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वसुदेव उवाच॥

vasudeva uvāca॥

[वसुदेव (vasudeva) - Vasudeva; (a proper name; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vasudeva said;)

Vasudeva said.

श्रुतवानस्मि वार्ष्णेय सङ्ग्रामं परमाद्भुतम्। नराणां वदतां पुत्र कथोद्घातेषु नित्यशः ॥१४-५९-१॥

śrutavānasmi vārṣṇeya saṅgrāmaṃ paramādbhutam। narāṇāṃ vadatāṃ putra kathodghāteṣu nityaśaḥ ॥14-59-1॥

[श्रुतवान् (śrutavān) - heard; have listened; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇeya) - O descendant of Vṛṣṇi; सङ्ग्रामम् (saṅgrāmam) - battle; परमाद्भुतम् (paramādbhutam) - most wonderful; नराणाम् (narāṇām) - of men; वदताम् (vadatām) - speaking; narrating; पुत्र (putra) - O son; कथोद्घातेषु (kathodghāteṣu) - in the introductions to stories; नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly; always;]

(I have heard, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, the most wonderful battle, among men speaking, O son, in the introductions to stories, constantly.)

O Vārṣṇeya, I have always heard about the most marvelous battle among men, O son, as recounted in story prologues. (14-59-1)

त्वं तु प्रत्यक्षदर्शी च कार्यज्ञश्च महाभुज। तस्मात्प्रब्रूहि सङ्ग्रामं याथातथ्येन मेऽनघ ॥१४-५९-२॥

tvaṃ tu pratyakṣadarśī ca kāryajñaś ca mahābhuja। tasmāt prabrūhi saṅgrāmaṃ yāthātathyena me 'nagha॥14-59-2॥

[त्वम् (tvam) - you; तु (tu) - but; प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (pratyakṣadarśī) - one who has witnessed directly; च (ca) - and; कार्यज्ञः (kāryajñaḥ) - one who knows the facts; च (ca) - and; महाभुज (mahābhuja) - O mighty-armed; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; प्रब्रूहि (prabrūhi) - tell; सङ्ग्रामम् (saṅgrāmam) - battle; याथातथ्येन (yāthātathyena) - exactly as it happened; मे (me) - to me; अनघ ('anagha) - O sinless one;]

(You but directly-seeing and knower-of-facts and O mighty-armed; therefore tell the battle exactly as it happened to me, O sinless one.)

But you are a direct witness and knower of the facts, O mighty-armed one. Therefore, O sinless one, tell me about the battle exactly as it occurred. (14-59-2)

यथा तदभवद्युद्धं पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्। भीष्मकर्णकृपद्रोणशल्यादिभिरनुत्तमम् ॥१४-५९-३॥

yathā tadabhavad yuddhaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām। bhīṣma-karṇa-kṛpa-droṇa-śalyādibhir anuttamam ॥14-59-3॥

[यथा (yathā) - just as; in what manner; as; like; as it was; as happens; तद् (tad) - that; that (battle); अभवत् (abhavat) - was; happened; became; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; war; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas; belonging to the sons of Pāṇḍu; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled; of the magnanimous; भीष्मकर्णकृपद्रोणशल्यादिभिः (bhīṣma-karṇa-kṛpa-droṇa-śalyādibhiḥ) - by Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Droṇa, Śalya, and others; अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed; highest; incomparable;]

(Just as that battle of the Pāṇḍavas, the great-souled, unsurpassed, by Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Droṇa, Śalya, and others, happened.)

Just as that unsurpassed battle involving the great Pāṇḍavas took place, fought by Bhīṣma, Karṇa, Kṛpa, Droṇa, Śalya and others. (14-59-3)

अन्येषां क्षत्रियाणां च कृतास्त्राणामनेकशः। नानावेषाकृतिमतां नानादेशनिवासिनाम् ॥१४-५९-४॥

anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca kṛtāstrāṇām anekaśaḥ। nānāveṣākṛtimatāṃ nānādeśanivāsinām ॥14-59-4॥

[अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of others; क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of kṣatriyas; च (ca) - and; कृतास्त्राणाम् (kṛtāstrāṇām) - who have accomplished weapons; अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - in many ways; नानावेषाकृतिमताम् (nānā-veṣa-ākṛti-matām) - possessing various appearances and forms; नानादेश (nānā-deśa) - various regions; निवासिनाम् (nivāsinām) - inhabitants;]

(Of others, of kṣatriyas and, of those who have accomplished weapons, in many ways, possessing various appearances and forms, inhabitants of various regions.)

