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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 19

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 19

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 19

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 19 of the classical Mahābhārata with 76 verses.

Total: 76 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.19.1–76 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
श्वेताश्वोऽपि महाराज व्यधमत्तावकं बलम् । यथा वायुः समासाद्य तूलराशिं समन्ततः ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said O great king, Arjuna, riding upon a white horse, slaughtered the force of your side, even as the wind, coming before a heap of cotton, disperses it away.
प्रत्युद्ययुस्त्रिगर्तास्तं शिबयः कौरवैः सह । शाल्वाः संशप्तकाश्चैव नारायणबलं च यत् ॥
English Translation
The Trigartas, the Shibis along with the Kaurava force, the Shalyas, the army of the Samsaptakas and the force called the Narayana, all proceeded against him (Arjuna).
सत्यसेनः सत्यकीर्तिर्मित्रदेवः श्रुतंजयः । सौश्रुतिश्चित्रसेनश्च मित्रवर्मा च भारत ॥
English Translation
Then Satyasena, Chandradeva, Mitradeva, Shrutanjaya, Sausruti, Chitrasena and Mitravarman, descendant of the Bharata race.
त्रिगर्तराजः समरे भ्रातृभिः परिवारितः । पुत्रैश्चैव महेष्वासैर्नानाशस्त्रधरैर्युधि ॥
English Translation
And the prince of the Trigatas, who was attended on all sides in the battle by his brothers and sons, that were all very powerful bowmen and that were acquainted with the management of various kinds of weapons.
ते सृजन्तः शरव्रातान्किरन्तोऽर्जुनमाहवे । अभ्यद्रवन्त समरे वार्योघा इव सागरम् ॥
English Translation
All these scattered and shot innumerable arrows at Arjuna in the battle, even as the masses of clouds suddenly pour forth showers of rain, that approach towards the vast ocean.
ते त्वर्जुनं समासाद्य योधाः शतसहस्रशः । अगच्छन्विलयं सर्वे तार्क्ष्यं दृष्ट्वेव पन्नगाः ॥
English Translation
Those hundreds of thousands of warriors all met with destruction at their approaching towards Arjuna, even as the snakes are all destroyed by Garuda.
ते वध्यमानाः समरे नाजहुः पाण्डवं तदा । दह्यमाना यथा राजञ्शलभा इव पावकम् ॥
English Translation
Then, O mighty monarch, those warriors, who were being thus slaughtered in the battle, did not abandon the son of Pandu, even as the insects, being burnt by the blazing fire, do not leave it.
सत्यसेनस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्विव्याध युधि पाण्डवम् । मित्रदेवस्त्रिषष्ट्या च चन्द्रदेवश्च सप्तभिः ॥
English Translation
In the battle, Satyasena penetrated the son of Pandu with three arrows; and Mitradeva pierced him with sixty-three; while indeed, Chandradeva pierced him with seven arrows.
मित्रवर्मा त्रिसप्तत्या सौश्रुतिश्चापि पञ्चभिः । शत्रुंजयश्च विंशत्या सुशर्मा नवभिः शरैः ॥
English Translation
Again, Mitravarman (pierced) him (Arjuna) with seventy-three shafts; Sausruti with seven; and Satrunjaya, with twenty; and Shusharma, with nine arrows.
शत्रुंजयं च राजानं हत्वा तत्र शिलाशितैः । सौश्रुतेः सशिरस्त्राणं शिरः कायादपाहरत् । त्वरितश्चन्द्रदेवं च शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम् ॥
English Translation
Then having slaughtered king Satrunjaya there (in the battle) with arrows, that were sharpened on stone, he (Arjuna) severed the head of Sushruti, that was ornamented with head-gear, from his body. He then with great activity sent Chandradeva to the abode of Death by shooting innumerable arrows at him.
अथेतरान्महाराज यतमानान्महारथान् । पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिर्बाणैरेकैकं प्रत्यवारयत् ॥
English Translation
So also, O mighty monarch, he restrained cvery one of the other car-warriors, who were engaged in the contest, by means of five arrows shot at each.
सत्यसेनस्तु संक्रुद्धस्तोमरं व्यसृजन्महत् । समुद्दिश्य रणे कृष्णं सिंहनादं ननाद च ॥
English Translation
Then Satyasena, indeed, being greatly enraged, directed his large lance, aiming at Krishna, in the battle; and sent fort a loud roar like that of a lion.
स निर्भिद्य भुजं सव्यं माधवस्य महात्मनः । अयस्मयो महाचण्डो जगाम धरणीं तदा ॥
English Translation
