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Mahābhārata • Parva 8 (Karṇaparva) • Adhyāya 65

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 65

कर्णपर्व • अध्यायः 65

Karṇaparva Adhyāya 65 of the classical Mahābhārata with 46 verses.

Total: 46 Verses • Citations: MBh 8.65.1–46 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
तौ शङ्खभेरीनिनदे समृद्धे; समीयतुः श्वेतहयौ नराग्र्यौ । वैकर्तनः सूतपुत्रोऽर्जुनश्च; दुर्मन्त्रिते तव पुत्रस्य राजन् ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said When the blare of conchs and sound of bugles became very high in the battle-field, those two, Suta's son Vaikartana and Arjuna mounted on white horses, closed each other, O king, on account of the vile policy of your son.
यथा गजौ हैमवतौ प्रभिन्नौ; प्रगृह्य दन्ताविव वाशितार्थे । तथा समाजग्मतुरुग्रवेगौ; धनंजयश्चाधिरथिश्च वीरौ ॥
English Translation
Those two dreadful heroes Dhananjaya and Adhiratha's son encountered each other like two Himalayan elephants with full-grown tusks, madly fighting for a she-elephant.
बलाहकेनेव यथा बलाहको; यदृच्छया वा गिरिणा गिरिर्यथा । तथा धनुर्ज्यातलनेमिनिस्वनौ; समीयतुस्ताविषुवर्षवर्षिणौ ॥
English Translation
Those two warriors, with bows twanging loudly and sending forth hosts of shafts and the palms of their hands also producing great sounds when shooting them and their carwheels making rattling, encountered each other like the collision of two heavy masses of clouds or two mountains.
प्रवृद्धशृङ्गद्रुमवीरुदोषधी; प्रवृद्धनानाविधपर्वतौकसौ । यथाचलौ वा गलितौ महाबलौ; तथा महास्त्रैरितरेतरं घ्नतः ॥
English Translation
Those two great warriors fell upon and struck one one another with many powerful weapons resembling two mountains of towering height having many trees, herbs and creepers upon them and inhabited by various animals, rushing against each other.
स संनिपातस्तु तयोर्महानभू;त्सुरेशवैरोचनयोर्यथा पुरा । शरैर्विभुग्नाङ्गनियन्तृवाहनः; सुदुःसहोऽन्यैः पटुशोणितोदकः ॥
English Translation
The fight between those two great warriors became so terrible that it resembled the war between the king of heaven and the son of Virvahana in the days of old, it was impossible for other persons to bear up in such a fight and a river of blood flowed there, ghastly to look at; the limbs of both the warriors were badly cut in many places as also their drivers and horses.
प्रभूतपद्मोत्पलमत्स्यकच्छपौ; महाह्रदौ पक्षिगणानुनादितौ । सुसंनिकृष्टावनिलोद्धतौ यथा; तथा रथौ तौ ध्वजिनौ समीयतुः ॥
English Translation
Those two cars, fitted with broad banners, when nearing each other, looked like two large lakes full of fishes and tortoises and many kinds of lotuses floating on it waters which was gently moved by the wind and resounding with the sweet voices of diverse kinds of birds.
उभौ महेन्द्रस्य समानविक्रमा;वुभौ महेन्द्रप्रतिमौ महारथौ । महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैश्च सायकै;र्महेन्द्रवृत्राविव संप्रजह्रतुः ॥
सनागपत्त्यश्वरथे उभे बले; विचित्रवर्णाभरणाम्बरस्रजे । चकम्पतुश्चोन्नमतः स्म विस्मया;द्वियद्गताश्चार्जुनकर्णसंयुगे ॥
English Translation
Both are armies abounding in cars, horses, elephants, foot adorned with fine mail, vestments and weapons as also those that were in the skies (the gods) were all struck with terror in seeing that extraordinary fight between Karna and Arjuna.
