11.016
Pancharatra and Core: Gandhari observes the battlefield with the help of Krishna Dwaipayana's blessings and laments to Krishna regarding the horrors of the battlefield and regarding her slain sons and son-in-law.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
एवमुक्त्वा तु गान्धारी कुरूणामाविकर्तनम्। अपश्यत्तत्र तिष्ठन्ती सर्वं दिव्येन चक्षुषा ॥११-१६-१॥
evam-uktvā tu gāndhārī kurūṇām avikartanam। apaśyat tatra tiṣṭhantī sarvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā ॥11-16-1॥
[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; तु (tu) - but; गान्धारी (gāndhārī) - Gandhari; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; अविकर्तनम् (avikartanam) - unshorn (one who has not cut hair); अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw; तत्र (tatra) - there; तिष्ठन्ती (tiṣṭhantī) - standing; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; दिव्येन (divyena) - by divine; चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - eye;]
(Thus having spoken, but Gandhari saw the unshorn one of the Kurus standing there, all, with divine eye.)
After thus speaking, Gandhari beheld the unshorn one of the Kurus standing there, perceiving all with her divine sight.
पतिव्रता महाभागा समानव्रतचारिणी। उग्रेण तपसा युक्ता सततं सत्यवादिनी ॥११-१६-२॥
pativratā mahābhāgā samānavratacāriṇī। ugreṇa tapasā yuktā satataṃ satyavādinī ॥11-16-2॥
[पतिव्रता (pativratā) - devoted to husband; महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - greatly fortunate; समानव्रतचारिणी (samānavratacāriṇī) - practicing the same vow; उग्रेण (ugreṇa) - with intense; तपसा (tapasā) - austerity; युक्ता (yuktā) - endowed; सततं (satataṃ) - always; सत्यवादिनी (satyavādinī) - truth-speaking;]
(Devoted to her husband, greatly fortunate, practicing the same vow, endowed with intense austerity, always truth-speaking.)
She was devoted to her husband, greatly fortunate, practiced the same vow, endowed with intense austerity, and always spoke the truth.
वरदानेन कृष्णस्य महर्षेः पुण्यकर्मणः। दिव्यज्ञानबलोपेता विविधं पर्यदेवयत् ॥११-१६-३॥
varadānena kṛṣṇasya maharṣeḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ। divyajñānabalopetā vividhaṃ paryadevayat ॥11-16-3॥
[वरदानेन (varadānena) - by the boon; कृष्णस्य (kṛṣṇasya) - of Kṛṣṇa; महर्षेः (maharṣeḥ) - of the great sage; पुण्यकर्मणः (puṇyakarmaṇaḥ) - of the meritorious deeds; दिव्यज्ञानबलोपेता (divyajñānabalopetā) - endowed with divine knowledge and strength; विविधं (vividham) - various; पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented;]
(By the boon of Kṛṣṇa, of the great sage of meritorious deeds, endowed with divine knowledge and strength, (she) lamented variously.)
Endowed with the boon of Kṛṣṇa, the great sage of meritorious deeds, and divine knowledge and strength, she lamented in various ways.
ददर्श सा बुद्धिमती दूरादपि यथान्तिके। रणाजिरं नृवीराणामद्भुतं लोमहर्षणम् ॥११-१६-४॥
dadarśa sā buddhimatī dūrād api yathāntike। raṇājiraṃ nṛvīrāṇām adbhutaṃ lomaharṣaṇam ॥11-16-4॥
[ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw; सा (sā) - she; बुद्धिमती (buddhimatī) - intelligent; दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar; अपि (api) - even; यथा (yathā) - as if; अन्तिके (antike) - near; रणाजिरम् (raṇājiram) - battlefield; नृवीराणाम् (nṛvīrāṇām) - of heroic men; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful; लोमहर्षणम् (lomaharṣaṇam) - hair-raising;]
(She, the intelligent one, saw from afar, as if (it were) near, the battlefield of heroic men, wonderful and hair-raising.)
The intelligent lady saw, even from a distance as if it were close, the wondrous and terrifying battlefield of heroic men.
अस्थिकेशपरिस्तीर्णं शोणितौघपरिप्लुतम्। शरीरैर्बहुसाहस्रैर्विनिकीर्णं समन्ततः ॥११-१६-५॥
asthikeśaparistīrṇaṃ śoṇitaughapariplutam। śarīrairbahusāhasrairvinikīrṇaṃ samantataḥ ॥11-16-5॥
[अस्थि (asthi) - bone; केश (keśa) - hair; परि (pari) - around; स्तीर्णं (stīrṇaṃ) - spread; शोणित (śoṇita) - blood; ओघ (ogha) - flood; परि (pari) - around; प्लुतम् (plutam) - immersed; शरीरैः (śarīraiḥ) - with bodies; बहु (bahu) - many; साहस्रैः (sāhasraiḥ) - thousands; विनिकीर्णं (vinikīrṇaṃ) - scattered; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around;]
(Spread with bones and hair, immersed in a flood of blood, scattered all around with many thousands of bodies.)
The area was covered with bones and hair, submerged in streams of blood, and scattered everywhere with thousands upon thousands of bodies.
गजाश्वरथयोधानामावृतं रुधिराविलैः। शरीरैरशिरस्कैश्च विदेहैश्च शिरोगणैः ॥११-१६-६॥
gajāśva-ratha-yodhānām āvṛtaṃ rudhirāvilaiḥ। śarīrair aśiraskaiś ca videhaiś ca śiro-gaṇaiḥ॥11-16-6॥
[गज (gaja) - elephant; अश्व (aśva) - horse; रथ (ratha) - chariot; योधानाम् (yodhānām) - of warriors; आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered; रुधिराविलैः (rudhirāvilaiḥ) - by blood-stained; शरीरैः (śarīraiḥ) - by bodies; अशिरस्कैः (aśiraskaiḥ) - headless; च (ca) - and; विदेहैः (videhaiḥ) - lifeless; च (ca) - and; शिरोगणैः (śirogaṇaiḥ) - by heaps of heads;]
(Covered by the blood-stained bodies of elephants, horses, chariots, and warriors, and by headless, lifeless bodies and heaps of heads.)
The field was covered with the blood-stained bodies of elephants, horses, chariots, and warriors, as well as with headless and lifeless bodies and heaps of heads.
गजाश्वनरवीराणां निःसत्त्वैरभिसंवृतम्। सृगालबडकाकोलकङ्ककाकनिषेवितम् ॥११-१६-७॥
gajāśva-nara-vīrāṇāṃ niḥsattvair abhisaṃvṛtam। sṛgāla-baḍa-kākolakaṅka-kāka-niṣevitam ॥11-16-7॥
[गज (gaja) - elephant; अश्व (aśva) - horse; नर (nara) - man; वीराणां (vīrāṇāṃ) - of heroes; निःसत्त्वैः (niḥsattvaiḥ) - devoid of life; अभिसंवृतम् (abhisaṃvṛtam) - covered; सृगाल (sṛgāla) - jackal; बड (baḍa) - vulture; काकोल (kākol) - crow; कङ्क (kaṅka) - heron; काक (kāka) - crow; निषेवितम् (niṣevitam) - frequented;]
(Covered with the lifeless bodies of elephants, horses, men, and heroes; frequented by jackals, vultures, crows, herons, and crows.)
It was covered with the lifeless bodies of elephants, horses, men, and heroes, and was frequented by jackals, vultures, crows, herons, and crows.
रक्षसां पुरुषादानां मोदनं कुरराकुलम्। अशिवाभिः शिवाभिश्च नादितं गृध्रसेवितम् ॥११-१६-८॥
rakṣasāṃ puruṣādānāṃ modanaṃ kurarākulam। aśivābhiḥ śivābhiśca nāditaṃ gṛdhrasevitam ॥11-16-8॥
[रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the rākṣasas; पुरुषादानाम् (puruṣādānām) - of the man-eaters; मोदनम् (modanam) - delighting; कुरराकुलम् (kurarākulam) - filled with kuraras (vultures); अशिवाभिः (aśivābhiḥ) - by inauspicious (ones); शिवाभिः (śivābhiḥ) - by auspicious (ones); च (ca) - and; नादितम् (nāditam) - resounded; गृध्रसेवितम् (gṛdhrasevitam) - frequented by vultures;]
(The delight of the rākṣasas and man-eaters, filled with kuraras, resounded by inauspicious and auspicious (ones), frequented by vultures.)
