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Mahābhārata • Parva 9 (Śalyaparva) • Adhyāya 21

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 21

शल्यपर्व • अध्यायः 21

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 21 of the classical Mahābhārata with 45 verses.

Total: 45 Verses • Citations: MBh 9.21.1–45 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
पुत्रस्तु ते महाराज रथस्थो रथिनां वरः । दुरुत्सहो बभौ युद्धे यथा रुद्रः प्रतापवान् ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said Filled with the courage of despair, that best of car-warriors, O king viz., your son, looked resplendent on his car in that battle like Rudra himself.
तस्य बाणसहस्रैस्तु प्रच्छन्ना ह्यभवन्मही । परांश्च सिषिचे बाणैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतान् ॥
English Translation
With the thousands of arrows shot by him, the Earth was completely covered. He drenched his enemies with showers of arrows like the clouds pouring rain on mountain breasts.
न च सोऽस्ति पुमान्कश्चित्पाण्डवानां महाहवे । हयो गजो रथो वापि योऽस्य बाणैरविक्षतः ॥
English Translation
There was then not a man amongst the Pandavas in that great battle or a horse or an elephant or a car, who or which was not struck with Duryodhana's arrows.
यं यं हि समरे योधं प्रपश्यामि विशां पते । स स बाणैश्चितोऽभूद्वै पुत्रेण तव भारत ॥
English Translation
O king, amongst the warriors every one, O Bharata, was struck by your son with his arrows.
यथा सैन्येन रजसा समुद्धूतेन वाहिनी । प्रत्यदृश्यत संछन्ना तथा बाणैर्महात्मनः ॥
English Translation
The Pandava army was then covered with the arrows of that great warriors even as a army is covered with the dust it raises while marching for battle.
बाणभूतामपश्याम पृथिवीं पृथिवीपते । दुर्योधनेन प्रकृतां क्षिप्रहस्तेन धन्विना ॥
English Translation
The Earth then, O king, was as if converted into one sheet of arrows by your son Duryodhana, that bowman endued with great lightness of hand.
तेषु योधसहस्रेषु तावकेषु परेषु च । एको दुर्योधनो ह्यासीत्पुमानिति मतिर्मम ॥
English Translation
Amongst those thousands of warriors on the field, of your side or that of the enemy, it appeared as if Duryodhana was then the only man.
तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम तव पुत्रस्य विक्रमम् । यदेकं सहिताः पार्था नात्यवर्तन्त भारत ॥
English Translation
The prowess of the king of the Madras was highly wonderful, since the Parthas, even in a body, could not approach him in that battle.
युधिष्ठिरं शतेनाजौ विव्याध भरतर्षभ । भीमसेनं च सप्तत्या सहदेवं च सप्तभिः ॥
English Translation
He struck Yudhishthira, O best of Bharata's race, with a hundred arrows and Bhimasena with seventy and Sahadeva with seven.
नकुलं च चतुःषष्ट्या धृष्टद्युम्नं च पञ्चभिः । सप्तभिर्द्रौपदेयांश्च त्रिभिर्विव्याध सात्यकिम् । धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन सहदेवस्य मारिष ॥
English Translation
And he struck Nakula with sixty four and Dhrishtadyumna with five and the sons of Draupadi with seven and Satyaki with three arrows. With a broad-headed arrow, he then, O king, cut off the bow of Sahadeva.
तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं माद्रीपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । अभ्यधावत राजानं प्रगृह्यान्यन्महद्धनुः । ततो दुर्योधनं संख्ये विव्याध दशभिः शरैः ॥
English Translation
Casting off that broken bow, the heroic son of Madri, took up another formidable bow and rushing against the king, viz., Duryodhana struck him with ten arrows in that battle.
नकुलश्च ततो वीरो राजानं नवभिः शरैः । घोररूपैर्महेष्वासो विव्याध च ननाद च ॥
English Translation
The great and brave bowman Nakula then struck the king with nine terrible arrows and uttered a loud war cry.
सात्यकिश्चापि राजानं शरेणानतपर्वणा । द्रौपदेयास्त्रिसप्तत्या धर्मराजश्च सप्तभिः । अशीत्या भीमसेनश्च शरै राजानमार्दयत् ॥
English Translation
Satyaki struck the king with a single straight shaft; the sons of Draupadi struck him with seventy three and king Yudhishthira struck him with five. And Bhimasena assailed the king with eighty arrows.
समन्तात्कीर्यमाणस्तु बाणसंघैर्महात्मभिः । न चचाल महाराज सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥
English Translation
Though struck thus from all sides with numerous arrows by those illustrious warriors, Duryodhana still, O king, did not waver, in the presence of all the soldiers assembled there.