And of other kṣatriyas, many of whom were skilled in weapons, possessing various appearances and forms, inhabitants from various regions. (14-59-4)

इत्युक्तः पुण्डरीकाक्षः पित्रा मातुस्तदन्तिके। शशंस कुरुवीराणां सङ्ग्रामे निधनं यथा ॥१४-५९-५॥

ity uktaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ pitrā mātus tad-antike। śaśaṃsa kuru-vīrāṇāṃ saṅgrāme nidhanaṃ yathā ॥14-59-5॥

[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; पुण्डरीकाक्षः (puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ) - Puṇḍarīkākṣa (one whose eyes are like lotuses; an epithet of Kṛṣṇa); पित्रा (pitrā) - by father; मातुः (mātuḥ) - of (his) mother; तत्-अन्तिके (tat-antike) - near her; शशंस (śaśaṃsa) - reported; कुरुवीराणां (kuru-vīrāṇām) - of the Kuru heroes; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; निधनं (nidhanaṃ) - destruction; यथा (yathā) - as;]

(Thus addressed, Puṇḍarīkākṣa, by (his) father near (his) mother, reported as the destruction of the Kuru heroes in battle.)

Thus addressed, Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Kṛṣṇa), by his father beside his mother, reported how the Kuru heroes were destroyed in battle. (14-59-5)

वासुदेव उवाच॥

vāsudeva uvāca॥

[वासुदेव (vāsudeva) - Vasudeva; (a proper noun, name of a person); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]

(Vasudeva said;)

Vasudeva said.

अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि क्षत्रियाणां महात्मनाम्। बहुलत्वान्न सङ्ख्यातुं शक्यान्यब्दशतैरपि ॥१४-५९-६॥

atyadbhutāni karmāṇi kṣatriyāṇāṁ mahātmanām। bahulatvānna saṅkhyātuṁ śakyānyabdaśatairapi ॥14-59-6॥

[अत्यद्भुतानि (atyadbhutāni) - very wondrous; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds; क्षत्रियाणां (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the kṣatriyas; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled; बहुलत्वात् (bahulatvāt) - because of abundance; न (na) - not; सङ्ख्यातुम् (saṅkhyātum) - to enumerate; शक्यानि (śakyāni) - possible; अब्दशतैः (abdaśataiḥ) - with hundreds of years; अपि (api) - even;]

(Very wondrous deeds of the kṣatriyas, of the great-souled, because of abundance, not to enumerate, possible, with hundreds of years, even.)

The most wondrous deeds of the great-souled kṣatriyas, because of their abundance, cannot be enumerated even in hundreds of years. (14-59-6)

प्राधान्यतस्तु गदतः समासेनैव मे शृणु। कर्माणि पृथिवीशानां यथावदमरद्युते ॥१४-५९-७॥

prādhānyatastu gadataḥ samāsenaiva me śṛṇu। karmāṇi pṛthivīśānāṃ yathāvad amaradyute ॥14-59-7॥

[प्राधान्यतः (prādhānyataḥ) - with precedence; तु (tu) - but; गदतः (gadataḥ) - speaking; समासेनैव (samāsenaiva) - only in brief; मे (me) - to me; शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions; पृथिवीशानाम् (pṛthivīśānām) - of the lords of the earth; यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it is fitting; अमरद्युते (amaradyute) - O radiant among immortals;]

(But with precedence, speaking only in brief, to me listen; the actions of the lords of the earth, as it is fitting, O radiant among immortals.)

But listen to me as I relate, giving precedence, the actions of the lords of the earth briefly and as they should be, O radiant among immortals. (14-59-7)

भीष्मः सेनापतिरभूदेकादशचमूपतिः। कौरव्यः कौरवेयाणां देवानामिव वासवः ॥१४-५९-८॥

bhīṣmaḥ senāpatir abhūd ekādaśa-camū-patiḥ। kauravyaḥ kauraveyāṇāṃ devānām iva vāsavaḥ॥14-59-8॥

[भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma; सेनापतिः (senā-patiḥ) - commander of an army; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; एकादशचमूपतिः (ekādaśa-camū-patiḥ) - lord of eleven armies; कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - the descendant of Kuru; कौरवेयाणां (kauraveyāṇām) - among the Kauravas; देवानाम् (devānām) - among the gods; इव (iva) - like; वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra;]

(Bhishma, commander of the army, became lord of eleven armies. The descendant of Kuru among the Kauravas, like Indra among the gods.)

Bhishma, as commander of the army, became the lord of eleven divisions; among the Kauravas, the descendant of Kuru was like Indra among the gods. (14-59-8)

शिखण्डी पाण्डुपुत्राणां नेता सप्तचमूपतिः। बभूव रक्षितो धीमान्धीमता सव्यसाचिना ॥१४-५९-९॥

śikhaṇḍī pāṇḍu-putrāṇāṃ netā sapta-camū-patiḥ। babhūva rakṣitaḥ dhīmān dhīmatā savyasācinā ॥14-59-9॥

[शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; पाण्डुपुत्राणां (pāṇḍu-putrāṇām) - of the sons of Pāṇḍu; नेता (netā) - leader; सप्तचमूपतिः (sapta-camū-patiḥ) - seven divisions' lord; बभूव (babhūva) - became; रक्षितः (rakṣitaḥ) - protected; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the wise; सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna);]

(Śikhaṇḍī of the sons of Pāṇḍu leader seven divisions' lord became protected wise by the wise Savyasācin (Arjuna).)

