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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 55

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 55

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 55

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 55 of the classical Mahābhārata with 74 verses.

Total: 74 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.55.1–74 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
सैनिकान्स महेष्वासो योधांश्च भरतर्षभ । समादिशद्रणे सर्वान्हत भीममिति स्म ह । तस्मिन्हते हतं मन्ये सर्वसैन्यमशेषतः ॥
प्रतिगृह्य च तामाज्ञां तव पुत्रस्य पार्थिवाः । भीमं प्रच्छादयामासुः शरवर्षैः समन्ततः ॥
English Translation
When he (Bhimasena) is felled, well may I count upon the Pandu forces as if already slain. Following the behest of your son, all the vassal chiefs (hitting) from all sides, covered Bhima with a thick shower of arrows.
गजाश्च बहुला राजन्नराश्च जयगृद्धिनः । रथा हयाश्च राजेन्द्र परिवव्रुर्वृकोदरम् ॥
English Translation
Hosts of elephants, O monarch and men, eager for victory, as also war-chariots and horses, O King of Kings, thickened around Vrikodara.
स तैः परिवृतः शूरैः शूरो राजन्समन्ततः । शुशुभे भरतश्रेष्ठ नक्षत्रैरिव चन्द्रमाः ॥
English Translation
That chef of the Bharata race, endued with heroic qualities, being thus hemmed in by those brave bands of heroes, looked resplendent like the radiant Moon shedding its effulgence amidst myriads of glowing stars.
स रराज तथा संख्ये दर्शनीयो नरोत्तमः । निर्विशेषं महाराज यथा हि विजयस्तथा ॥
English Translation
O monarch, that foremost of men, was looking, during that fight, so beautiful, like the full Moon in the midst of his corona. He look like Arjuna. There is no difference between him and Arjuna.
तत्र ते पार्थिवाः सर्वे शरवृष्टीः समासृजन् । क्रोधरक्तेक्षणाः क्रूरा हन्तुकामा वृकोदरम् ॥
English Translation
All those kings with eyes flamed with wrath and bent upon slaying Vrikodara, began to shower down their weapons upon him.
स विदार्य महासेनां शरैः संनतपर्वभिः । निश्चक्राम रणाद्भीमो मत्स्यो जालादिवाम्भसि ॥
English Translation
As the fish frees itself from the net, so did Bhima cutting their shafts straight free himself from the pressure of the battle.
हत्वा दश सहस्राणि गजानामनिवर्तिनाम् । नृणां शतसहस्रे द्वे द्वे शते चैव भारत ॥
English Translation
O Bharata slaying ten thousand elephants that faced him, two lakhs two hundred men, hundred car-warriors and five thousand horses Bhima actually made a river of blood to flow there.
पञ्च चाश्वसहस्राणि रथानां शतमेव च । हत्वा प्रास्यन्दयद्भीमो नदीं शोणितकर्दमाम् ॥
English Translation
O Bharata slaying ten thousand elephants that faced him, two lakhs two hundred men, hundred car-warriors and five thousand horses Bhima actually made a river of blood to flow there.
शोणितोदां रथावर्तां हस्तिग्राहसमाकुलाम् । नरमीनामश्वनक्रां केशशैवलशाद्वलाम् ॥
संछिन्नभुजनागेन्द्रां बहुरत्नापहारिणीम् । ऊरुग्राहां मज्जपङ्कां शीर्षोपलसमाकुलाम् ॥
धनुष्काशां शरावापां गदापरिघकेतनाम् । योधव्रातवतीं संख्ये वहन्तीं यमसादनम् ॥
क्षणेन पुरुषव्याघ्रः प्रावर्तयत निम्नगाम् । यथा वैतरणीमुग्रां दुस्तरामकृतात्मभिः ॥
यतो यतः पाण्डवेयः प्रवृत्तो रथसत्तमः । ततस्ततोऽपातयत योधाञ्शतसहस्रशः ॥
English Translation
(And) there that son of Pandu, the best of car-warriors, rushed in, slaying hundred thousands of enemy.
एवं दृष्ट्वा कृतं कर्म भीमसेनेन संयुगे । दुर्योधनो महाराज शकुनिं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
English Translation
Duryodhana seeing Bhimasena thus career in battle, ( king said unto Shakuni the following words-
जय मातुल संग्रामे भीमसेनं महाबलम् । अस्मिञ्जिते जितं मन्ये पाण्डवेयं महाबलम् ॥
English Translation
