08.053
Core and Pancharatra: Uttamauja cuts off the head of Karna's son Sushena, causing depression to Karna. Bhima launches his attack on Duryodhana's brothers.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
तेषामनीकानि बृहद्ध्वजानि; रणे समृद्धानि समागतानि। गर्जन्ति भेरीनिनदोन्मुखानि; मेघैर्यथा मेघगणास्तपान्ते ॥८-५३-१॥
teṣāmanīkāni bṛhaddhvajāni; raṇe samṛddhāni samāgatāni। garjanti bherīninaḍonmukhāni; meghairyathā meghagaṇāstapānte ॥8-53-1॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - their; अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies; बृहत् (bṛhat) - great; ध्वजानि (dhvajāni) - banners; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; समृद्धानि (samṛddhāni) - prosperous; समागतानि (samāgatāni) - assembled; गर्जन्ति (garjanti) - roar; भेरी (bherī) - drums; निनद (ninada) - sound; उन्मुखानि (unmukhāni) - facing upwards; मेघैः (meghaiḥ) - by clouds; यथा (yathā) - as; मेघगणाः (meghagaṇāḥ) - cloud masses; तपान्ते (tapānte) - at the end of summer;]
(Their armies with great banners, prosperous and assembled in battle, roar with the sound of drums facing upwards, as cloud masses by clouds at the end of summer.)
Their armies, adorned with great banners, gathered and prosperous in battle, roar with the sound of drums, much like the clouds at the end of summer.
महागजाभ्राकुलमस्त्रतोयं; वादित्रनेमीतलशब्दवच्च। हिरण्यचित्रायुधवैद्युतं च; महारथैरावृतशब्दवच्च ॥८-५३-२॥
mahāgajābhrākulamastaratoyaṁ; vāditranemītalaśabdavacca। hiraṇyacitrāyudhavaidyutaṁ ca; mahārathairāvṛtaśabdavacca ॥8-53-2॥
[महागज (mahāgaja) - great elephants; अभ्र (abhra) - clouds; आकुल (ākula) - crowded; मस्त्र (mastra) - weapons; तोय (toya) - water; वादित्र (vāditra) - musical instruments; नेमीतल (nemītala) - rim of the wheel; शब्दवत् (śabdavat) - like sound; च (ca) - and; हिरण्य (hiraṇya) - golden; चित्र (citra) - varied; आयुध (āyudha) - weapons; वैद्युतं (vaidyutaṁ) - electric; महारथ (mahāratha) - great chariots; आवृत (āvṛta) - surrounded; शब्दवत् (śabdavat) - like sound;]
(Great elephants, clouds, crowded with weapons and water; like the sound of musical instruments and the rim of the wheel. Golden varied weapons, electric; surrounded by the sound of great chariots.)
The scene was filled with great elephants and clouds, crowded with weapons and water, resonating with the sound of musical instruments and the rim of the wheel. It was adorned with golden, varied, and electric weapons, surrounded by the sound of great chariots.
तद्भीमवेगं रुधिरौघवाहि; खड्गाकुलं क्षत्रियजीववाहि। अनार्तवं क्रूरमनिष्टवर्षं; बभूव तत्संहरणं प्रजानाम् ॥८-५३-३॥
tadbhīmavegaṃ rudhiraughavāhi; khaḍgākulaṃ kṣatriyajīvavāhi। anārtavaṃ krūramaniṣṭavarṣaṃ; babhūva tatsaṃharaṇaṃ prajānām ॥8-53-3॥
[तत् (tat) - that; भीमवेगं (bhīmavegaṃ) - terrible speed; रुधिरौघवाहि (rudhiraughavāhi) - carrying streams of blood; खड्गाकुलं (khaḍgākulaṃ) - filled with swords; क्षत्रियजीववाहि (kṣatriyajīvavāhi) - carrying the lives of warriors; अनार्तवं (anārtavaṃ) - unseasonal; क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruel; अनिष्टवर्षं (aniṣṭavarṣaṃ) - inauspicious rain; बभूव (babhūva) - became; तत् (tat) - that; संहरणं (saṃharaṇaṃ) - destruction; प्रजानाम् (prajānām) - of the people;]
(That terrible speed carrying streams of blood; filled with swords, carrying the lives of warriors. Unseasonal, cruel, inauspicious rain; that destruction of the people became.)
