पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth; अन्ववेक्षताम् (anvavekṣatām) - may observe; हते (hate) - slain; कर्णे (karṇe) - Karna; मया (mayā) - by me; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; सपुत्रे (saputre) - with sons; ससुहृज्जने (sasuhṛjjane) - with friends and relatives;]
(Today, King Duryodhana may observe the earth. Karna, along with his sons and friends, was slain by me in battle.)
Today, King Duryodhana may look upon the earth, as Karna, along with his sons and friends, has been slain by me in battle.
अद्य कर्णं हतं दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रोऽत्यमर्षणः। जानातु मां रणे कृष्ण प्रवरं सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥८-५२-२२॥
adya karṇaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā dhārtarāṣṭro'tyamarṣaṇaḥ। jānātu māṃ raṇe kṛṣṇa pravaraṃ sarvadhanvinām ॥8-52-22॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa; हतम् (hatam) - killed; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; धार्तराष्ट्रः (dhārtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra's son; अत्य- (aty-) - very; अमर्षणः (amarṣaṇaḥ) - angry; जानातु (jānātu) - let him know; माम् (mām) - me; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna; प्रवरम् (pravaram) - the best; सर्व- (sarva-) - of all; धन्विनाम् (dhanvinām) - archers;]
(Today, having seen Karṇa killed, Dhritarashtra's son is very angry. Let him know me, O Krishna, as the best of all archers in battle.)
Today, upon witnessing the death of Karṇa, Dhritarashtra's son is filled with intense anger. O Krishna, let him recognize me as the foremost among all archers in the battlefield.
अद्याहमनृणः कृष्ण भविष्यामि धनुर्भृताम्। क्रोधस्य च कुरूणां च शराणां गाण्डिवस्य च ॥८-५२-२३॥
adyāham anṛṇaḥ kṛṣṇa bhaviṣyāmi dhanurbhṛtām। krodhasya ca kurūṇāṃ ca śarāṇāṃ gāṇḍivasya ca ॥8-52-23॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; अहम् (aham) - I; अनृणः (anṛṇaḥ) - free from debt; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Krishna; भविष्यामि (bhaviṣyāmi) - shall become; धनुर्भृताम् (dhanurbhṛtām) - of the bowmen; क्रोधस्य (krodhasya) - of anger; च (ca) - and; कुरूणां (kurūṇāṃ) - of the Kurus; च (ca) - and; शराणां (śarāṇāṃ) - of the arrows; गाण्डिवस्य (gāṇḍivasya) - of the Gandiva bow; च (ca) - and;]
(Today, O Krishna, I shall become free from debt to the bowmen, of anger, of the Kurus, of the arrows, and of the Gandiva bow.)
"Today, O Krishna, I will fulfill my obligations to the bowmen and release my anger upon the Kurus with the arrows of the Gandiva bow."
अद्य दुःखमहं मोक्ष्ये त्रयोदशसमार्जितम्। हत्वा कर्णं रणे कृष्ण शम्बरं मघवानिव ॥८-५२-२४॥
adya duḥkhamahaṃ mokṣye trayodaśasamārjitam। hatvā karṇaṃ raṇe kṛṣṇa śambaraṃ maghavāniva ॥8-52-24॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow; अहम् (aham) - I; मोक्ष्ये (mokṣye) - will release; त्रयोदश (trayodaśa) - thirteen; समार्जितम् (samārjitam) - accumulated; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - Kṛṣṇa; शम्बरम् (śambaram) - Śambara; मघवान् (maghavān) - Maghavan; इव (iva) - like;]
(Today, I will release the sorrow accumulated over thirteen years, having slain Karṇa in battle, like Maghavan did to Śambara.)
"Today, I will free myself from the sorrow accumulated over thirteen years by killing Karṇa in battle, just as Maghavan defeated Śambara."
