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Mahābhārata • Parva 9 (Śalyaparva) • Adhyāya 16

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 16

शल्यपर्व • अध्यायः 16

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 16 of the classical Mahābhārata with 88 verses.

Total: 88 Verses • Citations: MBh 9.16.1–88 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय बलवद्वेगवत्तरम् । युधिष्ठिरं मद्रपतिर्विद्ध्वा सिंह इवानदत् ॥
English Translation
Sanjaya said Taking up another very strong bow the king of the Madras struck Yudhishthira and roared like a lion.
ततः स शरवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् । अभ्यवर्षदमेयात्मा क्षत्रियान्क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥
English Translation
That foremost of Kshatriyas, viz., Shalya of great energy poured over the Kshatriyas in that battle dense. showers of arrows like Indra pouring torrents of rain.
सात्यकिं दशभिर्विद्ध्वा भीमसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः । सहदेवं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् ॥
English Translation
Piercing Satyaki with ten arrows and Bhima with three and Sahadeva with as many, he assailed Yudhishthira greatly.
तांस्तानन्यान्महेष्वासान्साश्वान्सरथकुञ्जरान् । कुञ्जरान्कुञ्जरारोहानश्वानश्वप्रयायिनः । रथांश्च रथिभिः सार्धं जघान रथिनां वरः ॥
English Translation
That foremost of car-warriors destroyed elephants and elephant-riders, horses and horse-men and cars and car-warriors,
बाहूंश्चिच्छेद च तथा सायुधान्केतनानि च । चकार च महीं योधैस्तीर्णां वेदीं कुशैरिव ॥
English Translation
And he cut off the arms of combatants holding weapons and the standards of cars and filled the earth with (slain) warriors like the sacrificial altar with blades of Kusha grass.
तथा तमरिसैन्यानि घ्नन्तं मृत्युमिवान्तकम् । परिवव्रुर्भृशं क्रुद्धाः पाण्डुपाञ्चालसोमकाः ॥
English Translation
Then the Pandus, the Panchalas and the Somakas, encompassed angrily that hero who was thus killing their soldiers like alldestroying Death.
तं भीमसेनश्च शिनेश्च नप्ता; माद्र्याश्च पुत्रौ पुरुषप्रवीरौ । समागतं भीमबलेन राज्ञा; पर्यापुरन्योन्यमथाह्वयन्तः ॥
English Translation
Bhimasena and the grandson of Shini and those two foremost of men, the two sons of Madri surrounded that hero while he was fighting with the highly powerful (Pandava) king. Ana all of them challenged him to battle.
ततस्तु शूराः समरे नरेन्द्रं; मद्रेश्वरं प्राप्य युधां वरिष्ठम् । आवार्य चैनं समरे नृवीरा; जघ्नुः शरैः पत्रिभिरुग्रवेगैः ॥
English Translation
Then those heroes, O king, having obtained the king of the Madras, that best of warriors in battle, opposed that first of men in that encounter and began to strike him with powerful winged arrows.
संरक्षितो भीमसेनेन राजा; माद्रीसुताभ्यामथ माधवेन । मद्राधिपं पत्रिभिरुग्रवेगैः; स्तनान्तरे धर्मसुतो निजघ्ने ॥
English Translation
Protected by Bhimasena and the two sons of Madri and Krishna the royal son of Dharma struck the king of the Madras on the chest with powerful winged arrows.
ततो रणे तावकानां रथौघाः; समीक्ष्य मद्राधिपतिं शरार्तम् । पर्यावव्रुः प्रवराः सर्वशश्च; दुर्योधनस्यानुमते समन्तात् ॥
English Translation
Then beholding the king of the Madras greatly wounded with arrows in that battle, the car-warriors and other combatants of your army, clad in mail and armed with weapons, surrounded him on all sides at Duryodhana's behest.
