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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhritarashtra said:)
Dhritarashtra said:
तथा प्रयाते शिबिरं द्रोणपुत्रे महारथे। कच्चित्कृपश्च भोजश्च भयार्तौ न न्यवर्तताम् ॥१०-८-१॥
tathā prayāte śibiraṃ droṇaputre mahārathe। kaccitkṛpaśca bhojaśca bhayārtau na nyavartatām ॥10-8-1॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; प्रयाते (prayāte) - having departed; शिबिरं (śibiram) - to the camp; द्रोणपुत्रे (droṇaputre) - when the son of Droṇa; महारथे (mahārathe) - the great chariot-warrior; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; च (ca) - and; भोजः (bhojaḥ) - Bhoja; च (ca) - and; भयार्तौ (bhayārtau) - afflicted by fear; न (na) - not; न्यवर्तताम् (nyavartatām) - did (they) turn back;]
(Thus, when the son of Droṇa, the great chariot-warrior, had departed to the camp, whether Kṛpa and Bhoja, afflicted by fear, did not turn back.)
Thus, when Droṇa's son, the great chariot-warrior, had gone to the camp, did Kṛpa and Bhoja, stricken by fear, not turn back?
कच्चिन्न वारितौ क्षुद्रै रक्षिभिर्नोपलक्षितौ। असह्यमिति वा मत्वा न निवृत्तौ महारथौ ॥१०-८-२॥
kaccinna vāritau kṣudrai rakṣibhirnopalakṣitau। asahyamiti vā matvā na nivṛttau mahārathau ॥10-8-2॥
[कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; न (na) - not; वारितौ (vāritau) - turned back; क्षुद्रैः (kṣudraiḥ) - by petty; रक्षिभिः (rakṣibhiḥ) - by guards; न (na) - not; उपलक्षितौ (upalakṣitau) - noticed; असह्यम् (asahyam) - unbearable; इति (iti) - thus; वा (vā) - or; मत्वा (matvā) - thinking; न (na) - not; निवृत्तौ (nivṛttau) - turned back; महारथौ (mahārathau) - the great warriors;]
(Whether the great warriors were not turned back by petty guards, nor noticed, or thinking 'it is unbearable', did not turn back.)
Did the great warriors turn back, either because they were stopped by petty guards, or because they thought 'this is unbearable'?
कच्चित्प्रमथ्य शिबिरं हत्वा सोमकपाण्डवान्। दुर्योधनस्य पदवीं गतौ परमिकां रणे ॥१०-८-३॥
kaccit pramathya śibiraṃ hatvā somaka-pāṇḍavān। duryodhanasya padavīṃ gatau paramikāṃ raṇe ॥10-8-3॥
[कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; प्रमथ्य (pramathya) - having crushed; शिबिरं (śibiram) - the camp; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; सोमकपाण्डवान् (somaka-pāṇḍavān) - the Somakas and Pāṇḍavas; दुर्योधनस्य (duryodhanasya) - of Duryodhana; पदवीं (padavīm) - path; गतौ (gatau) - have gone; परमिकां (paramikām) - supreme; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Whether, having crushed the camp and slain the Somakas and Pāṇḍavas, you have gone to the supreme path of Duryodhana in battle.)
Have you, after crushing the camp and killing the Somakas and Pāṇḍavas, reached Duryodhana's supreme path in battle?
पाञ्चालैर्वा विनिहतौ कच्चिन्नास्वपतां क्षितौ। कच्चित्ताभ्यां कृतं कर्म तन्ममाचक्ष्व सञ्जय ॥१०-८-४॥
pāñcālairvā vinihatau kaccinnāsvapatāṃ kṣitau। kaccittābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ karma tanmamācakṣva sañjaya ॥10-8-4॥
[पाञ्चालैः (pāñcālaiḥ) - by the Pāñcālas; वा (vā) - or; विनिहतौ (vinihatau) - slain; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; न (na) - not; अस्वपताम् (āsvapatām) - of the sons of Āsvapati; क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the earth; कच्चित् (kaccit) - whether; ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by those two; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; कर्म (karma) - deed; तत् (tat) - that; मम (mama) - to me; आचक्ष्व (ācakṣva) - tell; सञ्जय (sañjaya) - O Sañjaya;]
(By the Pāñcālas or slain, whether not of the sons of Āsvapati on the earth; whether by those two the deed was done, that to me tell, O Sañjaya.)
O Sañjaya, tell me whether the sons of Āsvapati have been slain by the Pāñcālas on the battlefield, or whether those two have accomplished their task.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
तस्मिन्प्रयाते शिबिरं द्रोणपुत्रे महात्मनि। कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च शिबिरद्वार्यतिष्ठताम् ॥१०-८-५॥
tasmin prayāte śibiraṃ droṇaputre mahātmani। kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca śibiradvāry atiṣṭhatām ॥10-8-5॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; प्रयाते (prayāte) - having departed; शिबिरम् (śibiram) - camp; द्रोणपुत्रे (droṇaputre) - Drona's son; महात्मनि (mahātmani) - the great-souled; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kṛpa; च (ca) - and; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kṛtavarmā; च (ca) - and; शिबिरद्वारि (śibiradvāri) - at the gate of the camp; अतिष्ठताम् (atiṣṭhatām) - stood;]
(When Drona's son, the great-souled, had departed for the camp, Kṛpa and Kṛtavarmā stood at the gate of the camp.)
After Drona's noble son left for the camp, Kṛpa and Kṛtavarmā remained standing at the entrance.
अश्वत्थामा तु तौ दृष्ट्वा यत्नवन्तौ महारथौ। प्रहृष्टः शनकै राजन्निदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१०-८-६॥
aśvatthāmā tu tau dṛṣṭvā yatnavantau mahārathau। prahṛṣṭaḥ śanakai rājan idaṃ vacanam abravīt ॥10-8-6॥
[अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāman; तु (tu) - but; तौ (tau) - those two; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; यत्नवन्तौ (yatnavantau) - diligent; महारथौ (mahārathau) - great chariot-warriors; प्रहृष्टः (prahṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted; शनकैः (śanakaiḥ) - slowly; राजन् (rājan) - O king; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वचनम् (vacanam) - speech; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said;]
(Aśvatthāman but those two having seen, diligent, great chariot-warriors, delighted, slowly, O king, this speech said:)
But Aśvatthāman, seeing those two great and diligent chariot-warriors, delighted, slowly said this speech, O king.
यत्तौ भवन्तौ पर्याप्तौ सर्वक्षत्रस्य नाशने। किं पुनर्योधशेषस्य प्रसुप्तस्य विशेषतः ॥१०-८-७॥
yattau bhavantau paryāptau sarvakṣatrasya nāśane। kiṃ punaryodhaśeṣasya prasuptasya viśeṣataḥ ॥10-8-7॥
[यत् (yat) - as; तौ (tau) - those two; भवन्तौ (bhavantau) - you both are; पर्याप्तौ (paryāptau) - sufficient; सर्वक्षत्रस्य (sarvakṣatrasya) - of all the Kṣatriyas; नाशने (nāśane) - for destruction; किं (kiṃ) - what; पुनः (punaḥ) - then; योधशेषस्य (yodhaśeṣasya) - of the remaining warriors; प्रसुप्तस्य (prasuptasya) - who are asleep; विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially;]
(As you both are sufficient for the destruction of all the Kṣatriyas, what then (to speak) especially of the remaining warriors who are asleep?)
Since you both are enough to destroy all the Kṣatriyas, how much more so the remaining sleeping warriors?
अहं प्रवेक्ष्ये शिबिरं चरिष्यामि च कालवत्। यथा न कश्चिदपि मे जीवन्मुच्येत मानवः ॥१०-८-८॥
ahaṃ pravekṣye śibiraṃ cariṣyāmi ca kālavat। yathā na kaścidapi me jīvanmucyeta mānavaḥ ॥10-8-8॥
[अहं (ahaṃ) - I; प्रवेक्ष्ये (pravekṣye) - shall enter; शिबिरं (śibiram) - camp; चरिष्यामि (cariṣyāmi) - shall move about; च (ca) - and; कालवत् (kāla-vat) - like Time (Death); यथा (yathā) - so that; न (na) - not; कश्चिदपि (kaścid api) - any one at all; मे (me) - by me; जीवन् (jīvan) - living; मुच्येत (mucyeta) - may escape; मानवः (mānavaḥ) - man;]
(I shall enter the camp and move about like Time (Death), so that not even a single living man may escape from me.)
I will enter the camp and move about like Death itself, ensuring that not a single living man escapes me.
इत्युक्त्वा प्राविशद्द्रौणिः पार्थानां शिबिरं महत्। अद्वारेणाभ्यवस्कन्द्य विहाय भयमात्मनः ॥१०-८-९॥
ity uktvā prāviśad drauṇiḥ pārthānāṃ śibiraṃ mahat। advāreṇābhyavaskandya vihāya bhayam ātmanaḥ ॥10-8-9॥
[इति (iti) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said; प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; पार्थानाम् (pārthānām) - of the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas); शिबिरम् (śibiram) - camp; महत् (mahat) - great; अद्वारेण (advāreṇa) - by a side entrance; अभ्यवस्कन्द्य (abhyavaskandya) - having leapt in; विहाय (vihāya) - abandoning; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of himself;]
(Thus having spoken, the son of Droṇa entered the great camp of the sons of Pṛthā by a side entrance, having leapt in, abandoning fear of himself.)
Having said this, Droṇa's son entered the great camp of the Pāṇḍavas through a side entrance, casting aside his own fear.
स प्रविश्य महाबाहुरुद्देशज्ञश्च तस्य ह। धृष्टद्युम्नस्य निलयं शनकैरभ्युपागमत् ॥१०-८-१०॥
sa praviśya mahābāhuruddeśajñaś ca tasya ha | dhṛṣṭadyumnasya nilayaṃ śanakair abhyupāgamat ||10-8-10||
[स (sa) - he; प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the mighty-armed; उद्देशज्ञः (uddeśajñaḥ) - knower of the place; च (ca) - and; तस्य (tasya) - his; ह (ha) - indeed; धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; निलयम् (nilayam) - abode; शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly; अभ्युपागमत् (abhyupāgamat) - approached;]
(He, having entered, the mighty-armed, knower of the place, and his indeed, the abode of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, slowly approached.)
He, the mighty-armed and knower of the place, slowly entered and approached the abode of Dhṛṣṭadyumna.
ते तु कृत्वा महत्कर्म श्रान्ताश्च बलवद्रणे। प्रसुप्ता वै सुविश्वस्ताः स्वसैन्यपरिवारिताः ॥१०-८-११॥
te tu kṛtvā mahatkarma śrāntāś ca balavadraṇe। prasuptā vai suviśvastāḥ svasainyaparivāritāḥ ॥10-8-11॥
[ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; महत् (mahat) - great; कर्म (karma) - deed; श्रान्ताः (śrāntāḥ) - exhausted; च (ca) - and; बलवत् (balavat) - in a mighty; रणे (raṇe) - battle; प्रसुप्ताः (prasuptāḥ) - fallen asleep; वै (vai) - indeed; सुविश्वस्ताः (suviśvastāḥ) - completely at ease; स्व (sva) - their own; सैन्य (sainya) - army; परिवारिताः (parivāritāḥ) - surrounded;]
(They but having done a great deed, exhausted and in a mighty battle, indeed fell asleep, completely at ease, surrounded by their own army.)
But after performing a great feat and being exhausted in the fierce battle, they fell asleep, completely at ease, surrounded by their own army.
अथ प्रविश्य तद्वेश्म धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भारत। पाञ्चाल्यं शयने द्रौणिरपश्यत्सुप्तमन्तिकात् ॥१०-८-१२॥
atha praviśya tadveśma dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhārata। pāñcālyaṃ śayane drauṇirapaśyatsuptamantikāt ॥10-8-12॥
[अथ (atha) - then; प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered; तत् (tat) - that; वेश्म (veśma) - mansion; धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; पाञ्चाल्यम् (pāñcālyam) - Pāñcālya (Dhṛṣṭadyumna); शयने (śayane) - on the bed; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw; सुप्तम् (suptam) - sleeping; अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - nearby;]
(Then, having entered that mansion of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O Bhārata, the son of Droṇa saw Pāñcālya sleeping on the bed nearby.)
Then, O Bhārata, after entering the mansion of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Droṇa saw Pāñcālya sleeping on his bed nearby.
क्षौमावदाते महति स्पर्ध्यास्तरणसंवृते। माल्यप्रवरसंयुक्ते धूपैश्चूर्णैश्च वासिते ॥१०-८-१३॥
kṣaumāvadāte mahati spardhyāstaraṇasaṃvṛte। mālyapravarasaṃyukte dhūpaiś cūrṇaiś ca vāsite ॥10-8-13॥
[क्षौम-अवदाते (kṣauma-avadāte) - with linen (cloth) spread out, white; महति (mahati) - great; स्पर्ध्या-आस्तरण-संवृते (spardhyā-āstaraṇa-saṃvṛte) - covered with a splendid carpet; माल्य-प्रवर-संयुक्ते (mālya-pravara-saṃyukte) - adorned with excellent garlands; धूपैः (dhūpaiḥ) - with incense; चूर्णैः च (cūrṇaiḥ ca) - and with powders; वासिते (vāsite) - perfumed;]
(With white linen spread out, covered with a splendid carpet, adorned with excellent garlands, perfumed with incense and powders.)
The place was spread with white linen, covered by a splendid carpet, decorated with the finest garlands, and perfumed with incense and fragrant powders.
तं शयानं महात्मानं विस्रब्धमकुतोभयम्। प्राबोधयत पादेन शयनस्थं महीपते ॥१०-८-१४॥
taṃ śayānaṃ mahātmānaṃ visrabdhamakutobhayam। prābodhayata pādena śayanasthaṃ mahīpate ॥10-8-14॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; शयानं (śayānam) - lying; महात्मानं (mahātmānam) - great-souled; विस्रब्धम् (visrabdham) - confident; अकुतोभयम् (akutobhayam) - fearless; प्राबोधयत् (prābodhayat) - awakened; पादेन (pādena) - with (his) foot; शयनस्थम् (śayanastham) - lying on the bed; महीपते (mahīpate) - O king;]
(Him lying, great-souled, confident, fearless, (he) awakened with (his) foot, lying on the bed, O king.)
O king, he awakened that great-souled, confident, and fearless one, who was lying on the bed, with his foot.
स बुद्ध्वा चरणस्पर्शमुत्थाय रणदुर्मदः। अभ्यजानदमेयात्मा द्रोणपुत्रं महारथम् ॥१०-८-१५॥
sa buddʰvā caraṇasparśam utthāya raṇadurmadaḥ। abhyajānad ameyātmā droṇaputraṃ mahāratham ॥10-8-15॥
[स (sa) - he; बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having understood; चरणस्पर्शम् (caraṇasparśam) - touching the feet; उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen; रणदुर्मदः (raṇadurmadaḥ) - arrogant in battle; अभ्यजानत् (abhyajānata) - approached; अमेयात्मा (ameyātmā) - of immeasurable soul; द्रोणपुत्रम् (droṇaputram) - the son of Droṇa; महारथम् (mahāratham) - the great chariot-warrior;]
(He, having understood, touching the feet, having risen, arrogant in battle, approached the son of Droṇa, the great chariot-warrior, of immeasurable soul.)
Having realized, he, proud in battle, rose after touching the feet and approached Droṇa's son, the mighty chariot-warrior of immeasurable spirit.
तमुत्पतन्तं शयनादश्वत्थामा महाबलः। केशेष्वालम्ब्य पाणिभ्यां निष्पिपेष महीतले ॥१०-८-१६॥
tam utpatantaṃ śayanād aśvatthāmā mahābalaḥ। keśeṣv ālambya pāṇibhyāṃ niṣpipeṣa mahītale ॥10-8-16॥
[तम् (tam) - him; उत्पतन्तम् (utpatantam) - rising; शयनात् (śayanāt) - from the bed; अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - the mighty; केशेषु (keśeṣu) - by the hair; आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having seized; पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām) - with (his) hands; निष्पिपेष (niṣpipeṣa) - crushed; महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground;]
(Aśvatthāmā, the mighty, having seized him rising from the bed by the hair with (his) hands, crushed (him) on the ground.)
The mighty Aśvatthāmā seized him by the hair as he rose from the bed and crushed him to the ground.
स बलात्तेन निष्पिष्टः साध्वसेन च भारत। निद्रया चैव पाञ्चाल्यो नाशकच्चेष्टितुं तदा ॥१०-८-१७॥
sa balāttena niṣpiṣṭaḥ sādhvasena ca bhārata। nidrayā caiva pāñcālyo nāśakacceṣṭituṃ tadā ॥10-8-17॥
[स (sa) - he; बलात् (balāt) - by force; तेन (tena) - by him; निष्पिष्टः (niṣpiṣṭaḥ) - crushed; साध्वसेन (sādhvasena) - by fear; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; निद्रया (nidrayā) - by sleep; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; पाञ्चाल्यः (pāñcālyaḥ) - the son of Pāñcālī; न (na) - not; अशकत् (aśakat) - was able; चेष्टितुं (ceṣṭitum) - to move; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(He, by force, by him crushed, by fear and, O Bhārata, by sleep and indeed, the son of Pāñcālī, not was able to move then.)
O Bhārata, at that time, the son of Pāñcālī, crushed by him with force, fear, and sleep, was unable to move.
तमाक्रम्य तदा राजन्कण्ठे चोरसि चोभयोः। नदन्तं विस्फुरन्तं च पशुमारममारयत् ॥१०-८-१८॥
tamākramya tadā rājan-kaṇṭhe corasi cobhayoḥ| nadantaṃ visphurantaṃ ca paśumāramamārayat||10-8-18||
[तम् (tam) - him; आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having attacked; तदा (tadā) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; कण्ठे (kaṇṭhe) - on the neck; च (ca) - and; उरसि (urasi) - on the chest; च (ca) - and; उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - on both; नदन्तं (nadantam) - roaring; विस्फुरन्तं (visphurantam) - struggling; च (ca) - and; पशुम् (paśum) - the animal; आरम् (āram) - at once; अमारयत् (amārayat) - killed;]
(Having attacked him then, O king, on the neck and on the chest, on both, roaring and struggling, the animal he killed at once.)
O king, then, having attacked him on both the neck and chest as he roared and struggled, he killed the animal at once.
तुदन्नखैस्तु स द्रौणिं नातिव्यक्तमुदाहरत्। आचार्यपुत्र शस्त्रेण जहि मा मा चिरं कृथाः ॥ त्वत्कृते सुकृताँल्लोकान्गच्छेयं द्विपदां वर ॥१०-८-१९॥
tudannakhaistu sa drauṇiṃ nātivyaktaṃudāharat। ācāryaputra śastreṇa jahi mā mā ciraṃ kṛthāḥ ॥ tvatkṛte sukṛtāṃllokāngaccheyaṃ dvipadāṃ vara ॥10-8-19॥
[तुदन्-अखैः-तु (tudan-akhaiḥ-tu) - with striking nails, indeed; सः (saḥ) - he; द्रौणिं (drauṇim) - Drona's son; न-अति-व्यक्तम्-उदाहरत् (na-ati-vyaktam-udāharat) - not very clearly spoke; आचार्य-पुत्र (ācārya-putra) - O teacher's son; शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - with weapon; जहि (jahi) - slay; मा-मा-चिरम्-कृथाः (mā-mā-ciram-kṛthāḥ) - do not, do not delay; त्वत्-कृते (tvat-kṛte) - for your sake; सुकृतान्-लोकान् (sukṛtān-lokān) - the virtuous worlds; गच्छेयम् (gaccheyam) - may I go; द्विपदां-वर (dvipadāṃ-vara) - O best of men;]
(With striking nails indeed, he did not very clearly speak to Drona's son: "O teacher's son, slay (me) with a weapon, do not, do not delay. For your sake, may I go to the virtuous worlds, O best of men.")
With his nails digging in, he spoke indistinctly to Drona's son: "O teacher's son, kill me with your weapon, do not delay. For your sake, O best of men, may I attain the virtuous worlds."
