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सैन्धवपराजयः
saindhavaparājayaḥ
[सैन्धव (saindhava) - of the Sindhu (Sindhu people or country); पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat;]
(Defeat of the Sindhu;)
The defeat of the Sindhu.
वैशम्पायन उवाच॥
vaiśampāyana uvāca॥
[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; (proper noun); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Vaiśampāyana said;)
Vaiśampāyana said.
सैन्धवैरभवद्युद्धं ततस्तस्य किरीटिनः। हतशेषैर्महाराज हतानां च सुतैरपि ॥१४-७६-१॥
saindhavair abhavad yuddhaṃ tataḥ tasya kirīṭinaḥ। hataśeṣair mahārāja hatānāṃ ca sutair api॥14-76-1॥
[सैन्धवैः (saindhavair) - by the Sindhus; by the people of Sindhu; अभवत् (abhavat) - there was; occurred; युद्धं (yuddhaṃ) - battle; fight; ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter; then; तस्य (tasya) - his; (of) him; किरीटिनः (kirīṭinaḥ) - the crowned one; (of) Arjuna; हतशेषैः (hataśeṣaiḥ) - by the remaining (ones) after being slain; by survivors; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; हतानां (hatānāṃ) - of the slain; च (ca) - and; सुतैः (sutaiḥ) - by the sons; अपि (api) - also;]
(By the Sindhus, there was a battle then with that crowned one; O great king, by the remaining (ones) after being slain, and also by the sons of the slain.)
Then there was a battle between the Sindhus and that crowned one (Arjuna). O great king, it was fought by the survivors as well as by the sons of those who had been slain. (14-76-1)
तेऽवतीर्णमुपश्रुत्य विषयं श्वेतवाहनम्। प्रत्युद्ययुरमृष्यन्तो राजानः पाण्डवर्षभम् ॥१४-७६-२॥
te'vatīrṇam upaśrutya viṣayaṃ śvetavāhanam। pratyudyayur amṛṣyanto rājānaḥ pāṇḍavarṣabham॥14-76-2॥
[ते (te) - they; अवतीर्णम् (avatīrṇam) - descended; उपश्रुत्य (upaśrutya) - having heard; विषयम् (viṣayam) - territory; श्वेतवाहनम् (śvetavāhanam) - Śvetavāhana (epithet for Arjuna — white-horsed one); प्रत्युद्ययुः (pratyudyayuḥ) - went forth to meet; अमृष्यन्तः (amṛṣyantaḥ) - not enduring; not tolerating; indignant; राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; पाण्डवर्षभम् (pāṇḍavarṣabham) - bull among the Pāṇḍavas (Arjuna);]
(They, having heard that Śvetavāhana had descended into their territory, the kings, not tolerating, went forth to meet the bull among the Pāṇḍavas.)
Hearing that Śvetavāhana (Arjuna) had entered their territory, the indignant kings went out to confront the foremost of the Pāṇḍavas. (14-76-2)
अश्वं च तं परामृश्य विषयान्ते विषोपमाः। न भयं चक्रिरे पार्थाद्भीमसेनादनन्तरात् ॥१४-७६-३॥
aśvaṃ ca taṃ parāmṛśya viṣayānte viṣopamāḥ। na bhayaṃ cakrire pārthādbhīmasenādanantarāt ॥14-76-3॥
[अश्वं (aśvam) - horse; च (ca) - and; तं (taṃ) - him; परामृश्य (parāmṛśya) - having touched; विषयान्ते (viṣayānte) - at the end of the region; विषोपमाः (viṣopamāḥ) - like poison; न (na) - not; भयं (bhayaṃ) - fear; चक्रिरे (cakrire) - made; पार्थात् (pārthāt) - from Pārtha (Arjuna); भीमसेनात् (bhīmasenāt) - from Bhīmasena; अनन्तरात् (anantarāt) - immediately after;]
(Horse and him having touched at the end of the region, like poison, not fear they made from Pārtha, from Bhīmasena, immediately after.)