भुजाः सवज्राङ्गुलयः समुच्छ्रिताः; ससिंहनादा हृषितैर्दिदृक्षुभिः । यदार्जुनं मत्तमिव द्विपो द्विपं; समभ्ययादाधिरथिर्जिघांसया ॥
English Translation
When Arjuna precipitated himself upon the son of Adhiratha like one furious elephant rushing against another with the intention of killing him, others out of excitement and joy uttered lion-like roars and raised their cloths shaking them fingers.
अभ्यक्रोशन्सोमकास्तत्र पार्थं; त्वरस्व याह्यर्जुन विध्य कर्णम् । छिन्ध्यस्य मूर्धानमलं चिरेण; श्रद्धां च राज्याद्धृतराष्ट्रसूनोः ॥
English Translation
The Somakas called loudly to Partha, “Go haste and slay Karna and by that put an end to the hope of Dhritarashtra's son for empire."
तथास्माकं बहवस्तत्र योधाः; कर्णं तदा याहि याहीत्यवोचन् । जह्यर्जुनं कर्ण ततः सचीराः; पुनर्वनं यान्तु चिराय पार्थाः ॥
English Translation
In the same way many of our warriors went to Karna and said "Kill Arjuna with your sharp arrows and let the sons of Pritha go again to the wilderness for good."
ततः कर्णः प्रथमं तत्र पार्थं; महेषुभिर्दशभिः पर्यविध्यत् । तमर्जुनः प्रत्यविध्यच्छिताग्रैः; कक्षान्तरे दशभिरतीव क्रुद्धः ॥
English Translation
Then Karna struck Arjuna with the powerful arrows and Arjuna also shot sharp arrows with great force against Karna's chest in return.
परस्परं तौ विशिखैः सुतीक्ष्णै;स्ततक्षतुः सूतपुत्रोऽर्जुनश्च । परस्परस्यान्तरेप्सू विमर्दे; सुभीममभ्याययतुः प्रहृष्टौ ॥
English Translation
Thinking to take advantage of each other's weak points with buoyant spirits they repeatedly attacked each other with great fierceness and hacked and wounded one another with may good winged arrows, in that terrible fight.
अमृष्यमाणश्च महाविमर्दे; तत्राक्रुध्यद्भीमसेनो महात्मा । अथाब्रवीत्पाणिना पाणिमाघ्न;न्संदष्टौष्ठो नृत्यति वादयन्निव । कथं नु त्वां सूतपुत्रः किरीटि;न्महेषुभिर्दशभिरविध्यदग्रे ॥
यया धृत्या सर्वभूतान्यजैषी;र्ग्रासं ददद्वह्नये खाण्डवे त्वम् । तया धृत्या सूतपुत्रं जहि त्व;महं वैनं गदया पोथयिष्ये ॥
अथाब्रवीद्वासुदेवोऽपि पार्थं; दृष्ट्वा रथेषून्प्रतिहन्यमानान् । अमीमृदत्सर्वथा तेऽद्य कर्णो; ह्यस्त्रैरस्त्राणि किमिदं किरीटिन् ॥
English Translation
Then Vasudeva seeing that Partha's shafts were being frustrated by Kama, addressed him (Arjuna)-How is this O Kiritin, that your weapons are being baffled by Karna. O brave warrior, why are you looking like one confounded. Don't you see the Kauravas, behind Karna, are all uttering loud shouts of joy.
स वीर किं मुह्यसि नावधीयसे; नदन्त्येते कुरवः संप्रहृष्टाः । कर्णं पुरस्कृत्य विदुर्हि सर्वे; त्वदस्त्रमस्त्रैर्विनिपात्यमानम् ॥
यया धृत्या निहतं तामसास्त्रं; युगे युगे राक्षसाश्चापि घोराः । दम्भोद्भवाश्चासुराश्चाहवेषु; तया धृत्या त्वं जहि सूतपुत्रम् ॥
English Translation
Beholding your weapons made useless by those of Karna. This day kill Karna with the same energy that you have shown Yuga after Yuga in killing persons possessed of dark weapons and fierce Rakshasas and the boonproud Asuras in battle.
