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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 62

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 62

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 62

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 62 of the classical Mahābhārata with 63 verses.

Total: 63 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.62.1–63 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
क्षिप्रं शरैः षड्भिरमित्रसाह;श्चकर्त खड्गं निशितैः सुधारैः । पुनश्च पीतैर्निशितैः पृषत्कैः; स्तनान्तरे गाढमथाभ्यविध्यत् ॥
English Translation
Then as Nakula was careering with his drawn sword, of good steel, well polished and very sharp and strong enough to bear great weight and to lop off bodies of all sorts of enemies and deadly as snake Vrisasena in a short time cut-off that sword with six razor-like shafts and also hurt his enemy in the centre of the chest with arrows well tempered and keenedged.
स भीमसेनस्य रथं हताश्वो; माद्रीसुतः कर्णसुताभितप्तः । आपुप्लुवे सिंह इवाचलाग्रं; संप्रेक्षमाणस्य धनंजयस्य ॥
English Translation
The son of Madri, becoming horseless and being thus distressed by Karna's son, in the presence of Dhananjaya bounded upon the car of Bhimasena resembling a lion leaping on the summit of a mountain.
नकुलमथ विदित्वा छिन्नबाणासनासिं; विरथमरिशरार्तं कर्णपुत्रास्त्रभग्नम् । पवनधुतपताका ह्रादिनो वल्गिताश्वा; वरपुरुषनियत्तास्ते रथाः शीघ्रमीयुः ॥
द्रुपदसुतवरिष्ठाः पञ्च शैनेयषष्ठा; द्रुपददुहितृपुत्राः पञ्च चामित्रसाहाः । द्विरदरथनराश्वान्सूदयन्तस्त्वदीया;न्भुजगपतिनिकाशैर्मार्गणैरात्तशस्त्राः ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said Then those eleven mighty scorchers of enemies, namely the five brave sons of Drupada, the grandson of Shini (Satyaki) and the five sons of Draupadi, learning that Nakula had been made carless and greatly distressed and wounded with the shafts and other weapons of the son of Karna, his sword and bow broken, advanced on their rattling cars with standards floating in the air and pulled by jumping horses driven by skillful drivers. Those well-armed heroes with shafts deadly as snakes went on killing your elephants, chariots and men.
अथ तव रथमुख्यास्तान्प्रतीयुस्त्वरन्तो; हृदिकसुतकृपौ च द्रौणिदुर्योधनौ च । शकुनिशुकवृकाश्च क्राथदेवावृधौ च; द्विरदजलदघोषैः स्यन्दनैः कार्मुकैश्च ॥
English Translation
Then your leading car-warriors, viz. Hridaka's son, Kripa, Drona's son, Shakuni's son, Vrika, Krathadeva and Devavridha immediately advanced against them with their bows on cars, the wheels of which were rattling loudly like the roars of elephants or the boom of the clouds.
तव नरवरवर्यास्तान्दशैकं च वीरा;न्प्रवरशरवराग्र्यैस्ताडयन्तोऽभ्यरुन्धन् । नवजलदसवर्णैर्हस्तिभिस्तानुदीयु;र्गिरिशिखरनिकाशैर्भीमवेगैः कुणिन्दाः ॥
English Translation
O monarch, the Kaurava warriors thus attacking those eleven best of car-warriors and choicest of men, checked their course with most powerful shafts, but the Kulindas mounted on elephants of great Sini and looking like mountain cliffs and resembling in color newly gathered clouds, rushed against the Kaurava warriors.
सुकल्पिता हैमवता मदोत्कटा; रणाभिकामैः कृतिभिः समास्थिताः । सुवर्णजालावतता बभुर्गजा;स्तथा यथा वै जलदाः सविद्युतः ॥
English Translation
Those unruly and proud elephants of the Himalayan breed, adorned with networks of gold and mounted by skillful warriors eager to show their prowess in battle, looked beautiful like the clouds in the sky with lightning flashing upon them.
कुणिन्दपुत्रो दशभिर्महायसैः; कृपं ससूताश्वमपीडयद्भृशम् । ततः शरद्वत्सुतसायकैर्हतः; सहैव नागेन पपात भूतले ॥
English Translation
Then the Prince of the Kulindas with ten arrows made entirely of steel, bravely attacked Kripa but being struck in return by arrows of Sharadvat's son the prince with his elephant fell down on the earth.
