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वज्रदत्तपराजयः
vajradattaparājayaḥ
[वज्रदत्त (vajradatta) - Vajradatta (a proper name); पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat;]
(Vajradatta defeat)
Defeat of Vajradatta
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (name of the sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
प्राग्ज्योतिषमथाभ्येत्य व्यचरत्स हयोत्तमः। भगदत्तात्मजस्तत्र निर्ययौ रणकर्कशः ॥१४-७४-१॥
prāgjyotiṣam athābhyetya vyacaratsa hayottamaḥ। bhagadattātmajastatra niryayau raṇakarkaśaḥ ॥14-74-1॥
[प्राग्ज्योतिषम् (prāgjyotiṣam) - to Prāgjyotiṣa; अथ (atha) - then; आभ्येत्य (ābhyetya) - having approached; व्यचरत् (vyacarat) - moved about; स (sa) - he; हयोत्तमः (hayottamaḥ) - excellent horse (best among horses, i.e. the best horse); भगदत्तात्मजः (bhagadattātmajaḥ) - son of Bhagadatta; तत्र (tatra) - there; निर्ययौ (niryayau) - went forth; रणकर्कशः (raṇakarkaśaḥ) - fierce in battle;]
(To Prāgjyotiṣa then having approached, moved about the best horse; the son of Bhagadatta there went forth, fierce in battle.)
Then, having reached Prāgjyotiṣa, the excellent horse roamed; there, the son of Bhagadatta, fierce in battle, came forth. (14-74-1)
स हयं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य विषयान्तमुपागतम्। युयुधे भरतश्रेष्ठ वज्रदत्तो महीपतिः ॥१४-७४-२॥
sa ha yaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya viṣayāntam upāgatam। yuyudhe bharataśreṣṭha vajradatto mahīpatiḥ ॥14-74-2॥
[स (sa) - he; ह (ha) - indeed; यं (yaṃ) - whom; पाण्डुपुत्रस्य (pāṇḍuputrasya) - of the son of Pāṇḍu; विषयान्तम् (viṣayāntam) - to the end of the territory; उपागतम् (upāgatam) - who had come; युयुधे (yuyudhe) - fought; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; वज्रदत्तः (vajradattaḥ) - Vajradatta; महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king;]
(He indeed whom had come to the end of the territory of the son of Pāṇḍu, Vajradatta, the king, O best of the Bharatas, fought.)
O best of the Bharatas, that king Vajradatta fought with him who had come to the boundary of the territory of the son of Pandu. (14-74-2)
सोऽभिनिर्याय नगराद्भगदत्तसुतो नृपः। अश्वमायान्तमुन्मथ्य नगराभिमुखो ययौ ॥१४-७४-३॥
so'bhinir yāya nagarād bhagadattasuto nṛpaḥ। aśvam āyāntam unmathya nagarābhimukho yayau ॥14-74-3॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; अभिनिर्याय (abhiniryāya) - having departed; नगरात् (nagarāt) - from the city; भगदत्तसुतः (bhagadattasutaḥ) - Bhagadatta's son; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king; अश्वम् (aśvam) - horse; आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - coming; उन्मथ्य (unmathya) - having overcome; नगराभिमुखः (nagarābhimukhaḥ) - facing toward the city; ययौ (yayau) - he went;]
(He, having departed from the city, Bhagadatta's son, the king, having overcome the coming horse, facing toward the city, went.)
Having departed from the city, the king, son of Bhagadatta, overcame the approaching horse and went toward the city. (14-74-3)
तमालक्ष्य महाबाहुः कुरूणामृषभस्तदा। गाण्डीवं विक्षिपंस्तूर्णं सहसा समुपाद्रवत् ॥१४-७४-४॥
tam ālakṣya mahābāhuḥ kurūṇām ṛṣabhas tadā। gāṇḍīvaṃ vikṣipan tūrṇaṃ sahasā samupādravat ॥14-74-4॥
[तम् (tam) - him; (accusative singular masculine); आलक्ष्य (ālakṣya) - having seen; महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - the great-armed one; कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus; ऋषभः (ṛṣabhaḥ) - the bull (chief); तदा (tadā) - then; गाण्डीवं (gāṇḍīvam) - Gāṇḍīva (the bow); विक्षिपन् (vikṣipan) - brandishing; तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - swiftly; सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly; समुपाद्रवत् (samupādravat) - approached (rushed against);]
(Him having seen, the great-armed one, the bull of the Kurus, then, Gāṇḍīva brandishing, swiftly, suddenly, approached.)
