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Mahābhārata • Parva 9 (Śalyaparva) • Adhyāya 7

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 7

शल्यपर्व • अध्यायः 7

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 7 of the classical Mahābhārata with 45 verses.

Total: 45 Verses • Citations: MBh 9.7.1–45 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 15 shown)
हार्दिक्यं तु महेष्वासमर्जुनः शत्रुपूगहा । संशप्तकगणांश्चैव वेगतोऽभिविदुद्रुवे ॥
English Translation
Arjuna, the slayer of foes, rushed against that great bowman, Kritavarman and the Samsaptakas.
गौतमं भीमसेनो वै सोमकाश्च महारथाः । अभ्यद्रवन्त राजेन्द्र जिघांसन्तः परान्युधि ॥
English Translation
Bhimasena and the great car-warriors among the Somakas rushed, O monarch, against Kripa, desirous of killing their enemies in battle.
माद्रीपुत्रौ तु शकुनिमुलूकं च महारथौ । ससैन्यौ सहसेनौ तावुपतस्थतुराहवे ॥
English Translation
The two sons of Madri, accompanied by their soldiers, proceeded against Sakuni and the great car-warrior Uluka at the head of their forces.
तथैवायुतशो योधास्तावकाः पाण्डवान्रणे । अभ्यद्रवन्त संक्रुद्धा विविधायुधपाणयः ॥
English Translation
Similarly, thousands of warriors, of your army, armed with various weapons and filled with anger, proceeded against the Pandavas in that battle.
हते भीष्मे महेष्वासे द्रोणे कर्णे महारथे । कुरुष्वल्पावशिष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु च संयुगे ॥
English Translation
Dhritarashtra said After the fall of the great bowmen Bhishma and Drona and the great car-warrior Karna and after both the Kurus and the Pandavas had been lessened in numbers and when the powerful Parthas became once more angry in battle, what, O Sanjaya, was the strength of each of the armies.
सुसंरब्धेषु पार्थेषु पराक्रान्तेषु संजय । मामकानां परेषां च किं शिष्टमभवद्बलम् ॥
यथा वयं परे राजन्युद्धाय समवस्थिताः । यावच्चासीद्बलं शिष्टं संग्रामे तन्निबोध मे ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said Hear, O king, how we and the enemy both stood for battle on that occasion and what was then the relative strength of the two armies.
एकादश सहस्राणि रथानां भरतर्षभ । दश दन्तिसहस्राणि सप्त चैव शतानि च ॥
पूर्णे शतसहस्रे द्वे हयानां भरतर्षभ । नरकोट्यस्तथा तिस्रो बलमेतत्तवाभवत् ॥
रथानां षट्सहस्राणि षट्सहस्राश्च कुञ्जराः । दश चाश्वसहस्राणि पत्तिकोटी च भारत ॥
English Translation
Six thousand cars, six thousand elephants, ten thousand horse and one million of foot, O Bharata, war the remnant of the Pandava force in that battle. These, O best of Bharata's race, met each other for battle.
एतद्बलं पाण्डवानामभवच्छेषमाहवे । एत एव समाजग्मुर्युद्धाय भरतर्षभ ॥
एवं विभज्य राजेन्द्र मद्रराजमते स्थिताः । पाण्डवान्प्रत्युदीयाम जयगृद्धाः प्रमन्यवः ॥
English Translation
Having divided our armies in this way, O) king, we, worked up with wrath and filled with the desire of victory, rushed against the Pandavas, under the command of the king of the Madras.
तथैव पाण्डवाः शूराः समरे जितकाशिनः । उपयाता नरव्याघ्राः पाञ्चालाश्च यशस्विनः ॥
English Translation
Similarly, the brave Pandavas, those foremost of men, desirous of killing their enemies, encountered one another early in the morning, O king.
एवमेते बलौघेन परस्परवधैषिणः । उपयाता नरव्याघ्राः पूर्वां संध्यां प्रति प्रभो ॥
English Translation
Similarly, the brave Pandavas, those foremost of men, desirous of killing their enemies, encountered one another early in the morning, O king.
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं घोररूपं भयानकम् । तावकानां परेषां च निघ्नतामितरेतरम् ॥
English Translation
Then began a battle once more that was highly terrific, between your troops and the enemy, that resembled the one between the gods and demons.
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