कुणिन्दपुत्रावरजस्तु तोमरै;र्दिवाकरांशुप्रतिमैरयस्मयैः । रथं च विक्षोभ्य ननाद नर्दत;स्ततोऽस्य गान्धारपतिः शिरोऽहरत् ॥
English Translation
The younger brother of that prince attacked Kripa's car with spears made of steel and shining like the rays of the sun and began to shout loudly and while so careering his head was severed by the king of Gandhara.
ततः कुणिन्देषु हतेषु तेष्वथ; प्रहृष्टरूपास्तव ते महारथाः । भृशं प्रदध्मुर्लवणाम्बुसंभवा;न्परांश्च बाणासनपाणयोऽभ्ययुः ॥
English Translation
Those powerful car-warriors of our army being glad at the fall of the Kulindas blew their sea conchs and with bows in hand attacked their enemies.
अथाभवद्युद्धमतीव दारुणं; पुनः कुरूणां सह पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः । शरासिशक्त्यृष्टिगदापरश्वधै;र्नराश्वनागासुहरं भृशाकुलम् ॥
English Translation
The battle which followed between the Kurus on one side and the Pandus and the Srinjayas on the other with shafts cutlasses, darts, swords and maces and battle axes became awful and hard and many steeds, men and elephants were killed.
रथाश्वमातङ्गपदातिभिस्ततः; परस्परं विप्रहतापतन्क्षितौ । यथा सविद्युत्स्तनिता बलाहकाः; समास्थिता दिग्भ्य इवोग्रमारुतैः ॥
English Translation
As the clouds with a flash of skylark and thundering fall down from all directions when beaten by the disastrous speed of the wind; those war loving warriors started falling on the ground as a result of their mutual counter against chariots, horses, elephants and infantry.
ततः शतानीकहतान्महागजां;स्तथा रथान्पत्तिगणांश्च तावकान् । जघान भोजश्च हयानथापत;न्विशस्त्रकृत्ताः कृतवर्मणा द्विपाः ॥
English Translation
Kritavarma then killed the huge elephants, horses, chariots and a number of the troops of infantry. He fell down on the ground within moment when their bodies were damaged severely.
अथापरे द्रौणिशराहता द्विपा;स्त्रयः ससर्वायुधयोधकेतवः । निपेतुरुर्व्यां व्यसवः प्रपातिता;स्तथा यथा वज्रहता महाचलाः ॥
कुणिन्दराजावरजादनन्तरः; स्तनान्तरे पत्रिवरैरताडयत् । तवात्मजं तस्य तवात्मजः शरैः; शितैः शरीरं बिभिदे द्विपं च तम् ॥
English Translation
The next younger to the younger brother of Kulindaraja had given a hard blow on the chest of your son. Your son had then injured his body and elephant both by his acute arrows shot on him.
स नागराजः सह राजसूनुना; पपात रक्तं बहु सर्वतः क्षरन् । शचीशवज्रप्रहतोऽम्बुदागमे; यथा जलं गैरिकपर्वतस्तथा ॥
English Translation
As the mountain made of grey chalk (Geru) starts flowing red colour water from surface when thunderbolt befallen, that elephant with blood shed body feli down dead with Kulinda Kumara rode on it.
कुणिन्दपुत्रप्रहितोऽपरद्विपः; शुकं ससूताश्वरथं व्यपोथयत् । ततोऽपतत्क्राथशराभिदारितः; सहेश्वरो वज्रहतो यथा गिरिः ॥
English Translation
Kulindaraja, had then forwarded another elephant. He crushed the charioteer, horses and chariot of Kratha but that elephant fell down dead like a mountain suffered the blows of thunderbolt with its master when Kratha shot volley of arrows.
रथी द्विपस्थेन हतोऽपतच्छरैः; क्राथाधिपः पर्वतजेन दुर्जयः । सवाजिसूतेष्वसनस्तथापत;द्यथा महावातहतो महाद्रुमः ॥
English Translation
As the huge tree uprooted of a strong storm falls down on ground, the great chariot fighter Kratha, fell down from the chariot on ground when a hill national (warrior) shot a voiley of arrows from his elephant.
वृको द्विपस्थं गिरिराजवासिनं; भृशं शरैर्द्वादशभिः पराभिनत् । ततो वृकं साश्वरथं महाजवं; त्वरंश्चतुर्भिश्चरणे व्यपोथयत् ॥
English Translation
Vrika then injured severely with hard blows through twelve arrows he shot on that mountaineer king. That huge elephant of mountain king leapt on Vrika and crushed him unto death immediately under its four feet. This chariot and horses were also crushed simultaneously.