It was a place that delighted the rākṣasas and man-eaters, filled with kuraras, resounding with both inauspicious and auspicious cries, and frequented by vultures.
ततो व्यासाभ्यनुज्ञातो धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः। पाण्डुपुत्राश्च ते सर्वे युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः ॥११-१६-९॥
tato vyāsābhyanujñāto dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ। pāṇḍuputrāś ca te sarve yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ ॥11-16-9॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; व्यास-अभ्यनुज्ञातः (vyāsa-abhyanujñātaḥ) - permitted by Vyāsa; धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king; पाण्डुपुत्राः (pāṇḍuputrāḥ) - sons of Pāṇḍu; च (ca) - and; ते (te) - they; सर्वे (sarve) - all; युधिष्ठिर-पुरोगमाः (yudhiṣṭhira-purogamāḥ) - headed by Yudhiṣṭhira;]
(Then, permitted by Vyāsa, Dhṛtarāṣṭra the king, and all those sons of Pāṇḍu, headed by Yudhiṣṭhira.)
Then, with Vyāsa's permission, King Dhṛtarāṣṭra and all the sons of Pāṇḍu, led by Yudhiṣṭhira, proceeded together.
वासुदेवं पुरस्कृत्य हतबन्धुं च पार्थिवम्। कुरुस्त्रियः समासाद्य जग्मुरायोधनं प्रति ॥११-१६-१०॥
vāsudevaṃ puraskṛtya hatabandhuṃ ca pārthivam। kurustriyaḥ samāsādya jagmurāyodhanaṃ prati ॥11-16-10॥
[वासुदेवं (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa); पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front; having made the leader; हतबन्धुं (hatabandhum) - whose relatives are slain; च (ca) - and; पार्थिवम् (pārthivam) - the king; कुरुस्त्रियः (kurustriyaḥ) - the women of the Kuru (family); समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went; आयोधनं (āyodhanam) - battlefield; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Having placed Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) in front and the king whose relatives were slain, the women of the Kuru, having approached, went towards the battlefield.)
The Kuru women, led by Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) and the bereaved king, went to the battlefield.
समासाद्य कुरुक्षेत्रं ताः स्त्रियो निहतेश्वराः। अपश्यन्त हतांस्तत्र पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्पितॄन्पतीन् ॥११-१६-११॥
samāsādya kurukṣetraṃ tāḥ striyo nihateśvarāḥ। apaśyanta hatāṃstatra putrānbhrātṝnpitṝnpatīn ॥11-16-11॥
[समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having reached; having attained; कुरुक्षेत्रं (kurukṣetram) - Kurukṣetra; (the battlefield); ताः (tāḥ) - those; (they; feminine plural;) स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; (feminine plural;) निहतेश्वराः (nihateśvarāḥ) - whose lords were slain; whose husbands were killed; अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - saw; beheld; हतान् (hatān) - slain; killed; तत्र (tatra) - there; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; पतीन् (patīn) - husbands;]
(Having reached Kurukṣetra, those women whose lords were slain saw there their sons, brothers, fathers, and husbands slain.)
When those women, whose husbands had been killed, reached Kurukṣetra, they saw their sons, brothers, fathers, and husbands lying dead there.
क्रव्यादैर्भक्ष्यमाणान्वै गोमायुबडवायसैः। भूतैः पिशाचै रक्षोभिर्विविधैश्च निशाचरैः ॥११-१६-१२॥
kravyādair bhakṣyamāṇān vai gomāyu-baḍavāyasaiḥ। bhūtaiḥ piśācaiḥ rakṣobhir vividhaiś ca niśācaraiḥ॥11-16-12॥
[क्रव्यादैः (kravyādaiḥ) - by flesh-eaters; भक्ष्यमाणान् (bhakṣyamāṇān) - being eaten; वै (vai) - indeed; गोमायु (gomāyu) - by jackals; बडवायसैः (baḍavāyasaiḥ) - by vultures; भूतैः (bhūtaiḥ) - by spirits; पिशाचैः (piśācaiḥ) - by piśācas; रक्षोभिः (rakṣobhiḥ) - by rākṣasas; विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various; च (ca) - and; निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - by night-wanderers;]
(Indeed, being eaten by flesh-eaters, by jackals, by vultures, by spirits, by piśācas, by rākṣasas, and by various night-wanderers.)
Indeed, they were being devoured by flesh-eaters, jackals, vultures, spirits, piśācas, rākṣasas, and various other night-wandering beings.
रुद्राक्रीडनिभं दृष्ट्वा तदा विशसनं स्त्रियः। महार्हेभ्योऽथ यानेभ्यो विक्रोशन्त्यो निपेतिरे ॥११-१६-१३॥
rudrākrīḍanibhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā viśasanaṃ striyaḥ। mahārhebhyo'tha yānebhyo vikrośantyo nipetire ॥11-16-13॥
[रुद्राक्रीडनिभम् (rudrākrīḍanibham) - having the appearance of Rudra’s play; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तदा (tadā) - then; विशसनम् (viśasanam) - slaughter; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women; महार्हेभ्यः (mahārhebhyaḥ) - from very costly; अथ (atha) - then; यानेभ्यः (yānebhyaḥ) - from vehicles; विक्रोशन्त्यः (vikrośantyaḥ) - crying out; निपेतिरे (nipetire) - fell down;]
(Having seen the slaughter, which appeared like Rudra’s play, then the women, crying out, fell down from their very costly vehicles.)
When the women saw the slaughter, which looked like Rudra’s play, they cried out and fell from their luxurious vehicles.
अदृष्टपूर्वं पश्यन्त्यो दुःखार्ता भरतस्त्रियः। शरीरेष्वस्खलन्नन्या न्यपतंश्चापरा भुवि ॥११-१६-१४॥
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ paśyantyo duḥkhārtā bharatastriyaḥ। śarīreṣvaskhalannanyā nyapataṃścāparā bhuvi॥11-16-14॥
[अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - never-seen-before; पश्यन्त्यः (paśyantyaḥ) - seeing; दुःखार्ताः (duḥkhārtāḥ) - afflicted with sorrow; भरतस्त्रियः (bharatastriyaḥ) - women of Bharata; शरीरेषु (śarīreṣu) - on the bodies; अस्खलन् (askhalan) - not stumbling; अन्या (anyā) - some; न्यपतन् (nyapatan) - fell down; च (ca) - and; अपरा (aparā) - others; भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground;]
(The women of Bharata, afflicted with sorrow, seeing what had never been seen before, some not stumbling fell upon the bodies, and others fell on the ground.)
The women of Bharata, overwhelmed with grief, saw something unprecedented; some, without stumbling, fell upon the bodies, while others collapsed to the ground.
श्रान्तानां चाप्यनाथानां नासीत्काचन चेतना। पाञ्चालकुरुयोषाणां कृपणं तदभून्महत् ॥११-१६-१५॥
śrāntānāṃ cāpyanāthānāṃ nāsītkācana cetanā। pāñcālakuruyoṣāṇāṃ kṛpaṇaṃ tadabhūnmahat ॥11-16-15॥
[श्रान्तानाम् (śrāntānām) - of the weary; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; अनाथानाम् (anāthānām) - of the helpless; न (na) - not; आसीत् (āsīt) - there was; काचन (kācana) - any; चेतना (cetanā) - consciousness; पाञ्चालकुरुयोषाणाम् (pāñcālakuruyoṣāṇām) - of the women of the Pāñcālas and Kurus; कृपणम् (kṛpaṇam) - pitiful; तत् (tat) - that; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; महत् (mahat) - great;]
(Of the weary and also of the helpless, there was not any consciousness; of the women of the Pāñcālas and Kurus, that became a great pitiful (state).)