Having touched that horse at the edge of the region, those who were like poison did not fear Pārtha (Arjuna) and Bhīmasena, immediately thereafter. (14-76-3)
तेऽविदूराद्धनुष्पाणिं यज्ञियस्य हयस्य च। बीभत्सुं प्रत्यपद्यन्त पदातिनमवस्थितम् ॥१४-७६-४॥
te'avidūrāddhanuṣpāṇiṁ yajñiyasya hayasya ca। bībhatsuṁ pratyapadyanta padātinamavasthitam ॥14-76-4॥
[ते (te) - they; अविदूरात् (avidūrāt) - from not far; nearby; धनुष्पाणिम् (dhanuṣpāṇim) - bearing a bow in hand; यज्ञियस्य (yajñiyasya) - of yajñiya; हयस्य (hayasya) - of the horse; च (ca) - and; बीभत्सुम् (bībhatsum) - Bībhatsu (Arjuna); प्रत्यपद्यन्त (pratyapadyanta) - approached; पदातिनम् (padātinam) - the foot-soldier; अवस्थितम् (avasthitam) - standing;]
(They, from not far, bearing a bow in hand, of yajñiya, of the horse and Bībhatsu (Arjuna), approached the foot-soldier standing.)
They, not far away, approached Bībhatsu (Arjuna), who was standing on foot, with bow in hand, near the yajñiya horse. (14-76-4)
ततस्ते तु महावीर्या राजानः पर्यवारयन्। जिगीषन्तो नरव्याघ्राः पूर्वं विनिकृता युधि ॥१४-७६-५॥
tatas te tu mahāvīryā rājānaḥ paryavārayan। jigīṣanto naravyāghrāḥ pūrvaṃ vinikṛtā yudhi ॥14-76-5॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; तु (tu) - but; महावीर्या (mahāvīryāḥ) - of mighty strength; राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded; जिगीषन्तः (jigīṣantaḥ) - desiring to conquer; नरव्याघ्राः (naravyāghrāḥ) - tiger among men; पूर्वं (pūrvaṃ) - formerly; विनिकृता (vinikṛtāḥ) - defeated; युधि (yudhi) - in battle;]
(Then they but kings of mighty strength surrounded. Desiring to conquer, tiger among men, formerly defeated in battle.)
Then, those kings of great strength, though previously defeated in battle, surrounded (him), desiring to conquer, O tiger among men. (14-76-5)
ते नामान्यथ गोत्राणि कर्माणि विविधानि च। कीर्तयन्तस्तदा पार्थं शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् ॥१४-७६-६॥
te nāmāny atha gotrāṇi karmāṇi vividhāni ca। kīrtayantaḥ tadā pārthaṃ śaravarṣair avākiran ॥14-76-6॥
[ते (te) - they; नामानि (nāmāni) - names; अथ (atha) - then; गोत्राणि (gotrāṇi) - clans; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds; विविधानि (vividhāni) - varied; च (ca) - and; कीर्तयन्तः (kīrtayantaḥ) - proclaiming; तदा (tadā) - then; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); शरवर्षैः (śaravarṣaiḥ) - with showers of arrows; अवाकिरन् (avākiran) - covered;]
(They, names then clans deeds varied and proclaiming then Pārtha with showers of arrows covered.)
Then they, proclaiming their names, clans, and varied deeds, covered Pārtha with showers of arrows. (14-76-6)
ते किरन्तः शरांस्तीक्ष्णान्वारणेन्द्रनिवारणान्। रणे जयमभीप्सन्तः कौन्तेयं पर्यवारयन् ॥१४-७६-७॥
te kiraṁtaḥ śarāṁs tīkṣṇān vāraṇendra-nivāraṇān| raṇe jayam abhīpsantaḥ kaunteyaṁ paryavārayan ॥14-76-7॥
[ते (te) - they; किरन्तः (kiraṁtaḥ) - scattering; शरांश् (śarāṁs) - arrows; तीक्ष्णान् (tīkṣṇān) - sharp; वारणेन्द्रनिवारणान् (vāraṇendra-nivāraṇān) - capable of repelling lordly elephants; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; जयम् (jayam) - victory; अभीप्सन्तः (abhīpsantaḥ) - desiring; कौन्तेयं (kaunteyam) - son of Kunti (Arjuna or Yudhishthira, depending on context); पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - they surrounded;]
(They scattering sharp arrows capable of repelling lordly elephants, in battle, victory desiring, Kunti's son they surrounded.)
Desiring victory in battle, they scattered sharp arrows capable of repelling mighty elephants and surrounded the son of Kunti. (14-76-7)
तेऽसमीक्ष्यैव तं वीरमुग्रकर्माणमाहवे। सर्वे युयुधिरे वीरा रथस्थास्तं पदातिनम् ॥१४-७६-८॥
te'samīkṣyaiva taṃ vīram ugrakarmāṇam āhave। sarve yuyudhire vīrā rathasthās taṃ padātinam ॥14-76-8॥
[ते (te) - they; असमीक्ष्य एव (asamīkṣya eva) - without observing; तं (tam) - him; वीरम् (vīram) - warrior; उग्रकर्माणम् (ugrakarmāṇam) - of fierce deeds; आहवे (āhave) - in battle; सर्वे (sarve) - all; युयुधिरे (yuyudhire) - fought; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - warriors; रथस्थाः (rathasthāḥ) - chariot-born; तम् (tam) - him; पदातिनम् (padātinam) - on foot soldier;]
(They, without observing him, the warrior of fierce deeds in battle, all fought, the warriors stationed in chariots, him, the on-foot soldier.)