अद्य कर्णे हते युद्धे सोमकानां महारथाः। कृतं कार्यं च मन्यन्तां मित्रकार्येप्सवो युधि ॥८-५२-२५॥
adya karṇe hate yuddhe somakānāṃ mahārathāḥ। kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ ca manyantāṃ mitrakāryepsavo yudhi ॥8-52-25॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; कर्णे (karṇe) - Karna; हते (hate) - slain; युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle; सोमकानां (somakānāṃ) - of the Somakas; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great warriors; कृतं (kṛtaṃ) - done; कार्यं (kāryaṃ) - task; च (ca) - and; मन्यन्तां (manyantāṃ) - may think; मित्रकार्येप्सवः (mitrakāryepsavaḥ) - desirous of friendly deeds; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(Today, with Karna slain in battle, the great warriors of the Somakas may think the task done, desirous of friendly deeds in battle.)
Today, with Karna slain in battle, the great warriors of the Somakas may consider their task accomplished, as they are eager to perform deeds for their allies in the battle.
न जाने च कथं प्रीतिः शैनेयस्याद्य माधव। भविष्यति हते कर्णे मयि चापि जयाधिके ॥८-५२-२६॥
na jāne ca kathaṃ prītiḥ śaineyasyādya mādhava। bhaviṣyati hate karṇe mayi cāpi jayādhike ॥8-52-26॥
[न (na) - not; जाने (jāne) - I know; च (ca) - and; कथं (kathaṃ) - how; प्रीतिः (prītiḥ) - affection; शैनेयस्य (śaineyasya) - of Śaineya; अद्य (adya) - today; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be; हते (hate) - when slain; कर्णे (karṇe) - Karṇa; मयि (mayi) - I; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; जयाधिके (jayādhike) - superior in victory;]
(I do not know how the affection of Śaineya will be today, O Mādhava, when Karṇa is slain and I am also superior in victory.)
O Mādhava, I am uncertain about how Śaineya's affection will be today, especially with Karṇa's defeat and my own superior victory.
अहं हत्वा रणे कर्णं पुत्रं चास्य महारथम्। प्रीतिं दास्यामि भीमस्य यमयोः सात्यकेरपि ॥८-५२-२७॥
ahaṁ hatvā raṇe karṇaṁ putraṁ cāsya mahāratham। prītiṁ dāsyāmi bhīmasya yamayoḥ sātyakerapi ॥8-52-27॥
[अहं (ahaṁ) - I; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; कर्णं (karṇaṁ) - Karṇa; पुत्रं (putraṁ) - son; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; प्रीतिं (prītiṁ) - joy; दास्यामि (dāsyāmi) - I will give; भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - to Bhīma; यमयोः (yamayoḥ) - to the sons of Yama; सात्यकेरपि (sātyakerapi) - and to Sātyaki;]
(I, having killed Karṇa, his son, and the great chariot-warrior in battle, will give joy to Bhīma, the sons of Yama, and Sātyaki.)
"I will bring joy to Bhīma, the sons of Yama, and Sātyaki by killing Karṇa, his son, and the great chariot-warrior in battle."
धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिभ्यां पाञ्चालानां च माधव। अध्यानृण्यं गमिष्यामि हत्वा कर्णं महारणे ॥८-५२-२८॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍibhyāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca mādhava। adhyānṛṇyaṃ gamiṣyāmi hatvā karṇaṃ mahāraṇe ॥8-52-28॥
[धृष्टद्युम्न (dhṛṣṭadyumna) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; शिखण्डिभ्यां (śikhaṇḍibhyāṃ) - and Śikhaṇḍin; पाञ्चालानां (pāñcālānāṃ) - of the Pāñcālas; च (ca) - and; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava; अधि (adhi) - over; अनृण्यम् (anṛṇyam) - freedom from debt; गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall attain; हत्वा (hatvā) - by killing; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa; महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in the great battle;]
(With Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Śikhaṇḍin, of the Pāñcālas, O Mādhava, I shall attain freedom from debt by killing Karṇa in the great battle.)