अनेन वास्य क्षुरनेमिनाद्य; संछिन्द्धि मूर्धानमरेः प्रसह्य । मया निसृष्टेन सुदर्शनेन; वज्रेण शक्रो नमुचेरिवारेः ॥
English Translation
Concentrating all your might cut-off the head of your enemy with this Sudarshana of razor-like keen edge which I am giving to you, like Cakra who cut-off the head of Namuchi, his enemy with thunder.
किरातरूपी भगवान्यया च; त्वया महत्या परितोषितोऽभूत् । तां त्वं धृतिं वीर पुनर्गृहीत्वा; सहानुबन्धं जहि सूतपुत्रम् ॥
English Translation
You have even satisfied the great god Mahadeva (in battle) when he was disguised as a hunter; recovering the same patience, O hero, kill this son of Suta and his followers.
ततो महीं सागरमेखलां त्वं; सपत्तनां ग्रामवतीं समृद्धाम् । प्रयच्छ राज्ञे निहतारिसंघां; यशश्च पार्थातुलमाप्नुहि त्वम् ॥
English Translation
By that you will restore to this king Yudhishthira the sea-belted earth with its towns, villages and wealth and remove all his enemies from the face of the Earth and by that you will gain great fame.
संचोदितो भीमजनार्दनाभ्यां; स्मृत्वा तदात्मानमवेक्ष्य सत्त्वम् । महात्मनश्चागमने विदित्वा; प्रयोजनं केशवमित्युवाच ॥
English Translation
Thus roused by Bhima and Janardana Partha,. of great prowess, internally remembered himself and for what he had come to the world and addressed Keshava and said-
प्रादुष्करोम्येष महास्त्रमुग्रं; शिवाय लोकस्य वधाय सौतेः । तन्मेऽनुजानातु भवान्सुराश्च; ब्रह्मा भवो ब्रह्मविदश्च सर्वे ॥
English Translation
Now I will invoke a powerful and terrible weapon for the benefit of the world and slaughter of Suta's son; let me have your permission as also of Brahma's and Bhava's as well of all persons who have acquired the Brahmajnana.
इत्यूचिवान्ब्राह्ममसह्यमस्त्रं; प्रादुश्चक्रे मनसा संविधेयम् । ततो दिशश्च प्रदिशश्च सर्वाः; समावृणोत्सायकैर्भूरितेजाः । ससर्ज बाणान्भरतर्षभोऽपि; शतंशतानेकवदाशुवेगान् ॥
वैकर्तनेनापि तथाजिमध्ये; सहस्रशो बाणगणा विसृष्टाः । ते घोषिणः पाण्डवमभ्युपेयुः; पर्जन्यमुक्ता इव वारिधाराः ॥
स भीमसेनं च जनार्दनं च; किरीटिनं चाप्यमनुष्यकर्मा । त्रिभिस्त्रिभिर्भीमबलो निहत्य; ननाद घोरं महता स्वरेण ॥
स कर्णबाणाभिहतः किरीटी; भीमं तथा प्रेक्ष्य जनार्दनं च । अमृष्यमाणः पुनरेव पार्थः; शरान्दशाष्टौ च समुद्बबर्ह ॥
English Translation
Then the diadem-adorned (Arjuna) beholding Bhimsena and Janardana thus struck and himself being also pierced lost all patience and again shot eighteen shafts.
सुषेणमेकेन शरेण विद्ध्वा; शल्यं चतुर्भिस्त्रिभिरेव कर्णम् । ततः सुमुक्तैर्दशभिर्जघान; सभापतिं काञ्चनवर्मनद्धम् ॥
English Translation
Piercing Susena with one, Shalya with four and Karna with three, he with the other ten slew Sabhapati (a Kanrada prince) who was cased in a golden armour.
स राजपुत्रो विशिरा विबाहु;र्विवाजिसूतो विधनुर्विकेतुः । ततो रथाग्रादपतत्प्रभग्नः; परश्वधैः शाल इवाभिकृत्तः ॥
English Translation
That prince fell down dead from the front of his car, bereft of his head, arms, his steeds and banner like a Shala tree hewed down with the axe.
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