All the chariot-borne warriors, without observing that warrior of fierce deeds in battle, fought against him, the infantryman. (14-76-8)
ते तमाजघ्निरे वीरं निवातकवचान्तकम्। संशप्तकनिहन्तारं हन्तारं सैन्धवस्य च ॥१४-७६-९॥
te tam ājaghnire vīraṃ nivātakavacāntakam। saṃśaptakanihantāraṃ hantāraṃ saindhavasya ca ॥14-76-9॥
[ते (te) - they; तम् (tam) - him; आजघ्निरे (ājaghnire) - struck; वीरम् (vīram) - hero; निवातकवच-अन्तकम् (nivātakavaca-antakam) - destroyer of the Nivātakavacas; संशप्तक-निहन्तारम् (saṃśaptaka-nihantāram) - slayer of the Saṃśaptakas; हन्तारम् (hantāram) - slayer; सैन्धवस्य (saindhavasya) - of Saindhava (Jayadratha); च (ca) - and;]
(They struck him, the hero, the destroyer of the Nivātakavacas, the slayer of the Saṃśaptakas, the slayer of Saindhava (Jayadratha) also.)
They struck him, the heroic destroyer of the Nivātakavacas, slayer of the Saṃśaptakas, and also the slayer of Saindhava (Jayadratha). (14-76-9)
ततो रथसहस्रेण हयानामयुतेन च। कोष्ठकीकृत्य कौन्तेयं सम्प्रहृष्टमयोधयन् ॥१४-७६-१०॥
tato rathasahasreṇa hayānāmayutena ca। koṣṭhakīkṛtya kaunteyaṃ samprahiṣṭamayodhayān ॥14-76-10॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; रथसहस्रेण (rathasahasreṇa) - with a thousand chariots; हयानाम् (hayānām) - of horses; अयुतेन (ayutena) - with ten thousand; च (ca) - and; कोष्ठकीकृत्य (koṣṭhakīkṛtya) - having been enclosed (as in a fortification); कौन्तेयम् (kaunteyam) - the son of Kunti (Arjuna); सम्प्रहृष्टम् (samprahṛṣṭam) - delighted; अयोधयन् (ayodhayan) - they fought;]
(Then, with a thousand chariots and with ten thousand horses, having enclosed the son of Kunti, they fought delighted.)
Then, having enclosed the son of Kunti with a thousand chariots and ten thousand horses, they fought with great delight. (14-76-10)
संस्मरन्तो वधं वीराः सिन्धुराजस्य धीमतः। जयद्रथस्य कौरव्य समरे सव्यसाचिना ॥१४-७६-११॥
saṁsmaranto vadhaṁ vīrāḥ sindhurājasya dhīmataḥ। jayadrathasya kauravya samare savyasācinā॥14-76-11॥
[संस्मरन्तः (saṁsmarantaḥ) - remembering; वधम् (vadham) - the killing; वीराः (vīrāḥ) - the heroes; सिन्धुराजस्य (sindhurājasya) - of the king of Sindhu; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - wise; जयद्रथस्य (jayadrathasya) - of Jayadratha; कौरव्य (kauravya) - O descendant of Kuru; समरे (samare) - in battle; सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna);]
(Remembering the killing the heroes of the king of Sindhu, the wise Jayadratha, O descendant of Kuru, in battle by Savyasācin (Arjuna);)
O descendant of Kuru, the heroes were remembering the killing in battle of the wise king of Sindhu, Jayadratha, by Savyasācin (Arjuna). (14-76-11)
ततः पर्जन्यवत्सर्वे शरवृष्टिमवासृजन्। तैः कीर्णः शुशुभे पार्थो रविर्मेघान्तरे यथा ॥१४-७६-१२॥
tataḥ parjanyavat sarve śara-vṛṣṭim avāsṛjan। taiḥ kīrṇaḥ śuśubhe pārtho ravir meghāntare yathā ॥14-76-12॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; पर्जन्यवत् (parjanyavat) - like the rain-cloud; सर्वे (sarve) - all; शरवृष्टिम् (śara-vṛṣṭim) - arrow-shower; अवासृजन् (avāsṛjan) - they sent forth; तैः (taiḥ) - by them; कीर्णः (kīrṇaḥ) - covered; शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - shone; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); रविः (ravih) - sun; मेघान्तरे (meghāntare) - in the midst of clouds; यथा (yathā) - as;]
(Then like rain-clouds all sent forth a shower of arrows; by them covered, Pārtha shone as the sun in the midst of clouds.)
