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Mahābhārata • Parva 9 (Śalyaparva) • Adhyāya 23

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 23

शल्यपर्व • अध्यायः 23

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 23 of the classical Mahābhārata with 65 verses.

Total: 65 Verses • Citations: MBh 9.23.1–65 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
तस्मिञ्शब्दे मृदौ जाते पाण्डवैर्निहते बले । अश्वैः सप्तशतैः शिष्टैरुपावर्तत सौबलः ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said When the loud noise of battle had somewhat subsided and the Pandavas had killed large numbers of their foes Subala's son once more came with the remnant of his cavalry, seven hundred in number.
स यात्वा वाहिनीं तूर्णमब्रवीत्त्वरयन्युधि । युध्यध्वमिति संहृष्टाः पुनः पुनररिंदमः । अपृच्छत्क्षत्रियांस्तत्र क्व नु राजा महारथः ॥
English Translation
Spcedily approaching his own soldiers and urging them to fight, he again and again said-"You chastisers of enemies, fight merrily.”
शकुनेस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा त ऊचुर्भरतर्षभ । असौ तिष्ठति कौरव्यो रणमध्ये महारथः ॥
यत्रैतत्सुमहच्छत्रं पूर्णचन्द्रसमप्रभम् । यत्रैते सतलत्राणा रथास्तिष्ठन्ति दंशिताः ॥
यत्रैष शब्दस्तुमुलः पर्जन्यनिनदोपमः । तत्र गच्छ द्रुतं राजंस्ततो द्रक्ष्यसि कौरवम् ॥
एवमुक्तस्तु तैः शूरैः शकुनिः सौबलस्तदा । प्रययौ तत्र यत्रासौ पुत्रस्तव नराधिप । सर्वतः संवृतो वीरैः समरेष्वनिवर्तिभिः ॥
ततो दुर्योधनं दृष्ट्वा रथानीके व्यवस्थितम् । सरथांस्तावकान्सर्वान्हर्षयञ्शकुनिस्ततः ॥
दुर्योधनमिदं वाक्यं हृष्टरूपो विशां पते । कृतकार्यमिवात्मानं मन्यमानोऽब्रवीन्नृपम् ॥
जहि राजन्रथानीकमश्वाः सर्वे जिता मया । नात्यक्त्वा जीवितं संख्ये शक्यो जेतुं युधिष्ठिरः ॥
हते तस्मिन्रथानीके पाण्डवेनाभिपालिते । गजानेतान्हनिष्यामः पदातींश्चेतरांस्तथा ॥
English Translation
When that car-army, protected by the son of Pandu, will have been destroyed, we shall then kill all those elephants and foot-soldiers and others."
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्य तावका जयगृद्धिनः । जवेनाभ्यपतन्हृष्टाः पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ॥
English Translation
Hearing those words your warriors, actuated with the desire of victory, cheerfully proceeded against the Pandava army.
सर्वे विवृततूणीराः प्रगृहीतशरासनाः । शरासनानि धुन्वानाः सिंहनादं प्रचक्रिरे ॥
English Translation
With quivers on their backs and bows in their hands, all of them shook their bows and sent up leonine war-cries.
ततो ज्यातलनिर्घोषः पुनरासीद्विशां पते । प्रादुरासीच्छराणां च सुमुक्तानां सुदारुणः ॥
English Translation
Again O king, the fierce twang of bows and the slapping of palms and the sound of arrows shot forcibly was heard.
तान्समीपगतान्दृष्ट्वा जवेनोद्यतकार्मुकान् । उवाच देवकीपुत्रं कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः ॥
English Translation
Beholding those Kuru heroes approach the Pandava army with uplifted bows, Kunti's son, Dhananjaya, said to the son of Devaki-"Drive the horse fearlessly and enter this deep of troops. With my keen arrows I shall to-day terminate these hostilities.
चोदयाश्वानसंभ्रान्तः प्रविशैतद्बलार्णवम् । अन्तमद्य गमिष्यामि शत्रूणां निशितैः शरैः ॥
English Translation
Beholding those Kuru heroes approach the Pandava army with uplifted bows, Kunti's son, Dhananjaya, said to the son of Devaki-"Drive the horse fearlessly and enter this deep of troops. With my keen arrows I shall to-day terminate these hostilities.
अष्टादश दिनान्यद्य युद्धस्यास्य जनार्दन । वर्तमानस्य महतः समासाद्य परस्परम् ॥
