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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 40

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 40

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 40

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 40 of the classical Mahābhārata with 131 verses.

Total: 131 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.40.1–131 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 5 (Verses 30 shown)
भीमसेनं सपाञ्चाल्यं चेदिकेकयसंवृतम् । वैकर्तनः स्वयं रुद्ध्वा वारयामास सायकैः ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said After this Vaikartana, himself resisting Bhimasena aided by the king of Panchala, Chedi and Kaikeya, showered numberless arrows upon him.
ततस्तु चेदिकारूषान्सृञ्जयांश्च महारथान् । कर्णो जघान संक्रुद्धो भीमसेनस्य पश्यतः ॥
English Translation
Karna killed in the battle many strong carwarriors of the Chedis, Karushas and Srinjayas in the very presence of Bhimasena.
भीमसेनस्ततः कर्णं विहाय रथसत्तमम् । प्रययौ कौरवं सैन्यं कक्षमग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥
English Translation
Then Bhimasena leaving Karna, the most powerful car-warrior, rushed towards the Kaurava force like a blazing forest fire.
सूतपुत्रोऽपि समरे पाञ्चालान्केकयांस्तथा । सृञ्जयांश्च महेष्वासान्निजघान सहस्रशः ॥
English Translation
The Suta's son too began to slay by thousands the mighty bowmen of the Panchalas, the Kaikeyas and the Srinjayas.
संशप्तकेषु पार्थश्च कौरवेषु वृकोदरः । पाञ्चालेषु तथा कर्णः क्षयं चक्रूर्महारथाः ॥
English Translation
Indeed, the mighty car-warriors Karna, Partha and Vrikodera began to annihilate the Panchalas, Samasaptakas and Kauravas respectively.
ते क्षत्रिया दह्यमानास्त्रिभिस्तैः पावकोपमैः । जग्मुर्विनाशं समरे राजन्दुर्मन्त्रिते तव ॥
English Translation
For your bad policy, O king, all these Kshatriyas, burnt down, as it were, by those three heroes resembling three burning flames, got exterminated.
ततो दुर्योधनः क्रुद्धो नकुलं नवभिः शरैः । विव्याध भरतश्रेष्ठ चतुरश्चास्य वाजिनः ॥
English Translation
Thereupon, O foremost of the Bharatas, Duryodhana, being enraged, pierced Nakula and the four holes of his car with nine arrows.
ततः पुनरमेयात्मा तव पुत्रो जनाधिपः । क्षुरेण सहदेवस्य ध्वजं चिच्छेद काञ्चनम् ॥
English Translation
Then again, O lord of men, your highly energetic son cut down the golden standard of Shahadeva with a razor.
नकुलस्तु ततः क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रं त्रिसप्तभिः । जघान समरे राजन्सहदेवश्च पञ्चभिः ॥
English Translation
Nakula then, O king, being greatly enraged, struck you son with seventy three arrows and Sahadeva with five. Filled with anger he struck.
तावुभौ भरतश्रेष्ठौ श्रेष्ठौ सर्वधनुष्मताम् । विव्याधोरसि संक्रुद्धः पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः ॥
English Translation
Then both of those great warriors of the Bharata race and the foremost of bowmen, on the breast with five arrows each.
ततोऽपराभ्यां भल्लाभ्यां धनुषी समकृन्तत । यमयोः प्रहसन्राजन्विव्याधैव च सप्तभिः ॥
English Translation
Then he cut-off the bows of both of those two warriors with two of his broad-pointed arrows and suddenly, O king he pierced both of them with twenty-one arrows.
तावन्ये धनुषी श्रेष्ठे शक्रचापनिभे शुभे । प्रगृह्य रेजतुः शूरौ देवपुत्रसमौ युधि ॥
English Translation
Each of them, taking up two beautiful bows resembling those of Indra's looked very graceful like two celestial youths in the battlefield.
ततस्तौ रभसौ युद्धे भ्रातरौ भ्रातरं नृप । शरैर्ववर्षतुर्घोरैर्महामेघौ यथाचलम् ॥
English Translation
Then, O king, those two brothers, greatly active in battle, began to throw terrible shafts in ceaseless torrents upon their cousins like two great masses of thick clouds pouring their contents on the hills.
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज तव पुत्रो महारथः । पाण्डुपुत्रौ महेष्वासौ वारयामास पत्रिभिः ॥
English Translation
Thereupon, O king, your son, the great carwarrior, being greatly enraged resisted those the rays twin sons of Pandu, the great bowmen, with numberless arrows.