Then that lance, that was made of iron, with a golden rod, after having penetrated through the left arm of that lofty-minded Madhava, went into the earth.
माधवस्य तु विद्धस्य तोमरेण महारणे । प्रतोदः प्रापतद्धस्ताद्रश्मयश्च विशां पते ॥
English Translation
O lord of earth, the whip and reins of Madhava, who was pierced with lance in that dreadful battle, dropped down from his hands.
स प्रतोदं पुनर्गृह्य रश्मींश्चैव महायशाः । वाहयामास तानश्वान्सत्यसेनरथं प्रति ॥
English Translation
Then that highly famous one (Krishna) immediately taken up the whip as well as the reins, led those steeds (i.e. the car) towards the car of Satyasena.
विष्वक्सेनं तु निर्भिन्नं प्रेक्ष्य पार्थो धनंजयः । सत्यसेनं शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्दारयित्वा महाबलः ॥
English Translation
Beholding the lord of the universe thus pierced, that powerful car-warrior Dhananjaya, the son of Pritha, restrained the course of Satyasena by means of keen shafts. Thereupon, he (Dhananjaya) severed the huge head, that ornamented with ear-rings, of that monarch, who stood at the head of the army, from his body by means of whetted broadheaded arrows.
ततः सुनिशितैर्बाणै राज्ञस्तस्य महच्छिरः । कुण्डलोपचितं कायाच्चकर्त पृतनान्तरे ॥
तं निहत्य शितैर्बाणैर्मित्रवर्माणमाक्षिपत् । वत्सदन्तेन तीक्ष्णेन सारथिं चास्य मारिष ॥
English Translation
O sire, having thus severed his (Satyasena's) head, he then hurled down (slain) Chitravarman with numerous keen arrows, as well as his charioteer with a calf-toothed sharp shafts. was on
ततः शरशतैर्भूयः संशप्तकगणान्वशी । पातयामास संक्रुद्धः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
English Translation
Thereupon that powerful one, being filled with wrath, again caused the destruction of hundreds and thousands of the force of the Samsaptakas by means of hundreds of arrows.
ततो रजतपुङ्खेन राज्ञः शीर्षं महात्मनः । मित्रदेवस्य चिच्छेद क्षुरप्रेण महायशाः । सुशर्माणं च संक्रुद्धो जत्रुदेशे समार्दयत् ॥
English Translation
Then, again, O monarch, that powerful carwarrior severed the head of the high-souled Mitrasena with a razor-headed arrow, that was furnished with the wings of silver.
ततः संशप्तकाः सर्वे परिवार्य धनंजयम् । शस्त्रौघैर्ममृदुः क्रुद्धा नादयन्तो दिशो दश ॥
English Translation
Afterwards he, being greatly enraged, struck Susharman his shoulder-joint. Thereupon the entire army of the Samsaptakas, that became very wrathful, having surrounded Dhananjaya on all sides, crushed him with a shower of weapons and thereby caused the ten points of the horizon echo with their roars.
अभ्यर्दितस्तु तैर्जिष्णुः शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः । ऐन्द्रमस्त्रममेयात्मा प्रादुश्चक्रे महारथः । ततः शरसहस्राणि प्रादुरासन्विशां पते ॥
English Translation
Having been thus oppressed by those weapons, that mighty car-warrior, Jishnu, who was possessed of prowess equal to that of Sakra (Indra) himself and who also had a soul immeasurable, took up his weapon, called Aindra.
ध्वजानां छिद्यमानानां कार्मुकाणां च संयुगे । रथानां सपताकानां तूणीराणां शरैः सह ॥
अक्षाणामथ योक्त्राणां चक्राणां रश्मिभिः सह । कूबराणां वरूथानां पृषत्कानां च संयुगे ॥
अश्मनां पततां चैव प्रासानामृष्टिभिः सह । गदानां परिघाणां च शक्तीनां तोमरैः सह ॥
शतघ्नीनां सचक्राणां भुजानामूरुभिः सह । कण्ठसूत्राङ्गदानां च केयूराणां च मारिष ॥
हाराणामथ निष्काणां तनुत्राणां च भारत । छत्राणां व्यजनानां च शिरसां मुकुटैः सह । अश्रूयत महाञ्शब्दस्तत्र तत्र विशां पते ॥
सकुण्डलानि स्वक्षीणि पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानि च । शिरांस्युर्व्यामदृश्यन्त तारागण इवाम्बरे ॥
English Translation
Upon the field of battle, the heads (of severed warriors), that were ornamented with ear-rings and furnished with the eyes as resplendent as the full moon, were seen, even as the net-work of stars is seen in the firmament.
सुस्रग्वीणि सुवासांसि चन्दनेनोक्षितानि च । शरीराणि व्यदृश्यन्त हतानां च महीतले । गन्धर्वनगराकारं घोरमायोधनं तदा ॥
English Translation
The bodies of the slaughtered warriors, that were furnished with the most handsome floral wreaths and covered with the excellent garments and also that were pointed with the soft sandal, lay resplendent upon the ground.
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