Then, the great-armed chief of the Kurus, having seen him, suddenly and swiftly advanced, brandishing his Gāṇḍīva bow. (14-74-4)
ततो गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तैरिषुभिर्मोहितो नृपः। हयमुत्सृज्य तं वीरस्ततः पार्थमुपाद्रवत् ॥१४-७४-५॥
tato gāṇḍīvanirmuktair iṣubhir mohitō nṛpaḥ। hayam utsṛjya taṃ vīras tataḥ pārtham upādravat ॥14-74-5॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; afterwards; गाण्डीव-निर्मुक्तैः (gāṇḍīva-nirmuktaiḥ) - released from Gāṇḍīva (the bow); इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - by arrows; मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - bewildered; deluded; नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king; हयम् (hayam) - the horse; उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned; तं (taṃ) - that; वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero; ततः (tataḥ) - then; after that; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - attacked; approached;]
(Then, by the arrows released from Gāṇḍīva, bewildered king, having abandoned the horse, that hero then attacked Pārtha.)
Then, bewildered by the arrows released from Gāṇḍīva, the king—abandoning his horse—then attacked Pārtha (Arjuna). (14-74-5)
पुनः प्रविश्य नगरं दंशितः स नृपोत्तमः। आरुह्य नागप्रवरं निर्ययौ युद्धकाङ्क्षया ॥१४-७४-६॥
punaḥ praviśya nagaraṃ daṃśitaḥ sa nṛpotṭamaḥ। āruhya nāgapravaraṃ niryayau yuddhakāṅkṣayā॥14-74-6॥
[पुनः (punaḥ) - again; प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered; नगरं (nagaraṃ) - the city; दंशितः (daṃśitaḥ) - bitten; स (sa) - he; नृपोत्तमः (nṛpotṭamaḥ) - the best of kings; आरुह्य (āruhya) - having mounted; नागप्रवरं (nāgapravaraṃ) - chief elephant; निर्ययौ (niryayau) - departed; युद्धकाङ्क्षया (yuddhakāṅkṣayā) - with desire for battle;]
(Again, having entered the city, bitten, he the best of kings, having mounted the chief elephant, departed with desire for battle.)
Having been bitten, that best of kings again entered the city, then, mounting the prime elephant, he set out eager for battle. (14-74-6)
पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि। दोधूयता चामरेण श्वेतेन च महारथः ॥१४-७४-७॥
pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani। dodhūyatā cāmareṇa śvetena ca mahārathaḥ ॥14-74-7॥
[पाण्डुरेण (pāṇḍureṇa) - with a white; आतपत्रेण (ātapatreṇa) - parasol; ध्रियमाणेन (dhriyamāṇena) - being held; मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on (the) head; दोधूयता (dodhūyatā) - being waved; च (ca) - and; आमरेण (āmareṇa) - with chowrie; श्वेतेन (śvetena) - white; च (ca) - and; महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great chariot-warrior;]
(With a white parasol being held on (his) head, and with a white chowrie being waved, the great chariot-warrior (was).)
The great chariot-warrior was shaded by a white parasol held over his head and fanned with a white chowrie. (14-74-7)
ततः पार्थं समासाद्य पाण्डवानां महारथम्। आह्वयामास कौरव्यं बाल्यान्मोहाच्च संयुगे ॥१४-७४-८॥
tataḥ pārthaṃ samāsādya pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāratham। āhvayāmāsa kauravyaṃ bālyān-mohāc ca saṃyuge ॥14-74-8॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पार्थं (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); समासाद्य (samāsādya) - approaching; पाण्डवानां (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas; महारथम् (mahāratham) - great chariot-warrior; आह्वयामास (āhvayāmāsa) - challenged; कौरव्यं (kauravyam) - the Kaurava; बाल्यात् (bālyāt) - from childishness; मोहाच्च (mohāc ca) - and from delusion; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle;]
(Then, approaching Pārtha, the great chariot-warrior of the Pāṇḍavas, challenged the Kaurava, from childishness and delusion, in battle.)