Then, like rain-clouds, all released a shower of arrows; covered by them, Arjuna shone like the sun among clouds. (14-76-12)
स शरैः समवच्छन्नो ददृशे पाण्डवर्षभः। पञ्जरान्तरसञ्चारी शकुन्त इव भारत ॥१४-७६-१३॥
sa śaraiḥ samavacchanno dadṛśe pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ। pañjarāntarasañcārī śakunta iva bhārata॥14-76-13॥
[स (sa) - he; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; समवच्छन्नः (samavacchannaḥ) - completely covered; ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen; पाण्डवर्षभः (pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ) - bull of the Pāṇḍavas; पञ्जरान्तरसञ्चारी (pañjarāntarasañcārī) - moving within a cage; शकुन्त (śakunta) - bird; इव (iva) - like; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata;]
(He was seen, the bull of the Pāṇḍavas, completely covered with arrows, like a bird moving within a cage, O Bhārata.)
O Bhārata, the bull among the Pāṇḍavas was seen, covered entirely with arrows, like a bird moving within a cage. (14-76-13)
ततो हाहाकृतं सर्वं कौन्तेये शरपीडिते। त्रैलोक्यमभवद्राजन्रविश्चासीद्रजोरुणः ॥१४-७६-१४॥
tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ kaunteye śarapīḍite। trailokyam abhavad rājan ravaś cāsīd rajoruṇaḥ ॥14-76-14॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon; हाहाकृतं (hāhākṛtam) - ‘ha-ha’ produced; uproar made; सर्वं (sarvam) - all; everywhere; कौन्तेये (kaunteye) - in the son of Kunti; शरपीडिते (śarapīḍite) - being afflicted by arrows; त्रैलोक्यम् (trailokyam) - the three worlds; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; राजन् (rājan) - O king; रविः (raviḥ) - sound; च (ca) - and; आसीत् (āsīt) - arose; रजः (rajaḥ) - dust; रुणः (ruṇaḥ) - reddened;]
(Thereupon, ‘ha-ha’ uproar, all, in the son of Kunti, being afflicted by arrows, the three worlds became; O king; sound also arose; dust reddened.)
Thereupon, when the son of Kunti was afflicted by arrows, an uproar of ‘ha-ha’ arose everywhere. O king, sound resounded across the three worlds, and the dust became reddened. (14-76-14)
ततो ववौ महाराज मारुतो रोमहर्षणः। राहुरग्रसदादित्यं युगपत्सोममेव च ॥१४-७६-१५॥
tato vavau mahārāja māruto romaharṣaṇaḥ। rāhur agrasat ādityaṃ yugapat somam eva ca॥ 14-76-15॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ववौ (vavau) - blew; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind; रोमहर्षणः (romaharṣaṇaḥ) - hair-raising; राहुः (rāhuḥ) - Rāhu; अग्रसत् (agrasat) - seized; आदित्यम् (ādityaṃ) - the sun; युगपत् (yugapat) - simultaneously; सोमम् (somam) - the moon; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and;]
(Then blew, O great king, the wind, hair-raising. Rāhu seized the sun and the moon simultaneously indeed and.)
Then, O great king, a hair-raising wind blew. At the same time, Rāhu seized both the sun and the moon. (14-76-15)
उल्काश्च जघ्निरे सूर्यं विकीर्यन्त्यः समन्ततः। वेपथुश्चाभवद्राजन्कैलासस्य महागिरेः ॥१४-७६-१६॥
ulkāś ca jaghnire sūryaṃ vikīryantyaḥ samantataḥ. vepathuś cābhavad rājan kailāsasya mahāgireḥ ॥14-76-16॥
[उल्काः (ulkāḥ) - meteors; च (ca) - and; जघ्निरे (jaghnire) - struck; सूर्यम् (sūryam) - the sun; विकीर्यन्त्यः (vikīryantyaḥ) - scattering; समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around; वेपथुः (vepathuḥ) - trembling; च (ca) - and; अभवत् (abhavat) - arose; राजन् (rājan) - O king; कैलासस्य (kailāsasya) - of Kailāsa; महा-गिरेः (mahā-gireḥ) - of the great mountain;]
(Meteors also struck the sun, scattering all around. And trembling arose, O king, of Kailāsa, the great mountain.)