ततो द्रुतं मद्रजनाधिपो रणे; युधिष्ठिरं सप्तभिरभ्यविध्यत् । तं चापि पार्थो नवभिः पृषत्कै;र्विव्याध राजंस्तुमुले महात्मा ॥
English Translation
They king of the Madras at this time quickly struck Yudhishthira with seven arrows in that battle. The great son of Pritha. O king, in return, struck his foe with nine arrows in that dreadful battle.
आकर्णपूर्णायतसंप्रयुक्तैः; शरैस्तदा संयति तैलधौतैः । अन्योन्यमाच्छादयतां महारथौ; मद्राधिपश्चापि युधिष्ठिरश्च ॥
English Translation
Those two great car-warriors, viz., Shalya and Yudhishthira, began to cover each other with arrows bathed in oil and shot off bows drawn to their ears.
ततस्तु तूर्णं समरे महारथौ; परस्परस्यान्तरमीक्षमाणौ । शरैर्भृशं विव्यधतुर्नृपोत्तमौ; महाबलौ शत्रुभिरप्रधृष्यौ ॥
English Translation
Those two best of kings, both gifted with great strength, both incapable of being defeated by foes and both foremost of car-warriors looking at each other's loop-holes, quickly and deeply struck each other's shafts.
तयोर्धनुर्ज्यातलनिस्वनो महा;न्महेन्द्रवज्राशनितुल्यनिस्वनः । परस्परं बाणगणैर्महात्मनोः; प्रवर्षतोर्मद्रपपाण्डुवीरयोः ॥
English Translation
The loud noise of their bows, bowstrings and palms, resembled that of Indra's thunder as those great car-warriors showered upon each other innumerable arrows.
तौ चेरतुर्व्याघ्रशिशुप्रकाशौ; महावनेष्वामिषगृद्धिनाविव । विषाणिनौ नागवराविवोभौ; ततक्षतुः संयुगजातदर्पौ ॥
English Translation
They moved about in the field of battle like two young tigers in the deep forest fighting for a piece of meat. Elated with the pride of prowess, they wounded each other like a couple of infuriate elephants of powerful tusks.
ततस्तु मद्राधिपतिर्महात्मा; युधिष्ठिरं भीमबलं प्रसह्य । विव्याध वीरं हृदयेऽतिवेगं; शरेण सूर्याग्निसमप्रभेण ॥
English Translation
Displaying his vigor, then the illustrious king of the Madras struck the heroic Yudhishthira of terrible might in the chest with an arrow effulgent like the fire or the sun.
ततोऽतिविद्धोऽथ युधिष्ठिरोऽपि; सुसंप्रयुक्तेन शरेण राजन् । जघान मद्राधिपतिं महात्मा; मुदं च लेभे ऋषभः कुरूणाम् ॥
English Translation
Deeply struck, O king, that best of Kurus, the illustrious Yudhishthira, then struck the king of the Madras with a well aimed arrow and was filled with joy.
ततो मुहूर्तादिव पार्थिवेन्द्रो; लब्ध्वा संज्ञां क्रोधसंरक्तनेत्रः । शतेन पार्थं त्वरितो जघान; सहस्रनेत्रप्रतिमप्रभावः ॥
English Translation
Regaining his consciousness within a moment that foremost of kings viz., Shalya, powerful like Indra with eyes reddened in wrath, quickly struck the son of Pritha with a hundred arrows.
त्वरंस्ततो धर्मसुतो महात्मा; शल्यस्य क्रुद्धो नवभिः पृषत्कैः । भित्त्वा ह्युरस्तपनीयं च वर्म; जघान षड्भिस्त्वपरैः पृषत्कैः ॥
English Translation
At this the illustrious son of Dharma, filled with rage, quickly struck Shalya's chest an then, without losing a moment, struck his golden mail with six arrows.