लाघवं सौष्ठवं चापि वीर्यं चैव महात्मनः । अति सर्वाणि भूतानि ददृशुः सर्वमानवाः ॥
English Translation
The quickness, the skill and the prowess of that illustrious warrior excelled those of every man.
धार्तराष्ट्रास्तु राजेन्द्र यात्वा तु स्वल्पमन्तरम् । अपश्यमाना राजानं पर्यवर्तन्त दंशिताः ॥
English Translation
Meanwhile the Dhartarashtras, O king, who had not fled far away, beholding the king, rallied and returned there, clad in mail.
तेषामापततां घोरस्तुमुलः समजायत । क्षुब्धस्य हि समुद्रस्य प्रावृट्काले यथा निशि ॥
English Translation
The noise made by them when they returned was exceedingly awful, like the roar of the surging deep during the rainy season.
समासाद्य रणे ते तु राजानमपराजितम् । प्रत्युद्ययुर्महेष्वासाः पाण्डवानाततायिनः ॥
English Translation
Approaching their invincible king in that battle, those great bowmen rushed against the Pandavas for fight.
भीमसेनं रणे क्रुद्धं द्रोणपुत्रो न्यवारयत् । ततो बाणैर्महाराज प्रमुक्तैः सर्वतोदिशम् । नाज्ञायन्त रणे वीरा न दिशः प्रदिशस्तथा ॥
English Translation
With the arrows, O king, that were shot in that battle, all the points of the horizon were completely covered, so that the brave warriors could not distinguish the cardinal from the subsidiary points of the compass.
तावुभौ क्रूरकर्माणावुभौ भारत दुःसहौ । घोररूपमयुध्येतां कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणौ । त्रासयन्तौ जगत्सर्वं ज्याक्षेपविहतत्वचौ ॥
English Translation
As regards Ashvatthaman and Bhimasena, O Bharata, both of them performed wonderful feats. Both of them were invincible in battle. The arms of both continued marks of bowstring for having repeatedly drawn the same. Opposing each other, they fought on, frightening the entire universe.
शकुनिस्तु रणे वीरो युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् । तस्याश्वांश्चतुरो हत्वा सुबलस्य सुतो विभुः । नादं चकार बलवान्सर्वसैन्यानि कम्पयन् ॥
English Translation
The heroic Shakuni struck Yudhishthira in that battle. Having killed the four horses of the king the powerful son of Subala uttered a loud roar, making all the soldiers tremble with fear.
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वीरं राजानमपराजितम् । अपोवाह रथेनाजौ सहदेवः प्रतापवान् ॥
English Translation
Meanwhile the valiant Şahadeva carried away the heroic but defeated king on his car from that battle.
अथान्यं रथमास्थाय धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः । शकुनिं नवभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः । ननाद च महानादं प्रवरः सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥
English Translation
Then riding on another car, returned king Yudhishthira and having pierced Shakuni at first with nine arrows, once more struck him with five. And that best of all bowmen then sent up a loud roar.
तद्युद्धमभवच्चित्रं घोररूपं च मारिष । ईक्षितृप्रीतिजननं सिद्धचारणसेवितम् ॥
English Translation
That battle presented a wonderful spectacle, It filled the spectators with delight and was praised by the Siddhas and the Charanas.
उलूकस्तु महेष्वासं नकुलं युद्धदुर्मदम् । अभ्यद्रवदमेयात्मा शरवर्षैः समन्ततः ॥
English Translation
Heroic Uluka rushed against the mighty bowman Nakula, in that battle, discharging showers of arrows from all sides.
तथैव नकुलः शूरः सौबलस्य सुतं रणे । शरवर्षेण महता समन्तात्पर्यवारयत् ॥
English Translation
The heroic Nakula, however, in that battle opposed the son of Shakuni with a dense shower of arrows from every side.
तौ तत्र समरे वीरौ कुलपुत्रौ महारथौ । योधयन्तावपश्येतां परस्परकृतागसौ ॥
English Translation
Both those heroes were born in high family and both were great car-warriors. They were seen to fight with each other, each enraged with the other.
तथैव कृतवर्मा तु शैनेयं शत्रुतापनम् । योधयञ्शुशुभे राजन्बलं शक्र इवाहवे ॥
English Translation
Similarly Kritavarman, O king, fighting with the grandson of Shini, that scorcher of foes, shone like Shakra fighting with the Asura Vala.
दुर्योधनो धनुश्छित्त्वा धृष्टद्युम्नस्य संयुगे । अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥
English Translation
Having cut off Dhrishtadyumna's bow in that battle, Dhrishtadyumna struck his bowless antagonist with kcen arrows.
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