Then, after approaching Pārtha, the great chariot-warrior among the Pāṇḍavas challenged the Kaurava to battle due to childishness and delusion. (14-74-8)
स वारणं नगप्रख्यं प्रभिन्नकरटामुखम्। प्रेषयामास सङ्क्रुद्धस्ततः श्वेतहयं प्रति ॥१४-७४-९॥
sa vāraṇam nagaprakhyam prabhinnakaraṭāmukham। preṣayāmāsa saṅkruddhas tataḥ śvetahayaṃ prati॥14-74-9॥
[स (sa) - he; वारणम् (vāraṇam) - elephant; नगप्रख्यम् (nagaprakhyam) - mountain-like; प्रभिन्नकरटामुखम् (prabhinnakaraṭāmukham) - with a broken temporal region; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - angry; ततः (tataḥ) - then; श्वेतहयम् (śvetahayam) - towards the white horse; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(He, the angry one, sent the mountain-like elephant with a broken temporal region then towards the white horse.)
Then, in his anger, he sent the mountain-like elephant with a broken temporal region towards the white horse. (14-74-9)
विक्षरन्तं यथा मेघं परवारणवारणम्। शास्त्रवत्कल्पितं सङ्ख्ये त्रिसाहं युद्धदुर्मदम् ॥१४-७४-१०॥
vikṣarantaṃ yathā meghaṃ paravāraṇavāraṇam। śāstravat kalpitaṃ saṅkhye trisāhaṃ yuddha-durmadam॥14-74-10॥
[विक्षरन्तं (vikṣarantaṃ) - flowing; यथा (yathā) - as; like; in the manner of; मेघं (meghaṃ) - cloud; परवारणवारणम् (paravāraṇavāraṇam) - the adversary's elephant; (the elephant that protects allies against enemies; enemy-protector elephant;) शास्त्रवत् (śāstravat) - according to the scriptures; in accordance with rules; कल्पितं (kalpitaṃ) - arranged; devised; prepared; सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle; in war; त्रिसाहम् (trisāham) - possessing triple might; very mighty; (trisāha: threefold valor;) युद्धदुर्मदम् (yuddha-durmadam) - exceedingly proud in battle; (difficult to subdue in battle;);]
(Flowing, as a cloud, the enemy-protector elephant, arranged according to the scriptures, in battle, possessing triple might, exceedingly proud in battle.)
Like a cloud flowing, the enemy-defending elephant—arranged according to scripture, possessed of triple might and full of battle-arrogance—in the battle. (14-74-10)
प्रचोद्यमानः स गजस्तेन राज्ञा महाबलः। तदाङ्कुशेन विबभावुत्पतिष्यन्निवाम्बरम् ॥१४-७४-११॥
pracodyamānaḥ sa gajastena rājñā mahābalaḥ। tadāṅkuśena vibhāvutpatiṣyannivāmbaram॥14-74-11॥
[प्रचोद्यमानः (pracodyamānaḥ) - being impelled; सः (saḥ) - he; गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant; तेन (tena) - by that; राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king; महा-बलः (mahābalaḥ) - very strong; तत्-अङ्कुशेन (tad-aṅkuśena) - by that goad; विभावुत्पतिष्यन्-इव (vibhāvu-utpatiṣyan-iva) - as if about to leap up; अम्बरम् (ambaram) - into the sky;]
(Being impelled he elephant by that king, very strong, by that goad, as if about to leap up into the sky.)
That very strong elephant, being impelled by the king with that goad, seemed as if about to leap up into the sky. (14-74-11)
तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य क्रुद्धो राजन्धनञ्जयः। भूमिष्ठो वारणगतं योधयामास भारत ॥१४-७४-१२॥
tam āpatantaṃ samprekṣya kruddho rājan dhanañjayaḥ। bhūmi-sthaḥ vāraṇa-gataṃ yodhayām āsa bhārata॥14-74-12॥
[तम् (tam) - him; आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching; सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry; राजन् (rājan) - O king; धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna); भूमिष्ठः (bhūmi-sthaḥ) - standing on the ground; वारणगतम् (vāraṇa-gatam) - mounted on the elephant; योधयाम् (yodhayām) - to combat; आस (āsa) - he commenced; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(Him approaching having seen, angry, O king, Dhanañjaya standing on the ground, to combat (with) the one mounted on the elephant, commenced, O Bhārata.)