तस्याव्यक्तां तु तां वाचं संश्रुत्य द्रौणिरब्रवीत्। आचार्यघातिनां लोका न सन्ति कुलपांसन ॥ तस्माच्छस्त्रेण निधनं न त्वमर्हसि दुर्मते ॥१०-८-२०॥
tasyāvyaktāṃ tu tāṃ vācaṃ saṃśrutya drauṇir abravīt। ācāryaghātināṃ lokā na santi kulapāṃsana ॥ tasmāc chastreṇa nidhanaṃ na tvam arhasi durmate ॥10-8-20॥
[तस्य (tasya) - his; अव्यक्तां (avyaktām) - indistinct; तु (tu) - but; तां (tām) - that; वाचं (vācam) - speech; संश्रुत्य (saṃśrutya) - having heard; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāma; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; आचार्यघातिनां (ācāryaghātinām) - of teacher-slayers; लोका (lokā) - worlds; न (na) - not; सन्ति (santi) - exist; कुलपांसन (kulapāṃsana) - O defiler of the family; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by weapon; निधनं (nidhanaṃ) - death; न (na) - not; त्वम् (tvam) - you; अर्हसि (arhasi) - deserve; दुर्मते (durmate) - O evil-minded one;]
(But having heard his indistinct speech, Aśvatthāma said: 'Worlds do not exist for teacher-slayers, O defiler of the family. Therefore, you do not deserve death by weapon, O evil-minded one.')
But when Aśvatthāma heard his indistinct words, he said: 'Those who slay their teacher have no place in the worlds, O defiler of the family. Therefore, O evil-minded one, you do not deserve an honorable death by weapon.'
एवं ब्रुवाणस्तं वीरं सिंहो मत्तमिव द्विपम्। मर्मस्वभ्यवधीत्क्रुद्धः पादाष्ठीलैः सुदारुणैः ॥१०-८-२१॥
evaṃ bruvāṇas taṃ vīraṃ siṃho mattam iva dvipam। marmasv abhyavadhīt kruddhaḥ pādāṣṭhīlaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ ॥10-8-21॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; ब्रुवाणः (bruvāṇaḥ) - speaking; तम् (tam) - him; वीरम् (vīram) - hero; सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) - lion; मत्तम् (mattam) - intoxicated; इव (iva) - like; द्विपम् (dvipam) - elephant; मर्मसु (marmasu) - in the vital parts; अभ्यवधीत् (abhyavadhīt) - struck; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; पाद (pāda) - with feet; अष्ठीलैः (aṣṭhīlaiḥ) - with bones; सुदारुणैः (sudāruṇaiḥ) - very terrible;]
(Thus speaking, him, the hero, the lion, like an intoxicated elephant, in the vital parts, struck, angry, with feet, with bones, very terrible.)
Thus, as he was speaking, the lion, enraged, struck the hero in his vital parts with his very terrible, bone-hard feet, just as an intoxicated elephant would.
तस्य वीरस्य शब्देन मार्यमाणस्य वेश्मनि। अबुध्यन्त महाराज स्त्रियो ये चास्य रक्षिणः ॥१०-८-२२॥
tasya vīrasya śabdena māryamāṇasya veśmani। abudhyanta mahārāja striyo ye cāsya rakṣiṇaḥ ॥10-8-22॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; वीरस्य (vīrasya) - of the hero; शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound; मार्यमाणस्य (māryamāṇasya) - being beaten; वेश्मनि (veśmani) - in the house; अबुध्यन्त (abudhyanta) - awoke; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - the women; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; अस्य (asya) - his; रक्षिणः (rakṣiṇaḥ) - guards;]
(O great king, by the sound of that hero being beaten in the house, the women and his guards awoke.)
O great king, the sound of that hero being beaten in the house woke up the women and his guards.
ते दृष्ट्वा वर्ष्मवन्तं तमतिमानुषविक्रमम्। भूतमेव व्यवस्यन्तो न स्म प्रव्याहरन्भयात् ॥१०-८-२३॥
te dṛṣṭvā varṣmavantaṃ tamatimānuṣavikramam। bhūtameva vyavasyanto na sma pravyāharanbhayāt ॥10-8-23॥
[ते (te) - they; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; वर्ष्मवन्तम् (varṣmavantam) - possessing a large body; तम् (tam) - him; अतिमानुषविक्रमम् (atimānuṣavikramam) - with superhuman prowess; भूतम् (bhūtam) - a being; एव (eva) - indeed; व्यवस्यन्तः (vyavasyantaḥ) - considering; न (na) - not; स्म (sma) - indeed; प्रव्याहरन् (pravyāharan) - spoke; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear;]
(They, having seen him possessing a large body and superhuman prowess, considering him indeed as a being, did not speak out of fear.)
Seeing him with his huge form and superhuman strength, they thought he was some supernatural being and, out of fear, did not utter a word.
तं तु तेनाभ्युपायेन गमयित्वा यमक्षयम्। अध्यतिष्ठत्स तेजस्वी रथं प्राप्य सुदर्शनम् ॥१०-८-२४॥
taṃ tu tenābhyupāyena gamayitvā yamakṣayam। adhyatiṣṭhat sa tejasvī rathaṃ prāpya sudarśanam ॥10-8-24॥
[तं (taṃ) - him; तु (tu) - but; तेन (tena) - by that; अभ्युपायेन (abhyupāyena) - by means; गमयित्वा (gamayitvā) - having sent; यमक्षयम् (yamakṣayam) - to Yama's abode; अध्यतिष्ठत् (adhyatiṣṭhat) - he stood; सः (saḥ) - he; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - the radiant one; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached; सुदर्शनम् (sudarśanam) - beautiful;]
(But having sent him by that means to Yama's abode, the radiant one, having reached the beautiful chariot, stood.)
But, having sent him to Yama's abode by that means, the radiant one stood after reaching the beautiful chariot.
स तस्य भवनाद्राजन्निष्क्रम्यानादयन्दिशः। रथेन शिबिरं प्रायाज्जिघांसुर्द्विषतो बली ॥१०-८-२५॥
sa tasya bhavanād rājan niṣkramya anādayan diśaḥ। rathena śibiraṃ prāyāt jighāṃsuḥ dviṣataḥ balī ॥10-8-25॥
[स (sa) - he; तस्य (tasya) - his; भवनात् (bhavanāt) - from the house; राजन् (rājan) - O king; निष्क्रम्य (niṣkramya) - having come out; अनादयन् (anādayan) - making resound; दिशः (diśaḥ) - the directions; रथेन (rathena) - with a chariot; शिबिरम् (śibiram) - the camp; प्रायात् (prāyāt) - he went; जिघांसुः (jighāṃsuḥ) - desiring to destroy; द्विषतः (dviṣataḥ) - the enemies; बली (balī) - the mighty one;]
(He, having come out of his house, O king, making the directions resound, went to the camp with a chariot, desiring to destroy the enemies, the mighty one.)
O king, the mighty one came out of his house, making the directions resound, and went to the camp in his chariot, intent on destroying his enemies.
अपक्रान्ते ततस्तस्मिन्द्रोणपुत्रे महारथे। सह तै रक्षिभिः सर्वैः प्रणेदुर्योषितस्तदा ॥१०-८-२६॥
apakrānte tatas tasmin droṇaputre mahārathe। saha tai rakṣibhiḥ sarvaiḥ praṇedur yoṣitas tadā ॥10-8-26॥
[अपक्रान्ते (apakrānte) - having departed; ततः (tataḥ) - then; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in him; द्रोणपुत्रे (droṇaputre) - Drona's son; महारथे (mahārathe) - the great chariot-warrior; सह (saha) - with; तैः (taiḥ) - those; रक्षिभिः (rakṣibhiḥ) - guards; सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - all; प्रणेदुः (praṇeduḥ) - wailed; योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Having departed then, when Drona's son, the great chariot-warrior, (was gone), all those women wailed together with all the guards at that time.)
When Drona's son, the great chariot-warrior, had departed, all the women, along with all the guards, wailed together at that moment.
राजानं निहतं दृष्ट्वा भृशं शोकपरायणाः। व्याक्रोशन्क्षत्रियाः सर्वे धृष्टद्युम्नस्य भारत ॥१०-८-२७॥
rājānaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇāḥ। vyākrośan kṣatriyāḥ sarve dhṛṣṭadyumnasya bhārata ॥10-8-27॥
[राजानम् (rājānam) - the king; निहतम् (nihatam) - slain; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly; शोकपरायणाः (śokaparāyaṇāḥ) - overcome with grief; व्याक्रोशन् (vyākrośan) - cried out; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - the warriors; सर्वे (sarve) - all; धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Having seen the king slain, greatly overcome with grief, all the warriors of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O Bhārata, cried out.)
O Bhārata, when the king was seen slain, all the warriors of Dhṛṣṭadyumna, overwhelmed with grief, cried out loudly.
तासां तु तेन शब्देन समीपे क्षत्रियर्षभाः। क्षिप्रं च समनह्यन्त किमेतदिति चाब्रुवन् ॥१०-८-२८॥
tāsāṃ tu tena śabdena samīpe kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ। kṣipraṃ ca samanahyanta kim etad iti cābruvan ॥10-8-28॥
[तासां (tāsām) - of those (women); तु (tu) - but; तेन (tena) - by that; शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound; समीपे (samīpe) - near; क्षत्रियर्षभाः (kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ) - the foremost among the Kṣatriyas; क्षिप्रं (kṣipram) - quickly; च (ca) - and; समनह्यन्त (samanahyanta) - were yoked (their chariots); किम् (kim) - what; एतत् (etat) - this; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; अब्रुवन् (abrūvan) - they said;]
(But by that sound, the foremost among the Kṣatriyas nearby quickly yoked (their chariots) and said, "What is this?")
But hearing that sound, the foremost of the Kṣatriyas nearby quickly yoked their chariots and said, "What is this?"
स्त्रियस्तु राजन्वित्रस्ता भारद्वाजं निरीक्ष्य तम्। अब्रुवन्दीनकण्ठेन क्षिप्रमाद्रवतेति वै ॥१०-८-२९॥
striyastu rājan vitrastā bhāradvājaṃ nirīkṣya tam। abruvan dīna-kaṇṭhena kṣipram ādravateti vai ॥10-8-29॥
[स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; तु (tu) - but; राजन् (rājan) - O king; वित्रस्ताः (vitrastāḥ) - frightened; भारद्वाजम् (bhāradvājam) - (at) Bhāradvāja; निरीक्ष्य (nirīkṣya) - having seen; तम् (tam) - him; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said; दीनकण्ठेन (dīna-kaṇṭhena) - with a distressed voice; क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly; आद्रवत् (ādravat) - run; इति (iti) - thus; वै (vai) - indeed;]
(But the women, O king, frightened, having seen Bhāradvāja, him, said with a distressed voice, "Quickly run," thus indeed.)
But, O king, the frightened women, seeing Bhāradvāja, said to him in distressed voices, "Quickly, run!"
राक्षसो वा मनुष्यो वा नैनं जानीमहे वयम्। हत्वा पाञ्चालराजं यो रथमारुह्य तिष्ठति ॥१०-८-३०॥
rākṣaso vā manuṣyo vā nainaṃ jānīmahe vayam। hatvā pāñcālarājaṃ yo rathamāruhya tiṣṭhati ॥10-8-30॥
[राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - a demon; वा (vā) - or; मनुष्यः (manuṣyaḥ) - a human; वा (vā) - or; न (na) - not; एनम् (enam) - him; जानीमहे (jānīmahe) - we know; वयम् (vayam) - we; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; पाञ्चालराजम् (pāñcālarājam) - the king of the Pāñcālas; यः (yaḥ) - who; रथम् (ratham) - the chariot; आरुह्य (āruhya) - having mounted; तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands;]
(A demon or a human, we do not know him. Having slain the king of the Pāñcālas, he who stands having mounted the chariot.)
We do not know whether he is a demon or a human. He who stands on the chariot after killing the king of the Pāñcālas.
ततस्ते योधमुख्यास्तं सहसा पर्यवारयन्। स तानापततः सर्वान्रुद्रास्त्रेण व्यपोथयत् ॥१०-८-३१॥
tatas te yodha-mukhyās taṃ sahasā paryavārayan। sa tān āpatataḥ sarvān rudrāstreṇa vyapothayat ॥10-8-31॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - those; योधमुख्याः (yodha-mukhyāḥ) - chief warriors; तम् (tam) - him; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded; सः (saḥ) - he; तान् (tān) - them; आपततः (āpatataḥ) - rushing; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; रुद्रास्त्रेण (rudrāstreṇa) - with the Rudra weapon; व्यपोथयत् (vyapothayat) - struck down; १०-८-३१ (10-8-31) - 10-8-31;]
(Then those chief warriors suddenly surrounded him. He struck down all of them, who were rushing at him, with the Rudra weapon. "10-8-31")
Then the chief warriors suddenly surrounded him, but he struck down all those who rushed at him with the Rudra weapon. "10-8-31"
धृष्टद्युम्नं च हत्वा स तांश्चैवास्य पदानुगान्। अपश्यच्छयने सुप्तमुत्तमौजसमन्तिके ॥१०-८-३२॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca hatvā sa tāṃścaivāsya padānugān। apaśyacchayane suptamuttamaujasamantike ॥10-8-32॥
[धृष्टद्युम्नम् (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; च (ca) - and; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; सः (saḥ) - he; तान् (tān) - them; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - also; अस्य (asya) - his; पद-अनुगान् (pada-anugān) - followers; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw; शयने (śayane) - on the bed; सुप्तम् (suptam) - sleeping; उत्तमौजसम् (uttamaujasam) - Uttamaujas; अन्तिके (antike) - near;]
(Having killed Dhṛṣṭadyumna and also his followers, he saw Uttamaujas sleeping on the bed nearby.)
After killing Dhṛṣṭadyumna and his followers, he saw Uttamaujas sleeping on a bed close by.
तमप्याक्रम्य पादेन कण्ठे चोरसि चौजसा। तथैव मारयामास विनर्दन्तमरिंदमम् ॥१०-८-३३॥
tam apy ākrāmya pādena kaṇṭhe ca urasi ca aujasā| tathaiva mārayām āsa vinardantam ariṃ-damam ॥10-8-33॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अपि (api) - also; आक्रम्य (ākrāmya) - having stepped upon; पादेन (pādena) - with (his) foot; कण्ठे (kaṇṭhe) - on the neck; च (ca) - and; उरसि (urasi) - on the chest; च (ca) - and; औजसा (aujasā) - with force; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; मारयाम् (mārayām) - (he) began to kill; आस (āsa) - (he) was; विनर्दन्तम् (vinardantam) - roaring; अरिंदमम् (ariṃ-damam) - the subduer of enemies;]
(Him also, having stepped upon with (his) foot on the neck and on the chest with force, in the same way, (he) began to kill, roaring, the subduer of enemies.)
He too, having stepped on him with his foot on the neck and chest with force, began to kill him in the same way, while roaring, the subduer of enemies.
युधामन्युस्तु सम्प्राप्तो मत्त्वा तं रक्षसा हतम्। गदामुद्यम्य वेगेन हृदि द्रौणिमताडयत् ॥१०-८-३४॥
yudhāmanyus tu samprāpto matvā taṃ rakṣasā hatam। gadām udyamya vegena hṛdi drauṇim atāḍayat ॥10-8-34॥
[युधामन्युः (yudhāmanyuḥ) - Yudhāmanyu; तु (tu) - but; सम्प्राप्तः (samprāptaḥ) - having arrived; मत्त्वा (matvā) - having thought; तम् (tam) - him; रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon; हतम् (hatam) - killed; गदाम् (gadām) - the mace; उद्यस्य (udyamya) - having raised; वेगेन (vegena) - with speed; हृदि (hṛdi) - on the chest; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drona's son; अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck;]
(But Yudhāmanyu, having arrived and thinking him killed by the demon, raised his mace with speed and struck Drona's son on the chest.)
But Yudhāmanyu, upon arriving and believing him to have been slain by the demon, swiftly raised his mace and struck Drona's son on the chest.
तमभिद्रुत्य जग्राह क्षितौ चैनमपातयत्। विस्फुरन्तं च पशुवत्तथैवैनममारयत् ॥१०-८-३५॥
tam abhidrutya jagrāha kṣitau ca enam apātayat। visphurantaṃ ca paśuvat tathaiva enam amārayat॥10-8-35॥
[तम् (tam) - him; अभिद्रुत्य (abhidrutya) - having rushed towards; जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized; क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the ground; च (ca) - and; एनम् (enam) - him; अपातयत् (apātayat) - threw down; विस्फुरन्तम् (visphurantaṃ) - struggling; च (ca) - and; पशुवत् (paśuvat) - like a beast; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; एनम् (enam) - him; अमारयत् (amārayat) - killed;]
(Having rushed towards him, (he) seized (him) and threw him down on the ground; and, as he was struggling, in the same way, like a beast, he killed him.)
He rushed at him, seized him, threw him to the ground, and as he struggled, killed him just like a beast.
तथा स वीरो हत्वा तं ततोऽन्यान्समुपाद्रवत्। संसुप्तानेव राजेन्द्र तत्र तत्र महारथान् ॥ स्फुरतो वेपमानांश्च शमितेव पशून्मखे ॥१०-८-३६॥
tathā sa vīro hatvā taṃ tato'nyān samupādravat। saṃsuptān eva rājendra tatra tatra mahārathān ॥ sphurato vepamānāṃś ca śamiteva paśūn makhe ॥10-8-36॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; स (sa) - he; वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; तम् (tam) - him; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; समुपाद्रवत् (samupādravat) - attacked; संसुप्तान् (saṃsuptān) - sleeping; एव (eva) - indeed; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; तत्र (tatra) - here; तत्र (tatra) - there; महारथान् (mahārathān) - great chariot-warriors; स्फुरतः (sphurataḥ) - trembling; वेपमानान् (vepamānān) - shaking; च (ca) - and; शमितः (śamitaḥ) - subdued; इव (iva) - like; पशून् (paśūn) - animals; मखे (makhe) - in the sacrifice;]
(Thus he, the hero, having slain him, then attacked others. Indeed, O king, here and there the great chariot-warriors, sleeping, trembling, and shaking, he subdued like animals in the sacrifice.)
Thus, the hero, after slaying him, attacked the others. O king, he subdued the great chariot-warriors, who were sleeping, trembling, and shaking here and there, just as animals are subdued in a sacrifice.
ततो निस्त्रिंशमादाय जघानान्यान्पृथग्जनान्। भागशो विचरन्मार्गानसियुद्धविशारदः ॥१०-८-३७॥
tato nistriṃśam ādāya jaghānānyān pṛthag-janān। bhāgaśo vicaran mārgān asi-yuddha-viśāradaḥ ॥10-8-37॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; निस्त्रिंशम् (nistriṃśam) - sword; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; जघान (jaghāna) - he killed; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; पृथक्-जनान् (pṛthag-janān) - separate people; भागशः (bhāgaśaḥ) - in parts; विचरन् (vicaran) - moving about; मार्गान् (mārgān) - paths; असि-युद्ध-विशारदः (asi-yuddha-viśāradaḥ) - expert in sword-fighting;]
(Then, having taken the sword, he killed other separate people, moving about the paths in parts, expert in sword-fighting.)
Then, taking up his sword, he moved along the paths, skillfully killing various people, for he was an expert in sword-fighting.
तथैव गुल्मे सम्प्रेक्ष्य शयानान्मध्यगौल्मिकान्। श्रान्तान्न्यस्तायुधान्सर्वान्क्षणेनैव व्यपोथयत् ॥१०-८-३८॥
tathaiva gulme samprekṣya śayānān madhyagaulmīkān। śrāntān nyastāyudhān sarvān kṣaṇenaiva vyapothayat॥10-8-38॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; गुल्मे (gulme) - in the (military) camp; सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen; शयानान् (śayānān) - lying down; मध्यगौल्मिकान् (madhyagaulmīkān) - the Gaulmakas in the middle; श्रान्तान् (śrāntān) - tired; न्यस्तायुधान् (nyastāyudhān) - who had laid down their weapons; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; क्षणेनैव (kṣaṇenaiva) - in a moment indeed; व्यपोथयत् (vyapothayat) - he struck down; ॥१०-८-३८॥ (॥10-8-38॥) -;]
(In the same way, having seen the Gaulmakas lying in the middle of the camp, all tired and having laid down their weapons, he struck them all down in a moment.)
In the same way, he saw the Gaulmakas lying in the middle of the camp, exhausted and having set aside their weapons, and struck them all down in an instant.