Among the weary and helpless, none retained consciousness; for the women of the Pāñcālas and Kurus, it was a truly pitiable situation.
दुःखोपहतचित्ताभिः समन्तादनुनादितम्। दृष्ट्वायोधनमत्युग्रं धर्मज्ञा सुबलात्मजा ॥११-१६-१६॥
duḥkhopahatacittābhiḥ samantādanunāditam। dṛṣṭvā yodhanam atyugraṃ dharmajñā subalātmajā ॥11-16-16॥
[दुःख-उपहत-चित्ताभिः (duḥkha-upahata-cittābhiḥ) - by those whose minds were afflicted by sorrow; समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides; अनुनादितम् (anunāditam) - resounded; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; योधनम् (yodhanam) - the battle; अत्युग्रं (atyugram) - very fierce; धर्मज्ञा (dharmajñā) - knower of dharma; सुबलात्मजा (subalātmajā) - daughter of Subala;]
(By those whose minds were afflicted by sorrow, from all sides resounded. Having seen the very fierce battle, the knower of dharma, the daughter of Subala.)
When the daughter of Subala, who knew dharma, saw the very fierce battle resounding from all sides, filled with those whose minds were afflicted by sorrow.
ततः सा पुण्डरीकाक्षमामन्त्र्य पुरुषोत्तमम्। कुरूणां वैशसं दृष्ट्वा दुःखाद्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥११-१६-१७॥
tataḥ sā puṇḍarīkākṣam āmantrya puruṣottamam। kurūṇāṃ vaiśasaṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhād vacanam abravīt ॥11-16-17॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सा (sā) - she; पुण्डरीकाक्षम् (puṇḍarīkākṣam) - lotus-eyed; आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having addressed; पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - the supreme person; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; वैशसं (vaiśasam) - slaughter; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; दुःखात् (duḥkhāt) - from sorrow; वचनम् (vacanam) - words; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke;]
(Then she, having addressed the lotus-eyed supreme person, having seen the slaughter of the Kurus, from sorrow spoke words.)
Then, seeing the slaughter of the Kurus, she sorrowfully addressed the lotus-eyed supreme person and spoke these words.
पश्यैताः पुण्डरीकाक्ष स्नुषा मे निहतेश्वराः। प्रकीर्णकेशाः क्रोशन्तीः कुररीरिव माधव ॥११-१६-१८॥
paśyaitāḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa snuṣā me nihateśvarāḥ। prakīrṇakeśāḥ krośantīḥ kurarīriva mādhava ॥11-16-18॥
[पश्य (paśya) - see; एताः (etāḥ) - these (fem.); पुण्डरीकाक्ष (puṇḍarīkākṣa) - O lotus-eyed one; स्नुषाः (snuṣāḥ) - daughters-in-law; मे (me) - my; निहतेश्वराः (nihateśvarāḥ) - whose lords are slain; प्रकीर्णकेशाः (prakīrṇakeśāḥ) - with disheveled hair; क्रोशन्तीः (krośantīḥ) - crying; कुररीः (kurarīḥ) - female curlews; इव (iva) - like; माधव (mādhava) - O Mādhava;]
(See these, O lotus-eyed one, my daughters-in-law whose lords are slain, with disheveled hair, crying like female curlews, O Mādhava.)
O Mādhava, see these daughters-in-law of mine, O lotus-eyed one, whose husbands have been slain, with their hair disheveled, crying like female curlews.
अमूस्त्वभिसमागम्य स्मरन्त्यो भरतर्षभान्। पृथगेवाभ्यधावन्त पुत्रान्भ्रातॄन्पितॄन्पतीन् ॥११-१६-१९॥
amūstvabhisamāgamya smarantyo bharatarṣabhān। pṛthagevābhyadhāvanta putrānbhrātṝnpitṝnpatīn ॥11-16-19॥
[अमूः (amūḥ) - those (women); त्व् (tv) - but; indeed; अभिसमागम्य (abhisamāgamya) - having approached; having come together; स्मरन्त्यः (smarantyaḥ) - remembering; भरतर्षभान् (bharatarṣabhān) - the best of the Bharatas; पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately; एव (eva) - indeed; only; अभ्यधावन्त (abhyadhāvanta) - they ran towards; they rushed at; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; पतीन् (patīn) - husbands;]
(But those (women), having approached, remembering the best of the Bharatas, indeed separately rushed towards sons, brothers, fathers, (and) husbands.)
But those women, having come together and remembering the best of the Bharatas, each rushed separately towards their sons, brothers, fathers, and husbands.
वीरसूभिर्महाबाहो हतपुत्राभिरावृतम्। क्वचिच्च वीरपत्नीभिर्हतवीराभिराकुलम् ॥११-१६-२०॥
vīrasūbhir mahābāho hataputrābhir āvṛtam। kvacic ca vīrapatnībhir hatavīrābhir ākulam ॥11-16-20॥
[वीरसूभिः (vīrasūbhiḥ) - by heroic mothers; महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed; हतपुत्राभिः (hataputrābhiḥ) - by those whose sons were slain; आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered; क्वचित् (kvacit) - somewhere; च (ca) - and; वीरपत्नीभिः (vīrapatnībhiḥ) - by wives of heroes; हतवीराभिः (hatavīrābhiḥ) - by those whose husbands were slain; आकुलम् (ākulam) - filled;]
(O mighty-armed, covered by heroic mothers whose sons were slain; and somewhere, filled by wives of heroes whose husbands were slain.)
O mighty-armed one, the place was covered by heroic mothers whose sons had been killed, and in some places, it was filled with the wives of heroes whose husbands had been slain.
शोभितं पुरुषव्याघ्रैर्भीष्मकर्णाभिमन्युभिः। द्रोणद्रुपदशल्यैश्च ज्वलद्भिरिव पावकैः ॥११-१६-२१॥
śobhitaṃ puruṣavyāghrair bhīṣmakarṇābhimanyubhiḥ। droṇadrupadaśalyaś ca jvaladbhir iva pāvakaiḥ ॥11-16-21॥
[शोभितं (śobhitaṃ) - adorned; decorated; पुरुषव्याघ्रैः (puruṣavyāghraiḥ) - by tiger-like men; भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma; कर्ण (karṇa) - Karṇa; अभिमन्यु (abhimanyu) - Abhimanyu; भिः (bhiḥ) - by; द्रोण (droṇa) - Droṇa; द्रुपद (drupada) - Drupada; शल्यैः (śalyaiḥ) - by Śalya; च (ca) - and; ज्वलद्भिः (jvaladbhiḥ) - by blazing; इव (iva) - like; पावकैः (pāvakaiḥ) - by fires;]
(Adorned by tiger-like men—Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Abhimanyu, Droṇa, Drupada, and Śalya—and by blazing ones like fires.)
It was adorned by mighty warriors—Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Abhimanyu, Droṇa, Drupada, and Śalya—who shone like blazing fires.
काञ्चनैः कवचैर्निष्कैर्मणिभिश्च महात्मनाम्। अङ्गदैर्हस्तकेयूरैः स्रग्भिश्च समलङ्कृतम् ॥११-१६-२२॥
kāñcanaiḥ kavacair niṣkair maṇibhiś ca mahātmanām। aṅgadair hastakeyūraiḥ sragbhiś ca samalaṅkṛtam ॥11-16-22॥
[काञ्चनैः (kāñcanaiḥ) - with gold; कवचैः (kavacaiḥ) - with armours; निष्कैः (niṣkaiḥ) - with gold coins; मणिभिः (maṇibhiḥ) - with jewels; च (ca) - and; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled; अङ्गदैः (aṅgadaiḥ) - with armlets; हस्तकेयूरैः (hastakeyūraiḥ) - with bracelets; स्रग्भिः (sragbhiḥ) - with garlands; च (ca) - and; समलङ्कृतम् (samalaṅkṛtam) - completely adorned;]
(Completely adorned with gold, armours, gold coins, jewels, armlets, bracelets, garlands, and (all these) of the great-souled ones.)
It was completely adorned with gold, armours, coins, jewels, armlets, bracelets, and garlands belonging to the great-souled ones.