Meteors struck the sun, scattering in all directions, and trembling arose, O king, in Kailāsa, the great mountain. (14-76-16)
मुमुचुश्चास्रमत्युष्णं दुःखशोकसमन्विताः। सप्तर्षयो जातभयास्तथा देवर्षयोऽपि च ॥१४-७६-१७॥
mumucuś cā'sram aty-uṣṇaṃ duḥkha-śoka-samanvitāḥ| saptarṣayo jāta-bhayās tathā devarṣayo'pi ca ॥14-76-17॥
[मुमुचुः (mumucuḥ) - they shed; च (ca) - and; अश्रु (aśru) - tears; अत्युष्णम् (aty-uṣṇam) - very hot; दुःखशोकसमन्विताः (duḥkha-śoka-samanvitāḥ) - filled with pain and grief; सप्तर्षयः (saptarṣayaḥ) - the seven sages; जातभयाः (jāta-bhayāḥ) - having arisen fear; तथा (tathā) - thus; देवर्षयः (devarṣayaḥ) - the divine sages; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and;]
(And they shed very hot tears, filled with pain and grief, the seven sages, having arisen fear; thus the divine sages also and.)
The seven sages and the divine sages, filled with pain and grief and having become fearful, shed very hot tears. (14-76-17)
शशश्चाशु विनिर्भिद्य मण्डलं शशिनोऽपतत्। विपरीतस्तदा राजंस्तस्मिन्नुत्पातलक्षणे ॥१४-७६-१८॥
śaśaś cāśu vinirbhidya maṇḍalaṃ śaśino’patat. viparītaḥ tadā rājan tasminnutpāta lakṣaṇe ॥14-76-18॥
[शशः (śaśaḥ) - hare; च (ca) - and; आशु (āśu) - quickly; विनिर्भिद्य (vinirbhidya) - having completely burst through; मण्डलं (maṇḍalam) - disk; शशिनः (śaśinaḥ) - of the moon; अपतत् (apatat) - fell; विपरीतः (viparītaḥ) - opposite; तदा (tadā) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O King; तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that; उत्पातलक्षणे (utpāta-lakṣaṇe) - portent sign;]
(The hare, and quickly having completely burst through the disk of the moon, fell; opposite then, O King, in that portent sign.)
O King, then the hare quickly burst through the disk of the moon and fell, as a sign of a portent, but in the opposite direction. (14-76-18)
रासभारुणसङ्काशा धनुष्मन्तः सविद्युतः। आवृत्य गगनं मेघा मुमुचुर्मांसशोणितम् ॥१४-७६-१९॥
rāsabhāruṇasaṅkāśā dhanuṣmantaḥ savidyutaḥ। āvṛtya gaganaṃ meghā mumucur māṃsaśoṇitam ॥14-76-19॥
[रासभ (rāsabha) - donkey; अरुण (aruṇa) - red; reddish; सङ्काशा (saṅkāśā) - having the appearance; resembling; धनुष्मन्तः (dhanuṣmantaḥ) - bearing bows; सविद्युतः (sa-vidyutaḥ) - with lightning; आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - having covered; गगनं (gaganaṃ) - the sky; मेघा (meghā) - clouds; मुमुचुः (mumucuḥ) - released; let loose; मांसशोणितम् (māṃsaśoṇitam) - flesh and blood;]
(Clouds, bearing bows with lightning, having the appearance of red donkeys, covered the sky and released flesh and blood.)
Clouds, resembling red donkeys, bearing bows and with lightning, covered the sky and rained flesh and blood. (14-76-19)
एवमासीत्तदा वीरे शरवर्षाभिसंवृते। लोकेऽस्मिन्भरतश्रेष्ठ तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥१४-७६-२०॥
evam āsīt tadā vīre śara-varṣābhi-saṁvṛte। loke 'smin bharata-śreṣṭha tad adbhutam iva abhavat ॥14-76-20॥
[एवम् (evam) (evam) - thus; आसीत् (āsīt) (āsīt) - it was; तदा (tadā) (tadā) - then; वीरे (vīre) (vīre) - in the hero; शरवर्षाभिसंवृते (śara-varṣābhi-saṁvṛte) (śara-varṣābhi-saṁvṛte) - enveloped by the shower of arrows; लोके (loke) (loke) - in the world; अस्मिन् ('asmin) ('asmin) - in this; भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharata-śreṣṭha) (bharata-śreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas; तत् (tat) (tat) - that; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) (adbhutam) - wonderful; इव (iva) (iva) - as if; अभवत् (abhavat) (abhavat) - it became;]
(Thus it was then in the hero, enveloped by a shower of arrows. In this world, O best of the Bharatas, that became as if wonderful.)