The destruction that came upon the people was like a terrible storm, carrying streams of blood and filled with swords, taking the lives of warriors. It was unseasonal, cruel, and brought inauspicious rain.
रथान्ससूतान्सहयान्गजांश्च; सर्वानरीन्मृत्युवशं शरौघैः। निन्ये हयांश्चैव तथा ससादी; न्पदातिसङ्घांश्च तथैव पार्थः ॥८-५३-४॥
rathāṁsasūtāṁsahayāṁgajāṁśca; sarvānarīnmṛtyuvaśaṁ śaraughaiḥ। ninye hayāṁścaiva tathā sasādī; npadātisaṅghāṁśca tathaiva pārthaḥ ॥8-53-4॥
[रथान् (rathān) - chariots; ससूतान् (sasūtān) - with charioteers; सहयान् (sahayān) - with horses; गजान् (gajān) - elephants; च (ca) - and; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; अरीन् (arīn) - enemies; मृत्यु (mṛtyu) - death; वशं (vaśaṁ) - control; शरौघैः (śaraughaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; निन्ये (ninye) - brought; हयान् (hayān) - horses; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; तथा (tathā) - thus; ससादीन् (sasādīn) - with riders; पदातिसङ्घान् (padātisaṅghān) - groups of infantry; च (ca) - and; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna;]
(Chariots with charioteers, horses, elephants, and all enemies were brought under the control of death with showers of arrows. Horses and riders, as well as groups of infantry, were similarly brought by Arjuna.)
Arjuna brought chariots with charioteers, horses, elephants, and all enemies under the control of death with showers of arrows. Similarly, he brought horses and riders, as well as groups of infantry, under control.
कृपः शिखण्डी च रणे समेतौ; दुर्योधनं सात्यकिरभ्यगच्छत। श्रुतश्रवा द्रोणसुतेन सार्धं; युधामन्युश्चित्रसेनेन चापि ॥८-५३-५॥
kṛpaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca raṇe sametau; duryodhanaṃ sātyakirabhyagacchat। śrutaśravā droṇasutena sārdhaṃ; yudhāmanyuścitrasenena cāpi ॥8-53-5॥
[कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; च (ca) - and; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; समेतौ (sametau) - together; दुर्योधनं (duryodhanam) - Duryodhana; सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Sātyaki; अभ्यगच्छत (abhyagacchat) - approached; श्रुतश्रवाः (śrutaśravāḥ) - Śrutaśravā; द्रोणसुतेन (droṇasutena) - with Droṇa's son; सार्धं (sārdham) - together; युधामन्युः (yudhāmanyuḥ) - Yudhāmanyu; चित्रसेनेन (citrasenena) - with Citrasena; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also;]
(Kṛpa and Śikhaṇḍī together in battle; Sātyaki approached Duryodhana. Śrutaśravā with Droṇa's son; Yudhāmanyu also with Citrasena.)
Kṛpa and Śikhaṇḍī joined forces in battle; Sātyaki approached Duryodhana. Śrutaśravā was with Droṇa's son, and Yudhāmanyu was also with Citrasena.
कर्णस्य पुत्रस्तु रथी सुषेणं; समागतः सृञ्जयांश्चोत्तमौजाः। गान्धारराजं सहदेवः क्षुधार्तो; महर्षभं सिंह इवाभ्यधावत् ॥८-५३-६॥
karṇasya putrastu rathī suṣeṇaṃ; samāgataḥ sṛñjayāṃścottamaujāḥ। gāndhārarājaṃ sahadevaḥ kṣudhārto; maharṣabhaṃ siṃha ivābhyadhāvat ॥8-53-6॥
[कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karna; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; तु (tu) - but; रथी (rathī) - charioteer; सुषेणं (suṣeṇam) - Suṣena; समागतः (samāgataḥ) - approached; सृञ्जयान् (sṛñjayān) - Sṛñjayas; च (ca) - and; उत्तमौजाः (uttamaujāḥ) - Uttamaujas; गान्धारराजं (gāndhārarājam) - Gandhara king; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; क्षुधार्तः (kṣudhārtaḥ) - hungry; महर्षभं (maharṣabham) - great bull; सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; इव (iva) - like; अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - attacked;]
(Karna's son, the charioteer, approached Suṣena; the Sṛñjayas and Uttamaujas. Sahadeva, hungry, attacked the Gandhara king like a lion attacks a great bull.)