योधानश्वान्द्विपांश्चैव प्राच्छिनत्स वरासिना। रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः ॥१०-८-३९॥
yodhān aśvān dvipāṁś caiva prācchinat sa varāsinā। rudhirokṣita-sarvāṅgaḥ kāla-sṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ ॥10-8-39॥
[योधान् (yodhān) - warriors; अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses; द्विपान् (dvipān) - elephants; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; प्राच्छिनत् (prācchinat) - he cut down; सः (saḥ) - he; वरासिना (varāsinā) - with the excellent sword; रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः (rudhirokṣita-sarvāṅgaḥ) - his whole body smeared with blood; कालसृष्टः (kāla-sṛṣṭaḥ) - created by Time (Death); इव (iva) - like; अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the destroyer (Yama, god of death);]
(Warriors, horses, and elephants indeed he cut down with the excellent sword; his whole body smeared with blood, like the destroyer created by Time.)
He cut down warriors, horses, and elephants with his excellent sword; his entire body was smeared with blood, looking like the destroyer created by Time.
विस्फुरद्भिश्च तैर्द्रौणिर्निस्त्रिंशस्योद्यमेन च। आक्षेपेण तथैवासेस्त्रिधा रक्तोक्षितोऽभवत् ॥१०-८-४०॥
visphuradbhis ca tair drauṇir nistriṃśasya udyamena ca | ākṣepena tathaiva asya tridha raktokṣitaḥ abhavat ॥10-8-40॥
[विस्फुरद्भिः (visphuradbhiḥ) - quivering; च (ca) - and; तैः (taiḥ) - by those; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son; निस्त्रिंशस्य (nistriṃśasya) - of the sword; उद्यमेन (udyamena) - by the raising; च (ca) - and; आक्षेपेण (ākṣepena) - by the brandishing; तथा (tathā) - thus; एव (eva) - indeed; अस्य (asya) - his; त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways; रक्तोक्षितः (raktokṣitaḥ) - smeared with blood; अभवत् (abhavat) - became;]
(And by those quiverings and by the raising of the sword by Drona's son, and by the brandishing thus indeed, his (body) became smeared with blood in three ways.)
By the quivering and the raising of the sword by Drona's son, and by the brandishing in the same way, his body became smeared with blood in three places.
तस्य लोहितसिक्तस्य दीप्तखड्गस्य युध्यतः। अमानुष इवाकारो बभौ परमभीषणः ॥१०-८-४१॥
tasya lohitasiktasya dīptakhaḍgasya yudhyataḥ। amānuṣa ivākāro babhau paramabhīṣaṇaḥ ॥10-8-41॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; लोहितसिक्तस्य (lohitasiktasya) - soaked in blood; दीप्तखड्गस्य (dīptakhaḍgasya) - with shining sword; युध्यतः (yudhyataḥ) - fighting; अमानुष (amānuṣa) - non-human; इव (iva) - like; आकारः (ākāraḥ) - appearance; बभौ (babhau) - appeared; परमभीषणः (paramabhīṣaṇaḥ) - most terrifying;]
(Of him, soaked in blood, with shining sword, fighting, a non-human-like appearance appeared, most terrifying.)
He, fighting with a shining sword soaked in blood, appeared most terrifying, with an appearance like that of a non-human.
ये त्वजाग्रत कौरव्य तेऽपि शब्देन मोहिताः। निरीक्ष्यमाणा अन्योन्यं द्रौणिं दृष्ट्वा प्रविव्यथुः ॥१०-८-४२॥
ye tv ajāgrata kauravya te'pi śabdena mohitāḥ. nirīkṣyamāṇā anyonyaṃ drauṇiṃ dṛṣṭvā pravivyathuḥ ॥10-8-42॥
[ये (ye) - who; तु (tu) - but; अजाग्रत (ajāgrata) - not-awake; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O Kaurava; ते (te) - they; अपि (api) - also; शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound; मोहिताः (mohitāḥ) - deluded; निरीक्ष्यमाणा (nirīkṣyamāṇā) - while observing; अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṃ) - each other; द्रौणिं (drauṇiṃ) - Drauni (Aśvatthāma); दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; प्रविव्यथुः (pravivyathuḥ) - were agitated;]
(Those who, O Kaurava, were not awake, they also, deluded by the sound, while observing each other, having seen Drauni, were agitated.)
O Kaurava, those who were not alert were also deluded by the sound; seeing Drauni, they looked at each other and became agitated.
तद्रूपं तस्य ते दृष्ट्वा क्षत्रियाः शत्रुकर्शनाः। राक्षसं मन्यमानास्तं नयनानि न्यमीलयन् ॥१०-८-४३॥
tadrūpaṃ tasya te dṛṣṭvā kṣatriyāḥ śatrukarśanāḥ। rākṣasaṃ manyamānās taṃ nayanāni nyamīlayan ॥10-8-43॥
[तत् (tat) - that; रूपं (rūpaṃ) - form; तस्य (tasya) - his; ते (te) - your; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - the warriors; शत्रुकर्शनाः (śatrukarśanāḥ) - tormentors of enemies; राक्षसं (rākṣasaṃ) - demon-like; मन्यमानाः (manyamānāḥ) - thinking; तम् (tam) - him; नयनानि (nayanāni) - eyes; न्यमीलयन् (nyamīlayan) - closed;]
(Having seen that form of his, the warriors, tormentors of enemies, thinking him to be a demon, closed their eyes.)
When the warriors, who were tormentors of enemies, saw that form of his, they thought him to be a demon and closed their eyes.
स घोररूपो व्यचरत्कालवच्छिबिरे ततः। अपश्यद्द्रौपदीपुत्रानवशिष्टांश्च सोमकान् ॥१०-८-४४॥
sa ghorarūpo vyacarat kālavaj chibire tataḥ। apaśyad draupadī-putrān avaśiṣṭāṃś ca somakān ॥10-8-44॥
[स (sa) - he; घोररूपः (ghorarūpaḥ) - terrible-form; व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - moved about; कालवत् (kālavāt) - like Time (death); छिबिरे (chibire) - in the camp; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw; द्रौपदीपुत्रान् (draupadī-putrān) - the sons of Draupadī; अवशिष्टान् (avaśiṣṭān) - remaining; च (ca) - and; सोमकान् (somakān) - the Somakas (allies of the Pandavas);]
(He, of terrible form, moved about like Time (death) in the camp then. He saw the sons of Draupadī and the remaining Somakas.)
He, in a terrifying form, roamed the camp like Death itself. Then he saw the sons of Draupadī and the surviving Somakas.
तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ता धनुर्हस्ता महारथाः। धृष्टद्युम्नं हतं श्रुत्वा द्रौपदेया विशां पते ॥ अवाकिरञ्शरव्रातैर्भारद्वाजमभीतवत् ॥१०-८-४५॥
tena śabdena vitrastā dhanur-hastā mahārathāḥ। dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ hataṃ śrutvā draupadeyā viśāṃ pate ॥ avākirañ śara-vrātair bhāradvājam abhītavat ॥10-8-45॥
[तेन (tena) - by that; शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound; वित्रस्ता (vitrastā) - frightened; धनुःहस्ता (dhanuḥ-hastā) - with bows in hand; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors; धृष्टद्युम्नं (dhṛṣṭadyumnam) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; हतं (hataṃ) - slain; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; द्रौपदेयाः (draupadeyāḥ) - the sons of Draupadī; विशां (viśām) - of kings; पते (pate) - O lord; अवाकिरन् (avākiran) - showered; शरव्रातैः (śara-vrātaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; भारद्वाजम् (bhāradvājam) - on Bhāradvāja (Aśvatthāma); अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly;]
(By that sound, the great chariot-warriors with bows in hand, frightened, having heard that Dhṛṣṭadyumna was slain, O lord of kings, the sons of Draupadī fearlessly showered Bhāradvāja (Aśvatthāma) with showers of arrows.)
O lord of kings, when the great chariot-warriors with bows in hand heard that Dhṛṣṭadyumna was slain by that sound, the sons of Draupadī, undaunted, showered Aśvatthāma (the son of Bhāradvāja) with volleys of arrows.
ततस्तेन निनादेन सम्प्रबुद्धाः प्रभद्रकाः। शिलीमुखैः शिखण्डी च द्रोणपुत्रं समार्दयन् ॥१०-८-४६॥
tatas tena ninādena samprabuddhāḥ prabhadrakāḥ। śilīmukhaiḥ śikhaṇḍī ca droṇaputraṃ samārdayan ॥10-8-46॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तेन (tena) - by that; निनादेन (ninādena) - by the sound; सम्प्रबुद्धाः (samprabuddhāḥ) - awakened; प्रभद्रकाः (prabhadrakāḥ) - the Prabhadrakas; शिलीमुखैः (śilīmukhaiḥ) - with arrows; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; च (ca) - and; द्रोणपुत्रं (droṇaputram) - the son of Droṇa; समार्दयन् (samārdayan) - attacked;]
(Then, by that sound, awakened, the Prabhadrakas, with arrows, Śikhaṇḍī and attacked the son of Droṇa.)
Then, awakened by that sound, the Prabhadrakas and Śikhaṇḍī attacked the son of Droṇa with arrows.
भारद्वाजस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा शरवर्षाणि वर्षतः। ननाद बलवन्नादं जिघांसुस्तान्सुदुर्जयान् ॥१०-८-४७॥
bhāradvājastu tāndṛṣṭvā śaravarṣāṇi varṣataḥ। nanāda balavannādaṃ jighāṃsustānsudurjayān ॥10-8-47॥
[भारद्वाजः (bhāradvājaḥ) - Bharadvaja; तु (tu) - but; तान् (tān) - them; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows; वर्षतः (varṣataḥ) - raining; ननाद (nanāda) - roared; बलवत् (balavat) - mighty; नादम् (nādam) - sound; जिघांसुः (jighāṃsuḥ) - desiring to slay; तान् (tān) - them; सुदुर्जयान् (sudurjayān) - very difficult to conquer;]
(Bharadvaja but having seen them raining showers of arrows, roared a mighty sound, desiring to slay those very difficult to conquer.)
But Bharadvaja, seeing them raining showers of arrows, let out a mighty roar, wishing to slay those who were very difficult to conquer.
ततः परमसङ्क्रुद्धः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन्। अवरुह्य रथोपस्थात्त्वरमाणोऽभिदुद्रुवे ॥१०-८-४८॥
tataḥ paramasaṅkruddhaḥ pitur vadham anusmaran। avaruhya rathopasthāt tvaramāṇo'bhidudruve ॥10-8-48॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; परमसङ्क्रुद्धः (paramasaṅkruddhaḥ) - extremely enraged; पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father; वधम् (vadham) - the killing; अनुस्मरन् (anusmaran) - remembering; अवरुह्य (avaruhya) - having descended; रथोपस्थात् (rathopasthāt) - from the chariot seat; त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hastening; अभिदुद्रुवे (abhidudruve) - rushed towards;]
(Then, extremely enraged, remembering the killing of his father, having descended from the chariot seat, hastening, he rushed towards (him).)
Then, filled with intense rage and recalling his father's death, he quickly got down from the chariot and rushed forward.
सहस्रचन्द्रं विपुलं गृहीत्वा चर्म संयुगे। खड्गं च विपुलं दिव्यं जातरूपपरिष्कृतम् ॥ द्रौपदेयानभिद्रुत्य खड्गेन व्यचरद्बली ॥१०-८-४९॥
sahasracandraṃ vipulaṃ gṛhītvā carma saṃyuge। khaḍgaṃ ca vipulaṃ divyaṃ jātarūpapariṣkṛtam ॥ draupadeyānabhidrutya khaḍgena vyacaradbali ॥10-8-49॥
[सहस्रचन्द्रम् (sahasracandram) - thousand-moon-like; विपुलम् (vipulam) - large; गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken; चर्म (carma) - shield; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; खड्गम् (khaḍgam) - sword; च (ca) - and; विपुलम् (vipulam) - large; दिव्यम् (divyam) - divine; जातरूपपरिष्कृतम् (jātarūpapariṣkṛtam) - adorned with gold; द्रौपदेयान् (draupadeyān) - the sons of Draupadi; अभिद्रुत्य (abhidrutya) - having rushed at; खड्गेन (khaḍgena) - with the sword; व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - moved about; बली (balī) - the strong one;]
(Having taken a large, thousand-moon-like shield in battle, and a large, divine sword adorned with gold, having rushed at the sons of Draupadi, the strong one moved about with the sword.)
He took up a large shield shining like a thousand moons in the battle, and a great divine sword adorned with gold. Rushing at the sons of Draupadi, the mighty warrior moved about wielding his sword.
ततः स नरशार्दूलः प्रतिविन्ध्यं तमाहवे। कुक्षिदेशेऽवधीद्राजन्स हतो न्यपतद्भुवि ॥१०-८-५०॥
tataḥ sa naraśārdūlaḥ prativindhyaṃ tamāhave। kukṣideśe'vadhīdrājansa hato nyapatad bhuvi ॥10-8-50॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; नरशार्दूलः (naraśārdūlaḥ) - tiger among men; प्रतिविन्ध्यं (prativindhyam) - Prativindhya; तम् (tam) - him; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; कुक्षिदेशे (kukṣideśe) - in the region of the abdomen; अवधीद् (avadhīt) - struck down; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सः (saḥ) - he; हतः (hataḥ) - slain; न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - fell down; भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground;]
(Then he, the tiger among men, struck down Prativindhya in battle in the region of the abdomen, O king; he, being slain, fell down on the ground.)
Then that tiger among men struck Prativindhya in the abdomen during the battle, O king, and when he was slain, he fell to the ground.
प्रासेन विद्ध्वा द्रौणिं तु सुतसोमः प्रतापवान्। पुनश्चासिं समुद्यम्य द्रोणपुत्रमुपाद्रवत् ॥१०-८-५१॥
prāsena viddhvā drauṇiṃ tu sutasomaḥ pratāpavān। punaścāsiṃ samudyamya droṇaputramupādravat ॥10-8-51॥
[प्रासेन (prāsena) - with the sword; विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having struck; द्रौणिं (drauṇim) - Drona's son; तु (tu) - but; सुतसोमः (sutasomaḥ) - Sutasoma; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - the valiant; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; च (ca) - and; असिं (asiṃ) - sword; समुद्यम्य (samudyamya) - having raised; द्रोणपुत्रम् (droṇaputram) - Drona's son; उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - attacked;]
(With the sword having struck Drona's son, but Sutasoma, the valiant, again and having raised the sword, attacked Drona's son.)
Sutasoma, the valiant, struck Drona's son with his sword, and then, raising his sword again, attacked Drona's son once more.
सुतसोमस्य सासिं तु बाहुं छित्त्वा नरर्षभः। पुनरभ्यहनत्पार्श्वे स भिन्नहृदयोऽपतत् ॥१०-८-५२॥
sutasomasya sāsiṃ tu bāhuṃ chittvā nararṣabhaḥ। punar abhyahanat pārśve sa bhinnahṛdayo'patat ॥10-8-52॥
[सुतसोमस्य (sutasomasya) - of Sutasoma; सासिं (sāsiṃ) - with sword; तु (tu) - but; बाहुं (bāhuṃ) - arm; छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut off; नरर्षभः (nararṣabhaḥ) - the bull among men; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; अभ्यहनत् (abhyahanat) - struck; पार्श्वे (pārśve) - on the side; सः (saḥ) - he; भिन्नहृदयः (bhinna-hṛdayaḥ) - with a broken heart; अपतत् (apatat) - fell down;]
(The bull among men, having cut off the arm of Sutasoma with a sword, again struck him on the side; he, with a broken heart, fell down.)
The mighty warrior cut off Sutasoma's arm with his sword and struck him again on the side; with his heart broken, he fell to the ground.
नाकुलिस्तु शतानीको रथचक्रेण वीर्यवान्। दोर्भ्यामुत्क्षिप्य वेगेन वक्षस्येनमताडयत् ॥१०-८-५३॥
nākulistu śatānīko rathacakreṇa vīryavān। dorbhyām utkṣipya vegena vakṣasy enam atāḍayat ॥10-8-53॥
[नाकुलिः (nākuliḥ) - Nakuli; (the son of Nakula); तु (tu) - but; शतानीकः (śatānīkaḥ) - Śatānīka; (the warrior named Śatānīka); रथचक्रेण (rathacakreṇa) - with the chariot wheel; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - mighty; दोर्भ्याम् (dorbhyām) - with (his) two arms; उत्क्षिप्य (utkṣipya) - having lifted; वेगेन (vegena) - with force; वक्षसि (vakṣasi) - on the chest; एनम् (enam) - him; अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck;]
(But Nakuli Śatānīka, mighty, having lifted the chariot wheel with his two arms, with force, struck him on the chest.)
But the mighty Śatānīka, son of Nakula, lifted the chariot wheel with both arms and struck him forcefully on the chest.
अताडयच्छतानीकं मुक्तचक्रं द्विजस्तु सः। स विह्वलो ययौ भूमिं ततोऽस्यापाहरच्छिरः ॥१०-८-५४॥
atāḍayacchatānīkaṃ muktacakraṃ dvijastu saḥ। sa vihvalo yayau bhūmiṃ tato'syāpāharacchiraḥ ॥10-8-54॥
[अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck; शतानीकम् (śatānīkam) - Śatānīka; मुक्तचक्रम् (muktacakram) - with released discus; द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - the Brāhmaṇa; तु (tu) - but; सः (saḥ) - he; स (sa) - he; विह्वलः (vihvalaḥ) - distraught; ययौ (yayau) - went; भूमिम् (bhūmim) - to the ground; ततः (tataḥ) - then; अस्य (asya) - his; अपाहरत् (apāharat) - removed; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head;]
(Śatānīka, struck by the Brāhmaṇa with the released discus, he, distraught, went to the ground; then he (the Brāhmaṇa) removed his head.)
The Brāhmaṇa struck Śatānīka with the released discus. Śatānīka, overwhelmed, fell to the ground; then the Brāhmaṇa cut off his head.
श्रुतकर्मा तु परिघं गृहीत्वा समताडयत्। अभिद्रुत्य ततो द्रौणिं सव्ये स फलके भृशम् ॥१०-८-५५॥
śrutakarmā tu parighaṃ gṛhītvā samatāḍayat। abhidrutya tato drauṇiṃ savye sa phalake bhṛśam ॥10-8-55॥
[श्रुतकर्मा (śrutakarmā) - Śrutakarmā; तु (tu) - but; परिघम् (parigham) - iron club; गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken; समताडयत् (samatāḍayat) - struck; अभिद्रुत्य (abhidrutya) - having rushed towards; ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Aśvatthāma (son of Droṇa); सव्ये (savye) - on the left; स (sa) - he; फलके (phalake) - on the shield; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - violently;]
(Śrutakarmā but, having taken the iron club, struck. Having rushed towards then Aśvatthāma on the left, he on the shield violently.)
Śrutakarmā, however, seized his iron club and struck. Then, rushing towards Aśvatthāma, he struck violently on the left side of his shield.
स तु तं श्रुतकर्माणमास्ये जघ्ने वरासिना। स हतो न्यपतद्भूमौ विमूढो विकृताननः ॥१०-८-५६॥
sa tu taṃ śrutakarmāṇamāsye jaghne varāsinā। sa hato nyapatadbhūmau vimūḍho vikṛtānanaḥ ॥10-8-56॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; तं (taṃ) - him; श्रुतकर्माणम् (śrutakarmāṇam) - who had performed Vedic rites; आस्ये (āsye) - in the mouth; जघ्ने (jaghne) - struck; वरासिना (varāsinā) - with a superior sword; स (sa) - he; हतः (hataḥ) - having been slain; न्यपतत् (nyapatat) - fell down; भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground; विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - bewildered; विकृताननः (vikṛtānanaḥ) - with a distorted face;]
(He but him who had performed Vedic rites in the mouth struck with a superior sword. He having been slain fell down on the ground, bewildered, with a distorted face.)
But he struck him, who had performed Vedic rites, in the mouth with a superior sword. Slain, he fell to the ground, bewildered and with a distorted face.
तेन शब्देन वीरस्तु श्रुतकीर्तिर्महाधनुः। अश्वत्थामानमासाद्य शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् ॥१०-८-५७॥
tena śabdena vīras tu śrutakīrtir mahādhanuḥ। aśvatthāmānam āsādya śaravarṣair avākirat ॥10-8-57॥
[तेन (tena) - by that; शब्देन (śabdena) - with sound; वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero; तु (tu) - but; श्रुतकीर्तिः (śrutakīrtiḥ) - Śrutakīrti; महाधनुः (mahādhanuḥ) - the great archer; अश्वत्थामानम् (aśvatthāmānam) - Aśvatthāman; आसाद्य (āsādya) - having approached; शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - covered;]
(By that sound, the hero Śrutakīrti, the great archer, having approached Aśvatthāman, covered (him) with showers of arrows.)