O Mādhava, with the help of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Śikhaṇḍin of the Pāñcālas, I will achieve freedom from my obligations by slaying Karṇa in the great battle.
अद्य पश्यन्तु सङ्ग्रामे धनञ्जयममर्षणम्। युध्यन्तं कौरवान्सङ्ख्ये पातयन्तं च सूतजम् ॥ भवत्सकाशे वक्ष्ये च पुनरेवात्मसंस्तवम् ॥८-५२-२९॥
adya paśyantu saṅgrāme dhanañjayamamarṣaṇam। yudhyantaṃ kauravānsaṅkhye pātayantaṃ ca sūtajam ॥ bhavatsakāśe vakṣye ca punarevātmasaṃstavam ॥8-52-29॥
[अद्य (adya) - today; पश्यन्तु (paśyantu) - let them see; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in the battle; धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhananjaya; अमर्षणम् (amarṣaṇam) - unforgiving; युध्यन्तम् (yudhyantam) - fighting; कौरवान् (kauravān) - the Kauravas; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in the field; पातयन्तम् (pātayantam) - causing to fall; च (ca) - and; सूतजम् (sūtajam) - the son of the charioteer; भवत्सकाशे (bhavatsakāśe) - in your presence; वक्ष्ये (vakṣye) - I will speak; च (ca) - and; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; एव (eva) - indeed; आत्मसंस्तवम् (ātmasaṃstavam) - self-praise;]
(Today, let them see in the battle Dhananjaya unforgiving, fighting the Kauravas in the field, causing to fall the son of the charioteer. In your presence, I will speak again indeed of self-praise.)
Today, let them witness in the battle the relentless Dhananjaya fighting the Kauravas, causing the fall of the charioteer's son. In your presence, I shall once again speak of my own praises.
धनुर्वेदे मत्समो नास्ति लोके; पराक्रमे वा मम कोऽस्ति तुल्यः। को वाप्यन्यो मत्समोऽस्ति क्षमायां; तथा क्रोधे सदृशोऽन्यो न मेऽस्ति ॥८-५२-३०॥
dhanurvede matsamo nāsti loke; parākrame vā mama ko'sti tulyaḥ। ko vāpyanyo matsamo'sti kṣamāyāṃ; tathā krodhe sadṛśo'nyo na me'sti ॥8-52-30॥
[धनुर्वेदे (dhanurvede) - in the science of archery; मत्समः (matsamaḥ) - equal to me; न (na) - not; अस्ति (asti) - is; लोके (loke) - in the world; पराक्रमे (parākrame) - in valor; वा (vā) - or; मम (mama) - my; कः (kaḥ) - who; अस्ति (asti) - is; तुल्यः (tulyaḥ) - equal; कः (kaḥ) - who; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; मत्समः (matsamaḥ) - equal to me; अस्ति (asti) - is; क्षमायाम् (kṣamāyām) - in patience; तथा (tathā) - also; क्रोधे (krodhe) - in anger; सदृशः (sadṛśaḥ) - similar; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; न (na) - not; मे (me) - to me; अस्ति (asti) - is;]
(In the science of archery, there is no one equal to me in the world; in valor, who is equal to me? Who else is equal to me in patience; also, in anger, there is no one similar to me.)
In the science of archery, there is no one in the world equal to me; in valor, who can match me? Who else is equal to me in patience; likewise, in anger, there is no one comparable to me.