स नागराजः सनियन्तृकोऽपत;त्पराहतो बभ्रुसुतेषुभिर्भृशम् । स चापि देवावृधसूनुरर्दितः; पपात नुन्नः सहदेवसूनुना ॥
English Translation
Finally, that elephant also fell on the ground with is Mahadeva because of penetrated badly by son of Babhru with volley of arrows he shot. The son of Devavridha also fell down dead when son of Sahadeva had shot acute arrows on him.
विषाणपोत्रापरगात्रघातिना; गजेन हन्तुं शकुनेः कुणिन्दजः । जगाम वेगेन भृशार्दयंश्च तं; ततोऽस्य गान्धारपतिः शिरोऽहरत् ॥
English Translation
The second son of Kulinda attacked on Shakuni by the elephant capable to knock down the great warriors through his teeth, body and trunk and severally injured him. Shakuni, the king of Gandharva then beaded him.
ततः शतानीकहता महागजा; हया रथाः पत्तिगणाश्च तावकाः । सुपर्णवातप्रहता यथा नगा;स्तथा गता गामवशा विचूर्णिताः ॥
English Translation
Shatanika then attacked immediately on your army. As the snakes fall on the ground when penetrated by the Garuda's (eagle) wing, your huge elephants, horses, chariots and infantry fell down on the ground and splitted up in pieces.
ततोऽभ्यविध्यद्बहुभिः शितैः शरैः; कुणिन्दपुत्रो नकुलात्मजं स्मयन् । ततोऽस्य कायान्निचकर्त नाकुलिः; शिरः क्षुरेणाम्बुजसंनिभाननम् ॥
English Translation
The son of Kalinga king shot numerous acute arrows with smile on Shatanika, the son of Nakula and damaged his body severely. The son of Nakula furiated on hearing this and he beheaded the lotus like face with a blow he made by a Kshura.
ततः शतानीकमविध्यदाशुगै;स्त्रिभिः शितैः कर्णसुतोऽर्जुनं त्रिभिः । त्रिभिश्च भीमं नकुलं च सप्तभि;र्जनार्दनं द्वादशभिश्च सायकैः ॥
English Translation
Vrishascna, the son of Karna then injured Shatanika v ith three arrows, made of iron. He then penetrated Arjuna with three, Bhimasena with another three, Nakula with seven and Sri Krishna with twelve arrows.
तदस्य कर्मातिमनुष्यकर्मणः; समीक्ष्य हृष्टाः कुरवोऽभ्यपूजयन् । पराक्रमज्ञास्तु धनंजयस्य ते; हुतोऽयमग्नाविति तं तु मेनिरे ॥
English Translation
All Kauravas filled with ecstasy to see this phenomenal valour of Vrishasena and they started appreciating him again and again. However, the people known of Arjuna's valour, understood it definitely that this Vrishasena will become morsel of fire.
ततः किरीटी परवीरघाती; हताश्वमालोक्य नरप्रवीरम् । तमभ्यधावद्वृषसेनमाहवे; स सूतजस्य प्रमुखे स्थितं तदा ॥
तमापतन्तं नरवीरमुग्रं; महाहवे बाणसहस्रधारिणम् । अभ्यापतत्कर्णसुतो महारथो; यथैव चेन्द्रं नमुचिः पुरातने ॥
English Translation
When Vrishasena, the son of Karna saw Arjuna, the great chariot fighter with a store of several thousand arrows in that great war, he rushed towards him with the same way as Namuci had made an attack on Indra, the king of gods.
ततोऽद्भुतेनैकशतेन पार्थं; शरैर्विद्ध्वा सूतपुत्रस्य पुत्रः । ननाद नादं सुमहानुभावो; विद्ध्वेव शक्रं नमुचिः पुरा वै ॥
पुनः स पार्थं वृषसेन उग्रै;र्बाणैरविध्यद्भुजमूलमध्ये । तथैव कृष्णं नवभिः समार्दय;त्पुनश्च पार्थं दशभिः शिताग्रैः ॥
ततः किरीटी रणमूर्ध्नि कोपा;त्कृत्वा त्रिशाखां भ्रुकुटिं ललाटे । मुमोच बाणान्विशिखान्महात्मा; वधाय राजन्सूतपुत्रस्य संख्ये ॥
English Translation
Arjuna, the crown holder started attacking with arrows on the course of battle with haste when decided to kill the son of Karna in the battle-field. His brows curved at three spots on account of fallen in sheer anger.
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