Karna's son, the charioteer, approached Suṣena, the Sṛñjayas, and Uttamaujas. Sahadeva, driven by hunger, attacked the Gandhara king like a lion attacking a great bull.
शतानीको नाकुलिः कर्णपुत्रं; युवा युवानं वृषसेनं शरौघैः। समार्दयत्कर्णसुतश्च वीरः; पाञ्चालेयं शरवर्षैरनेकैः ॥८-५३-७॥
śatānīko nākuliḥ karṇaputraṃ; yuvā yuvānaṃ vṛṣasenaṃ śaraughaiḥ। samārdayatkarṇasutaśca vīraḥ; pāñcāleyaṃ śaravarṣairanekaiḥ ॥8-53-7॥
[शतानीकः (śatānīkaḥ) - Śatānīka; नाकुलिः (nākuliḥ) - son of Nakula; कर्णपुत्रम् (karṇaputram) - Karna's son; युवा (yuvā) - young; युवानम् (yuvānam) - youth; वृषसेनम् (vṛṣasenam) - Vṛṣasena; शरौघैः (śaraughaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; समार्दयत् (samārdayat) - attacked; कर्णसुतः (karṇasutaḥ) - Karna's son; च (ca) - and; वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero; पाञ्चालेयम् (pāñcāleyam) - son of Pāñcālī; शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; अनेकैः (anekaiḥ) - many;]
(Śatānīka, son of Nakula, attacked Karna's son, the young Vṛṣasena, with showers of arrows. The heroic son of Karna, in turn, attacked the son of Pāñcālī with many showers of arrows.)
Śatānīka, the son of Nakula, fiercely attacked Vṛṣasena, the young son of Karna, with a barrage of arrows. In response, the brave son of Karna retaliated by showering numerous arrows upon the son of Pāñcālī.
रथर्षभः कृतवर्माणमार्च्छ; न्माद्रीपुत्रो नकुलश्चित्रयोधी। पाञ्चालानामधिपो याज्ञसेनिः; सेनापतिं कर्णमार्च्छत्ससैन्यम् ॥८-५३-८॥
ratharṣabhaḥ kṛtavarmāṇamārccha; nmādrīputro nakulaścitrayodhī. pāñcālānāmadhipo yājñaseniḥ; senāpatiṃ karṇamārcchatsasainyam ॥8-53-8॥
[रथर्षभः (ratharṣabhaḥ) - the chief of charioteers; कृतवर्माणम् (kṛtavarmāṇam) - Kritavarma; आर्च्छ (ārccha) - approached; माद्रीपुत्रः (mādrīputraḥ) - son of Madri; नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula; चित्रयोधी (citrayodhī) - skilled warrior; पाञ्चालानाम् (pāñcālānām) - of the Panchalas; अधिपः (adhipaḥ) - the lord; याज्ञसेनिः (yājñaseniḥ) - Yajnaseni; सेनापतिम् (senāpatim) - the commander; कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karna; आर्च्छत् (ārcchat) - approached; ससैन्यम् (sasainyam) - with the army;]
(The chief of charioteers approached Kritavarma; the son of Madri, Nakula, a skilled warrior. The lord of the Panchalas, Yajnaseni, approached the commander Karna with the army.)
The chief of charioteers approached Kritavarma; Nakula, the son of Madri and a skilled warrior, and the lord of the Panchalas, Yajnaseni, approached Karna, the commander, with the army.
