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Mahābhārata • Parva 9 (Śalyaparva) • Adhyāya 14

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 14

शल्यपर्व • अध्यायः 14

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 14 of the classical Mahābhārata with 42 verses.

Total: 42 Verses • Citations: MBh 9.14.1–42 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 12 shown)
स संनिपातस्तुमुलो बभूवाद्भुतदर्शनः । सात्यकेश्चैव शूरस्य मद्राणामधिपस्य च । यादृशो वै पुरा वृत्तः शम्बरामरराजयोः ॥
English Translation
The encounter between Satyaki and the heroic king of the Madras, became fierce and wonderful to look at like that which had taken place in the days of yore between the Asura Shambara and Indra.
सात्यकिः प्रेक्ष्य समरे मद्रराजं व्यवस्थितम् । विव्याध दशभिर्बाणैस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥
English Translation
Seeing the king of the Madras stay before him in that battle, Satyaki struck him with ten arrows.
मद्रराजस्तु सुभृशं विद्धस्तेन महात्मना । सात्यकिं प्रतिविव्याध चित्रपुङ्खैः शितैः शरैः ॥
English Translation
Deeply struck by that great warrior, the king of the Madras struck Satyaki in return with sharp arrows adorned with beautiful feathers.
ततः पार्था महेष्वासाः सात्वताभिसृतं नृपम् । अभ्यद्रवन्रथैस्तूर्णं मातुलं वधकाम्यया ॥
English Translation
Beholding the king of the Madras struck by Satyaki those great bowmen the Parthas, quickly rushed towards him with a view to kill him.
तत आसीत्परामर्दस्तुमुलः शोणितोदकः । शूराणां युध्यमानानां सिंहानामिव नर्दताम् ॥
English Translation
The encounter, between those struggling heroes marked by a great flow of blood, was highly dreadful like that which takes place between a number of roaring lions fighting for a piece of meat.
तेषामासीन्महाराज व्यतिक्षेपः परस्परम् । सिंहानामामिषेप्सूनां कूजतामिव संयुगे ॥
English Translation
The encounter, between those struggling heroes marked by a great flow of blood, was highly dreadful like that which takes place between a number of roaring lions fighting for a piece of meat.
तेषां बाणसहस्रौघैराकीर्णा वसुधाभवत् । अन्तरिक्षं च सहसा बाणभूतमभूत्तदा ॥
English Translation
With the thick downpour of arrows shot by them, the Earth was entirely covered and the sky was converted into one mass of arrows.
शरान्धकारं बहुधा कृतं तत्र समन्ततः । अभ्रच्छायेव संजज्ञे शरैर्मुक्तैर्महात्मभिः ॥
English Translation
Indeed, with the arrows shot by those illustrious warriors a shadow, like that of the clouds was caused there.
तत्र राजञ्शरैर्मुक्तैर्निर्मुक्तैरिव पन्नगैः । स्वर्णपुङ्खैः प्रकाशद्भिर्व्यरोचन्त दिशस्तथा ॥
English Translation
Then, O king, with those shining and gold winged arrows shot by warriors, that resembled snakes that had just cast off their sloughs, the points of the horizon were as if ablaze.
तत्राद्भुतं परं चक्रे शल्यः शत्रुनिबर्हणः । यदेकः समरे शूरो योधयामास वै बहून् ॥
English Translation
Shalya, that slayer of foes, performed a wonderful deed because that hero, Alone, unaided, fought with many arrows in that battle.
मद्रराजभुजोत्सृष्टैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः । संपतद्भिः शरैर्घोरैरवाकीर्यत मेदिनी ॥
English Translation
The Earth was covered with the dreadful Kanka and peacock feathered arrows that fell from the hands of the king of the Madras.
तत्र शल्यरथं राजन्विचरन्तं महाहवे । अपश्याम यथा पूर्वं शक्रस्यासुरसंक्षये ॥
English Translation
Then, O king, we behalf the car of Shalya moving about in that dreadful battle like the car of Shakra in days of yore on the occasion of the destruction of the Asuras.
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