वीरबाहुविसृष्टाभिः शक्तिभिः परिघैरपि। खड्गैश्च विमलैस्तीक्ष्णैः सशरैश्च शरासनैः ॥११-१६-२३॥
vīra-bāhu-visṛṣṭābhiḥ śaktibhiḥ parighair api| khaḍgaiś ca vimalaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ sa-śaraiś ca śarāsanaiḥ ॥11-16-23॥
[वीर (vīra) - hero; बाहु (bāhu) - arm; विसृष्टाभिः (visṛṣṭābhiḥ) - released by; शक्तिभिः (śaktibhiḥ) - with spears; परिघैः (parighaiḥ) - with iron clubs; अपि (api) - also; खड्गैः (khaḍgaiḥ) - with swords; च (ca) - and; विमलैः (vimalaiḥ) - pure; तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - sharp; सशरैः (sa-śaraiḥ) - with arrows; च (ca) - and; शरासनैः (śarāsanaiḥ) - with bows;]
(With spears released by the arms of heroes, also with iron clubs, and with pure, sharp swords, and with bows with arrows.)
With spears hurled by heroic arms, iron clubs, pure and sharp swords, and bows with arrows.
क्रव्यादसङ्घैर्मुदितैस्तिष्ठद्भिः सहितैः क्वचित्। क्वचिदाक्रीडमानैश्च शयानैरपरैः क्वचित् ॥११-१६-२४॥
kravyādasaṅghair muditais tiṣṭhadbhiḥ sahitaiḥ kvacit। kvacid ākrīḍamānaiś ca śayānair aparaiḥ kvacit ॥11-16-24॥
[क्रव्याद (kravyāda) - flesh-eater; सङ्घैः (saṅghaiḥ) - by groups; मुदितैः (muditaiḥ) - joyful; तिष्ठद्भिः (tiṣṭhadbhiḥ) - standing; सहितैः (sahitaiḥ) - together with; क्वचित् (kvacit) - at some places; क्वचित् (kvacit) - at some places; आक्रीडमानैः (ākrīḍamānaiḥ) - playing; च (ca) - and; शयानैः (śayānaiḥ) - lying down; अपरेः (apareḥ) - others; क्वचित् (kvacit) - at some places;]
(By groups of flesh-eaters, joyful, standing together at some places; at some places, others playing, and others lying down at some places.)
In some places, there were groups of flesh-eaters standing together joyfully; elsewhere, some were playing, and others were lying down.
एतदेवंविधं वीर सम्पश्यायोधनं विभो। पश्यमाना च दह्यामि शोकेनाहं जनार्दन ॥११-१६-२५॥
etadevaṃ-vidhaṃ vīra sampaśyāyodhanaṃ vibho। paśyamānā ca dahyāmi śokenāhaṃ janārdana ॥11-16-25॥
[एतद् (etad) - this; एवंविधम् (evaṃ-vidham) - of such kind; वीर (vīra) - hero; सम्पश्य (sampaśya) - behold; अयोधनम् (ayodhanam) - battlefield; विभो (vibho) - O mighty one; पश्यमाना (paśyamānā) - seeing; च (ca) - and; दह्यामि (dahyāmi) - I am burning; शोकेन (śokena) - with grief; अहम् (aham) - I; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana;]
(This such kind, O hero, behold the battlefield, O mighty one. Seeing and I am burning with grief, I, O Janardana.)
O hero, behold this kind of battlefield, O mighty one. As I see it, I am burning with grief, O Janardana.
पाञ्चालानां कुरूणां च विनाशं मधुसूदन। पञ्चानामिव भूतानां नाहं वधमचिन्तयम् ॥११-१६-२६॥
pāñcālānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca vināśaṃ madhusūdana। pañcānām iva bhūtānāṃ nāhaṃ vadham acintayam ॥11-16-26॥
[पाञ्चालानाम् (pāñcālānām) - of the Pāñcālas; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; च (ca) - and; विनाशम् (vināśam) - destruction; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusūdana; पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of the five; इव (iva) - like; भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings; न (na) - not; अहम् (aham) - I; वधम् (vadham) - slaughter; अचिन्तयम् (acintayam) - considered;]
(O Madhusūdana, I did not consider the destruction of the Pāñcālas and Kurus, like the slaughter of the five beings.)
O Madhusūdana, I never thought of the destruction of the Pāñcālas and Kurus as being like the slaughter of the five beings.
तान्सुपर्णाश्च गृध्राश्च निष्कर्षन्त्यसृगुक्षितान्। निगृह्य कवचेषूग्रा भक्षयन्ति सहस्रशः ॥११-१६-२७॥
tānsuparṇāś ca gṛdhrāś ca niṣkarṣanty asṛgukṣitān। nigṛhya kavaceṣūgrā bhakṣayanti sahasraśaḥ ॥11-16-27॥
[तान् (tān) - them; सुपर्णाः (suparṇāḥ) - divine birds; च (ca) - and; गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures; च (ca) - and; निष्कर्षन्ति (niṣkarṣanti) - drag out; असृग्-उक्षितान् (asṛg-ukṣitān) - blood-smeared; निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having seized; कवचेषु (kavaceṣu) - in armors; उग्राः (ugrāḥ) - fierce; भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - devour; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(Them, the divine birds and vultures, drag out, blood-smeared, having seized, in armors, fierce, devour, by thousands.)
The divine birds and vultures, fierce, drag out those smeared with blood from their armors, and devour them by thousands.
जयद्रथस्य कर्णस्य तथैव द्रोणभीष्मयोः। अभिमन्योर्विनाशं च कश्चिन्तयितुमर्हति ॥११-१६-२८॥
jayadrathasya karṇasya tathaiva droṇa-bhīṣmayoḥ। abhimanyorvināśaṃ ca kaścintayitumarhati ॥11-16-28॥
[जयद्रथस्य (jayadrathasya) - of Jayadratha; कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karṇa; तथैव (tathaiva) - likewise; द्रोणभीष्मयोः (droṇa-bhīṣmayoḥ) - of Droṇa and Bhīṣma; अभिमन्योर् (abhimanyor) - of Abhimanyu; विनाशं (vināśam) - destruction; च (ca) - and; कः (kaḥ) - who; चिन्तयितुम् (cintayitum) - to contemplate; अर्हति (arhati) - is able;]
(Of Jayadratha, of Karṇa, likewise of Droṇa and Bhīṣma, and the destruction of Abhimanyu—who is able to contemplate?)
Who can truly contemplate the fates of Jayadratha, Karṇa, Droṇa, Bhīṣma, and the destruction of Abhimanyu?
अवध्यकल्पान्निहतान्दृष्ट्वाहं मधुसूदन। गृध्रकङ्कबडश्येनश्वसृगालादनीकृतान् ॥११-१६-२९॥
avadhyakalpān nihatān dṛṣṭvā ahaṃ madhusūdana | gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍa-śyena-śva-sṛgāla-adanīkṛtān ||11-16-29||
[अवध्यकल्पान् (avadhyakalpān) - those considered as not to be killed; निहतान् (nihatān) - slain; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; अहम् (aham) - I; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusudana; गृध्र (gṛdhra) - vultures; कङ्क (kaṅka) - herons; बड (baḍa) - cranes; श्येन (śyena) - hawks; श्व (śva) - dogs; सृगाल (sṛgāla) - jackals; अदनीकृतान् (adanīkṛtān) - made as food for;]
(Having seen those considered as not to be killed, slain, O Madhusudana, made as food for vultures, herons, cranes, hawks, dogs, and jackals.)
O Madhusudana, seeing those who should not have been killed lying slain, made food for vultures, herons, cranes, hawks, dogs, and jackals, I...
