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Mahābhārata • Parva 11 (Strīparva) • Adhyāya 25

Strīparva Adhyāya 25

स्त्रीपर्व • अध्यायः 25

Strīparva Adhyāya 25 of the classical Mahābhārata with 47 verses.

Total: 47 Verses • Citations: MBh 11.25.1–47 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
काम्बोजं पश्य दुर्धर्षं काम्बोजास्तरणोचितम् । शयानमृषभस्कन्धं हतं पांसुशु माधव ॥
English Translation
Gandhari said Behold that irresistible king of Kambojas, that bull-necked hero lying in the dust, O Madhava, though worthy of sleeping comfortable on Kamboja blankets.
यस्य क्षतजसंदिग्धौ बाहू चन्दनरूषितौ । अवेक्ष्य कृपणं भार्या विलपत्यतिदुःखिता ॥
English Translation
Stricken with great sorrow, his wife is weeping bitterly at sight of his arms covered with blood, which, however, formerly used to be smeared with sandal-paste.
इमौ तौ परिघप्रख्यौ बाहू शुभतलाङ्गुली । ययोर्विवरमापन्नां न रतिर्मां पुराजहत् ॥
English Translation
Indeed, the beautiful lady exclaims,-Even now adorned with beautiful palms and fingers, these two arins of yours resemble a couple of spiked maces, entering into whose clasp joy never felt me for a moment.
कां गतिं नु गमिष्यामि त्वया हीना जनेश्वर । दूरबन्धुरनाथेव अतीव मधुरस्वरा ॥
English Translation
How shall I fare, O king, when I am deprived of you.-Possessing a sweet voice, the Kamvoja queen is weeping helplessly and trembling with emotion.
आतपे क्लाम्यमानानां विविधानामिव स्रजाम् । क्लान्तानामपि नारीणां न श्रीर्जहति वै तनुम् ॥
English Translation
Look at that bevy of fair ladies there. Although tired with toil and worn out with heat, yet beauty does not leave them like the beauty of the garlands worn by the celestials although exposed to the Sun.
शयानमभितः शूरं कालिङ्गं मधुसूदन । पश्य दीप्ताङ्गदयुगप्रतिबद्धमहाभुजम् ॥
English Translation
Behold, O destroyer of Madhu, the heroic king of the Kalingas lying there on the ground, with his mighty arms bedecked with a couple of Angadas.
मागधानामधिपतिं जयत्सेनं जनार्दन । परिवार्य प्ररुदिता मागध्यः पश्य योषितः ॥
English Translation
Behold, O Janarddana, those Magadha ladies crying and standing around Jayastsena the king of the Magadhas.
आसामायतनेत्राणां सुस्वराणां जनार्दन । मनःश्रुतिहरो नादो मनो मोहयतीव मे ॥
English Translation
The charming and sweet cries of those large-eyed and sweet-voiced damsels, O Krishna, are stupefying my heart greatly.
प्रकीर्णसर्वाभरणा रुदन्त्यः शोककर्शिताः । स्वास्तीर्णशयनोपेता मागध्यः शेरते भुवि ॥
English Translation
Having all their ornaments displaced, crying, and stricken with sorrow, alas, those ladies of Magadha, worthy of sleeping on costly beds, are now lying down on the naked earth.
कोसलानामधिपतिं राजपुत्रं बृहद्बलम् । भर्तारं परिवार्यैताः पृथक्प्ररुदिताः स्त्रियः ॥
English Translation
Surrounding their lord, the king of the Kosalas, viz., prince Vrihadvala, those other ladies are crying aloud.
अस्य गात्रगतान्बाणान्कार्ष्णिबाहुबलार्पितान् । उद्धरन्त्यसुखाविष्टा मूर्छमानाः पुनः पुनः ॥
English Translation
Engaged in taking out from his person the with which it was pierced by Abhimanyu with the full force of his arms, those ladies are again and again losing their consciousness.
आसां सर्वानवद्यानामातपेन परिश्रमात् । प्रम्लाननलिनाभानि भान्ति वक्त्राणि माधव ॥
English Translation
The faces of those beautiful damsels, O Madhava, exhausted with toil and scorched by thc rays of the Sun, are appearing like faded lotuses.
द्रोणेन निहताः शूराः शेरते रुचिराङ्गदाः । द्रोणेनाभिमुखाः सर्वे भ्रातरः पञ्च केकयाः ॥
English Translation
arrows There, the brave sons of Dhrishtadyurnna, young in age, and bedecked with garlands of gold and beautiful Angadas, are lying, killed by Drona.
तप्तकाञ्चनवर्माणस्ताम्रध्वजरथस्रजः । भासयन्ति महीं भासा ज्वलिता इव पावकाः ॥
English Translation
Their coats of mail, stinging like molten gold, and their tall standards and cars and garlands all made of gold, are shedding a bright lustre on the Earth like so many burning fires.