दुःशासनो भारत भारती च; संशप्तकानां पृतना समृद्धा। भीमं रणे शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठं; तदा समार्च्छत्तमसह्यवेगम् ॥८-५३-९॥
duḥśāsano bhārata bhāratī ca; saṃśaptakānāṃ pṛtanā samṛddhā। bhīmaṃ raṇe śastrabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaṃ; tadā samārchattamasahyavegam ॥8-53-9॥
[दुःशासनो (duḥśāsanaḥ) - Duhshasana; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; भारती (bhāratī) - speech; च (ca) - and; संशप्तकानां (saṃśaptakānāṃ) - of the Samsaptakas; पृतना (pṛtanā) - army; समृद्धा (samṛddhā) - prosperous; भीमं (bhīmaṃ) - Bhima; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; शस्त्रभृतां (śastrabhṛtāṃ) - of the weapon-bearers; वरिष्ठं (variṣṭham) - the best; तदा (tadā) - then; समार्च्छत् (samārchatt) - attacked; असह्यवेगम् (asahyavegam) - with unbearable force;]
(Duhshasana, O Bharata, and the speech; the prosperous army of the Samsaptakas. Bhima, the best of the weapon-bearers, then attacked with unbearable force in battle.)
Duhshasana, O Bharata, and the speech; the prosperous army of the Samsaptakas. Bhima, the best of the weapon-bearers, then attacked with unbearable force in battle.
कर्णात्मजं तत्र जघान शूर; स्तथाच्छिनच्चोत्तमौजाः प्रसह्य। तस्योत्तमाङ्गं निपपात भूमौ; निनादयद्गां निनदेन खं च ॥८-५३-१०॥
karṇātmajaṃ tatra jaghāna śūra; stathācchinaccottamaujāḥ prasahya। tasyottamāṅgaṃ nipapāta bhūmau; ninādayadgāṃ ninadena khaṃ ca ॥8-53-10॥
[कर्णात्मजं (karṇātmajam) - Karna's son; तत्र (tatra) - there; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; शूरः (śūraḥ) - hero; स्तथाच्छिनत् (stathācchinat) - and then cut off; उत्तमौजाः (uttamaujāḥ) - Uttamaujas; प्रसह्य (prasaḥya) - forcefully; तस्य (tasya) - his; उत्तमाङ्गं (uttamāṅgam) - head; निपपात (nipapāta) - fell; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; निनादयत् (ninādayat) - resounded; गां (gām) - the earth; निनदेन (ninadena) - with sound; खं (kham) - the sky; च (ca) - and;]
(There the hero killed Karna's son; and then Uttamaujas forcefully cut off his head, which fell on the ground; resounding the earth and the sky with sound.)
There, the hero killed Karna's son; then Uttamaujas forcefully cut off his head, which fell to the ground, causing the earth and sky to resound with the sound.
सुषेणशीर्षं पतितं पृथिव्यां; विलोक्य कर्णोऽथ तदार्तरूपः। क्रोधाद्धयांस्तस्य रथं ध्वजं च; बाणैः सुधारैर्निशितैर्न्यकृन्तत् ॥८-५३-११॥
suṣeṇaśīrṣaṃ patitaṃ pṛthivyāṃ; vilokya karṇo'tha tadārtarūpaḥ। krodhāddhayāṃstasya rathaṃ dhvajaṃ ca; bāṇaiḥ sudhārairniśitairnyakṛntat ॥8-53-11॥
[सुषेण (suṣeṇa) - Suṣena; शीर्षं (śīrṣaṃ) - head; पतितं (patitaṃ) - fallen; पृथिव्यां (pṛthivyāṃ) - on the ground; विलोक्य (vilokya) - seeing; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; अथ (atha) - then; तत् (tat) - that; आर्त (ārta) - distressed; रूपः (rūpaḥ) - appearance; क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - out of anger; हयान् (hayān) - horses; तस्य (tasya) - his; रथं (rathaṃ) - chariot; ध्वजं (dhvajaṃ) - flag; च (ca) - and; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows; सुधारैः (sudhāraiḥ) - sharp; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - keen; न्यकृन्तत् (nyakṛntat) - cut off;]
(Seeing Suṣena's head fallen on the ground, Karṇa, then appearing distressed, out of anger, cut off his horses, chariot, and flag with sharp, keen arrows.)
Upon seeing Suṣena's head fallen to the ground, Karṇa, appearing deeply distressed, in a fit of rage, severed his horses, chariot, and flag with sharp and keen arrows.
