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Mahābhārata • Parva 9 (Śalyaparva) • Adhyāya 8

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 8

शल्यपर्व • अध्यायः 8

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 8 of the classical Mahābhārata with 47 verses.

Total: 47 Verses • Citations: MBh 9.8.1–47 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 17 shown)
भुजनक्रा धनुःस्रोता हस्तिशैला हयोपला । मेदोमज्जाकर्दमिनी छत्रहंसा गदोडुपा ॥
English Translation
The arms were its alligators, bows its current, elephants its large rocks and its smaller ones. Fat and marrow constituted its mire, umbrellas its swans and maces its rafts.
कवचोष्णीषसंछन्ना पताकारुचिरद्रुमा । चक्रचक्रावलीजुष्टा त्रिवेणूदण्डकावृता ॥
English Translation
Abounding with armour and head-gears, banners formed its beautiful trees. Wheels formed its swarms of Chakravakas and it was covered with Trivenus and Dandas.
शूराणां हर्षजननी भीरूणां भयवर्धिनी । प्रावर्तत नदी रौद्रा कुरुसृञ्जयसंकुला ॥
English Translation
Filling the brave with joy and increasing the fears of the timid, that fierce river flowed the shores of which were filled with Kurus and Srinjayas.
तां नदीं पितृलोकाय वहन्तीमतिभैरवाम् । तेरुर्वाहननौभिस्ते शूराः परिघबाहवः ॥
English Translation
Those brave warriors, with arms resembling bludgeons, by the aid of their cars and animals, acting as rafts and boats crossed that dreadful river which flowed towards the region of the deed.
वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे निर्मर्यादे विशां पते । चतुरङ्गक्षये घोरे पूर्वं देवासुरोपमे ॥
English Translation
During the course of that battle, O king, in which no consideration was showed by any body for any one and which with awful destruction of the four fold forces, resembled the battle between the celestials and the Asuras in the days of yore.
अक्रोशन्बान्धवानन्ये तत्र तत्र परंतप । क्रोशद्भिर्बान्धवैश्चान्ये भयार्ता न निवर्तिरे ॥
English Translation
Some warriors, O scorcher of foes, loudly called upon their kinsmen and friends. Some, called upon by crying kinsmen, returned stricken with fear,
निर्मर्यादे तथा युद्धे वर्तमाने भयानके । अर्जुनो भीमसेनश्च मोहयां चक्रतुः परान् ॥
English Translation
During the course of that fierce and dreadful battle, Arjuna and Bhimasena stupefied their foes.
सा वध्यमाना महती सेना तव जनाधिप । अमुह्यत्तत्र तत्रैव योषिन्मदवशादिव ॥
English Translation
Your army, O king thus destroyed, swooned away on the field, like a woman under the influence of liquor.
मोहयित्वा च तां सेनां भीमसेनधनंजयौ । दध्मतुर्वारिजौ तत्र सिंहनादं च नेदतुः ॥
English Translation
Having stupefied that army, Bhimasena and Dhananjaya blew their conchs and sent forth leonine roars.
श्रुत्वैव तु महाशब्दं धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ । धर्मराजं पुरस्कृत्य मद्रराजमभिद्रुतौ ॥
English Translation
On hearing that loud sound Dhristadyumna and Shikhandin, placing king Yudhishthira at their head, rushed against the king of the Madras.
तत्राश्चर्यमपश्याम घोररूपं विशां पते । शल्येन संगताः शूरा यदयुध्यन्त भागशः ॥
English Translation
Highly wonderful and terrible, O monarch, was the manner in which those heroes, in a body and separately, fought with Shalya.
माद्रीपुत्रौ सरभसौ कृतास्त्रौ युद्धदुर्मदौ । अभ्ययातां त्वरायुक्तौ जिगीषन्तौ बलं तव ॥
English Translation
The two energetic sons of Madri, masters of weapons and invincible in battle, proceeded quickly against your army worked up with the desire of victory.
ततो न्यवर्तत बलं तावकं भरतर्षभ । शरैः प्रणुन्नं बहुधा पाण्डवैर्जितकाशिभिः ॥
English Translation
Then your army, O best of Bharata's race, wounded greatly with arrows by the Pandavas eager for victory, took to their heels in the battle.
वध्यमाना चमूः सा तु पुत्राणां प्रेक्षतां तव । भेजे दिशो महाराज प्रणुन्ना दृढधन्विभिः । हाहाकारो महाञ्जज्ञे योधानां तव भारत ॥
English Translation
Thus struck and dispersed by strong bowmen, O king, that army fled away on all sides in the presence of your sons.
तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति वागासीद्द्रावितानां महात्मनाम् । क्षत्रियाणां तदान्योन्यं संयुगे जयमिच्छताम् । आद्रवन्नेव भग्नास्ते पाण्डवैस्तव सैनिकाः ॥
त्यक्त्वा युद्धे प्रियान्पुत्रान्भ्रातॄनथ पितामहान् । मातुलान्भागिनेयांश्च तथा संबन्धिबान्धवान् ॥
हयान्द्विपांस्त्वरयन्तो योधा जग्मुः समन्ततः । आत्मत्राणकृतोत्साहास्तावका भरतर्षभ ॥
English Translation
Driving their horses and elephants to a great speed, thousands of warriors fled away O foremost of Bharata's race, anxious to secure their personal safety only.
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