Śikhaṇḍī, leader of the sons of Pāṇḍu and lord of seven divisions, became (so), protected by the wise Savyasācin (Arjuna). (14-59-9)

तेषां तदभवद्युद्धं दशाहानि महात्मनाम्। कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च सुमहद्रोमहर्षणम् ॥१४-५९-१०॥

teṣāṃ tad abhavad yuddhaṃ daśāhāni mahātmanām। kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sumahad romaharṣaṇam ॥14-59-10॥

[तेषां (teṣāṃ) - of them; तत् (tat) - that; अभवत् (abhavat) - was; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; दशाहानि (daśāhāni) - ten days; महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas; च (ca) - and; सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great; रोमहर्षणम् (romaharṣaṇam) - hair-raising;]

(Of them, that battle was ten days, of the great-souled, of the Kurus and of the Pāṇḍavas, and very great, hair-raising.)

That battle between the great-souled Kurus and Pāṇḍavas lasted for ten days and was very great and hair-raising. (14-59-10)

ततः शिखण्डी गाङ्गेयमयुध्यन्तं महाहवे। जघान बहुभिर्बाणैः सह गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥१४-५९-११॥

tataḥ śikhaṇḍī gāṅgeyam ayudhyantam mahāhave. jaghāna bahubhir bāṇaiḥ saha gāṇḍīvadhanvanā ॥14-59-11॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī; गाङ्गेयम् (gāṅgeyam) - son of Gaṅgā; अयुध्यन्तम् (ayudhyantam) - fighting; महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle; जघान (jaghāna) - struck; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - with many; बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - arrows; सह (saha) - together with; गाण्डीवधन्वना (gāṇḍīvadhanvanā) - with the wielder of Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna);]

(Then Śikhaṇḍī, the son of Gaṅgā, fighting in the great battle, struck with many arrows together with the wielder of Gāṇḍīva.)

Then Śikhaṇḍī, along with the wielder of Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna), struck Bhīṣma, the son of Gaṅgā, who was fighting in the great battle, with many arrows. (14-59-11)

अकरोत्स ततः कालं शरतल्पगतो मुनिः। अयनं दक्षिणं हित्वा सम्प्राप्ते चोत्तरायणे ॥१४-५९-१२॥

akarotsa tataḥ kālaṃ śarat alpagato muniḥ। ayanaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ hitvā samprāpte cottarāyaṇe॥14-59-12॥

[अकरोत् (akarot) - he did; he performed; स (sa) - he; ततः (tataḥ) - then; कालं (kālam) - time; period; शरतल्पगतः (śarat-alpa-gataḥ) - who had gone to a bed of grass (śara); मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage; अयनं (ayanam) - the course; solstice; दक्षिणं (dakṣiṇam) - southern; हित्वा (hitvā) - having left; सम्प्राप्ते (samprāpte) - having arrived; च (ca) - and; उत्तरायणे (uttarāyaṇe) - in the northern solstice;]

(He did then the time, the sage who had gone to the bed of grass; having left the southern solstice, and when the northern solstice had arrived.)

Then, when the northern solstice arrived and the southern course had ended, the sage who lay on a bed of grass fulfilled his destined time. (14-59-12)

ततः सेनापतिरभूद्द्रोणोऽस्त्रविदुषां वरः। प्रवीरः कौरवेन्द्रस्य काव्यो दैत्यपतेरिव ॥१४-५९-१३॥

tataḥ senāpatir abhūd droṇo'straviduṣāṃ varaḥ। pravīraḥ kauravendrasya kāvyo daityapater iva॥14-59-13॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander of the army; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa; अस्त्रविदुषां (astraviduṣām) - among those skilled in weapons; वरः (varaḥ) - the best; प्रवीरः (pravīraḥ) - the mighty hero; कौरवेन्द्रस्य (kauravendrasya) - of the Kaurava king; काव्यः (kāvyaḥ) - Kāvya (Śukra); दैत्यपतेः (daityapateḥ) - of the lord of daityas (demons); इव (iva) - like;]

(Then the commander of the army became Droṇa, the best among those skilled in weapons, the mighty hero of the Kaurava king, like Kāvya (Śukra) of the lord of daityas.)

Then Droṇa, the best among experts in weaponry, became the commander of the Kaurava king’s army, a mighty hero resembling Kāvya (Śukra) for the lord of the daityas. (14-59-13)

अक्षौहिणीभिः शिष्टाभिर्नवभिर्द्विजसत्तमः। संवृतः समरश्लाघी गुप्तः कृपवृषादिभिः ॥१४-५९-१४॥

akṣauhiṇībhiḥ śiṣṭābhir navabhir dvijasattamaḥ। saṁvṛtaḥ samaraślāghī guptaḥ kṛpavṛṣādibhiḥ॥14-59-14॥

[अक्षौहिणीभिः (akṣauhiṇībhiḥ) - by divisions of army; शिष्टाभिः (śiṣṭābhiḥ) - by remaining; नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - by nine; द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - the best among twice-born; संवृतः (saṁvṛtaḥ) - surrounded; समरश्लाघी (samaraślāghī) - one who takes pride in battle; गुप्तः (guptaḥ) - protected; कृपवृषादिभिः (kṛpavṛṣādibhiḥ) - by Kripa, Vṛṣa and others;]

(The best among twice-born, surrounded by the remaining nine divisions of army, proud in battle, protected by Kripa, Vṛṣa, and others.)