Overpower in the battle, O uncle, the allpowerful Bhimasena. The victory over the vast array of the Pandava forces hinges on his final overthrow.
ततः प्रायान्महाराज सौबलेयः प्रतापवान् । रणाय महते युक्तो भ्रातृभिः परिवारितः ॥
English Translation
Being thus desired, O king, the powerful son of Subala, the peer of great warriors marshaled in array, marched on-his brothers surrounding him. That hero, affronting the fiercely powerful Bhima in that battle, checked his intrepidity, as if a continent resisting the tides of an ocean.
स समासाद्य संग्रामे भीमं भीमपराक्रमम् । वारयामास तं वीरो वेलेव मकरालयम् । स न्यवर्तत तं भीमो वार्यमाणः शितैः शरैः ॥
शकुनिस्तस्य राजेन्द्र वामे पार्श्वे स्तनान्तरे । प्रेषयामास नाराचान्रुक्मपुङ्खाञ्शिलाशितान् ॥
English Translation
And despite he resistance of the keen shafts, (which the powerful son of Subala hurled against him,) Bhima approached him (in formidable array). Whereupon Shakuni, O king of kings, flung a number of cloth-yard shafts, bedecked with wings of gold and sharpened on stone and assailed Bhima at the seat of his heart.
वर्म भित्त्वा तु सौवर्णं बाणास्तस्य महात्मनः । न्यमज्जन्त महाराज कङ्कबर्हिणवाससः ॥
English Translation
Those fearful shafts, feathered with the plumes of Kankas and peacocks, O monarch, piercing the coat of mail of the high-souled son of Pandu, sunk deep into his vital parts.
सोऽतिविद्धो रणे भीमः शरं हेमविभूषितम् । प्रेषयामास सहसा सौबलं प्रति भारत ॥
English Translation
Being thus smitten in battle, O Bharata, Bhima, then flung, all of a sudden, a shaft laid with gold upon the son of Subala.
तमायान्तं शरं घोरं शकुनिः शत्रुतापनः । चिच्छेद शतधा राजन्कृतहस्तो महाबलः ॥
English Translation
And the powerful Shakuni, the inflictor of woes on his enemies and O king, skillful in the manipulation of hands, rent that fearful weapon in seven fragments as it was coursing its way towards him.
तस्मिन्निपतिते भूमौ भीमः क्रुद्धो विशां पते । धनुश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन सौबलस्य हसन्निव ॥
English Translation
His weapon thus falling adrift on the ground, O king, Bhima, inflamed with rage, without any strain rent in twain with a broadpointed arrow the bow of the son of Subala.
तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं सौबलेयः प्रतापवान् । अन्यदादत्त वेगेन धनुर्भल्लांश्च षोडश ॥
English Translation
Whereupon the mighty son of Subala, throwing away that bow, rendered useless, with the greatest alacrity seized a new one, as also sixteen broad-edged shafts.
तैस्तस्य तु महाराज भल्लैः संनतपर्वभिः । चतुर्भिः सारथिं ह्यार्च्छद्भीमं पञ्चभिरेव च ॥
ध्वजमेकेन चिच्छेद छत्रं द्वाभ्यां विशां पते । चतुर्भिश्चतुरो वाहान्विव्याध सुबलात्मजः ॥
ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् । शक्तिं चिक्षेप समरे रुक्मदण्डामयस्मयीम् ॥
English Translation
Enraged at this, O king, the powerful Bhima, in that battle, threw down a weapon made of iron and the staff of which was decked with gold.
सा भीमभुजनिर्मुक्ता नागजिह्वेव चञ्चला । निपपात रथे तूर्णं सौबलस्य महात्मनः ॥
English Translation
That weapon, resembling in activity the tongue of a snake, being thus cast from the arms of Bhima came speedily down upon the chariot of the noble son of Subala.
ततस्तामेव संगृह्य शक्तिं कनकभूषणाम् । भीमसेनाय चिक्षेप क्रुद्धरूपो विशां पते ॥
English Translation
(And) he (the son of Subala) seized that weapon, adorned with gold and O lord of the universe, hurled it back against Bhimasena with a fierce countenance,
सा निर्भिद्य भुजं सव्यं पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः । पपात च ततो भूमौ यथा विद्युन्नभश्च्युता ॥
English Translation
That weapon, piercing through the left arm of the noble son of Pandu, fell down like flashes of lightning coursing on the ground.
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