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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 54

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 54

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 54

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 54 of the classical Mahābhārata with 30 verses.

Total: 30 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.54.1–30 • 250 Lexicon Terms
अथ त्विदानीं तुमुले विमर्दे; द्विषद्भिरेको बहुभिः समावृतः । महाभये सारथिमित्युवाच; भीमश्चमूं वारयन्धार्तराष्ट्रीम् । त्वं सारथे याहि जवेन वाहै;र्नयाम्येतान्धार्तराष्ट्रान्यमाय ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said In the thick of that awe-inspiring fray, Bhima, fighting single-handed, against tremendous odds, addressed his charioteer and said-"drive towards the centre of the Dhartarashtra force."
संचोदितो भीमसेनेन चैवं; स सारथिः पुत्रबलं त्वदीयम् । प्रायात्ततः सारथिरुग्रवेगो; यतो भीमस्तद्बलं गन्तुमैच्छत् ॥
ततोऽपरे नागरथाश्वपत्तिभिः; प्रत्युद्ययुः कुरवस्तं समन्तात् । भीमस्य वाहाग्र्यमुदारवेगं; समन्ततो बाणगणैर्निजघ्नुः ॥
ततः शरानापततो महात्मा; चिच्छेद बाणैस्तपनीयपुङ्खैः । ते वै निपेतुस्तपनीयपुङ्खा; द्विधा त्रिधा भीमशरैर्निकृत्ताः ॥
ततो राजन्नागरथाश्वयूनां; भीमाहतानां तव राजमध्ये । घोरो निनादः प्रबभौ नरेन्द्र; वज्राहतानामिव पर्वतानाम् ॥
ते वध्यमानाश्च नरेन्द्रमुख्या; निर्भिन्ना वै भीमसेनप्रवेकैः । भीमं समन्तात्समरेऽध्यरोह;न्वृक्षं शकुन्ता इव पुष्पहेतोः ॥
ततोऽभिपातं तव सैन्यमध्ये; प्रादुश्चक्रे वेगमिवात्तवेगः । यथान्तकाले क्षपयन्दिधक्षु;र्भूतान्तकृत्काल इवात्तदण्डः ॥
तस्यातिवेगस्य रणेऽतिवेगं; नाशक्नुवन्धारयितुं त्वदीयाः । व्यात्ताननस्यापततो यथैव; कालस्य काले हरतः प्रजा वै ॥
ततो बलं भारत भारतानां; प्रदह्यमानं समरे महात्मन् । भीतं दिशोऽकीर्यत भीमनुन्नं; महानिलेनाभ्रगणो यथैव ॥
ततो धीमान्सारथिमब्रवीद्बली; स भीमसेनः पुनरेव हृष्टः । सूताभिजानीहि परान्स्वकान्वा; रथान्ध्वजांश्चापततः समेतान् । युध्यन्नहं नाभिजानामि किंचि;न्मा सैन्यं स्वं छादयिष्ये पृषत्कैः ॥
अरीन्विशोकाभिनिरीक्ष्य सर्वतो; मनस्तु चिन्ता प्रदुनोति मे भृशम् । राजातुरो नागमद्यत्किरीटी; बहूनि दुःखान्यभिजातोऽस्मि सूत ॥
English Translation
I am greatly mortified, O Vishoka, to see around me these leaders of war in hostile array and also with the sight of their cars and the tops of their standards. The king lies wounded and the diadem-decked Arjuna is not yet come to take the field. All these, O Suta, are preying heavily on me.
एतद्दुःखं सारथे धर्मराजो; यन्मां हित्वा यातवाञ्शत्रुमध्ये । नैनं जीवन्नापि जानाम्यजीव;न्बीभत्सुं वा तन्ममाद्यातिदुःखम् ॥
English Translation
O charioteer, that the pious king Yudhishthira should have gone away from the field, leading me alone in the midst of the enemy, is in itself hear-rending. Then again I am quite in the dark as to his fate. Nor do I know whether Vibhatsu is still alive or not. All these add to my grief.