The foremost of the twice-born, surrounded by the nine remaining divisions of army, taking pride in battle, was protected by Kripa, Vṛṣa, and others. (14-59-14)

धृष्टद्युम्नस्त्वभून्नेता पाण्डवानां महास्त्रवित्। गुप्तो भीमेन तेजस्वी मित्रेण वरुणो यथा ॥१४-५९-१५॥

dhṛṣṭadyumnas tv abhūn netā pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāstravit। gupto bhīmena tejasvī mitreṇa varuṇo yathā॥14-59-15॥

[धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; (proper noun; name of a person); तु (tu) - but; however; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; was; नेता (netā) - leader; पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas; महास्त्रवित् (mahāstravit) - knower of mighty weapons; गुप्तः (guptaḥ) - protected; भीमेन (bhīmena) - by Bhīma; तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - possessing brilliance; मित्रेण (mitreṇa) - by Mitra (the deity); वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (the deity); यथा (yathā) - as; just as;]

(Dhṛṣṭadyumna but became leader of the Pāṇḍavas, knower of mighty weapons, protected by Bhīma, brilliant, by Mitra, just as Varuṇa.)

But Dhṛṣṭadyumna became the leader of the Pāṇḍavas, knower of mighty weapons, protected by Bhīma and possessing brilliance, just as Varuṇa is protected by Mitra. (14-59-15)

पञ्चसेनापरिवृतो द्रोणप्रेप्सुर्महामनाः। पितुर्निकारान्संस्मृत्य रणे कर्माकरोन्महत् ॥१४-५९-१६॥

pañcasenāparivṛto droṇaprepsur mahāmanāḥ। pitur nikārān saṁsmṛtya raṇe karmākaron mahat॥14-59-16॥

[पञ्चसेना (pañcasenā) (pañcasenā) - five armies; परिवृतः (parivṛtaḥ) (parivṛtaḥ) - surrounded; द्रोणप्रेप्सुः (droṇaprepsuḥ) (droṇaprepsuḥ) - desiring (to reach or attain) Droṇa; महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) (mahāmanāḥ) - noble-minded; पितुः (pituḥ) (pituḥ) - of his father; निकाऱान् (nikārān) (nikārān) - insults; संस्मृत्य (saṁsmṛtya) (saṁsmṛtya) - remembering; रणे (raṇe) (raṇe) - in battle; कर्म (karma) (karma) - deed; अकरोत् (akarot) (akarot) - he performed; महत् (mahat) (mahat) - great;]

(Surrounded by five armies, desiring Droṇa, the noble-minded one, remembering the insults to his father, in battle performed a great deed.)

Surrounded by five armies and intent on Droṇa, the noble-minded one, remembering the insults to his father, performed a great deed in battle. (14-59-16)

तस्मिंस्ते पृथिवीपाला द्रोणपार्षतसङ्गरे। नानादिगागता वीराः प्रायशो निधनं गताः ॥१४-५९-१७॥

tasmin te pṛthivīpālā droṇapārṣatasaṅgare. nānādigāgatā vīrāḥ prāyaśo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ ॥14-59-17॥

[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; ते (te) - those; पृथिवीपाला (pṛthivīpālā) - kings of the earth; द्रोणपार्षतसङ्गरे (droṇapārṣatasaṅgare) - in the battle of Droṇa and Pārṣata; नानादिगागता (nānā-dig-āgatā) - having come from various directions; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes; प्रायशः (prāyaśaḥ) - for the most part; निधानं (nidhanaṃ) - death; गताः (gatāḥ) - gone;]

(In that, those kings of the earth in the battle of Droṇa and Pārṣata, heroes having come from various directions, for the most part, went to death.)

There, most of those earth's kings and heroes who had come from many directions to the battle of Droṇa and Pārṣata met their death. (14-59-17)

दिनानि पञ्च तद्युद्धमभूत्परमदारुणम्। ततो द्रोणः परिश्रान्तो धृष्टद्युम्नवशं गतः ॥१४-५९-१८॥

dināni pañca tadyuddham abhūt paramadāruṇam। tato droṇaḥ pariśrānto dhṛṣṭadyumnavaśaṃ gataḥ ॥14-59-18॥

[दिनानि (dināni) - days; पञ्च (pañca) - five; तत् (tat) - that; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; अभूत् (abhūt) - was; परम (parama) - supremely; दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible; ततः (tataḥ) - then; द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa; परिश्रान्तः (pariśrāntaḥ) - exhausted; धृष्टद्युम्न (dhṛṣṭadyumna) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna; वशम् (vaśam) - control; गतः (gataḥ) - went;]

(Days five that battle was supremely terrible. Then Droṇa exhausted Dhṛṣṭadyumna's control went.)