द्रोणेन द्रुपदं संख्ये पश्य माधव पातितम् । महाद्विपमिवारण्ये सिंहेन महता हतम् ॥
English Translation
Look, O Madhava, at king Drupada overthrown in battle by Drona, like mighty elephant in the forest killed by a huge lion.
पाञ्चालराज्ञो विपुलं पुण्डरीकाक्ष पाण्डुरम् । आतपत्रं समाभाति शरदीव दिवाकरः ॥
English Translation
The bright and white umbrella, of the king of the Panchalas, shines, O lotus-eyed one, like the moon in the autumnal sky.
एतास्तु द्रुपदं वृद्धं स्नुषा भार्याश्च दुःखिताः । दग्ध्वा गच्छन्ति पाञ्चाल्यं राजानमपसव्यतः ॥
English Translation
Having burnt his body on the funeral pyre, the daughter-in-law and the wives of the old king, stricken with sorrow, are proceeding, keeping the pyre to their right.
धृष्टकेतुं महेष्वासं चेदिपुंगवमङ्गनाः । द्रोणेन निहतं शूरं हरन्ति हृतचेतसः ॥
English Translation
There, those ladies, beside themselves with sorrow, are removing the brave and great bowman, viz., Dhrishtaketu, that foremost of the Chedis, killed by Drona.
द्रोणास्त्रमभिहत्यैष विमर्दे मधुसूदन । महेष्वासो हतः शेते नद्या हृत इव द्रुमः ॥
English Translation
Having counteracted many weapons of Drona, this destroyer of foes, O slayer of Madhu, this great bowman lies there, dead, like a tree uprooted by the wind.
एष चेदिपतिः शूरो धृष्टकेतुर्महारथः । शेते विनिहतः संख्ये हत्वा शत्रून्सहस्रशः ॥
English Translation
After having slain thousands of enemies, that brave king of the Chedis, that mighty carwarrior, viz., Dhrishtaketu lies, himself deprived of life.
वितुद्यमानं विहगैस्तं भार्याः प्रत्युपस्थिताः । चेदिराजं हृषीकेश हतं सबलबान्धवम् ॥
English Translation
There, O Hrishikesha, the wives of the king of the Chedis are sitting around his body still decked with beautiful hairs and ear-rings, though torn by carnivorous birds.
दाशार्हीपुत्रजं वीरं शयानं सत्यविक्रमम् । आरोप्याङ्के रुदन्त्येताश्चेदिराजवराङ्गनाः ॥
English Translation
Placing upon their laps and prostrate form of the heroic Dhrishtaketu of Dasharha race, those foremost of ladies, are crying in sorrow.
अस्य पुत्रं हृषीकेश सुवक्त्रं चारुकुण्डलम् । द्रोणेन समरे पश्य निकृत्तं बहुधा शरैः ॥
English Translation
Behold, O Hrishikesha, the son of that Dhrishtaketu, having fair locks and excellent car-rings, cut in battle by Drona with his arrows.
पितरं नूनमाजिस्थं युध्यमानं परैः सह । नाजहात्पृष्ठतो वीरमद्यापि मधुसूदन ॥
English Translation
He never deserted his father while the latter fought with his enemies. Mark, O destroyer of Madhu, he does not, even in death, leave the side of that heroic father.
एवं ममापि पुत्रस्य पुत्रः पितरमन्वगात् । दुर्योधनं महाबाहो लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ॥
English Translation
Thus. also, my grandson, that slayer of hostile heroes, viz., the mighty-armed Lakshmana, has followed his father Duryodhana.
विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ पतितौ पश्य माधव । हिमान्ते पुष्पितौ शालौ मरुता गलिताविव ॥
English Translation
Look, O Keshava, at the two brothers of Avanti, viz., Vinda and Anuvinda, lying their on the fled, like two blossoming Shala trees in the spring uprooted by the wind.
काञ्चनाङ्गदवर्माणौ बाणखड्गधनुर्धरौ । ऋषभप्रतिरूपाक्षौ शयानौ विमलस्रजौ ॥
English Translation
Clad in golden armour and bedecked with golden Angadas, they are still armed with swords and bows. Having eyes like those of a bull, and decked with shining garlands, both of them are lying on the field.
अवध्याः पाण्डवाः कृष्ण सर्व एव त्वया सह । ये मुक्ता द्रोणभीष्माभ्यां कर्णाद्वैकर्तनात्कृपात् ॥
English Translation
The Pandavas, O Krishna, as well as yourself, are surely unslayable, since they are you have escaped from Drona, Bhishma, Karna the son of Vikartana, Kripa, Duryodhana, the of son Drona, the mighty car-warrior Jayadratha, Somadatta, Vikarna, and from the brave Kritavarman.
दुर्योधनाद्द्रोणसुतात्सैन्धवाच्च महारथात् । सोमदत्ताद्विकर्णाच्च शूराच्च कृतवर्मणः । ये हन्युः शस्त्रवेगेन देवानपि नरर्षभाः ॥
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