Hearing that sound, the heroic Śrutakīrti, a mighty archer, approached Aśvatthāman and showered him with arrows.
तस्यापि शरवर्षाणि चर्मणा प्रतिवार्य सः। सकुण्डलं शिरः कायाद्भ्राजमानमपाहरत् ॥१०-८-५८॥
tasyāpi śaravarṣāṇi carmaṇā prativārya saḥ। sakuṇḍalaṃ śiraḥ kāyādbhrajāmanamapāharat ॥10-8-58॥
[तस्यापि (tasyāpi) - his also; शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - arrows-showers; चर्मणा (carmaṇā) - with (his) shield; प्रतिवार्य (prativārya) - warding off; सः (saḥ) - he; सकुण्डलं (sakuṇḍalaṃ) - with earrings; शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; कायात् (kāyāt) - from the body; भ्राजमानम् (bhrajāmanam) - shining; अपाहरत् (apāharat) - cut off;]
(His also arrows-showers with (his) shield warding off he with earrings head from the body shining cut off.)
He too, warding off the showers of arrows with his shield, cut off the shining head with earrings from the body.
ततो भीष्मनिहन्ता तं सह सर्वैः प्रभद्रकैः। अहनत्सर्वतो वीरं नानाप्रहरणैर्बली ॥ शिलीमुखेन चाप्येनं भ्रुवोर्मध्ये समार्दयत् ॥१०-८-५९॥
tato bhīṣma-nihantā taṃ saha sarvaiḥ prabhadrakaiḥ। ahanatsarvato vīraṃ nānā-praharaṇairbalī ॥ śilīmukhena cāpyenaṃ bhruvor-madhye samārdayat ॥10-8-59॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; भीष्मनिहन्ता (bhīṣma-nihantā) - the slayer of Bhishma; तं (taṃ) - him; सह (saha) - with; सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - all; प्रभद्रकैः (prabhadrakaiḥ) - Prabhadrakas; अहत् (ahanat) - struck; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; वीरम् (vīram) - the hero; नानाप्रहरणैः (nānā-praharaṇaiḥ) - with various weapons; बली (balī) - the mighty one; शिलीमुखेन (śilīmukhena) - with a shilīmukha (arrow); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; एनम् (enam) - him; भ्रुवोः (bhruvoḥ) - between the eyebrows; मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle; समार्दयत् (samārdayat) - pierced; १०-८-५९ (10-8-59) - 10-8-59;]
(Then the slayer of Bhishma, along with all the Prabhadrakas, struck him, the mighty hero, from all sides with various weapons. And with a shilīmukha arrow, he also pierced him in the middle of the eyebrows.)
Then the slayer of Bhishma, together with all the Prabhadrakas, attacked the mighty hero from every side with many weapons. He also pierced him in the middle of the eyebrows with a shilīmukha arrow.
स तु क्रोधसमाविष्टो द्रोणपुत्रो महाबलः। शिखण्डिनं समासाद्य द्विधा चिच्छेद सोऽसिना ॥१०-८-६०॥
sa tu krodhasamāviṣṭo droṇaputro mahābalaḥ। śikhaṇḍinaṃ samāsādya dvidhā ciccheda so'sinā ॥10-8-60॥
[स (sa) - he; तु (tu) - but; क्रोधसमाविष्टः (krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ) - filled with anger; द्रोणपुत्रः (droṇaputraḥ) - the son of Droṇa; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - mighty; शिखण्डिनम् (śikhaṇḍinam) - Śikhaṇḍin; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; सः (saḥ) - he; असिना (asinā) - with the sword;]
(But he, the mighty son of Droṇa, filled with anger, having approached Śikhaṇḍin, cut him in two with the sword.)
But the mighty son of Droṇa, overcome with rage, approached Śikhaṇḍin and cut him in two with his sword.
शिखण्डिनं ततो हत्वा क्रोधाविष्टः परन्तपः। प्रभद्रकगणान्सर्वानभिदुद्राव वेगवान् ॥ यच्च शिष्टं विराटस्य बलं तच्च समाद्रवत् ॥१०-८-६१॥
śikhaṇḍinaṃ tato hatvā krodhāviṣṭaḥ parantapaḥ। prabhadrakagaṇān sarvān abhidudrāva vegavān॥ yac ca śiṣṭaṃ virāṭasya balaṃ tac ca samādravat॥10-8-61॥
[शिखण्डिनं (śikhaṇḍinam) - Shikhandin; (accusative singular) ततः (tataḥ) - then; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; क्रोधाविष्टः (krodhāviṣṭaḥ) - filled with anger; परन्तपः (parantapaḥ) - the scorcher of foes; प्रभद्रकगणान् (prabhadrakagaṇān) - the Prabhadraka troops; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - rushed at; वेगवान् (vegavān) - with speed; यत् (yat) - what; च (ca) - and; शिष्टं (śiṣṭam) - remained; विराटस्य (virāṭasya) - of Virata; बलं (balaṃ) - army; तत् (tat) - that; च (ca) - and; समाद्रवत् (samādravat) - attacked; ॥१०-८-६१॥ (॥10-8-61॥) - (verse number;);]
(Then, having slain Shikhandin, the scorcher of foes, filled with anger, rushed at all the Prabhadraka troops with speed. And whatever remained of Virata's army, that too he attacked.)
Then, after killing Shikhandin, the furious scorcher of foes swiftly attacked all the Prabhadraka troops. He also charged at the remaining forces of Virata.
द्रुपदस्य च पुत्राणां पौत्राणां सुहृदामपि। चकार कदनं घोरं दृष्ट्वा दृष्ट्वा महाबलः ॥१०-८-६२॥
drupadasya ca putrāṇāṃ pautrāṇāṃ suhṛdām api। cakāra kadanaṃ ghoraṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā mahābalaḥ ॥10-8-62॥
[द्रुपदस्य (drupadasya) - of Drupada; च (ca) - and; पुत्राणां (putrāṇāṃ) - of the sons; पौत्राणां (pautrāṇāṃ) - of the grandsons; सुहृदाम् (suhṛdām) - of the friends; अपि (api) - also; चकार (cakāra) - did; कदनं (kadanaṃ) - slaughter; घोरं (ghoraṃ) - terrible; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - the mighty one;]
(Of Drupada and of the sons, of the grandsons, of the friends also, the mighty one, having seen, having seen, did terrible slaughter.)
The mighty warrior, seeing again and again the sons, grandsons, and friends of Drupada, wrought terrible slaughter among them.
अन्यानन्यांश्च पुरुषानभिसृत्याभिसृत्य च। न्यकृन्तदसिना द्रौणिरसिमार्गविशारदः ॥१०-८-६३॥
anyān anyāṁś ca puruṣān abhisṛtyābhisṛtya ca। nyakṛntad asinā drauṇir asimārgaviśāradaḥ ॥10-8-63॥
[अन्यान् (anyān) - others; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; च (ca) - and; पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men; अभिसृत्य (abhisṛtya) - having approached; अभिसृत्य (abhisṛtya) - having approached; च (ca) - and; न्यकृन्तत् (nyakṛntat) - cut down; असिना (asinā) - with the sword; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; असिमार्गविशारदः (asimārgaviśāradaḥ) - expert in the path of the sword;]
(Having approached others and other men again and again, Drauṇi, expert in the path of the sword, cut them down with the sword.)
Drauṇi, the son of Droṇa and an expert swordsman, repeatedly approached various men and cut them down with his sword.
कालीं रक्तास्यनयनां रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाम्। रक्ताम्बरधरामेकां पाशहस्तां शिखण्डिनीम् ॥१०-८-६४॥
kālīṃ raktāsyanayanāṃ raktamālyānulepanām। raktāmbaradharāmekāṃ pāśahastāṃ śikhaṇḍinīm ॥10-8-64॥
[कालीम् (kālīm) - to Kālī; रक्तास्य-नयनाम् (raktāsya-nayanām) - with red mouth and eyes; रक्तमाल्य-अनुलेपनाम् (raktamālya-anulepanām) - adorned with red garlands and unguents; रक्ताम्बर-धराम् (raktāmbara-dharām) - wearing red garments; एकाम् (ekām) - the one; पाश-हस्ताम् (pāśa-hastām) - holding a noose in her hand; शिखण्डिनीम् (śikhaṇḍinīm) - crested;]
(To Kālī, with red mouth and eyes, adorned with red garlands and unguents, wearing red garments, the one, holding a noose in her hand, crested.)
I bow to Kālī, who has a red mouth and eyes, is adorned with red garlands and unguents, wears red garments, is unique, holds a noose in her hand, and is crested.
ददृशुः कालरात्रिं ते स्मयमानामवस्थिताम्। नराश्वकुञ्जरान्पाशैर्बद्ध्वा घोरैः प्रतस्थुषीम् ॥ हरन्तीं विविधान्प्रेतान्पाशबद्धान्विमूर्धजान् ॥१०-८-६५॥
dadṛśuḥ kālarātriṃ te smayamānām avasthitām। narāśvakuñjarān pāśair baddhvā ghoraiḥ pratasthuṣīm॥ harantīṃ vividhān pretān pāśabaddhān vimūrdhajān॥10-8-65॥
[ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; कालरात्रिम् (kālarātrim) - Kālarātrī (the night of destruction); ते (te) - they; स्मयमानाम् (smayamānām) - smiling; अवस्थिताम् (avasthitām) - standing; नर (nara) - men; अश्व (aśva) - horses; कुञ्जरान् (kuñjarān) - elephants; पाशैः (pāśaiḥ) - with nooses; बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having bound; घोरैः (ghoraiḥ) - terrible; प्रतस्थुषीम् (pratasthuṣīm) - setting forth; हरन्तीम् (harantīm) - carrying away; विविधान् (vividhān) - various; प्रेतान् (pretān) - dead bodies; पाशबद्धान् (pāśabaddhān) - bound by nooses; विमूर्धजान् (vimūrdhajān) - with hair disheveled;]
(They saw Kālarātrī, smiling, standing, having bound men, horses, and elephants with terrible nooses, setting forth, carrying away various dead bodies bound by nooses, with hair disheveled.)
They saw Kālarātrī, the night of destruction, standing and smiling, having bound men, horses, and elephants with terrible nooses, setting out, carrying away various corpses bound by nooses, their hair disheveled.
स्वप्ने सुप्तान्नयन्तीं तां रात्रिष्वन्यासु मारिष। ददृशुर्योधमुख्यास्ते घ्नन्तं द्रौणिं च नित्यदा ॥१०-८-६६॥
svapne suptān nayantīṃ tāṃ rātriṣv anyāsu māriṣa। dadṛśur yodha-mukhyās te ghnantaṃ drauṇiṃ ca nityadā ॥10-8-66॥
[स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream; सुप्तान् (suptān) - the sleeping ones; नयन्तीम् (nayantīm) - leading; ताम् (tām) - her; रात्रिषु (rātriṣu) - in the nights; अन्यासु (anyāsu) - other; मारिष (māriṣa) - O dear; ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw; योधमुख्याः (yodha-mukhyāḥ) - the chief warriors; ते (te) - they; घ्नन्तम् (ghnantam) - killing; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Aśvatthāman; च (ca) - and; नित्यदा (nityadā) - always;]
(In a dream, leading the sleeping ones, her, in other nights, O dear, the chief warriors saw them always killing Aśvatthāman.)
O dear, in dreams on various nights, the chief warriors saw her leading the sleeping ones and always saw Aśvatthāman being killed.
यतः प्रवृत्तः सङ्ग्रामः कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः। ततः प्रभृति तां कृत्यामपश्यन्द्रौणिमेव च ॥१०-८-६७॥
yataḥ pravṛttaḥ saṅgrāmaḥ kuru-pāṇḍava-senayoḥ। tataḥ prabhṛti tāṃ kṛtyām apaśyan drauṇim eva ca ॥10-8-67॥
[यतः (yataḥ) - from where; प्रवृत्तः (pravṛttaḥ) - commenced; सङ्ग्रामः (saṅgrāmaḥ) - battle; कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः (kuru-pāṇḍava-senayoḥ) - of the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies; ततः (tataḥ) - from then; प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - onwards; तां (tāṃ) - that (female); कृत्याम् (kṛtyām) - Kṛtyā (a magical being); अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they saw; द्रौणिम् (drauṇim) - Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman); एव (eva) - only; च (ca) - and;]
(From where the battle of the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies commenced, from then onwards, they saw that Kṛtyā and Drauṇi only.)
From the moment the battle between the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies began, from then on, they saw that Kṛtyā and Drauṇi alone.
तांस्तु दैवहतान्पूर्वं पश्चाद्द्रौणिर्न्यपातयत्। त्रासयन्सर्वभूतानि विनदन्भैरवान्रवान् ॥१०-८-६८॥
tāṃs tu daivahatān pūrvaṃ paścād drauṇir nyapātayat। trāsayan sarvabhūtāni vinadan bhairavān ravān॥10-8-68॥
[ताम् (tām) - them; तु (tu) - but; दैवहतान् (daivahatān) - struck by fate; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāma (son of Droṇa); न्यपातयत् (nyapātayat) - felled; त्रासयन् (trāsayan) - terrifying; सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings; विनदन् (vinadan) - roaring; भैरवान् (bhairavān) - fearful; रवान् (ravān) - cries;]
(But those struck by fate, before, afterwards Aśvatthāma felled, terrifying all beings, roaring fearful cries.)
But Aśvatthāma, after those struck by fate had fallen before, felled them, terrifying all beings as he roared with fearful cries.
तदनुस्मृत्य ते वीरा दर्शनं पौर्वकालिकम्। इदं तदित्यमन्यन्त दैवेनोपनिपीडिताः ॥१०-८-६९॥
tadanusmṛtya te vīrā darśanaṃ paurvakālikam। idaṃ tadityamanyanta daivenopanipīḍitāḥ ॥10-8-69॥
[तत् (tat) - that; अनुस्मृत्य (anusmṛtya) - having remembered; ते (te) - those; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; दर्शनम् (darśanam) - sight; पौर्वकालिकम् (paurvakālikam) - of former times; इदम् (idam) - this; तत् (tat) - that; इति (iti) - thus; अमन्यन्त (amanyanta) - they thought; दैवेन (daivena) - by fate; उपनिपीडिताः (upanipīḍitāḥ) - oppressed; ॥१०-८-६९॥ (॥10-8-69॥) - (verse number;);]
(Having remembered that, those heroes considered the vision as of former times; they, being oppressed by fate, thought, "This is that.")
Recalling that, the heroes believed the vision was from earlier times; feeling oppressed by fate, they thought, "This is that."
ततस्तेन निनादेन प्रत्यबुध्यन्त धन्विनः। शिबिरे पाण्डवेयानां शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥१०-८-७०॥
tatasten ninādena pratyabudhyanta dhanvinaḥ। śibire pāṇḍaveyānāṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ॥10-8-70॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तेन (tena) - by that; निनादेन (ninādena) - by the sound; प्रत्यबुध्यन्त (pratyabudhyanta) - awoke; धन्विनः (dhanvinaḥ) - archers; शिबिरे (śibire) - in the camp; पाण्डवेयानां (pāṇḍaveyānāṃ) - of the Pandavas; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Then by that sound the archers awoke; in the camp of the Pandavas by hundreds and by thousands.)
Then, awakened by that sound, hundreds and thousands of archers in the camp of the Pandavas rose from their sleep.
सोऽच्छिनत्कस्यचित्पादौ जघनं चैव कस्यचित्। कांश्चिद्बिभेद पार्श्वेषु कालसृष्ट इवान्तकः ॥१०-८-७१॥
so'cchinat kasyacit pādau jaghanaṃ caiva kasyacit। kāṃścid bibheda pārśveṣu kālasṛṣṭa ivāntakaḥ॥10-8-71॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - cut off; कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of someone; पादौ (pādau) - feet; जघनं (jaghanaṃ) - hip; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of someone; कांश्चित् (kāṃścit) - some (others); बिभेद (bibheda) - pierced; पार्श्वेषु (pārśveṣu) - in the sides; कालसृष्टः (kālasṛṣṭaḥ) - sent by Time (Death); इव (iva) - like; अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the destroyer (Yama, Death);]
(He cut off the feet of someone, and indeed the hip of someone; he pierced some others in the sides, like the destroyer (Death) sent by Time.)
He severed the feet of one, the hip of another, and pierced some in the sides, like Death himself sent by Time.
अत्युग्रप्रतिपिष्टैश्च नदद्भिश्च भृशातुरैः। गजाश्वमथितैश्चान्यैर्मही कीर्णाभवत्प्रभो ॥१०-८-७२॥
atyugrapratipiṣṭaiś ca nadadbhiś ca bhṛśāturaiḥ। gajāśvamathitaiś cānyair mahī kīrṇābhavat prabho ॥10-8-72॥
[अत्युग्र (atyugra) - very fierce; प्रतिपिष्टैः (pratipiṣṭaiḥ) - trampled; च (ca) - and; नदद्भिः (nadadbhiḥ) - roaring; च (ca) - and; भृशातुरैः (bhṛśāturaiḥ) - greatly distressed; गजाश्वमथितैः (gajāśvamathitaiḥ) - crushed by elephants and horses; च (ca) - and; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others; मही (mahī) - the earth; कीर्णा (kīrṇā) - strewn; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(The earth became strewn, O lord, with very fierce, trampled, roaring, greatly distressed, and others crushed by elephants and horses.)
O lord, the earth was covered with the bodies of those who were very fierce, trampled, roaring in pain, greatly distressed, and others crushed by elephants and horses.
क्रोशतां किमिदं कोऽयं किं शब्दः किं नु किं कृतम्। एवं तेषां तदा द्रौणिरन्तकः समपद्यत ॥१०-८-७३॥
krośatāṃ kim idaṃ ko'yaṃ kiṃ śabdaḥ kiṃ nu kiṃ kṛtam। evaṃ teṣāṃ tadā drauṇir antakaḥ samapadyata ॥10-8-73॥
[क्रोशतां (krośatām) - of those who were crying out; किम् (kim) - what; इदं (idaṃ) - this; कः (kaḥ) - who; अयम् (ayam) - this; किम् (kim) - what; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; किम् (kim) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; किम् (kim) - what; कृतम् (kṛtam) - has been done; एवम् (evam) - thus; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; तदा (tadā) - then; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāma; अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - destroyer; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - became; ॥१०-८-७३॥ (॥10-8-73॥) -;]
(Of those who were crying out, "What is this? Who is this? What sound? What indeed? What has been done?" Thus, then, among them, Aśvatthāma became the destroyer.)
As those people cried out, "What is this? Who is this? What is that sound? What has happened?"—at that moment, among them, Aśvatthāma became their destroyer.
अपेतशस्त्रसंनाहान्संरब्धान्पाण्डुसृञ्जयान्। प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय द्रौणिः प्रहरतां वरः ॥१०-८-७४॥
apetaśastrasannāhān saṁrabdhān pāṇḍusṛñjayān। prāhiṇon mṛtyulokāya drauṇiḥ praharatāṁ varaḥ ॥10-8-74॥
[अपेत (apeta) - deprived of; शस्त्र (śastra) - weapons; संनाहान् (sannāhān) - armour; संरब्धान् (saṁrabdhān) - enraged; पाण्डु (pāṇḍu) - Pāṇḍava; सृञ्जयान् (sṛñjayān) - and the Sṛñjayas; प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - sent; मृत्युलोकाय (mṛtyulokāya) - to the world of death; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; प्रहरतां (praharatām) - of the warriors; वरः (varaḥ) - the best;]
(Deprived of weapons and armour, enraged Pāṇḍavas and Sṛñjayas, the son of Droṇa, the best of warriors, sent to the world of death.)
The son of Droṇa, the best among warriors, sent the enraged Pāṇḍavas and Sṛñjayas, who were deprived of their weapons and armour, to the world of death.
ततस्तच्छस्त्रवित्रस्ता उत्पतन्तो भयातुराः। निद्रान्धा नष्टसञ्ज्ञाश्च तत्र तत्र निलिल्यिरे ॥१०-८-७५॥
tatas tac-chastra-vitrastā utpatanto bhayāturāḥ। nidrāndhā naṣṭasañjñāś ca tatra tatra nililiyire॥10-8-75॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तत्-शस्त्र-वित्रस्ताः (tat-śastra-vitrastāḥ) - frightened by those weapons; उत्पतन्तः (utpatantaḥ) - leaping up; भय-आतुराः (bhaya-āturāḥ) - afflicted by fear; निद्र-अन्धाः (nidrā-andhāḥ) - blinded by sleep; नष्ट-सञ्ज्ञाः (naṣṭa-sañjñāḥ) - having lost consciousness; च (ca) - and; तत्र तत्र (tatra tatra) - here and there; निलिल्यिरे (nililiyire) - hid themselves;]
(Then, frightened by those weapons, leaping up, afflicted by fear, blinded by sleep, having lost consciousness, and here and there, they hid themselves.)