For five days that battle was supremely terrible. Then Droṇa, exhausted, came under the control of Dhṛṣṭadyumna. (14-59-18)

ततः सेनापतिरभूत्कर्णो दौर्योधने बले। अक्षौहिणीभिः शिष्टाभिर्वृतः पञ्चभिराहवे ॥१४-५९-१९॥

tataḥ senāpatir abhūt karṇo dauryod hane bale. akṣauhiṇībhiḥ śiṣṭābhir vṛtaḥ pañcabhir āhave ॥14-59-19॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander of the army; अभूत् (abhūt) - became; कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa; दौर्योधने (dauryodhane) - of Duryodhana; बले (bale) - in (his) army; अक्षौहिणीभिः (akṣauhiṇībhiḥ) - with (the) akṣauhiṇīs (ancient army units); शिष्टाभिः (śiṣṭābhiḥ) - with the remaining; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by five; आहवे (āhave) - in battle;]

(Then commander of the army became Karṇa in Duryodhana's army, with the five remaining akṣauhiṇīs surrounded in battle.)

Then, Karṇa became the commander of Duryodhana's army, surrounded in battle by the five remaining akṣauhiṇīs. (14-59-19)

तिस्रस्तु पाण्डुपुत्राणां चम्वो बीभत्सुपालिताः। हतप्रवीरभूयिष्ठा बभूवुः समवस्थिताः ॥१४-५९-२०॥

tisras tu pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ camvo bībhatsupālitāḥ। hatapravīrabhūyiṣṭhā babhūvuḥ samavasthitāḥ ॥14-59-20॥

[तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three (feminine); तु (tu) - but; पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् (pāṇḍuputrāṇām) - of the sons of Pāṇḍu; चम्वः (camvaḥ) - troops; बीभत्सु-पालिताः (bībhatsu-pālitāḥ) - protected by Bhībhatsu (Arjuna); हत-प्रवीर-भूयिष्ठाः (hata-pravīra-bhūyiṣṭhāḥ) - mostly with heroes slain; बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - became; समवस्थिताः (samavasthitāḥ) - remained;]

(But three troops of the sons of Pāṇḍu, protected by Bhībhatsu (Arjuna), mostly with heroes slain, became, remained.)

But three armies of the sons of Pāṇḍu, protected by Bhībhatsu (Arjuna), mostly stripped of their heroes, still remained in position. (14-59-20)

ततः पार्थं समासाद्य पतङ्ग इव पावकम्। पञ्चत्वमगमत्सौतिर्द्वितीयेऽहनि दारुणे ॥१४-५९-२१॥

tataḥ pārthaṃ samāsādya pataṅga iva pāvakam। pañcatvam agamat sautir dvitīye'hani dāruṇe ॥14-59-21॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna, son of Pṛthā); समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached; पतङ्ग इव (pataṅga iva) - like a moth; पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire; पञ्चत्वम् (pañcatvam) - state of being five (death); अगमत् (agamat) - attained; सौतिः (sautiḥ) - Sauti (the charioteer's son; i.e., Karṇa); द्वितीयेऽहनि (dvitīye'hani) - on the second day; दारुणे (dāruṇe) - terrible;]

(Then, Pārtha having approached, like a moth (approaches) fire, Sauti attained the state of being five (death) on the terrible second day.)

Then, after approaching Pārtha, Sauti, like a moth to fire, met his death on that terrible second day. (14-59-21)

हते कर्णे तु कौरव्या निरुत्साहा हतौजसः। अक्षौहिणीभिस्तिसृभिर्मद्रेशं पर्यवारयन् ॥१४-५९-२२॥

hate karṇe tu kauravyā nirutsāhā hataujasaḥ। akṣauhiṇībhis tisṛbhir madreśaṃ paryavārayan ॥14-59-22॥

[हते (hate) - when slain; कर्णे (karṇe) - Karṇa (the warrior); तु (tu) - but; कौरव्या (kauravyā) - the Kauravas; निरुत्साहा (nirutsāhā) - dejected; हतौजसः (hataujasaḥ) - their vigor destroyed; अक्षौहिणीभिः (akṣauhiṇībhiḥ) - with divisions (of army); तिसृभिः (tisṛbhiḥ) - by three; मद्रेशं (madreśam) - the king of the Madras; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - they surrounded;]

(When Karṇa was slain, but the Kauravas, dejected, their vigor destroyed, with three divisions of army surrounded the king of the Madras.)