सोऽहं द्विषत्सैन्यमुदग्रकल्पं; विनाशयिष्ये परमप्रतीतः । एतान्निहत्याजिमध्ये समेता;न्प्रीतो भविष्यामि सह त्वयाद्य ॥
English Translation
And though dejected and disspirited, I will play the hell with all these troops inspite of their strength. And thus making the vast army in hostile array pay the penalty in the wager of battle, let me rejoice with you today.
सर्वांस्तूणीरान्मार्गणान्वान्ववेक्ष्य; किं शिष्टं स्यात्सायकानां रथे मे । का वा जातिः किं प्रमाणं च तेषां; ज्ञात्वा व्यक्तं तन्ममाचक्ष्व सूत ॥
English Translation
O Suta, examine closely all the quivers of my arrows and see the numbers still left and then let me know decidedly the quantity and variety of each.”
षण्मार्गणानामयुतानि वीर; क्षुराश्च भल्लाश्च तथायुताख्याः । नाराचानां द्वे सहस्रे तु वीर; त्रीण्येव च प्रदराणां च पार्थ ॥
English Translation
Vishoka said Being thus addressed, Vishoka replied-"O hero, you have full sixty thousand arrows still left, while your shafts, both razor-shaped and broad-pointed, number ten thousand each. O hero, you have still two thousand cloth-yard shafts, while the Pradaras, O Partha, number three thousand.
अस्त्यायुधं पाण्डवेयावशिष्टं; न यद्वहेच्छकटं षड्गवीयम् । एतद्विद्वन्मुञ्च सहस्रशोऽपि; गदासिबाहुद्रविणं च तेऽस्ति ॥
English Translation
To speak candidly, O son of Pandu, the quantity that is still left is quite unmanageable even by half-a-dozen bullocks, if placed on carts. O skillful one, throw off your weapons in no measured number, for your maces, swords and scimitars, as also your lances darts and spears and other weapons of the arms, number thousands upon thousands. So be of good cheer and pray do not be misapprehensive of your weapons running short."
सूताद्येमं पश्य भीमप्रमुक्तैः; संभिन्दद्भिः पार्थिवानाशुवेगैः । उग्रैर्बाणैराहवं घोररूपं; नष्टादित्यं मृत्युलोकेन तुल्यम् ॥
English Translation
Bhima said Mark, O Suta, in this day's fearful engagement the plains will present the aspect of the dismal regions, of Death, when the field will be shrouded with thick sets of my irresistible arrows, furiously let loose from off my bow, tearing into pieces the entire body of the trainbands of my enemy and making the Sun, as it were, disappear from view.
अद्यैव तद्विदितं पार्थिवानां; भविष्यति आकुमारं च सूत । निमग्नो वा समरे भीमसेन; एकः कुरून्वा समरे विजेता ॥
English Translation
Today, O Suta, it will be known to all the Kshatriyas, even unto the last generation, that either Bhimasena has given himself up in battle, or, singly, he has got the better of all the Kurus.
सर्वे संख्ये कुरवो निष्पतन्तु; मां वा लोकाः कीर्तयन्त्वाकुमारम् । सर्वानेकस्तानहं पातयिष्ये; ते वा सर्वे भीमसेनं तुदन्तु ॥
English Translation
Today, either let the Kauravas fall in battle, or, let all the world sound my death knell. Alone, encountering them all, I will either overmatch them, or, let them, all combined, put an extinguisher upon Bhimasena.
आशास्तारः कर्म चाप्युत्तमं वा; तन्मे देवाः केवलं साधयन्तु । आयात्विहाद्यार्जुनः शत्रुघाती; शक्रस्तूर्णं यज्ञ इवोपहूतः ॥
English Translation
May the guardian angels, who further the course of all righteous action, shower down their blessing on me; and let Arjuna, the victor of enemies, come here speedily (to my relief), like the invoked Sakra appearing in the sacrificial ground.
ईक्षस्वैतां भारतीं दीर्यमाणा;मेते कस्माद्विद्रवन्ते नरेन्द्राः । व्यक्तं धीमान्सव्यसाची नराग्र्यः; सैन्यं ह्येतच्छादयत्याशु बाणैः ॥
English Translation
Look there and see the disbanded Bharata force! Why are all these chiefs taking to their flight. Surely it seems to me inevitable that Savyasachin, that best of human beings has been shrouding that force with a heavy downpour of his arrows.