अमर्षवशमापन्नान्दुर्योधनवशे स्थितान्। पश्येमान्पुरुषव्याघ्रान्संशान्तान्पावकानिव ॥११-१६-३०॥
amarṣavaśamāpannān duryodhanavaśe sthitān। paśyemān puruṣavyāghrān saṃśāntān pāvakān iva ॥11-16-30॥
[अमर्ष-वशम्-आपन्नान् (amarṣa-vaśam-āpannān) - those who have fallen under the control of anger; दुर्योधन-वशे (duryodhana-vaśe) - under the sway of Duryodhana; स्थितान् (sthitān) - standing; पश्य (paśya) - see; इमान् (imān) - these; पुरुष-व्याघ्रान् (puruṣa-vyāghrān) - tiger-men (heroes among men); संशान्तान् (saṃśāntān) - pacified; पावकान् (pāvakān) - fires; इव (iva) - like;]
(See these tiger-men, who have fallen under the control of anger, standing under the sway of Duryodhana, pacified like fires.)
Behold these heroes, subdued by anger and under Duryodhana’s control, standing calmly like extinguished fires.
शयनान्युचिताः सर्वे मृदूनि विमलानि च। विपन्नास्तेऽद्य वसुधां विवृतामधिशेरते ॥११-१६-३१॥
śayanānyucitāḥ sarve mṛdūni vimalāni ca। vipannāste'dya vasudhāṃ vivṛtāmadhiśerate ॥11-16-31॥
[शयनानि (śayanāni) - beds; (places for lying down); उचिताः (ucitāḥ) - appropriate; suitable; सर्वे (sarve) - all; मृदूनि (mṛdūni) - soft; विमलानि (vimalāni) - clean; pure; च (ca) - and; विपन्नाः (vipannāḥ) - deprived; ruined; ते (te) - they; अद्य (adya) - today; वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - earth; ground; विवृताम् (vivṛtām) - opened; exposed; अधि (adhi) - upon; over; शेरते (śerate) - lie; rest;]
(All those who were accustomed to appropriate, soft, and clean beds, being deprived, today lie upon the exposed earth.)
Those who were used to soft, clean, and suitable beds now, being deprived, lie today upon the bare ground.
बन्दिभिः सततं काले स्तुवद्भिरभिनन्दिताः। शिवानामशिवा घोराः शृण्वन्ति विविधा गिरः ॥११-१६-३२॥
bandibhiḥ satataṃ kāle stuvadbhir abhinanditāḥ। śivānām aśivā ghorāḥ śṛṇvanti vividhā giraḥ॥11-16-32॥
[बन्दिभिः (bandibhiḥ) - by panegyrists; सततम् (satatam) - constantly; काले (kāle) - at (all) times; स्तुवद्भिः (stuvadbhir) - by those praising; अभिनन्दिताः (abhinanditāḥ) - being extolled; शिवानाम् (śivānām) - of the auspicious (ones); अशिवाः (aśivāḥ) - inauspicious (ones); घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible; शृण्वन्ति (śṛṇvanti) - hear; विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various; गिरः (giraḥ) - words;]
(Being constantly extolled by panegyrists at all times by those praising, the inauspicious and terrible (ones) of the auspicious (ones) hear various words.)
Even as the panegyrists constantly praise and extol them at all times, the inauspicious and terrible beings among the auspicious ones hear various words.
ये पुरा शेरते वीराः शयनेषु यशस्विनः। चन्दनागुरुदिग्धाङ्गास्तेऽद्य पांसुषु शेरते ॥११-१६-३३॥
ye purā śerate vīrāḥ śayaneṣu yaśasvinaḥ। candanāgurudigdhāṅgāste'dya pāṃsuṣu śerate ॥11-16-33॥
[ये (ye) - those; पुरा (purā) - formerly; शेरते (śerate) - lay; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; शयनेषु (śayaneṣu) - on beds; यशस्विनः (yaśasvinaḥ) - glorious; चन्दन (candana) - sandalwood; अगुरु (aguru) - aloeswood; दिग्ध (digdha) - anointed; अङ्गाः (aṅgāḥ) - bodies; ते (te) - they; अद्य (adya) - today; पांसुषु (pāṃsuṣu) - in dust; शेरते (śerate) - lie;]
(Those who formerly lay, glorious heroes, on beds, their bodies anointed with sandalwood and aloeswood, they today lie in the dust.)
Those heroes who once lay on beds, their bodies anointed with sandalwood and aloeswood, now lie in the dust.
तेषामाभरणान्येते गृध्रगोमायुवायसाः। आक्षिपन्त्यशिवा घोरा विनदन्तः पुनः पुनः ॥११-१६-३४॥
teṣām ābharaṇāni ete gṛdhra-gomāyu-kāyasāḥ | ākṣipanti aśivā ghorā vinadantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||11-16-34||
[तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; आभरणानि (ābharaṇāni) - ornaments; एते (ete) - these; गृध्र (gṛdhra) - vultures; गोमायु (gomāyu) - jackals; कायसाः (kāyasāḥ) - crows; आक्षिपन्ति (ākṣipanti) - snatch; अशिवाः (aśivāḥ) - inauspicious; घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible; विनदन्तः (vinadantaḥ) - howling; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(Of them, the ornaments—these vultures, jackals, and crows, inauspicious and terrible, snatch, howling again and again.)
The ornaments of those men are being snatched again and again by these inauspicious and terrible vultures, jackals, and crows, who howl repeatedly.
चापानि विशिखान्पीतान्निस्त्रिंशान्विमला गदाः। युद्धाभिमानिनः प्रीता जीवन्त इव बिभ्रति ॥११-१६-३५॥
cāpāni viśikhān pītān nistriṃśān vimalā gadāḥ। yuddhābhimāninaḥ prītā jīvanta iva bibhrati ॥11-16-35॥
[चापानि (cāpāni) - bows; विशिखान् (viśikhān) - arrows; पीतान् (pītān) - yellow; निस्त्रिंशान् (nistriṃśān) - swords; विमला (vimalā) - pure; गदाः (gadāḥ) - maces; युद्धाभिमानिनः (yuddhābhimāninaḥ) - proud of battle; प्रीता (prītā) - delighted; जीवन्त (jīvanta) - living; इव (iva) - as if; बिभ्रति (bibhrati) - bear;]
(Bows, arrows, yellow swords, pure maces, those proud of battle, delighted, bear as if living.)
Those proud of battle, delighted, bear bows, arrows, yellow swords, and pure maces as if they were alive.
सुरूपवर्णा बहवः क्रव्यादैरवघट्टिताः। ऋषभप्रतिरूपाक्षाः शेरते हरितस्रजः ॥११-१६-३६॥
surūpavarṇā bahavaḥ kravyādairavaghāṭṭitāḥ। ṛṣabhapratirūpākṣāḥ śerate haritasrajaḥ ॥11-16-36॥
[सुरूपवर्णा (surūpavarṇāḥ) - of beautiful color; बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many; क्रव्यादैः (kravyādaiḥ) - by flesh-eaters; अवघट्टिताः (avaghāṭṭitāḥ) - struck; ऋषभप्रतिरूपाक्षाः (ṛṣabhapratirūpākṣāḥ) - with eyes resembling a bull; शेरते (śerate) - lie; हरितस्रजः (haritasrajaḥ) - with green garlands;]
(Of beautiful color, many, struck by flesh-eaters, with eyes resembling a bull, lie with green garlands.)
Many of beautiful color, struck by flesh-eaters, with eyes like a bull, lie adorned with green garlands.
अपरे पुनरालिङ्ग्य गदाः परिघबाहवः। शेरतेऽभिमुखाः शूरा दयिता इव योषितः ॥११-१६-३७॥
apare punarāliṅgya gadāḥ parighabāhavaḥ। śerate'bhimukhāḥ śūrā dayitā iva yoṣitaḥ ॥11-16-37॥
[अपरे (apare) - others; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; आलिङ्ग्य (āliṅgya) - having embraced; गदाः (gadāḥ) - maces; परिघबाहवः (parighabāhavaḥ) - those whose arms are clubs; शेरते (śerate) - lie down; अभिमुखाः (abhimukhāḥ) - facing; शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes; दयिताः (dayitāḥ) - beloveds; इव (iva) - like; योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women;]
(Others again, having embraced maces, those whose arms are clubs, lie down facing (them), heroes like beloved women.)