Seeing him advancing, Dhanañjaya, angered, O king, standing on the ground, began to fight with the one mounted on the elephant, O Bhārata. (14-74-12)
वज्रदत्तस्तु सङ्क्रुद्धो मुमोचाशु धनञ्जये। तोमरानग्निसङ्काशाञ्शलभानिव वेगितान् ॥१४-७४-१३॥
vajradattastu saṅkruddho mumocāśu dhanañjaye। tomarān agnisaṅkāśāṁś śalabhān iva vegitān ॥14-74-13॥
[वज्रदत्तः (vajradattaḥ) - Vajradatta; (proper noun, subject); तु (tu) - but; however; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - enraged; very angry; मुमोच (mumoca) - released; let loose; आशु (āśu) - swiftly; quickly; धनञ्जये (dhanañjaye) - at Dhanañjaya (Arjuna); (locative singular); तोमरान् (tomarān) - spears; (accusative plural); अग्निसङ्काशान् (agnisaṅkāśān) - having the appearance of fire; fiery; शलभान् (śalabhān) - moths; इव (iva) - like; as if; वेगितान् (vegitān) - hurled swiftly; rapid;]
(But Vajradatta, enraged, swiftly released at Dhanañjaya spears fiery like moths, hurled swiftly.)
But Vajradatta, enraged, quickly hurled at Dhanañjaya spears blazing like fire, as swiftly as moths. (14-74-13)
अर्जुनस्तानसम्प्राप्तान्गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः। द्विधा त्रिधा च चिच्छेद ख एव खगमैस्तदा ॥१४-७४-१४॥
arjunas tāna-samprāptān gāṇḍīva-preṣitaiḥ śaraiḥ। dvidhā tridhā ca ciccheda kha eva khagamāis tadā ॥14-74-14॥
[अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; तान् (tān) - those (objects, them); सम्प्राप्तान् (samprāptān) - having approached; गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः (gāṇḍīva-preṣitaiḥ) - sent by (his) Gāṇḍīva (bow); शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two; त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three; च (ca) - and; च (ca) - and; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut; ख एव (kha eva) - in the sky itself; खगमैः (khagamaiḥ) - with arrows (moving like birds/flying things); तदा (tadā) - then;]
(Arjuna, those having approached, with arrows sent by Gāṇḍīva, in two, in three and, and, cut (them), in the sky itself, with arrows (moving like birds), then.)
Arjuna then cut those who had approached with arrows shot from his Gāṇḍīva bow into two and three pieces in the very sky itself with his swift-flying arrows. (14-74-14)
स तान्दृष्ट्वा तथा छिन्नांस्तोमरान्भगदत्तजः। इषूनसक्तांस्त्वरितः प्राहिणोत्पाण्डवं प्रति ॥१४-७४-१५॥
sa tāndṛṣṭvā tathā chinnāṃstomarānbhagadattajaḥ। iṣūnasaktāṃstvaritaḥ prāhiṇotpāṇḍavaṃ prati ॥14-74-15॥
[स (sa) - he; तान् (tān) - those; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; तथा (tathā) - thus; छिन्नान् (chinnān) - broken; तोमरान् (tomarān) - javelins; भगदत्तजः (bhagadattajaḥ) - son of Bhagadatta; इषून् (iṣūn) - arrows; असक्तान् (asaktān) - not attached (drawn/used); त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly; प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - sent (discharged, shot); पाण्डवं (pāṇḍavam) - at the Pāṇḍava; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(He, having seen those javelins of his thus broken, the son of Bhagadatta quickly sent unattached arrows towards the Pāṇḍava.)
Seeing his javelins thus broken, the son of Bhagadatta quickly shot fresh arrows at the Pāṇḍava. (14-74-15)
ततोऽर्जुनस्तूर्णतरं रुक्मपुङ्खानजिह्मगान्। प्रेषयामास सङ्क्रुद्धो भगदत्तात्मजं प्रति ॥१४-७४-१६॥
tato 'rjunas tūrṇataraṃ rukmapuṅkhān ajihmagān। preṣayām āsa saṅkruddho bhagadattātmajaṃ prati ॥14-74-16॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna; तूर्णतरम् (tūrṇataram) - more swiftly; रुक्मपुङ्खान् (rukmapuṅkhān) - with golden-feathered (arrows); अजिह्मगान् (ajihmagān) - straight-flying; प्रेषयामास (preṣayām āsa) - sent forth; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - highly enraged; भगदत्तात्मजम् (bhagadattātmajam) - to the son of Bhagadatta; प्रतिः (prati) - towards;]
(Then Arjuna, more swiftly, with golden-feathered straight-flying (arrows), sent forth, highly enraged, towards the son of Bhagadatta.)