Thus, O best of the Bharatas, at that time in the world, when the hero was enveloped by a shower of arrows, that appeared like a wonder. (14-76-20)
तस्य तेनावकीर्णस्य शरजालेन सर्वशः। मोहात्पपात गाण्डीवमावापश्च करादपि ॥१४-७६-२१॥
tasya tenāvakīrṇasya śarajālena sarvaśaḥ। mohātpapāta gāṇḍīvamāvāpaśca karādapi ॥14-76-21॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of him; तेन (tena) - by that; अवकीर्णस्य (avakīrṇasya) - being covered; शरजालेन (śarajālena) - by a shower of arrows; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion; पपात (papāta) - fell; गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - the Gandiva (bow); आवापः (āvāpaḥ) - the quiver; च (ca) - and; करात् (karāt) - from the hand; अपि (api) - even;]
(Of him, by that, being covered by a shower of arrows, entirely, from delusion, fell the Gandiva and the quiver even from the hand.)
Because he was entirely covered by that shower of arrows, his Gandiva bow and even the quiver fell from his hand due to delusion. (14-76-21)
तस्मिन्मोहमनुप्राप्ते शरजालं महत्तरम्। सैन्धवा मुमुचुस्तूर्णं गतसत्त्वे महारथे ॥१४-७६-२२॥
tasmin mohām anuprāpte śarajālaṃ mahattaram। saindhavā mumucu stūrṇaṃ gatasattve mahārathe ॥14-76-22॥
[तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that;, मोहम् (moham) - delusion;, अनुप्राप्ते (anuprāpte) - having arrived;, शरजालम् (śarajālam) - volley of arrows;, महत्तरम् (mahattaram) - very great;, सैन्धवाः (saindhavāḥ) - the Sindhus (soldiers from Sindhu);, मुमुचुः (mumucuḥ) - released;, तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly;, गतसत्त्वे (gatasattve) - when the life had departed;, महारथे (mahārathe) - in the great chariot-warrior;]
(When in that delusion had arrived, very great volley of arrows the Sindhus released quickly when the life had departed in the great chariot-warrior.)
When that delusion had set in, the Sindhus swiftly released a very great volley of arrows upon the great chariot-warrior, whose life had departed. (14-76-22)
ततो मोहसमापन्नं ज्ञात्वा पार्थं दिवौकसः। सर्वे वित्रस्तमनसस्तस्य शान्तिपराभवन् ॥१४-७६-२३॥
tato mohasamāpannaṃ jñātvā pārthaṃ divaukasaḥ। sarve vitrastamanasastasya śāntiparābhavan ॥14-76-23॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; मोहसमापन्नं (mohasamāpannam) - overcome by delusion; ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having known; पार्थम् (pārtham) - Pārtha (Arjuna); दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - the celestials; सर्वे (sarve) - all; वित्रस्तमनसः (vitrastamanasaḥ) - with frightened minds; तस्य (tasya) - his; शान्तिपराः (śāntiparāḥ) - eager for peace; अभवन् (abhavan) - became;]
(Then, knowing Pārtha overcome by delusion, the celestials, all with frightened minds, became eager for peace.)
Then, knowing that Arjuna had been overcome by delusion, all the celestials, whose minds were fearful, became devoted to seeking peace. (14-76-23)
ततो देवर्षयः सर्वे तथा सप्तर्षयोऽपि च। ब्रह्मर्षयश्च विजयं जेपुः पार्थस्य धीमतः ॥१४-७६-२४॥
tato devarṣayaḥ sarve tathā saptaṛṣayo'pi ca. brahmarṣayaś ca vijayaṃ jepuḥ pārthasya dhīmataḥ ॥14-76-24॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; देवर्षयः (devarṣayaḥ) - divine sages; सर्वे (sarve) - all; तथा (tathā) - likewise; सप्तर्षयः (saptaṛṣayaḥ) - seven sages; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and; ब्रह्मर्षयः (brahmarṣayaḥ) - brahma-sages; च (ca) - and; विजयम् (vijayam) - victory; जेपुः (jepuḥ) - chanted; पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Pārtha; धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - the wise;]
(Then all the divine sages, likewise also the seven sages and the brahma-sages, chanted victory of wise Pārtha.)