When Karṇa was killed, the Kauravas, discouraged and weakened, surrounded the king of Madra with three army divisions. (14-59-22)

हतवाहनभूयिष्ठाः पाण्डवास्तु युधिष्ठिरम्। अक्षौहिण्या निरुत्साहाः शिष्टया पर्यवारयन् ॥१४-५९-२३॥

hatavāhana-bhūyiṣṭhāḥ pāṇḍavās tu yudhiṣṭhiram। akṣauhiṇyā nirutsāhāḥ śiṣṭayā paryavārayan ॥14-59-23॥

[हतवाहनभूयिष्ठाः (hatavāhana-bhūyiṣṭhāḥ) - mostly their chariots destroyed; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas; तु (tu) - but; युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira; अक्षौहिण्या (akṣauhiṇyā) - with (their) army division; निरुत्साहाः (nirutsāhāḥ) - dispirited; शिष्टया (śiṣṭayā) - remaining; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - they surrounded;]

(Mostly with chariots destroyed, the Pāṇḍavas but Yudhiṣṭhira with the army division dispirited with the remaining, they surrounded.)

But the Pāṇḍavas, with most of their chariots destroyed, dispirited and with only the remnant of their army, surrounded Yudhiṣṭhira. (14-59-23)

अवधीन्मद्रराजानं कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः। तस्मिंस्तथार्धदिवसे कर्म कृत्वा सुदुष्करम् ॥१४-५९-२४॥

avadhīn madra-rājānam kuru-rājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ। tasmiṁs tathā ardha-divase karma kṛtvā suduṣkaram ॥14-59-24॥

[अवधीन् (avadhīn) - slew; मद्रराजानम् (madra-rājānam) - the king of Madra; कुरुराजः (kuru-rājaḥ) - the king of the Kurus; युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; तथा (tathā) - thus; अर्धदिवसे (ardha-divase) - half-day; कर्म (karma) - deed; कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done; सुदुष्करम् (suduṣkaram) - very difficult;]

(The king of Kurus, Yudhishthira, slew the king of Madra; in that way, having done a deed very difficult in half a day.)

Yudhishthira, the king of the Kurus, slew the king of Madra, having thus performed a very difficult deed in half a day. (14-59-24)

हते शल्ये तु शकुनिं सहदेवो महामनाः। आहर्तारं कलेस्तस्य जघानामितविक्रमः ॥१४-५९-२५॥

hate śalye tu śakuniṃ sahadevo mahāmanāḥ। āhartāraṃ kalestasya jaghānāmitavikramaḥ॥14-59-25॥

[हते (hate) - when slain; शल्ये (śalye) - Śalya; तु (tu) - but; शकुनिं (śakuniṃ) - Śakuni; सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva; महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - great-minded; आहर्तारं (āhartāram) - the instigator; कलेः (kaleḥ) - of strife; तस्य (tasya) - his; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; अमितविक्रमः (amitavikramaḥ) - of immeasurable valor;]

(When Śalya was slain, but Sahadeva, great-minded, Śakuni, the instigator of his strife, killed, of immeasurable valor.)

But when Śalya was slain, Sahadeva, the great-minded and of immeasurable valor, killed Śakuni, the instigator of his strife. (14-59-25)

निहते शकुनौ राजा धार्तराष्ट्रः सुदुर्मनाः। अपाक्रामद्गदापाणिर्हतभूयिष्ठसैनिकः ॥१४-५९-२६॥

nihate śakunau rājā dhārtarāṣṭraḥ sudurmanāḥ। apākrāmad gadāpāṇiḥ hatabhūyiṣṭhasaṅnikaḥ॥14-59-26॥

[निहते (nihate) - when (he was) slain; शकुनौ (śakunau) - Śakuni; राजा (rājā) - the king; धार्तराष्ट्रः (dhārtarāṣṭraḥ) - the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; सुदुर्मनाः (sudurmanāḥ) - very depressed in mind; अपाक्रामत् (apākrāmat) - departed; गदापाणिः (gadāpāṇiḥ) - with mace in hand; हतभूयिष्ठसैनिकः (hatabhūyiṣṭhasaṅnikaḥ) - having most of his soldiers killed;]

(When Śakuni was slain, the king—the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra—(became) very depressed in mind, departed with mace in hand, having most of his soldiers killed.)

When Śakuni was slain, the king, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, deeply dejected, departed with mace in hand, with most of his soldiers slain. (14-59-26)

तमन्वधावत्सङ्क्रुद्धो भीमसेनः प्रतापवान्। ह्रदे द्वैपायने चापि सलिलस्थं ददर्श तम् ॥१४-५९-२७॥

tam anv adhāvat saṅkruddho bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān। hrade dvaipāyane cāpi salilasthaṃ dadarśa tam॥14-59-27॥

[तम् (tam) - him; अन्वधावत् (anv adhāvat) - ran after; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - very angry; भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena; प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful; ह्रदे (hrade) - in the lake; द्वैपायने (dvaipāyane) - named Dvaipāyana; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सलिलस्थम् (salilastham) - standing in the water; ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw; तम् (tam) - him;]

(Him ran after, very angry, Bhīmasena, powerful. In the lake named Dvaipāyana also, standing in the water, saw him.)