Then, terrified by those weapons, they jumped up in fear, blinded by sleep and having lost their senses, and hid themselves here and there.
ऊरुस्तम्भगृहीताश्च कश्मलाभिहतौजसः। विनदन्तो भृशं त्रस्ताः संन्यपेषन्परस्परम् ॥१०-८-७६॥
ūrustambhagṛhītāś ca kaśmalābhihataujasaḥ। vinadanto bhṛśaṃ trastāḥ saṃnyapeṣan parasparam ॥10-8-76॥
[ऊरु-स्तम्भ-गृहीताः (ūru-stambha-gṛhītāḥ) - with thighs paralyzed; च (ca) - and; कश्मल-अभिहत-ओजसः (kaśmala-abhihata-ojasāḥ) - with strength struck by faintness; विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - crying out; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - loudly; त्रस्ताः (trastāḥ) - terrified; संन्यपेषन् (saṃnyapeṣan) - they pressed; परस्परम् (parasparam) - against each other;]
(With thighs paralyzed and strength struck by faintness, crying out loudly, terrified, they pressed against each other.)
Their thighs paralyzed and their strength sapped by faintness, they cried out in terror and pressed against one another.
ततो रथं पुनर्द्रौणिरास्थितो भीमनिस्वनम्। धनुष्पाणिः शरैरन्यान्प्रेषयद्वै यमक्षयम् ॥१०-८-७७॥
tato rathaṃ punardrauṇirāsthito bhīmanisvanam। dhanuṣpāṇiḥ śarairanyānpreṣayadvai yamakṣayam ॥10-8-77॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - mounted; भीम-निस्वनम् (bhīma-nisvanam) - terrible-sounding; धनुष्-पाणिः (dhanuṣ-pāṇiḥ) - with bow in hand; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; प्रेषयत् (preṣayat) - sent; वै (vai) - indeed; यम-क्षयम् (yama-kṣayam) - to the abode of Yama (death);]
(Then Drauṇi, having again mounted the terrible-sounding chariot, with bow in hand, indeed sent others with arrows to the abode of Yama.)
Then Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa, once again mounted his fearsome-sounding chariot, and, bow in hand, sent others to their death with his arrows.
पुनरुत्पततः कांश्चिद्दूरादपि नरोत्तमान्। शूरान्सम्पततश्चान्यान्कालरात्र्यै न्यवेदयत् ॥१०-८-७८॥
punarutpatataḥ kāṃścid dūrād api narottamān। śūrān sampatataś ca anyān kālarātryai nyavedayat ॥10-8-78॥
[पुनः (punaḥ) - again; उत्पततः (utpatataḥ) - rising; कांश्चित् (kāṃścit) - some; दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar; अपि (api) - even; नरोत्तमान् (narottamān) - best of men; शूरान् (śūrān) - heroes; सम्पततः (sampatataḥ) - rushing; च (ca) - and; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; कालरात्र्यै (kālarātryai) - to the night of destruction (goddess of death); न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - offered/surrendered; ॥१०-८-७८॥ (॥10-8-78॥) -;]
(Again, he caused some of the best of men, even from afar, who were rising, and other heroes who were rushing, to be offered to the night of destruction (goddess of death).)
Again, he delivered some of the best men, even those at a distance who were rising, and other rushing heroes, into the hands of the goddess of death (Kālarātri).
तथैव स्यन्दनाग्रेण प्रमथन्स विधावति। शरवर्षैश्च विविधैरवर्षच्छात्रवांस्ततः ॥१०-८-७९॥
tathaiva syandanāgreṇa pramathans vidhāvati. śaravarṣaiś ca vividhair avarṣac chātravāṃs tataḥ ॥10-8-79॥
[तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; स्यन्दनाग्रेण (syandanāgreṇa) - with the front of the chariot; प्रमथन् (pramathan) - crushing; विधावति (vidhāvati) - he runs; शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; च (ca) - and; विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - various; अवर्षत् (avarṣat) - he rained (down); छात्रवान् (chātravān) - on the warriors; ततः (tataḥ) - then;]
(In the same way, with the front of the chariot, crushing, he runs; with showers of arrows and various (ones), he rained (down) on the warriors then.)
In the same manner, he rushed forward with the front of his chariot, crushing as he went; then he showered various kinds of arrows upon the warriors.
पुनश्च सुविचित्रेण शतचन्द्रेण चर्मणा। तेन चाकाशवर्णेन तदाचरत सोऽसिना ॥१०-८-८०॥
punaś ca suvicitreṇa śatacandreṇa carmaṇā। tena cākāśavarṇena tad ācarata so'sinā ॥10-8-80॥
[पुनः (punaḥ) - again; च (ca) - and; सुविचित्रेण (suvicitreṇa) - with very variegated; शतचन्द्रेण (śatacandreṇa) - with a hundred moons; चर्मणा (carmaṇā) - with a hide; तेन (tena) - with that; च (ca) - and; आकाशवर्णेन (ākāśavarṇena) - sky-colored; तत् (tat) - that; आचरत् (ācarat) - he performed; सः (saḥ) - he; असिना (asinā) - with a sword;]
(Again and with a very variegated, hundred-mooned hide, and with that sky-colored one, he performed that with a sword.)
Again, he performed that act with a very variegated hide adorned with a hundred moons and with a sky-colored one, using a sword.
तथा स शिबिरं तेषां द्रौणिराहवदुर्मदः। व्यक्षोभयत राजेन्द्र महाह्रदमिव द्विपः ॥१०-८-८१॥
tathā sa śibiraṃ teṣāṃ drauṇir āhavadurmadaḥ। vyakṣobhayata rājendra mahāhradam iva dvipaḥ ॥10-8-81॥
[तथा (tathā) - thus; स (sa) - he; शिबिरं (śibiram) - camp; तेषां (teṣām) - of them; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; आहवदुर्मदः (āhavadurmadaḥ) - arrogant in battle; व्यक्षोभयत (vyakṣobhayata) - agitated; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; महाह्रदम् (mahāhradam) - great lake; इव (iva) - like; द्विपः (dvipaḥ) - an elephant;]
(Thus he, the son of Droṇa, arrogant in battle, agitated their camp, O king, like an elephant (agitates) a great lake.)
Thus, O king, the son of Droṇa, proud in battle, stirred up their camp like an elephant stirs a great lake.
उत्पेतुस्तेन शब्देन योधा राजन्विचेतसः। निद्रार्ताश्च भयार्ताश्च व्यधावन्त ततस्ततः ॥१०-८-८२॥
utpetus tena śabdena yodhā rājan vicetasaḥ। nidrārtāś ca bhayārtāś ca vyadhāvanta tataḥ tataḥ ॥10-8-82॥
[उत्पेतुः (utpetuḥ) - arose; तेन (tena) - by that; शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; राजन् (rājan) - O king; विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - bewildered; निद्रार्ताः (nidrārtāḥ) - afflicted by sleep; च (ca) - and; भयार्ताः (bhayārtāḥ) - afflicted by fear; च (ca) - and; व्यधावन्त (vyadhāvanta) - ran; ततः (tataḥ) - here and there; ततः (tataḥ) - here and there;]
(By that sound, O king, the bewildered warriors, afflicted by sleep and afflicted by fear, arose and ran here and there.)
O king, startled by that sound, the confused warriors, some drowsy and some terrified, sprang up and scattered in all directions.
विस्वरं चुक्रुशुश्चान्ये बह्वबद्धं तथावदन्। न च स्म प्रतिपद्यन्ते शस्त्राणि वसनानि च ॥१०-८-८३॥
visvaraṃ cukruśuś cānye bahv-abaddhaṃ tathā avadan। na ca sma pratipadyante śastrāṇi vasanāni ca ॥10-8-83॥
[विस्वरम् (visvaram) - in discordant voices; चुक्रुशुः (cukruśuḥ) - cried out; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; बहु (bahu) - much; अबद्धम् (abaddham) - irrelevant; तथा (tathā) - thus; अवदन् (avadan) - spoke; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; स्म (sma) - indeed; प्रतिपद्यन्ते (pratipadyante) - accepted; शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons; वसनानि (vasanāni) - clothes; च (ca) - and;]
(In discordant voices, others cried out, and many spoke irrelevant things thus; and indeed, they did not accept the weapons and the clothes.)
Others cried out in discordant voices, and many spoke irrelevant things; they did not accept the weapons and clothes.
विमुक्तकेशाश्चाप्यन्ये नाभ्यजानन्परस्परम्। उत्पतन्तः परे भीताः केचित्तत्र तथाभ्रमन् ॥ पुरीषमसृजन्केचित्केचिन्मूत्रं प्रसुस्रुवुः ॥१०-८-८४॥
vimuktakeśāś cāpy anye nābhyajānann parasparam। utpatantaḥ pare bhītāḥ kecit tatra tathābhraman ॥ purīṣam asṛjan kecit kecin mūtraṃ prasusruvuḥ ॥10-8-84॥
[विमुक्तकेशाः (vimuktakeśāḥ) - with disheveled hair; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अन्ये (anye) - others; न (na) - not; अभ्यजानन् (abhyajānann) - recognized; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; उत्पतन्तः (utpatantaḥ) - jumping; परे (pare) - others; भीताः (bhītāḥ) - frightened; केचित् (kecit) - some; तत्र (tatra) - there; तथा (tathā) - thus; अभ्रमन् (abhraman) - wandered; पुरीषम् (purīṣam) - excrement; असृजन् (asṛjan) - discharged; केचित् (kecit) - some; केचित् (kecit) - some; मूत्रम् (mūtram) - urine; प्रसुस्रुवुः (prasusruvuḥ) - let flow;]
(With disheveled hair and others also did not recognize each other. Some, frightened, were jumping, others wandered thus there. Some discharged excrement, some let urine flow.)
With their hair disheveled, some did not recognize each other. Some, terrified, jumped about, while others wandered there in confusion. Some discharged excrement, and some let urine flow.
बन्धनानि च राजेन्द्र सञ्छिद्य तुरगा द्विपाः। समं पर्यपतंश्चान्ये कुर्वन्तो महदाकुलम् ॥१०-८-८५॥
bandhanāni ca rājendra sañchidya turagā dvi-pāḥ। samaṃ paryapataṃś cānye kurvanto mahad-ākulam ॥10-8-85॥
[बन्धनानि (bandhanāni) - bonds; च (ca) - and; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; सञ्छिद्य (sañchidya) - having cut; तुरगाः (turagāḥ) - horses; द्विपाः (dvi-pāḥ) - elephants; समम् (samam) - together; पर्यपतन् (paryapatan) - ran around; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; कुर्वन्तः (kurvantaḥ) - making; महत् (mahat) - great; आकुलम् (ākulam) - confusion;]
(Bonds and, O king, having cut, horses, elephants, together ran around and others making great confusion.)
O King, after breaking their bonds, the horses and elephants ran about together, while others created great confusion.
तत्र केचिन्नरा भीता व्यलीयन्त महीतले। तथैव तान्निपतितानपिंषन्गजवाजिनः ॥१०-८-८६॥
tatra kecinnarā bhītā vyalīyanta mahītale। tathaiva tānnipatitaāna piṃṣan gajavājinaḥ ॥10-8-86॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; केचित् (kecit) - some; नराः (narāḥ) - men; भीताः (bhītāḥ) - frightened; विलीयन्त (vīlīyanta) - disappeared; महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground; तथैव (tathaiva) - in the same way; तान् (tān) - them; निपतितान् (nipatitān) - fallen; अपिंषन् (apiṃṣan) - trampled; गजवाजिनः (gajavājinaḥ) - elephants and horses;]
(There some men, frightened, disappeared on the ground. In the same way, elephants and horses trampled those who had fallen.)
There, some men, terrified, vanished into the ground. Likewise, those who had fallen were trampled by elephants and horses.
तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने रक्षांसि पुरुषर्षभ। तृप्तानि व्यनदन्नुच्चैर्मुदा भरतसत्तम ॥१०-८-८७॥
tasmiṃs tathā vartamāne rakṣāṃsi puruṣarṣabha। tṛptāni vyanadann uccair mudā bharatasattama ॥10-8-87॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; तथा (tathā) - thus; वर्तमाने (vartamāne) - situation; रक्षांसि (rakṣāṃsi) - the demons; पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best of men; तृप्तानि (tṛptāni) - satisfied; व्यानदन् (vyanadan) - cried out; उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly; मुदा (mudā) - with joy; भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(In that situation thus, the demons, O best of men, being satisfied, cried out loudly with joy, O best of the Bharatas.)
O best of the Bharatas, in that situation, the demons, being satisfied, cried out loudly with joy, O best of men.
स शब्दः प्रेरितो राजन्भूतसङ्घैर्मुदा युतैः। अपूरयद्दिशः सर्वा दिवं चापि महास्वनः ॥१०-८-८८॥
sa śabdaḥ prerito rājan bhūta-saṅghaiḥ mudā yutaiḥ। apūrayad diśaḥ sarvā divaṃ ca api mahāsvanaḥ ॥10-8-88॥
[स (sa) - that; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; प्रेरितः (preritaḥ) - set in motion; राजन् (rājan) - O king; भूतसङ्घैः (bhūta-saṅghaiḥ) - by groups of beings; मुदा (mudā) - with joy; युतैः (yutaiḥ) - joined; अपूरयत् (apūrayat) - filled; दिशः (diśaḥ) - the directions; सर्वा (sarvā) - all; दिवं (divaṃ) - the sky; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; महास्वनः (mahāsvanaḥ) - great sound;]
(That sound, set in motion, O king, by groups of beings joined with joy, filled all the directions and also the sky, the great sound.)
O king, that great sound, joyfully raised by the assembled beings, filled all directions and even the sky.
तेषामार्तस्वरं श्रुत्वा वित्रस्ता गजवाजिनः। मुक्ताः पर्यपतन्राजन्मृद्नन्तः शिबिरे जनम् ॥१०-८-८९॥
teṣām ārtasvaraṃ śrutvā vitrastā gajavājinaḥ। muktāḥ paryapatan rājān mṛdnantaḥ śibire janam ॥10-8-89॥
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; आर्तस्वरम् (ārtasvaram) - distressed cry; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard; वित्रस्ताः (vitrastāḥ) - terrified; गजवाजिनः (gajavājinaḥ) - elephants and horses; मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - released; पर्यपतन् (paryapatan) - ran around; राजन् (rājan) - O king; मृद्नन्तः (mṛdnantaḥ) - trampling; शिबिरे (śibire) - in the camp; जनम् (janam) - people;]
(Having heard their distressed cry, the terrified elephants and horses, released, ran around, O king, trampling people in the camp.)
Hearing their cries of distress, O king, the terrified elephants and horses broke loose and ran about the camp, trampling people as they went.
तैस्तत्र परिधावद्भिश्चरणोदीरितं रजः। अकरोच्छिबिरे तेषां रजन्यां द्विगुणं तमः ॥१०-८-९०॥
taistatra paridhāvadbhiścaraṇodīritaṃ rajaḥ। akaroṣchibire teṣāṃ rajanyāṃ dviguṇaṃ tamaḥ ॥10-8-90॥
[तैः (taiḥ) - by them; तत्र (tatra) - there; परिधावद्भिः (paridhāvadbhiḥ) - by those running around; चरण (caraṇa) - feet; उदीरितं (udīritaṃ) - raised; रजः (rajaḥ) - dust; अकरोत् (akarot) - made; छिबिरे (chibire) - in the camp; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; रजन्यां (rajanyāṃ) - at night; द्विगुणं (dviguṇaṃ) - double; तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness;]
(By them, there, by those running around, the dust raised by feet made in the camp of them at night double darkness.)
There, the dust raised by the feet of those running around made the darkness in their camp at night twice as dense.
तस्मिंस्तमसि सञ्जाते प्रमूढाः सर्वतो जनाः। नाजानन्पितरः पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्भ्रातर एव च ॥१०-८-९१॥
tasmiṁs tamasi sañjāte pramūḍhāḥ sarvato janāḥ। nājānan pitarah putrān bhrātṝn bhrātara eva ca ॥10-8-91॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; तमसि (tamasi) - darkness; सञ्जाते (sañjāte) - having arisen; प्रमूढाः (pramūḍhāḥ) - bewildered; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere; जनाः (janāḥ) - people; न (na) - not; अजानन् (ajānan) - knew; पितरः (pitarah) - fathers; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers; एव (eva) - even; च (ca) - and;]
(In that darkness having arisen, bewildered everywhere, people did not know fathers, sons, brothers, or even brothers and.)
When that darkness arose, people everywhere were bewildered; they did not recognize their fathers, sons, or even their own brothers.
गजा गजानतिक्रम्य निर्मनुष्या हया हयान्। अताडयंस्तथाभञ्जंस्तथामृद्नंश्च भारत ॥१०-८-९२॥
gajā gajāntikramya nirmanuṣyā hayā hayān। atāḍayaṃstathābhañjaṃstathāmṛdnaṃśca bhārata ॥10-8-92॥
[गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants; गजान् (gajān) - other elephants; अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having passed over; निर्मनुष्याः (nirmanuṣyāḥ) - devoid of men; हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses; हयान् (hayān) - other horses; अताडयन् (atāḍayan) - struck; तथा (tathā) - thus; अभञ्जन् (abhañjan) - broke; तथा (tathā) - thus; अमृद्नन् (amṛdnan) - crushed; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(The elephants, having passed over other elephants, and the horseless horses, struck, thus broke, and thus crushed, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, the elephants, after passing over other elephants, and the riderless horses, struck, broke, and crushed others in this way.
ते भग्नाः प्रपतन्तश्च निघ्नन्तश्च परस्परम्। न्यपातयन्त च परान्पातयित्वा तथापिषन् ॥१०-८-९३॥
te bhagnāḥ prapatantaś ca nighnantaś ca parasparam। nyapātayanta ca parān pātayitvā tathāpi śan ॥10-8-93॥
[ते (te) - they; भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken; प्रपतन्तः (prapatantaḥ) - falling; च (ca) - and; निघ्नन्तः (nighnantaḥ) - striking; च (ca) - and; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; न्यपातयन्त (nyapātayanta) - caused to fall; च (ca) - and; परान् (parān) - enemies; पातयित्वा (pātayitvā) - having caused to fall; तथा (tathā) - thus; अपि (api) - even; षन् (śan) - quietly;]
(They, broken, falling and striking each other, and causing the enemies to fall, having caused (them) to fall, thus even quietly.)
Though broken, they fell and struck each other, and even after having brought down their enemies, they continued to fall quietly.
विचेतसः सनिद्राश्च तमसा चावृता नराः। जघ्नुः स्वानेव तत्राथ कालेनाभिप्रचोदिताः ॥१०-८-९४॥
vicetasaḥ sanidrāś ca tamasā cāvṛtā narāḥ। jaghnuḥ svān eva tatrātha kālenābhipracoditāḥ ॥10-8-94॥
[विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - unconscious; सनिद्राः (sanidrāḥ) - sleepy; च (ca) - and; तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness; च (ca) - and; आवृता (āvṛtāḥ) - covered; नराः (narāḥ) - men; जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - killed; स्वान् (svān) - their own (people); एव (eva) - indeed; तत्र (tatra) - there; अथ (atha) - then; कालेन (kālena) - by time; अभिप्रचोदिताः (abhipracoditāḥ) - impelled;]
(Unconscious, sleepy, and covered by darkness, the men there, impelled by time, then indeed killed their own (people).)
The men, rendered unconscious and sleepy, shrouded in darkness, were driven by fate to kill their own people there.
त्यक्त्वा द्वाराणि च द्वाःस्थास्तथा गुल्मांश्च गौल्मिकाः। प्राद्रवन्त यथाशक्ति कांदिशीका विचेतसः ॥१०-८-९५॥
tyaktvā dvārāṇi ca dvāḥsthās tathā gulmāṁś ca gaulmīkāḥ। prādravanta yathāśakti kāndiśīkā vicetasaḥ॥10-8-95॥
[त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi) - the gates; च (ca) - and; द्वाःस्थाः (dvāḥsthāḥ) - the gatekeepers; तथा (tathā) - also; गुल्मान् (gulmān) - the guards; च (ca) - and; गौल्मिकाः (gaulmīkāḥ) - the Gaulmikas (a class of guards); प्राद्रवन्त (prādravanta) - ran away; यथा (yathā) - as; शक्ति (śakti) - much as they could; कांदिशीकाः (kāndiśīkāḥ) - the Kandishikas (another class of guards); विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - bewildered;]
(Having abandoned the gates and the gatekeepers, also the guards and the Gaulmikas, ran away; as much as they could, the Kandishikas, bewildered.)