Then all the divine sages, as well as the seven sages and the brahma-sages, chanted the victory of the wise Pārtha. (14-76-24)
ततः प्रदीपिते देवैः पार्थतेजसि पार्थिव। तस्थावचलवद्धीमान्सङ्ग्रामे परमास्त्रवित् ॥१४-७६-२५॥
tataḥ pradīpite devaiḥ pārtha-tejasi pārthiva। tasthāv acala-vad dhīmān saṅgrāme paramāstra-vit ॥14-76-25॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रदीपिते (pradīpite) - having been illumined; देवैः (devaiḥ) - by the gods; पार्थतेजसि (pārtha-tejasi) - by the brilliance of Pārtha; पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O king; तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood; अचलवत् (acala-vat) - like a mountain; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in battle; परमास्त्रवित् (paramāstra-vit) - knower of supreme weapons;]
(Then, having been illumined by the gods by the brilliance of Pārtha, O king, the wise knower of supreme weapons stood in battle like a mountain.)
O king, then, when the brilliance of Pārtha was illumined by the gods, the wise knower of supreme weapons stood firmly in battle like a mountain. (14-76-25)
विचकर्ष धनुर्दिव्यं ततः कौरवनन्दनः। यन्त्रस्येवेह शब्दोऽभून्महांस्तस्य पुनः पुनः ॥१४-७६-२६॥
vicakarṣa dhanurdivyaṁ tataḥ kauravanandanaḥ। yantrasyeveha śabdo'bhūnmahāṁstasya punaḥ punaḥ ॥14-76-26॥
[विचकर्ष (vicakarṣa) - drew; (he) pulled; धनुर्दिव्यं (dhanurdivyaṁ) - divine bow; ततः (tataḥ) - then; कौरवनन्दनः (kauravanandanaḥ) - descendant of the Kauravas; यन्त्रस्येव (yantrasyeva) - like a machine; इह (iha) - here; शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound; अभूत् (abhūt) - arose; महान् (mahān) - great; तस्य (tasya) - of it (the bow); पुनः पुनः (punaḥ punaḥ) - again and again;]
(Drew divine bow then descendant of the Kauravas. Like a machine here sound arose great of it again and again.)
Then the descendant of the Kauravas drew the divine bow. Again and again, a great sound, like that of a machine, arose from it here. (14-76-26)
ततः स शरवर्षाणि प्रत्यमित्रान्प्रति प्रभुः। ववर्ष धनुषा पार्थो वर्षाणीव सुरेश्वरः ॥१४-७६-२७॥
tataḥ sa śaravarṣāṇi pratyamitrānprati prabhuḥ। vavarṣa dhanuṣā pārtho varṣāṇīva sureśvaraḥ ॥14-76-27॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स (sa) - he; शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - arrow-showers; प्रत्य (prati) - towards; अमित्रान् (amitrān) - enemies; प्रति (prati) - towards; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the lord; ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - he showered; धनुषा (dhanuṣā) - with the bow; पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Pārtha (Arjuna); वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - rains; इव (iva) - like; सुरेश्वरः (sureśvaraḥ) - lord of the gods (Indra);]
(Then he, the lord, showered showers of arrows with the bow at the enemies, Pārtha, like the lord of the gods (Indra) (showers rains).)
Then Pārtha (Arjuna), the lord, showered volleys of arrows at his enemies with his bow, just as the lord of the gods (Indra) pours down rains. (14-76-27)
ततस्ते सैन्धवा योधाः सर्व एव सराजकाः। नादृश्यन्त शरैः कीर्णाः शलभैरिव पावकाः ॥१४-७६-२८॥
tataste saindhavā yodhāḥ sarva eva sarājakāḥ। nādṛśyanta śaraiḥ kīrṇāḥ śalabhairiva pāvakāḥ ॥14-76-28॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; सैन्धवा (saindhavāḥ) - the Sindhu warriors; योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors; सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all; एव (eva) - indeed; सराजकाः (sarājakāḥ) - with their kings; न (na) - not; अदृश्यन्त (adṛśyanta) - were seen; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows; कीर्णाः (kīrṇāḥ) - covered; शलभैः (śalabhaiḥ) - by moths; इव (iva) - like; पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - fires;]
(Then they, the Sindhu warriors, all indeed, with their kings, were not seen, covered by arrows, like fires by moths.)
