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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 33

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 33

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 33

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 33 of the classical Mahābhārata with 71 verses.

Total: 71 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.33.1–71 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 3 of 3 (Verses 11 shown)
कचाकचि बभौ युद्धं दन्तादन्ति नखानखि । मुष्टियुद्धं नियुद्धं च देहपाप्मविनाशनम् ॥
English Translation
Then there took place a skirmish destructive of life and sins-the warriors dragging one another by their locks, biting one another with their teeth, tearing one another with their nails and striking one another with their clenched fists and fighting with one another with bare arms.
तथा वर्तति संग्रामे गजवाजिजनक्षये । नराश्वगजदेहेभ्यः प्रसृता लोहितापगा । नराश्वगजदेहान्सा व्युवाह पतितान्बहून् ॥
English Translation
As that battle, destructive of elephants, horses and men, raged on fiercely a river of blood flew from the bodies of men, horses and elephants. That stream carried away many bodies of men, horses and elephants that fell there.
नराश्वगजसंबाधे नराश्वगजसादिनाम् । लोहितोदा महाघोरा नदी लोहितकर्दमा । नराश्वगजदेहान्सा वहन्ती भीरुभीषणी ॥
English Translation
In that huge army abounding in men, horses and elephants, the river, formed by the blood of men, horses and elephants, became miry with flesh and that highly terrible river, striking terror into the timid, carried away the bodies of men, horses and elephants.
तस्याः परमपारं च व्रजन्ति विजयैषिणः । गाधेन च प्लवन्तश्च निमज्ज्योन्मज्ज्य चापरे ॥
English Translation
Some, desirous of victory, crossed it. Some plunged into its depths and some rose above its surface.
ते तु लोहितदिग्धाङ्गा रक्तवर्मायुधाम्बराः । सस्नुस्तस्यां पपुश्चासृङ्मम्लुश्च भरतर्षभ ॥
English Translation
Their limbs, weapons and robes became all besmeared with blood. O foremost of Bharatas, some bathed in it, some drank its liquid.
रथानश्वान्नरान्नागानायुधाभरणानि च । वसनान्यथ वर्माणि हन्यमानान्हतानपि । भूमिं खं द्यां दिशश्चैव प्रायः पश्याम लोहितम् ॥
English Translation
We saw the cars, horses, men, elephants, armours, ornaments, robes, coats of mail, earth, sky and heaven and all directions were all seen dyed in red colour.
लोहितस्य तु गन्धेन स्पर्शेन च रसेन च । रूपेण चातिरिक्तेन शब्देन च विसर्पता । विषादः सुमहानासीत्प्रायः सैन्यस्य भारत ॥
English Translation
With the smell, the touch, the taste, the exceedingly redness of the blood and its gushing sound almost of the warriors became very cheerless.
तत्तु विप्रहतं सैन्यं भीमसेनमुखैस्तव । भूयः समाद्रवन्वीराः सात्यकिप्रमुखा रथाः ॥
English Translation
The Pandava heroes headed by Bhimasena and Satyaki again attacked fiercely on Kaurava's army already destroyed in its considerable fraction.
तेषामापततां वेगमविषह्य महात्मनाम् । पुत्राणां ते महत्सैन्यमासीद्राजन्पराङ्मुखम् ॥
English Translation
Beholding the irrepressible force of their attack, the army of your sons, O king, turned their back.
तत्प्रकीर्णरथाश्वेभं नरवाजिसमाकुलम् । विध्वस्तचर्मकवचं प्रविद्धायुधकार्मुकम् ॥
English Translation
With armours and coats of mail, displaced, weapons and bows loosened from their hands, your army, abounding in cars, horses, elephants and men, fled away in all directions, being agitated by the enemy as a herd of elephants in the forest is afflicted by lions.
व्यद्रवत्तावकं सैन्यं लोड्यमानं समन्ततः । सिंहार्दितं महारण्ये यथा गजकुलं तथा ॥
English Translation
With armours and coats of mail, displaced, weapons and bows loosened from their hands, your army, abounding in cars, horses, elephants and men, fled away in all directions, being agitated by the enemy as a herd of elephants in the forest is afflicted by lions.
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