The gatekeepers, guards, and Gaulmikas abandoned their posts and fled as best as they could, while the Kandishikas, confused, also ran away.
विप्रनष्टाश्च तेऽन्योन्यं नाजानन्त तदा विभो। क्रोशन्तस्तात पुत्रेति दैवोपहतचेतसः ॥१०-८-९६॥
vipranaṣṭāś ca te'nyonyaṃ nājānanta tadā vibho। krośantas tāta putreti daivopahatacetasaḥ ॥10-8-96॥
[विप्रनष्टाः (vipranaṣṭāḥ) - separated from each other; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - they; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other; न (na) - not; अजानन् (ajānanta) - recognized; तदा (tadā) - then; विभो (vibho) - O lord; क्रोशन्तः (krośantaḥ) - crying; तात (tāta) - O father; पुत्र (putra) - O son; इति (iti) - thus; दैवोपहतचेतसः (daivopahatacetasaḥ) - whose minds were afflicted by fate;]
(Separated from each other and they did not recognize each other then, O lord. Crying, "O father! O son!" thus, whose minds were afflicted by fate.)
O lord, separated from each other, they did not recognize one another at that time. Crying out, "O father! O son!" their minds were overcome by fate.
पलायतां दिशस्तेषां स्वानप्युत्सृज्य बान्धवान्। गोत्रनामभिरन्योन्यमाक्रन्दन्त ततो जनाः ॥१०-८-९७॥
palāyatāṃ diśasteṣāṃ svānapyutsṛjya bāndhavān। gotranāmabhiranyonyamākrandanta tato janāḥ ॥10-8-97॥
[पलायताम् (palāyatām) - fleeing; दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions; तेषाम् (teṣām) - their; स्वान् (svān) - their own; अपि (api) - even; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - abandoning; बान्धवान् (bāndhavān) - relatives; गोत्रनामभिः (gotranāmabhiḥ) - by family names; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other; आक्रन्दन्त (ākrandanta) - were calling out; ततः (tataḥ) - then; जनाः (janāḥ) - people;]
(Fleeing in all directions, abandoning even their own relatives, the people then were calling out to each other by family names.)
The people, abandoning even their own relatives, fled in all directions, calling out to each other by their family names.
हाहाकारं च कुर्वाणाः पृथिव्यां शेरते परे। तान्बुद्ध्वा रणमत्तोऽसौ द्रोणपुत्रो व्यपोथयत् ॥१०-८-९८॥
hāhākāraṃ ca kurvāṇāḥ pṛthivyāṃ śerate pare। tānbuddhvā raṇamatto'sau droṇaputro vyapothayat ॥10-8-98॥
[हाहाकारम् (hāhākāram) - cries of distress; च (ca) - and; कुर्वाणाः (kurvāṇāḥ) - making; पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on the earth; शेरते (śerate) - lay down; परे (pare) - the others; तान् (tān) - them; बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having perceived; रणमत्तः (raṇamattaḥ) - intoxicated by battle; असौ (asau) - that (he); द्रोणपुत्रः (droṇaputraḥ) - the son of Droṇa; व्यपोथयत् (vyapothayat) - struck down;]
(Making cries of distress and lying on the earth, the others—having perceived them, that son of Droṇa, intoxicated by battle, struck down.)
The others, making cries of distress, lay on the earth. Seeing them, Droṇa's son, maddened by battle, struck them down.
तत्रापरे वध्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुरचेतसः। शिबिरान्निष्पतन्ति स्म क्षत्रिया भयपीडिताः ॥१०-८-९९॥
tatrāpare vadhyamānā muhurmuhuracetasaḥ। śibirānniṣpatanti sma kṣatriyā bhayapīḍitāḥ ॥10-8-99॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; अपरे (apare) - others; वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain; मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - again and again; अचेतसः (acetasaḥ) - unconscious; शिबिरात् (śibirāt) - from the camp; निष्पतन्ति (niṣpatanti) - were coming out; स्म (sma) - indeed; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - the warriors; भयपीडिताः (bhayapīḍitāḥ) - afflicted by fear;]
(There, others, being slain, again and again, unconscious, from the camp, were coming out, indeed, the warriors, afflicted by fear.)
There, other warriors, repeatedly unconscious and being slain, were coming out of the camp, afflicted by fear.
तांस्तु निष्पततस्त्रस्ताञ्शिबिराञ्जीवितैषिणः। कृतवर्मा कृपश्चैव द्वारदेशे निजघ्नतुः ॥१०-८-१००॥
tāṃs tu niṣpatatas trastāñ śibirāñ jīvitaiṣiṇaḥ। kṛtavarmā kṛpaś caiva dvāradeśe nijaghnatuḥ ॥10-8-100॥
[ताम् (tām) - them; तु (tu) - but; निष्पततः (niṣpatataḥ) - as they were coming out; त्रस्तान् (trastān) - terrified; शिबिरान् (śibirān) - from the camps; जीवित-ऐषिणः (jīvita-aiṣiṇaḥ) - seeking life; कृतवर्मा (kṛtavarmā) - Kritavarma; कृपः (kṛpaḥ) - Kripa; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; द्वार-देशे (dvāra-deśe) - at the gate; निजघ्नतुः (nijaghnatuḥ) - killed;]
(But Kritavarma and Kripa indeed killed them, terrified and seeking life, as they were coming out from the camps, at the gate.)
But as they were fleeing terrified from the camps, seeking to save their lives, Kritavarma and Kripa killed them at the gate.
विशस्त्रयन्त्रकवचान्मुक्तकेशान्कृताञ्जलीन्। वेपमानान्क्षितौ भीतान्नैव कांश्चिदमुञ्चताम् ॥१०-८-१०१॥
viśa-stray-antra-kavacāt mukta-keśān kṛtāñjalīn। vepamānān kṣitau bhītān naiva kāṃścid amuñcatām॥10-8-101॥
[विशस्त्र (viśa-śastra) - with weapons; यन्त्र (yantra) - and restraints; कवचान् (kavacāt) - and armor; मुक्तकेशान् (mukta-keśān) - with loosened hair; कृताञ्जलीन् (kṛtāñjalīn) - with joined palms; वेपमानान् (vepamānān) - trembling; क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the ground; भीतान् (bhītān) - frightened; नैव (na eva) - not at all; कांश्चित् (kāṃścit) - any (of them); अमुञ्चताम् (amuñcatām) - released;]
(Not at all did they release any who were with weapons, restraints, and armor, with loosened hair, with joined palms, trembling, frightened, on the ground.)
They did not release any of those who, with weapons, restraints, and armor, with loosened hair and joined palms, were trembling in fear on the ground.
नामुच्यत तयोः कश्चिन्निष्क्रान्तः शिबिराद्बहिः। कृपस्य च महाराज हार्दिक्यस्य च दुर्मतेः ॥१०-८-१०२॥
nāmuçyata tayoḥ kaścinn niṣkrāntaḥ śibirād bahiḥ। kṛpasya ca mahārāja hārdikyasya ca durmateḥ ॥10-8-102॥
[नामुच्यत (nāmuçyata) - was not released; तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; निष्क्रान्तः (niṣkrāntaḥ) - went out; शिबिरात् (śibirāt) - from the camp; बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside; कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kṛpa; च (ca) - and; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; हार्दिक्यस्य (hārdikyasya) - of Hārdikya; च (ca) - and; दुर्मतेः (durmateḥ) - of the evil-minded; ॥१०-८-१०२॥ (॥10-8-102॥) - (verse number);]
(Of those two, not a single one went out from the camp; of Kṛpa and of Hārdikya, O great king, and of the evil-minded.)
O great king, none of those two, Kṛpa and Hārdikya, the evil-minded, went out from the camp.
भूयश्चैव चिकीर्षन्तौ द्रोणपुत्रस्य तौ प्रियम्। त्रिषु देशेषु ददतुः शिबिरस्य हुताशनम् ॥१०-८-१०३॥
bhūyaś caiva cikīrṣantau droṇaputrasya tau priyam। triṣu deśeṣu dadatuḥ śibir asya hutāśanam ॥10-8-103॥
[भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; चिकीर्षन्तौ (cikīrṣantau) - desiring to do; द्रोणपुत्रस्य (droṇaputrasya) - of Drona's son; तौ (tau) - those two; प्रियम् (priyam) - pleasing; त्रिषु (triṣu) - in three; देशेषु (deśeṣu) - places; ददतुः (dadatuḥ) - they offered; शिबिरस्य (śibir asya) - of the camp; हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - fire;]
(Again, indeed, desiring to do what was pleasing to Drona's son, those two offered fire of the camp in three places.)
Again, wishing to please Drona's son, the two of them set fire to the camp in three places.
ततः प्रकाशे शिबिरे खड्गेन पितृनन्दनः। अश्वत्थामा महाराज व्यचरत्कृतहस्तवत् ॥१०-८-१०४॥
tataḥ prakāśe śibire khaḍgena pitṛnandanaḥ। aśvatthāmā mahārāja vyacarat kṛtahastavat ॥10-8-104॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रकाशे (prakāśe) - at dawn; शिबिरे (śibire) - in the camp; खड्गेन (khaḍgena) - with a sword; पितृनन्दनः (pitṛnandanaḥ) - O son of his father; अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāmā; महाराज (mahārāja) - O king; व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - moved about; कृतहस्तवत् (kṛtahastavat) - like one whose purpose is accomplished;]
(Then at dawn in the camp, with a sword, O son of his father, Aśvatthāmā, O king, moved about like one whose purpose is accomplished.)
Then, O King, at dawn in the camp, Aśvatthāmā, the son of his father, moved about with a sword like one whose purpose was accomplished.
कांश्चिदापततो वीरानपरांश्च प्रधावतः। व्ययोजयत खड्गेन प्राणैर्द्विजवरो नरान् ॥१०-८-१०५॥
kāṃścid āpatato vīrān aparāṃś ca pradhāvataḥ। vyayojayata khaḍgena prāṇair dvijavaro narān ॥10-8-105॥
[कांश्चित् (kāṃścit) - some; आपततः (āpatataḥ) - who were attacking; वीरान् (vīrān) - heroes; अपरान् (aparān) - others; च (ca) - and; प्रधावतः (pradhāvataḥ) - who were fleeing; वियोजयत् (vyayojayat) - deprived; खड्गेन (khaḍgena) - with the sword; प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - of life; द्विजवरः (dvijavaraḥ) - the best of the twice-born; नरान् (narān) - men;]
(The best of the twice-born deprived some heroes who were attacking and others who were fleeing of their lives with the sword.)
The noble Brahmin struck down some heroes who attacked and others who fled, taking their lives with his sword.
कांश्चिद्योधान्स खड्गेन मध्ये सञ्छिद्य वीर्यवान्। अपातयद्द्रोणसुतः संरब्धस्तिलकाण्डवत् ॥१०-८-१०६॥
kāṃścid yodhān sa khaḍgena madhye sañchidya vīryavān। apātayad droṇasutaḥ saṃrabdhaḥ tilakāṇḍavat ॥10-8-106॥
[कांश्चित् (kāṃścit) - some; योधान् (yodhān) - warriors; सः (saḥ) - he; खड्गेन (khaḍgena) - with sword; मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst; सञ्छिद्य (sañchidya) - cutting down; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the valiant one; अपातयत् (apātayat) - caused to fall; द्रोणसुतः (droṇasutaḥ) - the son of Droṇa; संरब्धः (saṃrabdhaḥ) - enraged; तिलकाण्डवत् (tilakāṇḍavat) - like sesame stalks;]
(Some warriors, he, with sword, in the midst, cutting down, the valiant one, caused to fall, the son of Droṇa, enraged, like sesame stalks.)
Enraged, the valiant son of Droṇa cut down some warriors in the midst with his sword, causing them to fall like sesame stalks.
विनदद्भिर्भृशायस्तैर्नराश्वद्विरदोत्तमैः। पतितैरभवत्कीर्णा मेदिनी भरतर्षभ ॥१०-८-१०७॥
vinadadbhir bhṛśāyastair narāśva-viradottamaiḥ। patitair abhavat kīrṇā medinī bharatarṣabha ॥10-8-107॥
[विनदद्भिः (vinadadbhiḥ) - roaring; भृशायस्तैः (bhṛśāyastaiḥ) - severely wounded by those; नर (nara) - men; अश्व (aśva) - horses; विरद (virada) - elephants; उत्तमैः (uttamaiḥ) - the best; पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - fallen; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; कीर्णा (kīrṇā) - covered; मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth; भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas;]
(The earth became covered by the fallen, roaring, and severely wounded best men, horses, and elephants, O best of the Bharatas.)
O best of the Bharatas, the earth was strewn with the fallen, roaring, and severely wounded foremost men, horses, and elephants.
मानुषाणां सहस्रेषु हतेषु पतितेषु च। उदतिष्ठन्कबन्धानि बहून्युत्थाय चापतन् ॥१०-८-१०८॥
mānuṣāṇāṃ sahasreṣu hateṣu patiteṣu ca। udatiṣṭhan kabandhāni bahūny utthāya cāpatan ॥10-8-108॥
[मानुषाणाम् (mānuṣāṇām) - of men; सहस्रेषु (sahasreṣu) - among thousands; हतेषु (hateṣu) - among the slain; पतितेषु (patiteṣu) - among the fallen; च (ca) - and; उदतिष्ठन् (udatiṣṭhan) - rose up; कबन्धानि (kabandhāni) - headless bodies; बहूनि (bahūni) - many; उत्थाय (utthāya) - having arisen; च (ca) - and; अपतन् (apatan) - fell down;]
(Of men, among thousands, among the slain, among the fallen and, rose up headless bodies many, having arisen and fell down.)
Among thousands of men, among the slain and the fallen, many headless bodies rose up and, after rising, fell down again.
सायुधान्साङ्गदान्बाहून्निचकर्त शिरांसि च। हस्तिहस्तोपमानूरून्हस्तान्पादांश्च भारत ॥१०-८-१०९॥
sāyudhān sāṅgadān bāhūn nicakarta śirāṃsi ca। hasti-hasta-upamān ūrūn hastān pādāṃś ca bhārata ॥10-8-109॥
[सायुधान् (sāyudhān) - with weapons; साङ्गदान् (sāṅgadān) - with their ornaments; बाहून् (bāhūn) - arms; निचकर्त (nicakarta) - he cut off; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; च (ca) - and; हस्तिहस्तोपमान् (hasti-hasta-upamān) - like the trunks of elephants; ऊरून् (ūrūn) - thighs; हस्तान् (hastān) - hands; पादान् (pādān) - feet; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(He cut off the arms with weapons and ornaments, the heads, the thighs like the trunks of elephants, the hands and feet, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, he cut off the arms adorned with weapons and ornaments, the heads, the thighs resembling the trunks of elephants, as well as the hands and feet.
पृष्ठच्छिन्नाञ्शिरश्छिन्नान्पार्श्वच्छिन्नांस्तथापरान्। समासाद्याकरोद्द्रौणिः कांश्चिच्चापि पराङ्मुखान् ॥१०-८-११०॥
pṛṣṭhacchinnāñ śiraśchinnān pārśvacchinnāṃs tathāparān| samāsādyākarod drauṇiḥ kāṃścid cāpi parāṅmukhān ॥10-8-110॥
[पृष्ठच्छिन्नान् (pṛṣṭhacchinnān) - with backs cut; शिरश्छिन्नान् (śiraśchinnān) - with heads cut; पार्श्वच्छिन्नान् (pārśvacchinnān) - with sides cut; तथा (tathā) - also; अपरान् (aparān) - others; समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; अकरोत् (akarot) - did; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; कांश्चित् (kāṃścit) - some; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; पराङ्मुखान् (parāṅmukhān) - turned away;]
(With backs cut, with heads cut, with sides cut, and others also, having approached, the son of Droṇa did (the same) to some who were turned away also.)
Drauṇi (Aśvatthāma), having approached, struck down some with their backs, heads, or sides cut, and others as well, including some who were turned away.
मध्यकायान्नरानन्यांश्चिच्छेदान्यांश्च कर्णतः। अंसदेशे निहत्यान्यान्काये प्रावेशयच्छिरः ॥१०-८-१११॥
madhyakāyān narān anyāṁś ca ciccheda anyāṁś ca karṇataḥ। aṁsadeśe nihatya anyān kāye prāveśayat śiraḥ ॥10-8-111॥
[मध्यकायान् (madhyakāyān) - those with bodies cut in half; नरान् (narān) - men; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; च (ca) - and; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; च (ca) - and; कर्णतः (karṇataḥ) - from the ear; अंसदेशे (aṁsadeśe) - in the shoulder region; निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; काये (kāye) - into the body; प्रावेशयत् (prāveśayat) - he inserted; शिरः (śiraḥ) - the head;]
(He cut some men in half at the middle of their bodies, and others from the ear; having struck others in the shoulder region, he inserted their heads into the body.)
He split some men in half at the waist, others he cut from the ear, and after striking some in the shoulder, he inserted their heads into their bodies.
एवं विचरतस्तस्य निघ्नतः सुबहून्नरान्। तमसा रजनी घोरा बभौ दारुणदर्शना ॥१०-८-११२॥
evaṃ vicaratas tasya nighnataḥ subahūn narān। tamasā rajanī ghorā babhau dāruṇadarśanā ॥10-8-112॥
[एवं (evaṃ) - thus; विचरतः (vicarataḥ) - wandering; तस्य (tasya) - his; निघ्नतः (nighnataḥ) - killing; सुबहून् (subahūn) - many; नरान् (narān) - men; तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness; रजनी (rajanī) - night; घोरा (ghorā) - terrible; बभौ (babhau) - appeared; दारुणदर्शना (dāruṇadarśanā) - fearsome to behold;]
(Thus, as he wandered, killing many men, the terrible night, fearsome to behold, appeared by darkness.)
Thus, as he wandered about killing many men, the dreadful night, terrifying in appearance, set in, shrouded in darkness.
किञ्चित्प्राणैश्च पुरुषैर्हतैश्चान्यैः सहस्रशः। बहुना च गजाश्वेन भूरभूद्भीमदर्शना ॥१०-८-११३॥
kiñcit-prāṇaiś ca puruṣaiḥ hataiś ca anyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ| bahunā ca gaja-aśvena bhūḥ abhūt bhīma-darśanā ॥10-8-113॥
[किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - some; प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - with lives; च (ca) - and; पुरुषैः (puruṣaiḥ) - with men; हतैः (hataiḥ) - with slain; च (ca) - and; अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - with others; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; बहुना (bahunā) - with much; च (ca) - and; गजाश्वेन (gaja-aśvena) - with elephants and horses; भूः (bhūḥ) - the earth; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; भीमदर्शना (bhīma-darśanā) - terrible to behold;]
(With some lives, and with men, and with slain others by thousands, and with much elephants and horses, the earth became terrible to behold.)
The earth, covered with the bodies of men, slain by the thousands, along with many elephants and horses, became a terrible sight.
यक्षरक्षःसमाकीर्णे रथाश्वद्विपदारुणे। क्रुद्धेन द्रोणपुत्रेण सञ्छिन्नाः प्रापतन्भुवि ॥१०-८-११४॥
yakṣarakṣaḥ-samākīrṇe rathāśva-dvipad-āruṇe। kruddhena droṇaputreṇa sañchinnāḥ prāpatan bhuvi॥10-8-114॥
[यक्षरक्षःसमाकीर्णे (yakṣarakṣaḥ-samākīrṇe) - filled with yakṣas and rākṣasas; रथाश्वद्विपदारुणे (rathāśva-dvipad-āruṇe) - reddened by chariots, horses, and elephants; क्रुद्धेन (kruddhena) - by the enraged; द्रोणपुत्रेण (droṇaputreṇa) - by the son of Droṇa; सञ्छिन्नाः (sañchinnāḥ) - cut down; प्रापतन् (prāpatan) - fell; भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground;]
(In the field filled with yakṣas and rākṣasas, reddened by chariots, horses, and elephants, cut down by the enraged son of Droṇa, (they) fell on the ground.)
In the field crowded with yakṣas and rākṣasas, and reddened by chariots, horses, and elephants, those who were cut down by the furious son of Droṇa fell to the ground.
