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Mahābhārata • Parva 9 (Śalyaparva) • Adhyāya 12

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 12

शल्यपर्व • अध्यायः 12

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 12 of the classical Mahābhārata with 46 verses.

Total: 46 Verses • Citations: MBh 9.12.1–46 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 16 shown)
नकुलः सहदेवश्च सात्यकिश्च महारथः । परिवार्य तदा शल्यं समन्ताद्व्यकिरञ्शरैः ॥
English Translation
Nakula and Sahadeva and the powerful Satyaki, encompassing Shalya, shot their arrows at him from all sides.
स चतुर्भिर्महेष्वासैः पाण्डवानां महारथैः । वृतस्तान्योधयामास मद्रराजः प्रतापवान् ॥
English Translation
Though surrounded by those four great bowmen and powerful car-warriors of the Pandavas, the valiant king of the Madras still fought with them.
तस्य धर्मसुतो राजन्क्षुरप्रेण महाहवे । चक्ररक्षं जघानाशु मद्रराजस्य पार्थिव ॥
English Translation
Then, O king, the son of Dharma, in that dreadful encounter, quickly cut off with a razor-headed arrow one of the guards of Shalya's car-wheels.
तस्मिंस्तु निहते शूरे चक्ररक्षे महारथे । मद्रराजोऽतिबलवान्सैनिकानास्तृणोच्छरैः ॥
English Translation
When that brave and mighty car-warrior, the protector of Shalya's car-wheel, was thus killed, Shalya enshrouded the Pandava warriors with showers of arrows.
समाच्छन्नांस्ततस्तांस्तु राजन्वीक्ष्य स सैनिकान् । चिन्तयामास समरे धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
English Translation
Beholding his troops covered with arrows, O king, king Yudhishthira began to think Verily, how shall those weighty words of Madhava become true. I hope, the king the Madras, worked up with ire, will not destroy my army in battle.
कथं नु न भवेत्सत्यं तन्माधववचो महत् । न हि क्रुद्धो रणे राजा क्षपयेत बलं मम ॥
ततः सरथनागाश्वाः पाण्डवाः पाण्डुपूर्वज । मद्रेश्वरं समासेदुः पीडयन्तः समन्ततः ॥
English Translation
Then the Pandavas, elder brother of Pandu, with cars and elephants and horses approached the king of the Madras and began to assail him from all sides.
नानाशस्त्रौघबहुलां शस्त्रवृष्टिं समुत्थिताम् । व्यधमत्समरे राजन्महाभ्राणीव मारुतः ॥
English Translation
Like the wind scattering masses of clouds, the king of the Madras, in that battle, dispersed the shower of arrows and various other weapons.
ततः कनकपुङ्खां तां शल्यक्षिप्तां वियद्गताम् । शरवृष्टिमपश्याम शलभानामिवाततिम् ॥
English Translation
We then saw the downpour of gold-winged arrows shot by Shalya, passing through welkin like as warm of locusts.
ते शरा मद्रराजेन प्रेषिता रणमूर्धनि । संपतन्तः स्म दृश्यन्ते शलभानां व्रजा इव ॥
English Translation
Indeed, those arrows, discharged by the king of the Madras from the rear of the battle, were seen to fall like a flight of birds.
मद्रराजधनुर्मुक्तैः शरैः कनकभूषणैः । निरन्तरमिवाकाशं संबभूव जनाधिप ॥
English Translation
With the golden shafts shot off the bow of the Madra king, the sky, O king, was so covered that there was not an inch of empty space.
न पाण्डवानां नास्माकं तत्र कश्चिद्व्यदृश्यत । बाणान्धकारे महति कृते तत्र महाभये ॥
English Translation
Then a thick darkness was caused by the arrows shot by the powerful king of the Madras in that dreadful battle.
मद्रराजेन बलिना लाघवाच्छरवृष्टिभिः । लोड्यमानं तथा दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवानां बलार्णवम् । विस्मयं परमं जग्मुर्देवगन्धर्वदानवाः ॥
English Translation
And when they saw the vest host of the Pandavas agitated by that hero, the gods and the Gandharvas were stricken with great wonder.
स तु तान्सर्वतो यत्ताञ्शरैः संपीड्य मारिष । धर्मराजमवच्छाद्य सिंहवद्व्यनदन्मुहुः ॥
English Translation
Assailing vigorously all the Pandava heroes with his with his arrows from every side, O sire, Shalya covered king Yudhishthira and roared repeatedly like a lion.
ते छन्नाः समरे तेन पाण्डवानां महारथाः । न शेकुस्तं तदा युद्धे प्रत्युद्यातुं महारथम् ॥
English Translation
Thus covered by Shalya in that battle the great car-warriors of the Pandavas could not proceed against that great hero for fighting with him.
धर्मराजपुरोगास्तु भीमसेनमुखा रथाः । न जहुः समरे शूरं शल्यमाहवशोभिनम् ॥
English Translation
Those amongst thein that were led by Bhimasena and king Yudhishthira did not fly away from the brave Shalya the ornament of battle.
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