Others, once more, embrace their maces and, with arms like clubs, lie facing them, like heroes lying with their beloved women.
बिभ्रतः कवचान्यन्ये विमलान्यायुधानि च। न धर्षयन्ति क्रव्यादा जीवन्तीति जनार्दन ॥११-१६-३८॥
bibhrataḥ kavacānyanye vimalānyāyudhāni ca। na dharṣayanti kravyādā jīvantīti janārdana ॥11-16-38॥
[बिभ्रतः (bibhrataḥ) - bearing; कवचानि (kavacāni) - armours; अन्ये (anye) - others; विमलानि (vimalāni) - pure; आयुधानि (āyudhāni) - weapons; च (ca) - and; न (na) - not; धर्षयन्ति (dharṣayanti) - attack; क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters; जीवन्ती (jīvantī) - living; इति (iti) - thus; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana;]
(Bearing armours, others (bear) pure weapons and the flesh-eaters do not attack the living, thus, O Janardana.)
O Janardana, others bear armours and pure weapons, and the flesh-eating creatures do not attack the living.
क्रव्यादैः कृष्यमाणानामपरेषां महात्मनाम्। शातकौम्भ्यः स्रजश्चित्रा विप्रकीर्णाः समन्ततः ॥११-१६-३९॥
kravyādaiḥ kṛṣyamāṇānām apareṣāṃ mahātmanām। śātakaumbhyaḥ srajaś citrā viprakīrṇāḥ samantataḥ ॥11-16-39॥
[क्रव्यादैः (kravyādaiḥ) - by flesh-eaters; कृष्यमाणानाम् (kṛṣyamāṇānām) - of those being dragged; अपरेषाम् (apareṣām) - of others; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of great souls; शातकौम्भ्यः (śātakaumbhyaḥ) - of gold; स्रजः (srajaḥ) - garlands; चित्राः (citrāḥ) - variegated; विप्रकीर्णाः (viprakīrṇāḥ) - scattered; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around;]
(By flesh-eaters, of those being dragged, of others, of great souls, golden variegated garlands were scattered all around.)
The golden, variegated garlands of the great souls, who were being dragged by the flesh-eaters, were scattered all around.
एते गोमायवो भीमा निहतानां यशस्विनाम्। कण्ठान्तरगतान्हारानाक्षिपन्ति सहस्रशः ॥११-१६-४०॥
ete gomāyavo bhīmā nihatānāṃ yaśasvinām। kaṇṭhāntaragatānhārānākṣipanti sahasraśaḥ ॥11-16-40॥
[एते (ete) - these; गोमायवः (gomāyavaḥ) - jackals; भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible; निहतानाम् (nihatānām) - of the slain; यशस्विनाम् (yaśasvinām) - of the illustrious; कण्ठ-अन्तर-गतान् (kaṇṭha-antara-gatān) - entered into the necks; हारान् (hārān) - necklaces; आक्षिपन्ति (ākṣipanti) - pull out; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands;]
(These terrible jackals, by thousands, pull out the necklaces that have entered the necks of the illustrious slain.)
Thousands of these fierce jackals are pulling out the necklaces from the necks of the illustrious slain.
सर्वेष्वपररात्रेषु याननन्दन्त बन्दिनः। स्तुतिभिश्च परार्ध्याभिरुपचारैश्च शिक्षिताः ॥११-१६-४१॥
sarveṣv apararātreṣu yān anandanta bandinaḥ। stutibhiś ca parārdhyābhir upacāraiś ca śikṣitāḥ ॥11-16-41॥
[सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all; (locative plural of sarva) अपररात्रेषु (apararātreṣu) - in the latter nights; (locative plural of apararātra) यान् (yān) - which; (relative pronoun, accusative plural) अनन्दन्त (anandanta) - rejoiced; (3rd person plural, imperfect, from ānand) बन्दिनः (bandinaḥ) - bards; (nominative plural of bandin) स्तुतिभिः (stutibhiḥ) - with praises; (instrumental plural of stuti) च (ca) - and; परार्ध्याभिः (parārdhyābhiḥ) - with most excellent; (instrumental plural of parārdhya) उपचारैः (upacāraiḥ) - with services; (instrumental plural of upacāra) च (ca) - and; शिक्षिताः (śikṣitāḥ) - trained; (nominative plural of śikṣita);]
(In all the latter nights, the bards who rejoiced, trained with praises and with most excellent services.)
During all the latter nights, the bards who rejoiced were trained with praises and the most excellent services.
तानिमाः परिदेवन्ति दुःखार्ताः परमाङ्गनाः। कृपणं वृष्णिशार्दूल दुःखशोकार्दिता भृशम् ॥११-१६-४२॥
tānimāḥ paridevanti duḥkhārtāḥ paramāṅganāḥ। kṛpaṇaṃ vṛṣṇiśārdūla duḥkhaśokārditā bhṛśam ॥11-16-42॥
[तानि (tāni) - those; (neuter plural) इमाः (imāḥ) - these; (feminine plural) परिदेवन्ति (paridevanti) - lament; (they) दुःखार्ताः (duḥkhārtāḥ) - afflicted by sorrow; परमाङ्गनाः (paramāṅganāḥ) - noble women; कृपणं (kṛpaṇam) - piteously; वृष्णिशार्दूल (vṛṣṇiśārdūla) - O tiger among the Vṛṣṇis; दुःखशोकार्दिता (duḥkhaśokārditā) - overwhelmed by grief and sorrow; भृशम् (bhṛśam) - excessively;]
(Those, these noble women, afflicted by sorrow, lament piteously, O tiger among the Vṛṣṇis, excessively overwhelmed by grief and sorrow.)
O tiger among the Vṛṣṇis, these noble women, afflicted by sorrow, are lamenting piteously, overwhelmed by grief and sorrow to a great extent.
रक्तोत्पलवनानीव विभान्ति रुचिराणि वै। मुखानि परमस्त्रीणां परिशुष्काणि केशव ॥११-१६-४३॥
raktotpalavanānīva vibhānti rucirāṇi vai। mukhāni paramastrīṇāṃ pariśuṣkāṇi keśava ॥11-16-43॥
[रक्तोत्पल (raktotpala) - red lotus; वनानि (vanāni) - forests; इव (iva) - like; विभान्ति (vibhānti) - shine; रुचिराणि (rucirāṇi) - beautiful; वै (vai) - indeed; मुखानि (mukhāni) - faces; परम (parama) - supreme; स्त्रीणां (strīṇām) - of women; परिशुष्काणि (pariśuṣkāṇi) - withered; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava;]
(The faces of the supreme women, O Keśava, indeed shine beautifully like forests of red lotuses, (though) withered.)
O Keśava, the faces of the noble women, though withered, still shine beautifully like forests of red lotuses.
रुदितोपरता ह्येता ध्यायन्त्यः सम्परिप्लुताः। कुरुस्त्रियोऽभिगच्छन्ति तेन तेनैव दुःखिताः ॥११-१६-४४॥
ruditoparatā hy etā dhyāyantyaḥ sampariplutāḥ। kurustriyo'bhigacchanti tena tenaiva duḥkhitāḥ॥11-16-44॥
[रुदित-उपरता (rudita-uparatā) - ceased from weeping; हि (hi) - indeed; एता (etāḥ) - these (women); ध्यायन्त्यः (dhyāyantyaḥ) - meditating; सम्परिप्लुताः (sampariplutāḥ) - completely overwhelmed; कुरु-स्त्रियः (kuru-striyaḥ) - the women of the Kurus; अभिगच्छन्ति (abhigacchanti) - approach; तेन (tena) - by that (grief); तेन-एव (tena-eva) - by that very (grief); दुःखिताः (duḥkhitāḥ) - afflicted; ॥११-१६-४४॥ (॥11-16-44॥) - ;]
(Ceased from weeping indeed these (women), meditating, completely overwhelmed, the women of the Kurus approach, by that, by that very (grief), afflicted.)
These women, having ceased from weeping, deeply meditating and completely overwhelmed, the Kuru women approach, afflicted by that very grief.