English Translation
Today is the eighteenth day, O Janarddana, of this great battle.
अनन्तकल्पा ध्वजिनी भूत्वा ह्येषां महात्मनाम् । क्षयमद्य गता युद्धे पश्य दैवं यथाविधम् ॥
समुद्रकल्पं तु बलं धार्तराष्ट्रस्य माधव । अस्मानासाद्य संजातं गोष्पदोपममच्युत ॥
English Translation
The army of Dhritarashtra's son, O Madhava, which was vast as the deep, has O Achyuta, became, after meeting ourselves, even like a pit caused by a cow's hoof.
हते भीष्मे च संदध्याच्छिवं स्यादिह माधव । न च तत्कृतवान्मूढो धार्तराष्ट्रः सुबालिशः ॥
English Translation
If peace had been made after Bhishma's fall, O Madhava, everything would have fared well. The foolish and wicked-minded Duryodhana, however, did not make peace.
उक्तं भीष्मेण यद्वाक्यं हितं पथ्यं च माधव । तच्चापि नासौ कृतवान्वीतबुद्धिः सुयोधनः ॥
English Translation
The words, that were given vent to by Bhishma, O Madhava, were beneficial and should have been accepted. Suyodhana however, who had lost his understanding, did not follow them.
तस्मिंस्तु पतिते भीष्मे प्रच्युते पृथिवीतले । न जाने कारणं किं नु येन युद्धमवर्तत ॥
English Translation
After Bhishma had been struck down on the carth, I do not know why the battle was fought on.
मूढांस्तु सर्वथा मन्ये धार्तराष्ट्रान्सुबालिशान् । पतिते शंतनोः पुत्रे येऽकार्षुः संयुगं पुनः ॥
English Translation
I regard the son of Dhritarashtra as foolish and of weak understanding by every means since they continued the battle even after the fall of Shantanu's son.
अनन्तरं च निहते द्रोणे ब्रह्मविदां वरे । राधेये च विकर्णे च नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम् ॥
English Translation
After that when Drona, that foremost of Brahmanas, as fell, as also the son of Radha and Vikartana, the battle did not stop.
अल्पावशिष्टे सैन्येऽस्मिन्सूतपुत्रे च पातिते । सपुत्रे वै नरव्याघ्रे नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम् ॥
English Translation
Even, when a residue only of the Kaurava army remained after the fall of that best of men, viz., Karna, with his sons the battle did not stop.
श्रुतायुषि हते शूरे जलसंधे च पौरवे । श्रुतायुधे च नृपतौ नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम् ॥
English Translation
After the fall of even the heroic Shrutayush, of also Jalasandha of Puru's race and of king Shrutayudha, the slaughter did not still cease.
भूरिश्रवसि शल्ये च शाल्वे चैव जनार्दन । आवन्त्येषु च वीरेषु नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम् ॥
English Translation
After the death of Bhurishravas, of Shalya, O Janarddana and of the Avanti heroes, the slaughter did not still stop.
जयद्रथे च निहते राक्षसे चाप्यलायुधे । बाह्लिके सोमदत्ते च नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम् ॥
English Translation
After the fall of Jayadratha, of the Rakshasa Alayudha, of Valhika and of Somadatta the killing battle did not still stop.
भगदत्ते हते शूरे काम्बोजे च सुदक्षिणे । दुःशासने च निहते नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम् ॥
English Translation
After the fall of the heroic Bhagadatta, of the Kamboja chief Sudakshina and of Dusshasana, the all-destroying battle did not still stop.
दृष्ट्वा च निहताञ्शूरान्पृथङ्माण्डलिकान्नृपान् । बलिनश्च रणे कृष्ण नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम् ॥
English Translation
Seeing the many heroic and powerful kings, each master of extensive territories' killed in a battle, the all-destroying battle, O Krishna, did not still stop.
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