The powerful and very angry Bhīmasena ran after him, and in the Dvaipāyana lake, also saw him standing in the water. (14-59-27)

ततः शिष्टेन सैन्येन समन्तात्परिवार्य तम्। उपोपविविशुर्हृष्टा ह्रदस्थं पञ्च पाण्डवाः ॥१४-५९-२८॥

tataḥ śiṣṭena sainyena samantāt parivārya tam। upopaviviśur hṛṣṭā hradāsthaṃ pañca pāṇḍavāḥ॥14-59-28॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; शिष्टेन (śiṣṭena) - by the remnant; सैन्येन (sainyena) - by the army; समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides; परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded; तम् (tam) - him; उपोपविविशुः (upopaviviśuḥ) - sat down nearby; हृष्टाः (hṛṣṭāḥ) - joyful; ह्रदस्थं (hradāstham) - situated in the lake; पञ्च (pañca) - five; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas;]

(Then, by the remnant army, from all sides having surrounded him, the five Pāṇḍavas, joyful, sat down nearby the one situated in the lake.)

Then, the five Pāṇḍavas, joyful, sat down nearby the one who was in the lake, having had the remnant army surround him on all sides. (14-59-28)

विगाह्य सलिलं त्वाशु वाग्बाणैर्भृशविक्षतः। उत्थाय स गदापाणिर्युद्धाय समुपस्थितः ॥१४-५९-२९॥

vigāhya salilaṃ tv āśu vāgbāṇair bhṛśa-vikṣataḥ. utthāya sa gadāpāṇir yuddhāya samupasthitaḥ ॥14-59-29॥

[विगाह्य (vigāhya) - having entered; सलिलम् (salilam) - water; त्व (tv) - but; आशु (āśu) - quickly; वाग्बाणैः (vāgbāṇaiḥ) - by arrows of words; भृशविक्षतः (bhṛśa-vikṣataḥ) - greatly wounded; उत्थाय (utthāya) - rising up; स (sa) - he; गदापाणिः (gadāpāṇiḥ) - having mace in hand; युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for battle; समुपस्थितः (samupasthitaḥ) - stood ready;]

(Having entered water, but quickly, greatly wounded by arrows of words, rising up, he, mace in hand, for battle, stood ready.)

Having plunged into the water but quickly, and being greatly wounded by words as sharp as arrows, he rose, with mace in hand, and stood ready for battle. (14-59-29)

ततः स निहतो राजा धार्तराष्ट्रो महामृधे। भीमसेनेन विक्रम्य पश्यतां पृथिवीक्षिताम् ॥१४-५९-३०॥

tataḥ sa nihato rājā dhārtarāṣṭro mahāmṛdhe। bhīmasenena vikramya paśyatāṃ pṛthivīkṣitām॥14-59-30॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; निहतः (nihataḥ) - slain; राजा (rājā) - king; धार्तराष्ट्रः (dhārtarāṣṭraḥ) - the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle; भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena; विक्रम्य (vikramya) - after attacking; पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - while the (others) watched; पृथिवीक्षिताम् (pṛthivīkṣitām) - the kings of the earth;]

(Then he, the king, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, was slain in the great battle by Bhīmasena after attacking, while the kings of the earth were watching.)

Then, the king, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, was slain in the great battle by Bhīmasena, after attacking, in the sight of all the kings of the earth. (14-59-30)

ततस्तत्पाण्डवं सैन्यं संसुप्तं शिबिरे निशि। निहतं द्रोणपुत्रेण पितुर्वधममृष्यता ॥१४-५९-३१॥

tatas tat pāṇḍavaṃ sainyaṃ saṃsuptaṃ śibire niśi। nihataṃ droṇa-putreṇa pituḥ vadham amṛṣyatā ॥14-59-31॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; तत् (tat) - that; पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Pāṇḍava; सैन्यं (sainyaṃ) - army; संसुप्तं (saṃsuptaṃ) - sleeping; शिबिरे (śibire) - in the camp; निशि (niśi) - at night; निहतं (nihataṃ) - slain; द्रोणपुत्रेण (droṇa-putreṇa) - by Droṇa's son; पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father; वधम् (vadham) - killing; अमृष्यता (amṛṣyatā) - not enduring;]

(Then that Pāṇḍava army, sleeping in the camp at night, was slain by Droṇa's son, not enduring the killing of his father.)

Then, because he could not bear his father's killing, Droṇa's son slew the sleeping Pāṇḍava army in their camp at night. (14-59-31)

हतपुत्रा हतबला हतमित्रा मया सह। युयुधानद्वितीयेन पञ्च शिष्टाः स्म पाण्डवाः ॥१४-५९-३२॥

hataputrā hatabalā hatamitrā mayā saha। yuyudhānadvitīyena pañca śiṣṭāḥ sma pāṇḍavāḥ ॥14-59-32॥

[हतपुत्रा (hataputrā) - having sons killed; हतबला (hatabalā) - having strength destroyed; हतमित्रा (hatamitrā) - having friends slain; मया (mayā) - by me; सह (saha) - with; युयुधानद्वितीयेन (yuyudhānadvitīyena) - with Yuyudhāna as the second; पञ्च (pañca) - five; शिष्टाः (śiṣṭāḥ) - remained; स्म (sma) - indeed; पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas;]

(Having sons killed, having strength destroyed, having friends slain, with me, with Yuyudhāna as the second, five indeed remained—the Pāṇḍavas.)