Then Arjuna, greatly enraged, swiftly shot golden-feathered, straight-flying arrows at the son of Bhagadatta. (14-74-16)
स तैर्विद्धो महातेजा वज्रदत्तो महाहवे। भृशाहतः पपातोर्व्यां न त्वेनमजहात्स्मृतिः ॥१४-७४-१७॥
sa tairviddho mahātejā vajradatto mahāhave। bhṛśāhataḥ papātorvyāṃ na tvenamajahātsmṛtiḥ ॥14-74-17॥
[स (sa) - he; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; विद्धः (viddhaḥ) - pierced; महातेजा (mahātejā) - possessor of great energy; वज्रदत्तः (vajradattaḥ) - Vajradatta (proper noun); महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle; भृशाहतः (bhṛśāhataḥ) - severely wounded; पपात (papāta) - fell; उर्व्याम् (urvyām) - on the ground; न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; एनम् (enam) - him; अजहात् (ajahāt) - did not abandon; स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ) - consciousness;]
(He, pierced by them, the possessor of great energy, Vajradatta, in the great battle, severely wounded, fell on the ground; but consciousness did not abandon him.)
Vajradatta, endowed with great energy, pierced by them and severely wounded in the great battle, fell to the ground; but even then consciousness did not leave him. (14-74-17)
ततः स पुनरारुह्य वारणप्रवरं रणे। अव्यग्रः प्रेषयामास जयार्थी विजयं प्रति ॥१४-७४-१८॥
tataḥ sa punar āruhya vāraṇapravaraṃ raṇe। avyagraḥ preṣayāmāsa jayārthī vijayaṃ prati॥14-74-18॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; पुनः (punar) - again; आaruh्य (āruhya) - having mounted; वारणप्रवरम् (vāraṇapravaram) - the best elephant; रणे (raṇe) - in the battle; अव्यग्रः (avyagraḥ) - undaunted; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent forth; जयार्थी (jayārthī) - desirous of victory; विजयं (vijayam) - towards victory; प्रति (prati) - towards;]
(Then he, again having mounted the best elephant in battle, undaunted, sent forth (himself) desirous of victory towards victory.)
Then he, once more mounting the foremost elephant in battle, undaunted, pressed forward seeking victory. (14-74-18)
तस्मै बाणांस्ततो जिष्णुर्निर्मुक्ताशीविषोपमान्। प्रेषयामास सङ्क्रुद्धो ज्वलितानिव पावकान् ॥१४-७४-१९॥
tasmai bāṇāṁs tato jiṣṇur nirmuktāśīviṣopamān। preṣayāmāsa saṅkruddho jvalitān iva pāvakān ॥14-74-19॥
[तस्मै (tasmai) - to him; बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows; ततः (tataḥ) - then; जिष्णुः (jiṣṇuḥ) - the victorious one; निर्मुक्त-आशीविष-उपमान् (nirmukta-āśīviṣa-upamān) - having the likeness of released serpents; प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - sent forth; सङ्क्रुद्धः (saṅkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged; ज्वलितान् (jvalitān) - blazing; इव (iva) - as if; पावकान् (pāvakān) - fires;]
(To him, then, the victorious one, arrows having the likeness of released serpents, sent forth (himself) greatly enraged, blazing as if fires.)
Then, to him, the victorious one—greatly enraged—sent forth arrows like released serpents, blazing as if they were fires. (14-74-19)
स तैर्विद्धो महानागो विस्रवन्रुधिरं बभौ। हिमवानिव शैलेन्द्रो बहुप्रस्रवणस्तदा ॥१४-७४-२०॥
sa tair viddhaḥ mahānāgaḥ visravan rudhiraṃ babhau। himavān iva śailendraḥ bahu-prasravaṇaḥ tadā ॥14-74-20॥
[स (sa) - he; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; विद्धः (viddhaḥ) - pierced; महानागः (mahānāgaḥ) - great elephant; विस्रवन् (visravan) - flowing; रुधिरं (rudhiraṃ) - blood; बभौ (babhau) - appeared; हिमवान् (himavān) - Himalaya; इव (iva) - like; शैलेन्द्रः (śailendraḥ) - king of mountains; बहुप्रस्रवणः (bahu-prasravaṇaḥ) - having many streams; तदा (tadā) - then;]
(He by them pierced, the great elephant, flowing blood, appeared. The Himalaya, like, king of mountains, having many streams, then.)
Pierced by them, the great elephant appeared, with blood flowing, just like the Himalaya, the king of mountains, pouring forth many streams at that time. (14-74-20)