एतान्यादित्यवर्णानि तपनीयनिभानि च। रोषरोदनताम्राणि वक्त्राणि कुरुयोषिताम् ॥११-१६-४५॥
etāny āditya-varṇāni tapanīya-nibhāni ca। roṣa-rodana-tāmrāṇi vaktrāṇi kuru-yoṣitām ॥11-16-45॥
[एतानि (etāni) - these; आदित्यवर्णानि (āditya-varṇāni) - sun-colored; तपनीयनिभानि (tapanīya-nibhāni) - golden-like; च (ca) - and; रोष (roṣa) - anger; रोदन (rodana) - crying; ताम्राणि (tāmrāṇi) - coppery; वक्त्राणि (vaktrāṇi) - faces; कुरुयोषिताम् (kuru-yoṣitām) - of the women of the Kuru;]
(These sun-colored, golden-like and anger-crying-coppery faces of the women of the Kuru.)
These are the sun-colored, golden-hued, and coppery faces, flushed with anger and tears, of the women of the Kurus.
आसामपरिपूर्णार्थं निशम्य परिदेवितम्। इतरेतरसङ्क्रन्दान्न विजानन्ति योषितः ॥११-१६-४६॥
āsāmaparipūrṇārthaṃ niśamya paridevitam। itaretarasaṅkrandānna vijānanti yoṣitaḥ ॥11-16-46॥
[आसाम् (āsām) - of these (women); परिपूर्णार्थम् (paripūrṇārtham) - completely fulfilled purpose; निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard; परिदेवितम् (paridevitam) - lamentation; इतरेतरसङ्क्रन्दान् (itaretarasaṅkrandān) - mutual cries; न (na) - not; विजानन्ति (vijānanti) - they understand; योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women;]
(Having heard the lamentation for the completely fulfilled purpose of these (women), the women do not understand the mutual cries.)
Hearing the lamentation for the complete fulfillment of these women, the women do not comprehend each other's cries.
एता दीर्घमिवोच्छ्वस्य विक्रुश्य च विलप्य च। विस्पन्दमाना दुःखेन वीरा जहति जीवितम् ॥११-१६-४७॥
etā dīrgham ivocchvasya vikruśya ca vilapya ca। vispandamānā duḥkhena vīrā jahati jīvitam ॥11-16-47॥
[एता (etā) - these (feminine); दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long; इव (iva) - as if; उच्छ्वस्य (ucchvasya) - having sighed; विक्रुश्य (vikruśya) - having cried out; च (ca) - and; विलप्य (vilapya) - having lamented; च (ca) - and; विस्पन्दमाना (vispandamānā) - trembling; दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with pain; वीरा (vīrā) - the heroic women; जहि (jahati) - abandon; जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life;]
(These, having sighed long as if, having cried out and having lamented, trembling with pain, the heroic women abandon life.)
These heroic women, after sighing deeply, crying out and lamenting, trembling with pain, give up their lives.
बह्व्यो दृष्ट्वा शरीराणि क्रोशन्ति विलपन्ति च। पाणिभिश्चापरा घ्नन्ति शिरांसि मृदुपाणयः ॥११-१६-४८॥
bahvyo dṛṣṭvā śarīrāṇi krośanti vilapanti ca। pāṇibhiś cāparā ghnanti śirāṃsi mṛdupāṇayaḥ ॥11-16-48॥
[बह्व्यः (bahvyaḥ) - many women; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies; क्रोशन्ति (krośanti) - cry out; विलपन्ति (vilapanti) - lament; च (ca) - and; पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - with hands; च (ca) - and; अपराः (aparāḥ) - others; घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - strike; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; मृदुपाणयः (mṛdupāṇayaḥ) - with soft hands;]
(Many women, having seen the bodies, cry out and lament; and others with hands strike the heads with soft hands.)
Many women, seeing the bodies, cry out and lament; others, with their soft hands, strike their heads.
शिरोभिः पतितैर्हस्तैः सर्वाङ्गैर्यूथशः कृतैः। इतरेतरसम्पृक्तैराकीर्णा भाति मेदिनी ॥११-१६-४९॥
śirobhiḥ patitair hastaiḥ sarvāṅgair yūthaśaḥ kṛtaiḥ| itaretara-sampṛktaiḥ ākīrṇā bhāti medinī ॥11-16-49॥
[शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - with heads; पतितैः (patitaiḥ) - fallen; हस्तैः (hastaiḥ) - with hands; सर्वाङ्गैः (sarvāṅgaiḥ) - with all limbs; यूथशः (yūthaśaḥ) - in groups; कृतैः (kṛtaiḥ) - made; इतरेतरसम्पृक्तैः (itaretara-sampṛktaiḥ) - intermingled with each other; आकीर्णा (ākīrṇā) - covered; भाति (bhāti) - shines; मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth;]
(The earth, covered with fallen heads, hands, all limbs made in groups, intermingled with each other, shines.)
The earth appears covered and shining with heaps of fallen heads, hands, and all limbs, all intermingled together.
विशिरस्कानथो कायान्दृष्ट्वा घोराभिनन्दिनः। मुह्यन्त्यनुचिता नार्यो विदेहानि शिरांसि च ॥११-१६-५०॥
viśiraskānatho kāyāndṛṣṭvā ghorābhinandinaḥ। muhyantyanucitā nāryo videhāni śirāṃsi ca ॥11-16-50॥
[विशिरस्क (viśiraska) - headless; अनथः (anathaḥ) - helpless; कायान् (kāyān) - bodies; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; घोर (ghora) - terrible; अभिनन्दिनः (abhinandinaḥ) - rejoicing; मुह्यन्ति (muhyanti) - become bewildered; अनुचिता (anucitā) - unaccustomed; नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women; विदेहानि (videhāni) - headless bodies; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; च (ca) - and;]
(Having seen the headless, helpless bodies, the terrible rejoicers, the unaccustomed women become bewildered at the headless bodies and the heads.)
When the women, unaccustomed to such sights, see the headless, helpless bodies and the terrible rejoicers, they become bewildered at the headless bodies and the severed heads.
शिरः कायेन सन्धाय प्रेक्षमाणा विचेतसः। अपश्यन्त्यो परं तत्र नेदमस्येति दुःखिताः ॥११-१६-५१॥
śiraḥ kāyena sandhāya prekṣamāṇā vicetasaḥ। apaśyantyaḥ paraṃ tatra nedamasye ti duḥkhitāḥ ॥11-16-51॥
[शिरः (śiraḥ) - head; कायेन (kāyena) - with the body; सन्धाय (sandhāya) - having placed together; प्रेक्षमाणा (prekṣamāṇāḥ) - looking; विचेतसः (vicetasaḥ) - bewildered; अपश्यन्त्यः (apaśyantyaḥ) - not seeing; परम् (param) - the other; तत्र (tatra) - there; न (na) - not; इदम् (idam) - this; अस्य (asya) - of him; इति (iti) - thus; दुःखिताः (duḥkhitāḥ) - distressed;]
(Having placed their heads with their bodies, looking around bewildered, not seeing the other there, (they said) 'this is not his,' thus distressed.)
Placing their heads with their bodies, looking around in confusion, unable to see the other there, they said, 'This is not his,' and were distressed.
बाहूरुचरणानन्यान्विशिखोन्मथितान्पृथक्। संदधत्योऽसुखाविष्टा मूर्छन्त्येताः पुनः पुनः ॥११-१६-५२॥
bāhūru-caraṇān anyān viśikho'nmathitān pṛthak | saṃdadhatyo'sukhāviṣṭā mūrcchanty etāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||11-16-52||
[बाहु (bāhu) - arm; ऊरु (ūru) - thigh; चरण (caraṇa) - foot; अन्य (anya) - other; अन्वि (anvi) - after; शिख (śikha) - arrow; उन्मथितान् (unmathitān) - torn apart; पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately; संदधत्यः (saṃdadhatyaḥ) - joining; असुख (asukha) - pain; आविष्टा (āviṣṭā) - overcome; मूर्छन्ति (mūrcchanti) - faint; एताः (etāḥ) - these (women); पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पुनः (punaḥ) - again;]
(Arms, thighs, feet, and others, after being torn apart separately by arrows, joining (them), overcome by pain, these (women) faint again and again.)