अहं धनुष्मानसुरान्सुरांश्च; सर्वाणि भूतानि च सङ्गतानि। स्वबाहुवीर्याद्गमये पराभवं; मत्पौरुषं विद्धि परः परेभ्यः ॥८-५२-३१॥
ahaṁ dhanuṣmānasurānsurāṁśca; sarvāṇi bhūtāni ca saṅgatāni। svabāhuvīryādgamaye parābhavaṁ; matpauruṣaṁ viddhi paraḥ parebhyaḥ ॥8-52-31॥
[अहं (ahaṁ) - I; धनुष्मान् (dhanuṣmān) - armed with a bow; असुरान् (asurān) - demons; सुरान् (surān) - gods; च (ca) - and; सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings; च (ca) - and; सङ्गतानि (saṅgatāni) - assembled; स्व (sva) - own; बाहु (bāhu) - arm; वीर्यात् (vīryāt) - by the strength; गमये (gamaye) - I go; पराभवम् (parābhavam) - defeat; मत् (mat) - my; पौरुषम् (pauruṣam) - valor; विद्धि (viddhi) - know; परः (paraḥ) - superior; परेभ्यः (parebhyaḥ) - to others;]
(I, armed with a bow, go to defeat the assembled demons, gods, and all beings by the strength of my own arm; know my valor to be superior to others.)
I, equipped with a bow, confront and defeat the gathered demons, gods, and all beings through the strength of my own arm; recognize my valor as superior to others.
शरार्चिषा गाण्डिवेनाहमेकः; सर्वान्कुरून्बाह्लिकांश्चाभिपत्य। हिमात्यये कक्षगतो यथाग्नि; स्तहा दहेयं सगणान्प्रसह्य ॥८-५२-३२॥
śarārciṣā gāṇḍivenāhamekaḥ; sarvānkūrūnbāhlikāṃścābhipatya। himātyaye kakṣagato yathāgni; sthā daheyaṃ sagaṇānprasahya ॥8-52-32॥
[शरार्चिषा (śarārciṣā) - with flaming arrows; गाण्डिवेन (gāṇḍivena) - with the bow Gandiva; अहम् (aham) - I; एकः (ekaḥ) - alone; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; कुरून् (kurūn) - Kurus; बाह्लिकान् (bāhlikān) - Bahlika warriors; च (ca) - and; अभिपत्य (abhipatya) - having attacked; हिमात्यये (himātyaye) - at the end of winter; कक्षगतः (kakṣagataḥ) - entering the forest; यथा (yathā) - like; अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire; स्थः (sthaḥ) - standing; दहेयम् (daheyam) - I would burn; सगणान् (sagaṇān) - with their troops; प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcibly;]
(With flaming arrows and the bow Gandiva, I alone would attack all the Kurus and Bahlika warriors; like a fire at the end of winter entering the forest, I would forcibly burn them with their troops.)
With the flaming arrows of my Gandiva bow, I alone would attack all the Kurus and the Bahlika warriors. Like a fire entering the forest at the end of winter, I would forcibly burn them along with their troops.
पाणौ पृषत्का लिखिता ममैते; धनुश्च सव्ये निहितं सबाणम्। पादौ च मे सरथौ सध्वजौ च; न मादृशं युद्धगतं जयन्ति ॥८-५२-३३॥
pāṇau pṛṣatkā likhitā mamaite; dhanuśca savye nihitaṃ sabāṇam। pādau ca me sarathau sadhvajau ca; na mādṛśaṃ yuddhagataṃ jayanti ॥8-52-33॥
[पाणौ (pāṇau) - in the hands; पृषत्का (pṛṣatkā) - arrows; लिखिता (likhitā) - inscribed; ममैते (mamaite) - these are mine; धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow; च (ca) - and; सव्ये (savye) - on the left; निहितं (nihitaṃ) - placed; सबाणम् (sabāṇam) - with arrows; पादौ (pādau) - feet; च (ca) - and; मे (me) - my; सरथौ (sarathau) - with chariot; सध्वजौ (sadhvajau) - with flag; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; मादृशं (mādṛśaṃ) - like me; युद्धगतं (yuddhagataṃ) - gone to war; जयन्ति (jayanti) - conquer;]
(In the hands are inscribed arrows of mine; the bow is placed on the left with arrows. My feet are with the chariot and the flag; they do not conquer one like me who has gone to war.)
In my hands are inscribed arrows; the bow is placed on my left with arrows. My feet are with the chariot and the flag; no one conquers someone like me who has gone to war.