धनुर्मण्डलमेवास्य दृश्यते युधि भारत । सायकाश्चैव दृश्यन्ते निश्चरन्तः समन्ततः ॥
English Translation
The bow of your son, O Bharata, was repeatedly drawn to a circle and the arrows were ceaselessly issued from it towards all directions covered with Duryodhana's arrows those sons of Pandu ceased to shine brightly as the sun and the moon lose their splendour when enveloped with a mass of dark clouds. Indeed, O king, those gold-winged arrows, sharpened on stone, covered all the sides like of the sun.
तस्य सायकसंछन्नौ चकाशेतां च पाण्डवौ । मेघच्छन्नौ यथा व्योम्नि चन्द्रसूर्यौ हतप्रभौ ॥
ते तु बाणा महाराज हेमपुङ्खाः शिलाशिताः । आच्छादयन्दिशः सर्वाः सूर्यस्येवांशवस्तदा ॥
बाणभूते ततस्तस्मिन्संछन्ने च नभस्तले । यमाभ्यां ददृशे रूपं कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥
English Translation
When the firinament was thus covered and the whole sky looked like a sheet of arrows the twin brothers appeared like the destroyer himself.
पराक्रमं तु तं दृष्ट्वा तव सूनोर्महारथाः । मृत्योरुपान्तिकं प्राप्तौ माद्रीपुत्रौ स्म मेनिरे ॥
English Translation
But, on the other hand, beholding the valour of your son all the car-warriors took the twin sons of Madri to be at the point of death.
ततः सेनापती राजन्पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः । पार्षतः प्रययौ तत्र यत्र राजा सुयोधनः ॥
English Translation
Then, O king, the mighty car-warrior Parsata, the commander of the Pandava army, went towards the direction of Suyodhana (Duryodhana).
माद्रीपुत्रौ ततः शूरौ व्यतिक्रम्य महारथौ । धृष्टद्युम्नस्तव सुतं ताडयामास सायकैः ॥
English Translation
Violating the regimental order of those two great car-warriors, the two brave sons of Madri, Dhristadyumna began to oppose your son with his arrows.
तमविध्यदमेयात्मा तव पुत्रोऽत्यमर्षणः । पाञ्चाल्यं पञ्चविंशत्या प्रहस्य पुरुषर्षभ ॥
English Translation
Then that highly energetic hero, your son, the foremost of men, full of revengeful spirit and smiling scoffingły, struck the prince of the Panchalas with twenty-five arrows.
ततः पुनरमेयात्मा पुत्रस्ते पृथिवीपते । विद्ध्वा ननाद पाञ्चाल्यं षष्ट्या पञ्चभिरेव च ॥
English Translation
Again the most energetic son of yours, actuated by the eager desire of taking revenge, struck the Panchala prince once with sixty arrows and again with five and roared aloud.
अथास्य सशरं चापं हस्तावापं च मारिष । क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन राजा चिच्छेद संयुगे ॥
English Translation
Then the king, O sire, cut-off, in the fight, with his razor-shaped arrow his enemy's bow and the leathern fence with the arrows fixed thereon.
तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं पाञ्चाल्यः शत्रुकर्शनः । अन्यदादत्त वेगेन धनुर्भारसहं नवम् ॥
English Translation
Throwing away that broken bow, that oppressor of foes, the prince of Panchala, quickly took up a new and more elastic one.
प्रज्वलन्निव वेगेन संरम्भाद्रुधिरेक्षणः । अशोभत महेष्वासो धृष्टद्युम्नः कृतव्रणः ॥
English Translation
Then that great bowman, Dhristadyumna, with blood-shot eyes, shone on his car like a burning flame.
स पञ्चदश नाराचाञ्श्वसतः पन्नगानिव । जिघांसुर्भरतश्रेष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नो व्यवासृजत् ॥
English Translation
Then, O chief of Bharatas, the hero Dhristadyumna, bent bent upon killing him, discharged fifteen sharp shafts, called Narachas, which looked like hissing serpents.
ते वर्म हेमविकृतं भित्त्वा राज्ञः शिलाशिताः । विविशुर्वसुधां वेगात्कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः ॥
English Translation
These shafts, set with the feathers of Kanka's (peacocks') and sharpened on stone, were discharged with such a force that cutting through the gold bedecked armour of the king, they ran through his body and entered into the earth.
सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज पुत्रस्तेऽतिव्यराजत । वसन्ते पुष्पशबलः सपुष्प इव किंशुकः ॥
English Translation
Being deeply wounded, O king, your son looked exceedingly grand like a Kinshuka tree full of flowers in the spring.
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