स तूत्तमौजा निशितैः पृषत्कै; र्विव्याध खड्गेन च भास्वरेण। पार्ष्णिं हयांश्चैव कृपस्य हत्वा; शिखण्डिवाहं स ततोऽभ्यरोहत् ॥८-५३-१२॥
sa tūttamaujā niśitaiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ vivyādha khaṅgena ca bhāsvareṇa। pārṣṇiṃ hayāṃścaiva kṛpasya hatvā; śikhaṇḍivāhaṃ sa tato'bhyarohat ॥8-53-12॥
[स (sa) - he; तूत्तमौजा (tūttamaujā) - Tuttamauja; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; पृषत्कैः (pṛṣatkaiḥ) - arrows; विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced; खड्गेन (khaṅgena) - with sword; च (ca) - and; भास्वरेण (bhāsvareṇa) - shining; पार्ष्णिं (pārṣṇiṃ) - heel; हयान् (hayān) - horses; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kripa; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; शिखण्डिवाहं (śikhaṇḍivāhaṃ) - Shikhandi's charioteer; स (sa) - he; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अभ्यरोहत् (abhyarohat) - ascended;]
(He, Tuttamauja, pierced with sharp arrows and with a shining sword, having killed the heel and horses of Kripa, then ascended Shikhandi's charioteer.)
Tuttamauja, with his sharp arrows and shining sword, attacked and killed Kripa's horses and heel, then ascended the chariot of Shikhandi.
कृपं तु दृष्ट्वा विरथं रथस्थो; नैच्छच्छरैस्ताडयितुं शिखण्डी। तं द्रौणिरावार्य रथं कृपं स्म; समुज्जह्रे पङ्कगतां यथा गाम् ॥८-५३-१३॥
kṛpaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā virathaṃ rathastho; naicchaccharaistāḍayituṃ śikhaṇḍī। taṃ drauṇirāvārya rathaṃ kṛpaṃ sma; samujjahre paṅkagatāṃ yathā gām ॥8-53-13॥
[कृपं (kṛpam) - Kṛpa; तु (tu) - but; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; विरथं (viratham) - without a chariot; रथस्थः (rathasthaḥ) - standing on a chariot; न (na) - not; ऐच्छत् (aicchat) - desired; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; ताडयितुं (tāḍayituṃ) - to strike; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; तम् (tam) - him; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāmā; आवार्य (āvārya) - having protected; रथं (ratham) - chariot; कृपं (kṛpam) - Kṛpa; स्म (sma) - indeed; समुज्जह्रे (samujjahre) - lifted; पङ्कगतां (paṅkagatām) - stuck in mud; यथा (yathā) - as; गाम् (gām) - a cow;]
(But seeing Kṛpa without a chariot, standing on a chariot, Śikhaṇḍī did not desire to strike with arrows. Aśvatthāmā, having protected him, indeed lifted Kṛpa's chariot as one would lift a cow stuck in mud.)
Upon seeing Kṛpa without his chariot, Śikhaṇḍī, who was on his own chariot, refrained from attacking with arrows. Aśvatthāmā then came to Kṛpa's aid, lifting his chariot as one would rescue a cow trapped in mud.
हिरण्यवर्मा निशितैः पृषत्कै; स्तवात्मजानामनिलात्मजो वै। अतापयत्सैन्यमतीव भीमः; काले शुचौ मध्यगतो यथार्कः ॥८-५३-१४॥
hiraṇyavarmā niśitaiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ; stavātmajānāmanilātmajo vai। atāpayatsainyamatīva bhīmaḥ; kāle śucau madhyagato yathārkaḥ ॥8-53-14॥
[हिरण्यवर्मा (hiraṇyavarmā) - golden-armored; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; पृषत्कैः (pṛṣatkaiḥ) - arrows; स्तवात्मजानाम् (stavātmajānām) - of your sons; अनिलात्मजः (anilātmajaḥ) - son of the wind; वै (vai) - indeed; अतापयत् (atāpayat) - tormented; सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army; अतीव (atīva) - extremely; भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhima; काले (kāle) - at the time; शुचौ (śucau) - auspicious; मध्यगतः (madhyagataḥ) - situated in the middle; यथा (yathā) - like; अर्कः (arkaḥ) - the sun;]
(The golden-armored Bhima, son of the wind, tormented your sons' army with sharp arrows, like the sun situated in the middle at an auspicious time.)
Bhima, clad in golden armor and the son of the wind, fiercely attacked your sons' army with sharp arrows, resembling the sun at its zenith during an auspicious moment.