Their arms, thighs, feet, and other limbs, having been torn apart separately by arrows, as they try to join them, overcome by pain, these women faint again and again.
उत्कृत्तशिरसश्चान्यान्विजग्धान्मृगपक्षिभिः। दृष्ट्वा काश्चिन्न जानन्ति भर्तॄन्भरतयोषितः ॥११-१६-५३॥
utkṛttaśirasaścānyān vijagdhān mṛgapakṣibhiḥ। dṛṣṭvā kāścin na jānanti bhartr̥̄n bharatayoṣitaḥ ॥11-16-53॥
[उत्कृत्त (utkṛtta) - cut off; शिरसः (śirasaḥ) - heads; च (ca) - and; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; विजग्धान् (vijagdhān) - devoured; मृग (mṛga) - by beasts; पक्षिभिः (pakṣibhiḥ) - by birds; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; काश्चित् (kāścit) - some; न (na) - not; जानन्ति (jānanti) - recognize; भर्तॄन् (bhartr̥̄n) - husbands; भरत (bharata) - of Bharata; योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women;]
(Having seen other (men) with their heads cut off and devoured by beasts and birds, some of the women of Bharata do not recognize their husbands.)
Some of the women of Bharata, seeing other men whose heads have been cut off and who have been devoured by beasts and birds, do not recognize their husbands.
पाणिभिश्चापरा घ्नन्ति शिरांसि मधुसूदन। प्रेक्ष्य भ्रातॄन्पितॄन्पुत्रान्पतींश्च निहतान्परैः ॥११-१६-५४॥
pāṇibhiś cāparā ghnanti śirāṃsi madhusūdana। prekṣya bhrātṝn pitṝn putrān patīṃś ca nihatān paraiḥ ॥11-16-54॥
[पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - by hands; च (ca) - and; अपरा (aparāḥ) - others; घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - strike; शिरांसि (śirāṃsi) - heads; मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Madhusūdana; प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; पतीन् (patīn) - husbands; च (ca) - and; निहतान् (nihatān) - slain; परैः (paraiḥ) - by others;]
(And others strike heads with hands, O Madhusūdana, having seen brothers, fathers, sons, and husbands slain by others.)
O Madhusūdana, others strike heads with their hands, seeing their brothers, fathers, sons, and husbands slain by others.
बाहुभिश्च सखड्गैश्च शिरोभिश्च सकुण्डलैः। अगम्यकल्पा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा ॥११-१६-५५॥
bāhubhiś ca sakhaḍgaiś ca śirobhiś ca sakuṇḍalaiḥ। agamya-kalpā pṛthivī māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamā ॥11-16-55॥
[बाहुभिः (bāhubhiḥ) - by arms; च (ca) - and; सखड्गैः (sakhaḍgaiḥ) - with swords; च (ca) - and; शिरोभिः (śirobhiḥ) - by heads; च (ca) - and; सकुण्डलैः (sakuṇḍalaiḥ) - with earrings; अगम्यकल्पा (agamya-kalpā) - appearing unapproachable; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth; मांसशोणितकर्दमा (māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamā) - muddy with flesh and blood;]
(By arms and with swords and by heads and with earrings, the earth appeared unapproachable, muddy with flesh and blood.)
The earth, covered with arms, swords, heads, and earrings, became unapproachable, its surface muddy with flesh and blood.
न दुःखेषूचिताः पूर्वं दुःखं गाहन्त्यनिन्दिताः। भ्रातृभिः पितृभिः पुत्रैरुपकीर्णां वसुन्धराम् ॥११-१६-५६॥
na duḥkheṣūcitāḥ pūrvaṃ duḥkhaṃ gāhantyaninditāḥ. bhrātṛbhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ putrairupakīrṇāṃ vasundharām ॥11-16-56॥
[न (na) - not; दुःखेषु (duḥkheṣu) - in sufferings; उचिताः (ucitāḥ) - accustomed; पूर्वं (pūrvam) - formerly; दुःखं (duḥkham) - suffering; गाहन्ति (gāhanti) - plunge into; अनिन्दिताः (aninditāḥ) - blameless ones; भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by brothers; पितृभिः (pitṛbhiḥ) - by fathers; पुत्रैः (putraiḥ) - by sons; उपकीर्णाम् (upakīrṇām) - strewn over; वसुन्धराम् (vasundharām) - the earth;]
(Not accustomed to sufferings formerly, the blameless ones now plunge into suffering. The earth is strewn over with brothers, fathers, and sons.)
Those who were not previously accustomed to suffering, the blameless ones, now plunge into misery. The earth is covered with brothers, fathers, and sons.
यूथानीव किशोरीणां सुकेशीनां जनार्दन। स्नुषाणां धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्य वृन्दान्यनेकशः ॥११-१६-५७॥
yūthānīva kiśorīṇāṃ sukeśīnāṃ janārdana| snuṣāṇāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya paśya vṛndānyanekasaḥ ||11-16-57||
[यूथानि (yūthāni) - herds; (groups;) इव (iva) - like; किशोरीणाम् (kiśorīṇām) - of young women; सुकेशीनाम् (sukeśīnām) - of those with beautiful hair; जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janardana; स्नुषाणाम् (snuṣāṇām) - of daughters-in-law; धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhritarashtra; पश्य (paśya) - see; वृन्दानि (vṛndāni) - groups; अनेकशः (anekasaḥ) - in many ways;]
(O Janardana, see the groups of Dhritarashtra's daughters-in-law with beautiful hair, like herds of young women, in many ways.)
O Janardana, behold the many groups of Dhritarashtra's daughters-in-law, all with beautiful hair, resembling herds of young maidens.
अतो दुःखतरं किं नु केशव प्रतिभाति मे। यदिमाः कुर्वते सर्वा रूपमुच्चावचं स्त्रियः ॥११-१६-५८॥
ato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu keśava pratibhāti me। yadimāḥ kurvate sarvā rūpamuccāvacaṃ striyaḥ ॥11-16-58॥
[अतः (ataḥ) - from this; दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful; किम् (kim) - what; नु (nu) - indeed; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava; प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears; मे (me) - to me; यदि (yadi) - if; इमाः (imāḥ) - these; कुर्वते (kurvate) - do; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; रूपम् (rūpam) - form; उच्चावचम् (uccāvacam) - high and low; स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women;]
(From this, what is more sorrowful, O Keśava, indeed appears to me: if all these women do forms high and low.)
O Keśava, nothing seems more sorrowful to me than this: if all these women assume various forms, high and low.
नूनमाचरितं पापं मया पूर्वेषु जन्मसु। या पश्यामि हतान्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्भ्रातॄंश्च केशव ॥ एवमार्ता विलपती ददर्श निहतं सुतम् ॥११-१६-५९॥
nūnam ācaritaṃ pāpaṃ mayā pūrveṣu janmasu। yā paśyāmi hatān putrān pautrān bhrātṝṃś ca keśava ॥ evam ārtā vilapatī dadarśa nihataṃ sutam ॥11-16-59॥
[नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly; आचरितम् (ācaritam) - performed; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; मया (mayā) - by me; पूर्वेषु (pūrveṣu) - in previous; जन्मसु (janmasu) - births; या (yā) - as; पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see; हतान् (hatān) - slain; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; पौत्रान् (pautrān) - grandsons; भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers; च (ca) - and; केशव (keśava) - O Keśava; एवम् (evam) - thus; आर्ता (ārtā) - afflicted; विलपती (vilapatī) - lamenting; ददर्श (dadarśa) - she saw; निहतम् (nihatam) - slain; सुतम् (sutam) - son;]
(Certainly a sin was performed by me in previous births, as I see my sons, grandsons, and brothers slain, O Keśava. Thus, afflicted and lamenting, she saw her slain son.)
"Certainly, O Keśava, I must have committed sin in previous births, for I see my sons, grandsons, and brothers slain." Thus, afflicted and lamenting, she saw her slain son.