मातॄरन्ये पितॄनन्ये भ्रातॄनन्ये विचुक्रुशुः। केचिदूचुर्न तत्क्रुद्धैर्धार्तराष्ट्रैः कृतं रणे ॥१०-८-११५॥
mātṝr anye pitṝn anye bhrātṝn anye vicukruśuḥ। kecid ūcur na tat kruddhair dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ kṛtaṃ raṇe ॥10-8-115॥
[मातॄन् (mātṝn) - mothers; अन्ये (anye) - others; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; अन्ये (anye) - others; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; अन्ये (anye) - others; विचुक्रुशुः (vicukruśuḥ) - cried out; केचित् (kecit) - some; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said; न (na) - not; तत् (tat) - that; क्रुद्धैः (kruddhaiḥ) - by the enraged; धार्तराष्ट्रैः (dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ) - by the sons of Dhritarashtra; कृतम् (kṛtam) - done; रणे (raṇe) - in battle;]
(Others cried out for mothers, others for fathers, others for brothers. Some said, "That was not done in battle by the enraged sons of Dhritarashtra.")
Some cried out for their mothers, others for their fathers, and others for their brothers. Some said, "This was not done in battle by the enraged sons of Dhritarashtra."
यत्कृतं नः प्रसुप्तानां रक्षोभिः क्रूरकर्मभिः। असांनिध्याद्धि पार्थानामिदं नः कदनं कृतम् ॥१०-८-११६॥
yatkṛtaṃ naḥ prasuptānāṃ rakṣobhiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ. asāṃnidhyāddhi pārthānāmidaṃ naḥ kadanaṃ kṛtam ॥10-8-116॥
[यत् (yat) - which; कृतं (kṛtam) - done; नः (naḥ) - to us; प्रसुप्तानाम् (prasuptānām) - while (we were) asleep; रक्षोभिः (rakṣobhiḥ) - by the demons; क्रूरकर्मभिः (krūrakarmabhiḥ) - by those of cruel deeds; असांनिध्यात् (asāṃnidhyāt) - due to the absence; हि (hi) - indeed; पार्थानाम् (pārthānām) - of the sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas); इदं (idaṃ) - this; नः (naḥ) - to us; कदनं (kadanaṃ) - slaughter; कृतम् (kṛtam) - was done;]
(Which was done to us, while (we were) asleep, by the demons of cruel deeds; indeed, due to the absence of the sons of Pṛthā, this slaughter was done to us.)
This slaughter was inflicted upon us by the cruel demons while we were asleep, and it happened because the sons of Pṛthā were not present.
न देवासुरगन्धर्वैर्न यक्षैर्न च राक्षसैः। शक्यो विजेतुं कौन्तेयो गोप्ता यस्य जनार्दनः ॥१०-८-११७॥
na devāsuragandharvair na yakṣair na ca rākṣasaiḥ। śakyo vijetuṃ kaunteyo goptā yasya janārdanaḥ ॥10-8-117॥
[न (na) - not; देव-असुर-गन्धर्वैः (deva-asura-gandharvaiḥ) - by gods, asuras, and gandharvas; न (na) - not; यक्षैः (yakṣaiḥ) - by yakṣas; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - by rākṣasas; शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - possible; विजेतुम् (vijetum) - to conquer; कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - the son of Kunti; गोप्ता (goptā) - the protector; यस्स्य (yasya) - whose; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janardana (Krishna);]
(Not by gods, asuras, gandharvas, not by yakṣas, nor by rākṣasas is it possible to conquer the son of Kunti, whose protector is Janardana (Krishna).)
The son of Kunti, protected by Janardana (Krishna), cannot be conquered by gods, asuras, gandharvas, yakṣas, or rākṣasas.
ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यवाग्दान्तः सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः। न च सुप्तं प्रमत्तं वा न्यस्तशस्त्रं कृताञ्जलिम् ॥ धावन्तं मुक्तकेशं वा हन्ति पार्थो धनञ्जयः ॥१०-८-११८॥
brahmaṇyaḥ satyavāg-dāntaḥ sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ। na ca suptaṃ pramattaṃ vā nyastaśastraṃ kṛtāñjalim ॥ dhāvantaṃ muktakeśaṃ vā hanti pārtho dhanañjayaḥ ॥10-8-118॥
[ब्रह्मण्यः (brahmaṇyaḥ) - devoted to Brahman; सत्यवाक् (satyavāk) - truthful in speech; दान्तः (dāntaḥ) - self-controlled; सर्वभूतानुकम्पकः (sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ) - compassionate to all beings; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; सुप्तम् (suptam) - one who is asleep; प्रमत्तम् (pramattam) - one who is careless; वा (vā) - or; न्यस्तशस्त्रम् (nyastaśastram) - one who has laid down arms; कृताञ्जलिम् (kṛtāñjalim) - one with joined palms; धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - one who is running; मुक्तकेशम् (muktakeśam) - one with hair loosened; वा (vā) - or; हन्ति (hanti) - kills; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya;]
(Devoted to Brahman, truthful in speech, self-controlled, compassionate to all beings; nor does he kill one who is asleep, careless, has laid down arms, has joined palms, is running, or has loosened hair; Pārtha, Dhanañjaya, kills.)
Arjuna, known as Dhanañjaya and Pārtha, is devoted to Brahman, speaks the truth, is self-controlled, and compassionate to all beings; he does not kill anyone who is asleep, careless, has laid down their weapons, has joined their palms in supplication, is running away, or has loosened hair.
तदिदं नः कृतं घोरं रक्षोभिः क्रूरकर्मभिः। इति लालप्यमानाः स्म शेरते बहवो जनाः ॥१०-८-११९॥
tad idaṃ naḥ kṛtaṃ ghoraṃ rakṣobhiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ। iti lālapyamānāḥ sma śerate bahavo janāḥ॥10-8-119॥
[तत् (tat) - that; इदं (idaṃ) - this; नः (naḥ) - to us; कृतं (kṛtam) - done; घोरं (ghoram) - terrible; रक्षोभिः (rakṣobhiḥ) - by the demons; क्रूरकर्मभिः (krūrakarmabhiḥ) - by those of cruel deeds; इति (iti) - thus; लालप्यमानाः (lālapyamānāḥ) - lamenting; स्म (sma) - indeed; शेरते (śerate) - lie (down); बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; जनाः (janāḥ) - people;]
(That this terrible (deed) has been done to us by the demons of cruel deeds—thus, lamenting, indeed, many people lie (down).)
Many people, lamenting, lay down saying, "This terrible deed has been done to us by the cruel demons."
स्तनतां च मनुष्याणामपरेषां च कूजताम्। ततो मुहूर्तात्प्राशाम्यत्स शब्दस्तुमुलो महान् ॥१०-८-१२०॥
stanatāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāmapareṣāṃ ca kūjatām। tato muhūrtātp rāśāmyat sa śabdaḥ tumulo mahān ॥10-8-120॥
[स्तनताम् (stanatām) - of those who were groaning; च (ca) - and; मनुष्याणाम् (manuṣyāṇām) - of men; अपरेषाम् (apareṣām) - of others; च (ca) - and; कूजताम् (kūjatām) - of those who were cooing; ततः (tataḥ) - then; मुहूर्तात् (muhūrtāt) - after a moment; प्रशाम्यत् (praśāmyat) - subsided; सः (saḥ) - that; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous; महान् (mahān) - great;]
(Of those who were groaning and of men, and of others who were cooing, then after a moment, that tumultuous great sound subsided.)
The tumultuous and great sound of groaning men and cooing others subsided after a moment.
शोणितव्यतिषिक्तायां वसुधायां च भूमिप। तद्रजस्तुमुलं घोरं क्षणेनान्तरधीयत ॥१०-८-१२१॥
śoṇitavyatiṣiktāyāṃ vasudhāyāṃ ca bhūmipa। tadrajas-tumulaṃ ghoraṃ kṣaṇenāntaradhīyata ॥10-8-121॥
[शोणित (śoṇita) - blood; व्यतिषिक्तायाम् (vyatiṣiktāyām) - sprinkled; वसुधायाम् (vasudhāyām) - on the earth; च (ca) - and; भूमिप (bhūmipa) - O king; तत् (tat) - that; रजः (rajas) - dust; तुमुलम् (tumulam) - dense; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; क्षणेन (kṣaṇena) - in a moment; अन्तरधीयत (antaradhīyata) - disappeared;]
(O king, on the earth sprinkled with blood, that dense and terrible dust disappeared in a moment.)
O king, on the earth that was sprinkled with blood, the dense and terrible dust vanished in an instant.
संवेष्टमानानुद्विग्नान्निरुत्साहान्सहस्रशः। न्यपातयन्नरान्क्रुद्धः पशून्पशुपतिर्यथा ॥१०-८-१२२॥
saṁveṣṭamānān udvignān nirutsāhān sahasraśaḥ। nyapātayan narān kruddhaḥ paśūn paśupatir yathā ॥10-8-122॥
[संवेष्टमानान् (saṁveṣṭamānān) - writhing; उद्विग्नान् (udvignān) - distressed; निरुत्साहान् (nirutsāhān) - dispirited; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; न्यपातयत् (nyapātayat) - he struck down; नरान् (narān) - men; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; पशून् (paśūn) - beasts; पशुपतिः (paśupatiḥ) - the lord of beasts; यथा (yathā) - as;]
(Writhing, distressed, dispirited, by thousands, he struck down men, angry, as the lord of beasts (strikes down) beasts.)
In his anger, he struck down thousands of men who were writhing, distressed, and dispirited, just as the lord of beasts would strike down animals.
अन्योन्यं सम्परिष्वज्य शयानान्द्रवतोऽपरान्। संलीनान्युध्यमानांश्च सर्वान्द्रौणिरपोथयत् ॥१०-८-१२३॥
anyonyaṃ sampariṣvajya śayānān dravato'parān| saṃlīnān yudhyamānāṃś ca sarvān drauṇir apothayat ॥10-8-123॥
[अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other; सम्परिष्वज्य (sampariṣvajya) - embracing; शयानान् (śayānān) - lying down; द्रवतः (dravataḥ) - fleeing; अपरान् (aparān) - others; संलीनान् (saṃlīnān) - hidden; युध्यमानान् (yudhyamānān) - fighting; च (ca) - and; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāma; अपोथयत् (apothayat) - struck down;]
(Embracing each other, those lying down, others fleeing, those hidden, and those fighting—Aśvatthāma struck down all.)
Aśvatthāma struck down everyone—those lying together, those fleeing, those hiding, and those still fighting—without exception.
दह्यमाना हुताशेन वध्यमानाश्च तेन ते। परस्परं तदा योधा अनयन्यमसादनम् ॥१०-८-१२४॥
dahyamānā hutāśena vadhyamānāś ca tena te। parasparaṃ tadā yodhā ananyam asādanam ॥10-8-124॥
[दह्यमाना (dahyamānā) - being burned; हुताशेन (hutāśena) - by fire; वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain; च (ca) - and; तेन (tena) - by him; ते (te) - they; परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other; तदा (tadā) - then; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; अनन्यम् (ananyam) - without exception; असादनम् (asādanam) - not approaching;]
(Being burned by fire and being slain by him, those warriors then did not approach each other without exception.)
Burned by fire and slain by him, at that time the warriors did not approach each other at all.
तस्या रजन्यास्त्वर्धेन पाण्डवानां महद्बलम्। गमयामास राजेन्द्र द्रौणिर्यमनिवेशनम् ॥१०-८-१२५॥
tasyā rajanyāstvardhena pāṇḍavānāṃ mahadbalam। gamayāmāsa rājendra drauṇiryamaniveśanam ॥10-8-125॥
[तस्या (tasyā) - of that (night); रजन्याः (rajanyāḥ) - of the night; त् (t) - by; अर्धेन (ardhena) - half; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas; महद्बलम् (mahadbalam) - great army; गमयामास (gamayāmāsa) - sent; राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; यम (yama) - to Yama (the god of death); निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - abode;]
(O king, Drauṇi sent the great army of the Pāṇḍavas to the abode of Yama by half of that night.)
O king, during half of that night, Aśvatthāman (the son of Droṇa) sent the great army of the Pāṇḍavas to the abode of Yama (i.e., killed them all).
निशाचराणां सत्त्वानां स रात्रिर्हर्षवर्धिनी। आसीन्नरगजाश्वानां रौद्री क्षयकरी भृशम् ॥१०-८-१२६॥
niśācarāṇāṃ sattvānāṃ sa rātrir harṣavardhinī। āsīn naragajāśvānāṃ raudrī kṣayakarī bhṛśam ॥10-8-126॥
[निशाचराणां (niśācarāṇām) - of the night-wanderers; सत्त्वानां (sattvānām) - of the beings; स (sa) - that; रात्रिः (rātriḥ) - night; हर्षवर्धिनी (harṣavardhinī) - increasing joy; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; नरगजाश्वानां (naragajāśvānām) - of men, elephants, and horses; रौद्री (raudrī) - terrible; क्षयकरी (kṣayakarī) - causing destruction; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly;]
(That night, increasing the joy of the night-wanderers, was greatly terrible and destructive for men, elephants, and horses.)
That night brought great joy to the night-wanderers, but was dreadful and destructive for men, elephants, and horses.
तत्रादृश्यन्त रक्षांसि पिशाचाश्च पृथग्विधाः। खादन्तो नरमांसानि पिबन्तः शोणितानि च ॥१०-८-१२७॥
tatrādṛśyanta rakṣāṃsi piśācāś ca pṛthag-vidhāḥ। khādanto nara-māṃsāni pibantaḥ śoṇitāni ca ॥10-8-127॥
[तत्र (tatra) - there; अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were seen; रक्षांसि (rakṣāṃsi) - demons; पिशाचाः (piśācāḥ) - flesh-eating spirits; च (ca) - and; पृथग्विधाः (pṛthag-vidhāḥ) - of various kinds; खादन्तः (khādantaḥ) - eating; नरमांसानि (nara-māṃsāni) - human flesh; पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking; शोणितानि (śoṇitāni) - blood; च (ca) - and;]
(There were seen there demons and flesh-eating spirits of various kinds, eating human flesh and drinking blood.)
There, various kinds of demons and flesh-eating spirits were seen, eating human flesh and drinking blood.
करालाः पिङ्गला रौद्राः शैलदन्ता रजस्वलाः। जटिला दीर्घसक्थाश्च पञ्चपादा महोदराः ॥१०-८-१२८॥
karālāḥ piṅgalā raudrāḥ śailadantā rajasvalāḥ. jaṭilā dīrghasakthāś ca pañcapādā mahodarāḥ ॥10-8-128॥
[करालाः (karālāḥ) - terrible-faced; पिङ्गलाः (piṅgalāḥ) - tawny; रौद्राः (raudrāḥ) - fierce; शैलदन्ताः (śailadantāḥ) - with mountain-like teeth; रजस्वलाः (rajasvalāḥ) - menstruating; जटिलाः (jaṭilāḥ) - matted-haired; दीर्घसक्थाः (dīrghasakthāḥ) - with long thighs; च (ca) - and; पञ्चपादाः (pañcapādāḥ) - five-footed; महोदराः (mahodarāḥ) - big-bellied;]
(Terrible-faced, tawny, fierce, with mountain-like teeth, menstruating, matted-haired, with long thighs, and five-footed, big-bellied.)
They were terrible-faced, tawny, fierce, with mountain-like teeth, menstruating, matted-haired, long-thighed, five-footed, and big-bellied.
पश्चादङ्गुलयो रूक्षा विरूपा भैरवस्वनाः। घटजानवोऽतिह्रस्वाश्च नीलकण्ठा विभीषणाः ॥१०-८-१२९॥
paścādaṅgulayo rūkṣā virūpā bhairavasvanāḥ। ghaṭajanavo'tihrasvāśca nīlakaṇṭhā vibhīṣaṇāḥ ॥10-8-129॥
[पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; अङ्गुलयः (aṅgulayaḥ) - fingers; रूक्षा (rūkṣāḥ) - rough; विरूपाः (virūpāḥ) - deformed; भैरवस्वनाः (bhairavasvanāḥ) - having terrifying voices; घट (ghaṭa) - pot; जनवः (janavaḥ) - jaws; अतिह्रस्वाः (atihrasvāḥ) - very short; च (ca) - and; नीलकण्ठाः (nīlakaṇṭhāḥ) - blue-throated; विभीषणाः (vibhīṣaṇāḥ) - frightful;]
(Afterwards, the fingers (were) rough, deformed, having terrifying voices; pot-jawed, very short and blue-throated, frightful.)
After that, their fingers were rough and deformed, their voices terrifying; they had pot-shaped jaws, were very short, blue-throated, and frightful in appearance.
सपुत्रदाराः सुक्रूरा दुर्दर्शनसुनिर्घृणाः। विविधानि च रूपाणि तत्रादृश्यन्त रक्षसाम् ॥१०-८-१३०॥
saputradhārāḥ sukrūrā durdarśanasunirghṛṇāḥ। vividhāni ca rūpāṇi tatrādṛśyanta rakṣasām ॥10-8-130॥
[सपुत्रदाराः (saputradhārāḥ) - with sons and wives; सुक्रूराः (sukrūrāḥ) - very cruel; दुर्दर्शन (durdarśana) - terrible to behold; सुनिर्घृणाः (sunirghṛṇāḥ) - utterly merciless; विविधानि (vividhāni) - various; च (ca) - and; रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms; तत्र (tatra) - there; अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were seen; रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the demons;]
(With sons and wives, very cruel, terrible to behold, utterly merciless; various forms of the demons were seen there.)
There, the demons, along with their sons and wives, appeared in various forms—very cruel, dreadful to look at, and utterly merciless.
पीत्वा च शोणितं हृष्टाः प्रानृत्यन्गणशोऽपरे। इदं वरमिदं मेध्यमिदं स्वाद्विति चाब्रुवन् ॥१०-८-१३१॥
pītvā ca śoṇitaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ prānṛtyan gaṇaśo 'pare। idaṃ varam idaṃ medhyam idaṃ svādv iti ca abruvan ॥10-8-131॥
[पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk; च (ca) - and; शोणितं (śoṇitam) - blood; हृष्टाः (hṛṣṭāḥ) - delighted; प्रानृत्यन् (prānṛtyan) - dancing; गणशः (gaṇaśaḥ) - in groups; अपरे (apare) - others; इदं (idaṃ) - this; वरम् (varam) - excellent; इदं (idaṃ) - this; मेध्यम् (medhyam) - pure; इदं (idaṃ) - this; स्वादु (svādu) - sweet; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they said;]
(Having drunk blood and delighted, others danced in groups; they said, "This is excellent, this is pure, this is sweet.")
After drinking the blood, delighted, others danced in groups and said, "This is excellent, this is pure, this is sweet."
मेदोमज्जास्थिरक्तानां वसानां च भृशासिताः। परमांसानि खादन्तः क्रव्यादा मांसजीविनः ॥१०-८-१३२॥
medomajjāsthiraktānāṃ vasānāṃ ca bhṛśāsitāḥ। paramāṃsāni khādantaḥ kravyādā māṃsajīvinaḥ ॥10-8-132॥
[मेदः (medaḥ) - fat; मज्जा (majjā) - marrow; अस्थि (asthi) - bone; रक्तानाम् (raktānām) - of blood; वसानाम् (vasānām) - of grease; च (ca) - and; भृश (bhṛśa) - excessively; आसिताः (āsitāḥ) - eaten; परमांसानि (paramāṃsāni) - the flesh of others; खादन्तः (khādantaḥ) - eating; क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters; मांसजीविनः (māṃsajīvinaḥ) - those who live on meat;]
(Fat, marrow, bone, blood, and grease, and excessively eaten; eating the flesh of others, flesh-eaters, those who live on meat.)
Flesh-eaters, who live on meat, eat the fat, marrow, bones, blood, and grease, and excessively consume the flesh of others.
वसां चाप्यपरे पीत्वा पर्यधावन्विकुक्षिलाः। नानावक्त्रास्तथा रौद्राः क्रव्यादाः पिशिताशिनः ॥१०-८-१३३॥
vasāṃ cāpyapare pītvā paryadhāvanvikukṣilāḥ। nānāvaktrāstathā raudrāḥ kravyādāḥ piśitāśinaḥ ॥10-8-133॥
[वसाम् (vasām) - fat; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अपरे (apare) - others; पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk; पर्यधावन् (paryadhāvan) - ran around; विकुक्षिलाः (vikukṣilāḥ) - with bellies distended; नानावक्त्राः (nānāvaktrāḥ) - with various mouths; तथा (tathā) - so; रौद्राः (raudrāḥ) - terrible; क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters; पिशिताशिनः (piśitāśinaḥ) - meat-eaters;]
(And others also, having drunk fat, ran around with distended bellies; with various mouths, so terrible, flesh-eaters, meat-eaters.)