पश्य ध्वजांश्च द्रवतो विशोक; नागान्हयान्पत्तिसंघांश्च संख्ये । रथान्विशीर्णाञ्शरशक्तिताडिता;न्पश्यस्वैतान्रथिनश्चैव सूत ॥
English Translation
Look there, O Vishoka, (and see how) the mounted soldiers riding on their steeds or elephants and standard-bearers and footsoldiers and beating their retreat. Look, also, at these war-chariots, (and see how) they with their warriors on, are getting scattered by the darts, shafts and arrows, O Suta.
आपूर्यते कौरवी चाप्यभीक्ष्णं; सेना ह्यसौ सुभृशं हन्यमाना । धनंजयस्याशनितुल्यवेगै;र्ग्रस्ता शरैर्बर्हिसुवर्णवाजैः ॥
English Translation
Charged with the gold-winged and peacock-feathered arrows of Dhananjaya and bursting like the bolts from the blue, those Kaurava forces, falling fast in numbers, as often swell the ranks of their file.
एते द्रवन्ति स्म रथाश्वनागाः; पदातिसंघानवमर्दयन्तः । संमुह्यमानाः कौरवाः सर्व एव; द्रवन्ति नागा इव दावभीताः । हाहाकृताश्चैव रणे विशोक; मुञ्चन्ति नादान्विपुलान्गजेन्द्राः ॥
English Translation
Those steed yoked on war-chariots and elephants trampling down the vast array of foot-soldiers are fleeting away. In sooth, the whole host of the Kauravas, seized with consternation, are beating a hasty retreat, as do the terrified elephants in the midst of a flaming forest. The elephants are roaring furiously in the field and their savage cries, O Vishoka, make, one and all, utter cries of woe and alas!'
सर्वे कामाः पाण्डव ते समृद्धाः; कपिध्वजो दृश्यते हस्तिसैन्ये । नीलाद्धनाद्विद्युतमुच्चरन्तीं; तथापश्यं विस्फुरद्वै धनुस्तत् ॥
English Translation
All your wishes, O son of Pandu, have been gratified, yonder is seen the standard of Ape (of Arjuna) wafting aloft. Look there the bowstring (of Gandiva) is emitting incessantly rays of light, like the flashes of lightning from amidst the blue regions of ethereal space.
कपिर्ह्यसौ वीक्ष्यते सर्वतो वै; ध्वजाग्रमारुह्य धनंजयस्य । दिवाकराभो मणिरेष दिव्यो; विभ्राजते चैव किरीटसंस्थः ॥
English Translation
There, the resplendent beauty of Dhananjaya's diadem is shedding its effulgence brightly and the bright luster of the gem-studded on it. Sparkling with the radiancy of the Sun, is looking much more resplendent.
पार्श्वे भीमं पाण्डुराभ्रप्रकाशं; पश्येमं त्वं देवदत्तं सुघोषम् । अभीशुहस्तस्य जनार्दनस्य; विगाहमानस्य चमूं परेषाम् ॥
English Translation
Alongside him, behold, there, his conch Devadatta to thundering blare and resembling a white sheet of cloud. Behold there, Janaradana, reins in hand, making his way into the centre of the hostile divisions.
रविप्रभं वज्रनाभं क्षुरान्तं; पार्श्वे स्थितं पश्य जनार्दनस्य । चक्रं यशो वर्धयत्केशवस्य; सदार्चितं यदुभिः पश्य वीर ॥
English Translation
Behold, there, O hero, by the side of Janardana his discus, radiant like the Sun, nave like thunder and sharp like razor-that discus which enhances the fame of Keshava and which is always worshipped by the Yadus. son
ददामि ते ग्रामवरांश्चतुर्दश; प्रियाख्याने सारथे सुप्रसन्नः । दसीशतं चापि रथांश्च विंशतिं; यदर्जुनं वेदयसे विशोक ॥
English Translation
Bhima said For this welcome news, O charioteer, with unfeigned pleasure I grant you fourteen choice villages; and O Vishoka, as you bring me the tidings of Arjuna, I also present you a hundred female slaves and twenty chariots.
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