The Pāṇḍavas, whose sons, strength, and friends were slain, remained five in number, together with me and accompanied by Yuyudhāna as the second. (14-59-32)

सहैव कृपभोजाभ्यां द्रौणिर्युद्धादमुच्यत। युयुत्सुश्चापि कौरव्यो मुक्तः पाण्डवसंश्रयात् ॥१४-५९-३३॥

sahaiva kṛpabhojābhyāṁ drauṇiryuddhādamucyata. yuyutsuścāpi kauravyo muktaḥ pāṇḍavasaṁśrayāt ॥14-59-33॥

[सहैव (sahaiva) - together indeed; कृपभोजाभ्यां (kṛpabhojābhyām) - with Kṛpa and Bhoja (Kṛpa and Kṛtavarman); द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - the son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāman); युद्धात् (yuddhāt) - from the battle; अमुच्यत (amucyata) - was released; युयुत्सुः (yuyutsuḥ) - Yuyutsu; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; कौरव्यः (kauravyaḥ) - the descendant of Kuru; मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - was spared; पाण्डवसंश्रयात् (pāṇḍavasaṁśrayāt) - because of taking refuge with the Pāṇḍavas;]

(Together indeed with Kṛpa and Bhoja, the son of Droṇa was released from the battle. Yuyutsu also, the Kaurava, was spared because of taking refuge with the Pāṇḍavas.)

The son of Droṇa, along with Kṛpa and Kṛtavarman, was released from battle. Yuyutsu, the Kaurava, was also spared because he took refuge with the Pāṇḍavas. (14-59-33)

निहते कौरवेन्द्रे च सानुबन्धे सुयोधने। विदुरः सञ्जयश्चैव धर्मराजमुपस्थितौ ॥१४-५९-३४॥

nihate kauravendre ca sānubandhe suyodhane। viduraḥ sañjayaścaiva dharmarājam upasthitau ॥14-59-34॥

[निहते (nihate) - having been slain; कौरवेन्द्रे (kauravendre) - the Kaurava king; च (ca) - and; सानुबन्धे (sānubandhe) - with his relatives; सुयोधने (suyodhane) - Suyodhana (Duryodhana); विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura; सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - Dharma-king (Yudhishthira); उपस्थितौ (upasthitau) - approached;]

(With the Kaurava king Suyodhana, together with his relatives, having been slain; Vidura and Sanjaya indeed approached the Dharma-king.)

When the Kaurava king Suyodhana, along with his relatives, was slain, Vidura and Sanjaya came to King Yudhishthira. (14-59-34)

एवं तदभवद्युद्धमहान्यष्टादश प्रभो। यत्र ते पृथिवीपाला निहताः स्वर्गमावसन् ॥१४-५९-३५॥

evaṁ tad abhavad yuddham ahān yaṣṭādaśa prabho। yatra te pṛthivī-pālā nihatāḥ svargam āvasan ॥14-59-35॥

[एवं (evaṁ) - thus; तत् (tad) - that; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle; महान् (mahān) - great; यष्टादश (yaṣṭādaśa) - eighteen; प्रभो (prabho) - O lord; यत्र (yatra) - where; ते (te) - those; पृथिवीपालाः (pṛthivī-pālāḥ) - earth-kings; निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain; स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven; आवसन् (āvasan) - entered;]

(Thus that battle became great, eighteen, O lord; where those earth-kings, slain, entered heaven.)

Thus, O lord, that great battle took place for eighteen (days), where those kings of the earth, having been slain, entered heaven. (14-59-35)

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper name); उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vaiśampāyana said.)

Vaiśampāyana said.

शृण्वतां तु महाराज कथां तां रोमहर्षणीम्। दुःखहर्षपरिक्लेशा वृष्णीनामभवंस्तदा ॥१४-५९-३६॥

śṛṇvatāṃ tu mahārāja kathāṃ tāṃ romaharṣaṇīm। duḥkhaharṣaparikleśā vṛṣṇīnām abhavaṃs tadā॥14-59-36॥

[शृण्वताम् (śṛṇvatām) - of those hearing; तु (tu) - but; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; कथाम् (kathām) - story; ताम् (tām) - that; रोमहर्षणीम् (romaharṣaṇīm) - hair-raising; दुःख-हर्ष-परिक्लेशाः (duḥkha-harṣa-parikleśāḥ) - afflictions of sorrow and joy; वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vṛṣṇis; अभवन् (abhavan) - arose; तदा (tadā) - then;]

(Of those hearing but, O great king, that story, hair-raising; the afflictions of sorrow and joy of the Vṛṣṇis arose then.)

But as they listened, O great king, to that hair-raising story, then sorrows and joys befell the Vṛṣṇis. (14-59-36)