And others, after drinking fat, ran about with swollen bellies; they were terrible, with many mouths, flesh-eaters and devourers of meat.
अयुतानि च तत्रासन्प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च। रक्षसां घोररूपाणां महतां क्रूरकर्मणाम् ॥१०-८-१३४॥
ayutāni ca tatrāsan prayutāni arbūdāni ca। rakṣasāṃ ghorarūpāṇāṃ mahatāṃ krūrakarmaṇām ॥10-8-134॥
[अयुतानि (ayutāni) - tens of thousands; च (ca) - and; तत्र (tatra) - there; आसन् (āsan) - were; प्रयुतानि (prayutāni) - hundreds of thousands; अर्बुदानि (arbūdāni) - millions; च (ca) - and; रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the rākṣasas (demons); घोररूपाणाम् (ghorarūpāṇām) - of terrible forms; महताम् (mahatām) - great; क्रूरकर्मणाम् (krūrakarmaṇām) - of cruel deeds;]
(Tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands and millions were there of the rākṣasas of terrible forms, great, of cruel deeds.)
There were tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions of rākṣasas there—great beings of terrible appearance and cruel deeds.
मुदितानां वितृप्तानां तस्मिन्महति वैशसे। समेतानि बहून्यासन्भूतानि च जनाधिप ॥१०-८-१३५॥
muditānāṃ vitṛptānāṃ tasmin mahati vaiśase। sametāni bahūni āsan bhūtāni ca janādhipa॥10-8-135॥
[मुदितानां (muditānāṃ) - of the joyful ones; वितृप्तानां (vitṛptānāṃ) - of the satisfied ones; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; महति (mahati) - great; वैशसे (vaiśase) - slaughter; समेतानि (sametāni) - assembled; बहूनि (bahūni) - many; आसन् (āsan) - were; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings; च (ca) - and; जनाधिप (janādhipa) - O king;]
(O king, in that great slaughter, many beings who were joyful and satisfied had assembled.)
O king, in that great massacre, many beings who were joyful and satisfied had gathered together.
प्रत्यूषकाले शिबिरात्प्रतिगन्तुमियेष सः। नृशोणितावसिक्तस्य द्रौणेरासीदसित्सरुः ॥ पाणिना सह संश्लिष्ट एकीभूत इव प्रभो ॥१०-८-१३६॥
pratyūṣakāle śibirāt pratigantum iyeṣa saḥ। nṛśoṇitāvasiktasya drauṇer āsīd asitsaruḥ॥ pāṇinā saha saṃśliṣṭa ekībhūta iva prabho॥10-8-136॥
[प्रत्यूषकाले (pratyūṣakāle) - at dawn; शिबिरात् (śibirāt) - from the camp; प्रतिगन्तुम् (pratigantum) - to return; इयेष (iyeṣa) - he desired; सः (saḥ) - he; नृशोणितावसिक्तस्य (nṛśoṇitāvasiktasya) - soaked with the blood of men; द्रौणेः (drauṇeḥ) - of Drona's son; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; असित्सरुः (asitsaruḥ) - the sword; पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand; सह (saha) - together; संश्लिष्ट (saṃśliṣṭa) - clasped; एकीभूत (ekībhūta) - united; इव (iva) - as if; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord;]
(At dawn, he desired to return from the camp. The sword of Drona's son, soaked with the blood of men, was as if united, clasped together with his hand, O lord.)
At dawn, he wished to return from the camp. The sword of Drona's son, drenched in human blood, seemed as if it had become one with his hand, O lord.
स निःशेषानरीन्कृत्वा विरराज जनक्षये। युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि भस्म कृत्वेव पावकः ॥१०-८-१३७॥
sa niḥśeṣānarīn kṛtvā virarāja janakṣaye। yugānte sarvabhūtāni bhasma kṛtveva pāvakaḥ ॥10-8-137॥
[स (sa) - he; निःशेषान् (niḥśeṣān) - all, without remainder; अरीन् (arīn) - enemies; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; विरराज (virarāja) - shone; जनक्षये (janakṣaye) - at the destruction of people; युगान्ते (yugānte) - at the end of an age; सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings; भस्म (bhasma) - ashes; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made; इव (iva) - like; पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire;]
(He, having destroyed all enemies, shone at the destruction of people, like fire at the end of an age having reduced all beings to ashes.)
He destroyed all his enemies and stood out amidst the destruction of people, just as fire shines after reducing all beings to ashes at the end of an age.
यथाप्रतिज्ञं तत्कर्म कृत्वा द्रौणायनिः प्रभो। दुर्गमां पदवीं कृत्वा पितुरासीद्गतज्वरः ॥१०-८-१३८॥
yathāpratijñaṃ tatkarma kṛtvā drauṇāyaniḥ prabho। durgamāṃ padavīṃ kṛtvā pitur āsīd gatajvaraḥ ॥10-8-138॥
[यथा (yathā) - as; प्रतिज्ञं (pratijñam) - vow; तत् (tat) - that; कर्म (karma) - deed; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; द्रौणायनिः (drauṇāyaniḥ) - the son of Droṇa; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; दुर्गमां (durgamām) - difficult; पदवीं (padavīm) - path; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having taken; पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father; आसीत् (āsīt) - became; गतज्वरः (gatajvaraḥ) - free from fever;]
(As he had vowed, having performed that deed, the son of Droṇa, O lord, having taken the difficult path of his father, became free from fever.)
O lord, the son of Droṇa, having fulfilled his vow and accomplished that deed, took the difficult path of his father and became free from anxiety.
यथैव संसुप्तजने शिबिरे प्राविशन्निशि। तथैव हत्वा निःशब्दे निश्चक्राम नरर्षभः ॥१०-८-१३९॥
yathaiva saṃsuptajane śibire prāviśan niśi। tathaiva hatvā niḥśabde niścakrāma nararṣabhaḥ ॥10-8-139॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; एव (eva) - indeed; संसुप्तजने (saṃsuptajane) - with all people asleep; शिबिरे (śibire) - in the camp; प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered; निशि (niśi) - at night; तथा (tathā) - in the same way; एव (eva) - indeed; हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed; निःशब्दे (niḥśabde) - in silence; निश्चक्राम (niścakrāma) - departed; नरर्षभः (nararṣabhaḥ) - the bull among men;]
(Just as he entered the camp at night with all people asleep, in the same way, having killed, in silence, the bull among men departed.)
Just as he had entered the camp at night while everyone was asleep, so too, after killing (his target), the great man departed silently.
निष्क्रम्य शिबिरात्तस्मात्ताभ्यां सङ्गम्य वीर्यवान्। आचख्यौ कर्म तत्सर्वं हृष्टः संहर्षयन्विभो ॥१०-८-१४०॥
niṣkramya śibirāttasmāttābhyāṃ saṅgamya vīryavān। ācakhyau karma tatsarvaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ saṃharṣayanvibho ॥10-8-140॥
[निष्क्रम्य (niṣkramya) - having come out; शिबिरात् (śibirāt) - from the camp; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from there; ताभ्यां (tābhyām) - to those two; सङ्गम्य (saṅgamya) - having met; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the mighty one; आचख्यौ (ācakhyau) - reported; कर्म (karma) - the deed; तत् (tat) - that; सर्वं (sarvaṃ) - all; हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - joyful; संहर्षयन् (saṃharṣayan) - delighting; विभो (vibho) - O lord;]
(Having come out from the camp from there, having met those two, the mighty one, joyful, reported all that deed, delighting, O lord.)
The mighty one came out from the camp, met those two, and joyfully reported all that had happened, delighting them, O lord.
तावप्याचख्यतुस्तस्मै प्रियं प्रियकरौ तदा। पाञ्चालान्सृञ्जयांश्चैव विनिकृत्तान्सहस्रशः ॥ प्रीत्या चोच्चैरुदक्रोशंस्तथैवास्फोटयंस्तलान् ॥१०-८-१४१॥
tāvapyācakhyatustasmai priyaṃ priyakarau tadā। pāñcālānsṛñjayāṃścaiva vinikṛttānsahasraśaḥ ॥ prītyā coccairudakrośaṃstathaivāsphoṭayaṃstalān ॥10-8-141॥
[तौ (tau) - they two; अपि (api) - also; आचख्यतुः (ācakhyatuḥ) - told; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; प्रियं (priyaṃ) - pleasant; प्रियकरौ (priyakarau) - pleasing; तदा (tadā) - then; पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - the Pāñcālas; सृञ्जयान् (sṛñjayān) - the Sṛñjayas; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; विनिकृत्तान् (vinikṛttān) - slain; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; प्रीत्या (prītyā) - with joy; च (ca) - and; उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly; उदक्रोशन् (udakrośan) - cried out; तथा (tathā) - thus; एव (eva) - indeed; अस्फोटयन् (asphoṭayan) - clapped; तलान् (talān) - their hands;]
(They two also then told him the pleasant and pleasing news: that the Pāñcālas and Sṛñjayas had indeed been slain by thousands. With joy, they cried out loudly and likewise clapped their hands.)
At that time, the two of them told him the pleasing news that the Pāñcālas and Sṛñjayas had been slain by the thousands. Out of joy, they shouted loudly and clapped their hands.
एवंविधा हि सा रात्रिः सोमकानां जनक्षये। प्रसुप्तानां प्रमत्तानामासीत्सुभृशदारुणा ॥१०-८-१४२॥
evaṃvidhā hi sā rātriḥ somakānāṃ janakṣaye। prasuptānāṃ pramattānām āsīt subhṛśa-dāruṇā ॥10-8-142॥
[एवंविधा (evaṃvidhā) - of such kind; हि (hi) - indeed; सा (sā) - that; रात्रिः (rātriḥ) - night; सोमकानाम् (somakānām) - of the Somakas; जनक्षये (janakṣaye) - in the destruction of people; प्रसुप्तानाम् (prasuptānām) - of those sleeping; प्रमत्तानाम् (pramattānām) - of those careless; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; सुभृश (subhṛśa) - very; दारुणा (dāruṇā) - terrible;]
(Of such kind indeed that night, in the destruction of the Somakas, for those sleeping, for those careless, was very terrible.)
That night, during the destruction of the Somakas, was extremely terrible for those who were sleeping and careless.
असंशयं हि कालस्य पर्यायो दुरतिक्रमः। तादृशा निहता यत्र कृत्वास्माकं जनक्षयम् ॥१०-८-१४३॥
asaṃśayaṃ hi kālasya paryāyo duratikramaḥ। tādṛśā nihatā yatra kṛtvāsmākaṃ janakṣayam ॥10-8-143॥
[असंशयं (asaṃśayam) - undoubtedly; हि (hi) - indeed; कालस्य (kālasya) - of time; पर्यायः (paryāyaḥ) - turn; दुरतिक्रमः (duratikramaḥ) - inescapable; तादृशाः (tādṛśāḥ) - such (ones); निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; यत्र (yatra) - where; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having caused; अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our; जनक्षयम् (janakṣayam) - destruction of people;]
(Undoubtedly indeed, the turn of time is inescapable; such ones were slain where, having caused our destruction of people.)
Undoubtedly, the course of time is inescapable; it is where such ones were slain, having brought about the destruction of our people.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच॥
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca॥
[धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra) - Dhritarashtra; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Dhritarashtra said:)
Dhritarashtra said:
प्रागेव सुमहत्कर्म द्रौणिरेतन्महारथः। नाकरोदीदृशं कस्मान्मत्पुत्रविजये धृतः ॥१०-८-१४४॥
prāgeva sumahatkarma drauṇir etan mahārathaḥ। nākarod īdṛśaṃ kasmān matputravijaye dhṛtaḥ ॥10-8-144॥
[प्राग्-एव (prāg-eva) - previously-indeed; सु-महत्-कर्म (su-mahat-karma) - very-great-deed; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa; एतत् (etat) - this; महा-रथः (mahārathaḥ) - great-chariot-warrior; न (na) - not; अकरोत् (akarot) - did; ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why; मत्-पुत्र-विजये (mat-putra-vijaye) - in my son's victory; धृतः (dhṛtaḥ) - resolved; ॥१०-८-१४४॥ (॥10-8-144॥) -;]
(Previously indeed, the son of Droṇa, this great chariot-warrior, did not do such a very great deed; why was he resolved in my son's victory?)
Earlier, this mighty chariot-warrior, the son of Droṇa, did not perform such a great feat; why was he so determined for my son's victory?
अथ कस्माद्धते क्षत्रे कर्मेदं कृतवानसौ। द्रोणपुत्रो महेष्वासस्तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥१०-८-१४५॥
atha kasmāddhate kṣatre karmedaṃ kṛtavānasau। droṇaputro maheṣvāsastanme śaṃsitumarhasi ॥10-8-145॥
[अथ (atha) - now; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - for what reason; धते (dhate) - in this (your) lineage; क्षत्रे (kṣatre) - in the kṣatriya (warrior) class; कर्म (karma) - action; इदं (idaṃ) - this; कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - has done; असौ (asau) - he; द्रोणपुत्रः (droṇaputraḥ) - the son of Droṇa; महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - the great archer; तत् (tat) - that; मे (me) - to me; शंसितुम् (śaṃsitum) - to tell; अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought; ॥१०-८-१४५॥ (॥10-8-145॥) -;]
(Now, for what reason in this (your) lineage, in the kṣatriya class, has he performed this action? The son of Droṇa, the great archer—that, to me, you ought to tell.)
Now, please tell me for what reason the son of Droṇa, the great archer, performed this action in your kṣatriya lineage.
सञ्जय उवाच॥
sañjaya uvāca॥
[सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]
(Sanjaya said:)
Sanjaya said:
तेषां नूनं भयान्नासौ कृतवान्कुरुनन्दन। असांनिध्याद्धि पार्थानां केशवस्य च धीमतः ॥१०-८-१४६॥
teṣāṃ nūnaṃ bhayānnāsau kṛtavān kurunandana। asāṃnidhyāddhi pārthānāṃ keśavasya ca dhīmataḥ ॥10-8-146॥
[तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; नूनं (nūnaṃ) - certainly; भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear; न (na) - not; असौ (asau) - he; कृतवान् (kṛtavān) - has done; कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O joy of the Kurus; असांनिध्यात् (asāṃnidhyāt) - due to absence; हि (hi) - indeed; पार्थानाम् (pārthānām) - of the sons of Pṛthā; केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava; च (ca) - and; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise one;]
(Certainly, out of fear of them, he did not do (this), O joy of the Kurus; indeed, it was due to the absence of the sons of Pṛthā and the wise Keśava.)
O joy of the Kurus, certainly he did not do this out of fear of them; rather, it was because the sons of Pṛthā and the wise Keśava were absent.
सात्यकेश्चापि कर्मेदं द्रोणपुत्रेण साधितम्। न हि तेषां समक्षं तान्हन्यादपि मरुत्पतिः ॥१०-८-१४७॥
sātyakeś cāpi karmedaṃ droṇaputreṇa sādhitam। na hi teṣāṃ samakṣaṃ tān hanyād api marutpatiḥ ॥10-8-147॥
[सात्यकेः (sātyakeḥ) - of Satyaki; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; कर्म (karma) - deed; इदं (idaṃ) - this; द्रोणपुत्रेण (droṇaputreṇa) - by the son of Droṇa; साधितम् (sādhitam) - accomplished; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; तेषां (teṣāṃ) - in their; समक्षं (samakṣaṃ) - presence; तान् (tān) - them; हन्यात् (hanyāt) - could slay; अपि (api) - even; मरुत्पतिः (marutpatiḥ) - the lord of the winds (Indra);]
(And this deed of Satyaki also was accomplished by the son of Droṇa. Indeed, not even the lord of the winds could slay them in their presence.)
The son of Droṇa accomplished this deed against Satyaki as well. Indeed, even Indra himself could not have slain them in their presence.
एतदीदृशकं वृत्तं राजन्सुप्तजने विभो। ततो जनक्षयं कृत्वा पाण्डवानां महात्ययम् ॥ दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्येति चान्योन्यं समेत्योचुर्महारथाः ॥१०-८-१४८॥
etad-īdṛśakaṃ vṛttaṃ rājan supta-jane vibho। tato janakṣayaṃ kṛtvā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātyayam॥ diṣṭyā diṣṭyeti cānyonyaṃ sametyo curmahārathāḥ॥10-8-148॥
[एतद्-ईदृशकं (etad-īdṛśakaṃ) - such as this; वृत्तं (vṛttam) - event; occurrence; राजन् (rājan) - O king; सुप्त-जने (supta-jane) - while people were asleep; विभो (vibho) - O lord; ततः (tataḥ) - then; जन-क्षयम् (jana-kṣayam) - destruction of people; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having caused; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas; महात्ययम् (mahātyayam) - great calamity; दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - by fortune; इति (iti) - thus; च (ca) - and; अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - to each other; समेत्य (sametya) - having met; ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said; महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - the great warriors;]
(Such an event as this, O king, occurred while the people were asleep, O lord. Then, having caused the destruction of people, a great calamity befell the Pāṇḍavas. 'By fortune, by fortune,' thus, having met each other, the great warriors said:)
O king, such a thing happened while everyone was asleep, O lord. Then, after causing the destruction of people, a great disaster befell the Pāṇḍavas. The great warriors, meeting each other, said, 'By fortune, by fortune.'
पर्यष्वजत्ततो द्रौणिस्ताभ्यां च प्रतिनन्दितः। इदं हर्षाच्च सुमहदाददे वाक्यमुत्तमम् ॥१०-८-१४९॥
paryaṣvajattato drauṇistābhyāṃ ca pratinanditaḥ। idaṃ harṣācca sumahadādade vākyamuttamam ॥10-8-149॥
[पर्यष्वजत् (paryaṣvajat) - embraced; ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Drona's son (Aśvatthāman); ताभ्यां (tābhyām) - by them; च (ca) - and; प्रतिनन्दितः (pratinanditaḥ) - greeted; इदं (idaṃ) - this; हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy; च (ca) - and; सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great; आददे (ādade) - uttered; वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent;]
(Then Drona's son embraced them and, being greeted by them, from great joy uttered these excellent words.)
Then Aśvatthāman, Drona's son, embraced them, and after being warmly greeted, he joyfully spoke these excellent words.
पाञ्चाला निहताः सर्वे द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः। सोमका मत्स्यशेषाश्च सर्वे विनिहता मया ॥१०-८-१५०॥
pāñcālā nihatāḥ sarve draupadeyāś ca sarvaśaḥ. somakā matsyaśeṣāś ca sarve vinihatā mayā ॥10-8-150॥
[पाञ्चाला (pāñcālā) - the Pāñcālas; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - have been slain; सर्वे (sarve) - all; द्रौपदेयाः (draupadeyāḥ) - the sons of Draupadī; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; सोमका (somakā) - the Somakas; मत्स्यशेषाः (matsyaśeṣāḥ) - the remaining Matsyas; च (ca) - and; सर्वे (sarve) - all; विनिहता (vinihatā) - have been destroyed; मया (mayā) - by me;]
(The Pāñcālas have all been slain, and the sons of Draupadī entirely; the Somakas and all the remaining Matsyas have all been destroyed by me.)
All the Pāñcālas and the sons of Draupadī have been completely slain; the Somakas and all the remaining Matsyas have also been destroyed by me.
इदानीं कृतकृत्याः स्म याम तत्रैव माचिरम्। यदि जीवति नो राजा तस्मै शंसामहे प्रियम् ॥१०-८-१५१॥
idānīṃ kṛtakṛtyāḥ sma yāma tatraiva māciram। yadi jīvati no rājā tasmai śaṃsāmahe priyam ॥10-8-151॥
[इदानीं (idānīṃ) - now; कृतकृत्याः (kṛtakṛtyāḥ) - having accomplished our duty; स्म (sma) - indeed; याम (yāma) - let us go; तत्रैव (tatraiva) - there itself; मा (mā) - not; चिरम् (ciram) - for long; यदि (yadi) - if; जीवति (jīvati) - lives; नः (naḥ) - our; राजा (rājā) - king; तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; शंसामहे (śaṃsāmahe) - let us report; प्रियम् (priyam) - the good news;]
(Now, having accomplished our duty indeed, let us go there itself, not for long. If our king lives, let us report the good news to him.)
Now that we have fulfilled our duty, let us go there at once and not delay. If our king is alive, let us convey the good news to him.