Then all those Sindhu warriors, along with their kings, were not to be seen, covered with arrows, like fires (concealed) by swarms of moths. (14-76-28)
तस्य शब्देन वित्रेसुर्भयार्ताश्च विदुद्रुवुः। मुमुचुश्चाश्रु शोकार्ताः सुषुपुश्चापि सैन्धवाः ॥१४-७६-२९॥
tasya śabdena vitresur bhayārtāś ca vidudruvuḥ. mumucuś cāśru śokārtāḥ suṣupuś cāpi saindhavāḥ ॥14-76-29॥
[तस्य (tasya) - of his; शब्देन (śabdena) - by (the) sound; वित्रेसुः (vitresuḥ) - became frightened; भयार्ताः (bhayārtāḥ) - distressed by fear; च (ca) - and; विदुद्रुवुः (vidudruvuḥ) - ran away; मुमुचुः (mumucuḥ) - shed; च (ca) - and; आश्रु (aśru) - tears; शोकार्ताः (śokārtāḥ) - afflicted by grief; सुषुपुः (suṣupuḥ) - fell down (unconscious); च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; सैन्धवाः (saindhavāḥ) - the Sindhu horses;]
(Of his by (the) sound, became frightened, those distressed by fear and ran away; and shed tears, those afflicted by grief, fell down (unconscious) and also the Sindhu horses.)
Frightened by his sound, those distressed by fear ran away; some of the Sindhu horses, afflicted by grief, shed tears, and some even fell down unconscious. (14-76-29)
तांस्तु सर्वान्नरश्रेष्ठः सर्वतो विचरन्बली। अलातचक्रवद्राजञ्शरजालैः समर्पयत् ॥१४-७६-३०॥
tāṃs tu sarvān naraśreṣṭhaḥ sarvato vicaran balī. alātacakravad rājañ śarajālaiḥ samarpayat ॥14-76-30॥
[तांस् (tāṃs) - those (them); तु (tu) - but; indeed; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; नरश्रेष्ठः (naraśreṣṭhaḥ) - best of men; distinguished man; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - on all sides; everywhere; विचरन् (vicaran) - moving about; roaming; बली (balī) - strong; powerful; अलातचक्रवत् (alātacakravat) - like the revolving firebrand (spinning disc of fire); राजन् (rājan) - O king; शरजालैः (śarajālaiḥ) - with volleys of arrows; with showers of arrows; समर्पयत् (samarpayat) - he delivered; he discharged;]
(But the best of men, strong, moving everywhere on all sides, O king, delivered volleys of arrows upon all of them like a revolving firebrand.)
But the best of men, powerful and moving everywhere on all sides, O king, assailed all of them with volleys of arrows just like a revolving wheel of fire. (14-76-30)
तदिन्द्रजालप्रतिमं बाणजालममित्रहा। व्यसृजद्दिक्षु सर्वासु महेन्द्र इव वज्रभृत् ॥१४-७६-३१॥
tad indrajāla-pratimaṃ bāṇa-jālam amitra-hā। vyasṛjat dikṣu sarvāsu mahendra iva vajra-bhṛt ॥14-76-31॥
[तत् (tat) - that; इन्द्रजालप्रतिमम् (indrajāla-pratimam) - like a magical illusion; बाणजालम् (bāṇa-jālam) - network of arrows; अमित्रहा (amitra-hā) - destroyer of enemies; व्यसृजत् (vyasṛjat) - released; दिक्षु (dikṣu) - in the directions; सर्वासु (sarvāsu) - in all; महेन्द्रः (mahendraḥ) - the great Indra; इव (iva) - like; वज्रभृत् (vajra-bhṛt) - wielder of the thunderbolt;]
(That illusion-like network of arrows, the destroyer of enemies, released in all directions, the great Indra like wielder of the thunderbolt.)
He, the destroyer of enemies, released that network of arrows, resembling a magical illusion, in all directions just like Mahendra (Indra), the wielder of the thunderbolt. (14-76-31)
मेघजालनिभं सैन्यं विदार्य स रविप्रभः। विबभौ कौरवश्रेष्ठः शरदीव दिवाकरः ॥१४-७६-३२॥
meghajālanibhaṁ sainyaṁ vidārya sa raviprabhaḥ। vibabhau kauravaśreṣṭhaḥ śaradīva divākaraḥ ॥14-76-32॥
[मेघजालनिभं (meghajālanibham) - cloud-mass-resembling; सैन्यं (sainyam) - army; विदार्य (vidārya) - having torn apart; स (sa) - he; रविप्रभः (raviprabhaḥ) - sun-radiant (one whose splendor is like the sun); विबभौ (vibabhau) - shone; कौरवश्रेष्ठः (kauravaśreṣṭhaḥ) - the chief of the Kauravas; शरदि (śaradi) - in the autumn; इव (iva) - like; दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun;]
(Cloud-mass-resembling army having torn apart, he sun-radiant shone, the chief of the Kauravas like in the autumn the sun.)
Having torn apart the army resembling a mass of clouds, he whose splendor was like the sun—the chief of the Kauravas—shone like the sun in autumn. (14-76-32)