ततस्तु मद्राधिपतिः प्रहृष्टो; धनुर्विकृष्य व्यसृजत्पृषत्कान् । द्वाभ्यां क्षुराभ्यां च तथैव राज्ञ;श्चिच्छेद चापं कुरुपुंगवस्य ॥
English Translation
Filled with joy, the 1. ing of the Madras then, drawing his bow and having discharged many arrows, at last cut off, with a pair of razorfaced shafts, the bow of his royal foe.
नवं ततोऽन्यत्समरे प्रगृह्य; राजा धनुर्घोरतरं महात्मा । शल्यं तु विद्ध्वा निशितैः समन्ता;द्यथा महेन्द्रो नमुचिं शिताग्रैः ॥
English Translation
The illustrious Yudhishthira then, taking a new and more powerful bow in that battle, struck Shalya with many keen pointed arrows from all sides like Indra striking the Asura Namuchi.
ततस्तु शल्यो नवभिः पृषत्कै;र्भीमस्य राज्ञश्च युधिष्ठिरस्य । निकृत्य रौक्मे पटुवर्मणी तयो;र्विदारयामास भुजौ महात्मा ॥
English Translation
Cutting off the golden coats of mail of both Bhima and king Yudhishthira with nine arrows, the illustrious Shalya then struck the arins of both of them.
ततोऽपरेण ज्वलितार्कतेजसा; क्षुरेण राज्ञो धनुरुन्ममाथ । कृपश्च तस्यैव जघान सूतं; षड्भिः शरैः सोऽभिमुखं पपात ॥
English Translation
With another razor-faced arrow effulgent like the fire of the sun, he then cut off the bow of Yudhishthira. At this time Kripa, with six arrows, killed the king's driver who fell down in front of the car.
मद्राधिपश्चापि युधिष्ठिरस्य; शरैश्चतुर्भिर्निजघान वाहान् । वाहांश्च हत्वा व्यकरोन्महात्मा; योधक्षयं धर्मसुतस्य राज्ञः ॥
English Translation
The king of the Madras then killed with four arrows the four horses of Yudhishthira. Having slain the horses of the king, the great Shalya then began to kill the soldiers of the royal son of Dharma.
तथा कृते राजनि भीमसेनो; मद्राधिपस्याशु ततो महात्मा । छित्त्वा धनुर्वेगवता शरेण; द्वाभ्यामविध्यत्सुभृशं नरेन्द्रम् ॥
English Translation
When the (Pandava) king had been reduced to that plight, the great Bhimasena, quickly cutting off the bow of the Madra king with an arrow of great force, struck the king himself with a couple of arrows,
अथापरेणास्य जहार यन्तुः; कायाच्छिरः संनहनीयमध्यात् । जघान चाश्वांश्चतुरः स शीघ्रं; तथा भृशं कुपितो भीमसेनः ॥
English Translation
With another arrow he cut off the head of Shalya's driver from his trunk the middle of which was encased in mail. Beside himself with anger, Bhimasena next killed without a moment's delay, the four horses of his enemy.
तमग्रणीः सर्वधनुर्धराणा;मेकं चरन्तं समरेऽतिवेगम् । भीमः शतेन व्यकिरच्छराणां; माद्रीपुत्रः सहदेवस्तथैव ॥
English Translation
That foremost of all bowmen, viz., Bhima, then covered with a hundred arrows that hero who, gifted with great energy, was moving about alone in the field. Sahadeva, the son of Madri, did the same. Beholding Shalya stupefied with those arrows, Bhima cut off his armour with other arrows.
तैः सायकैर्मोहितं वीक्ष्य शल्यं; भीमः शरैरस्य चकर्त वर्म । स भीमसेनेन निकृत्तवर्मा; मद्राधिपश्चर्म सहस्रतारम् ॥
प्रगृह्य खड्गं च रथान्महात्मा; प्रस्कन्द्य कुन्तीसुतमभ्यधावत् । छित्त्वा रथेषां नकुलस्य सोऽथ; युधिष्ठिरं भीमबलोऽभ्यधावत् ॥
English Translation
His armour having been cut off by Bhimasena, the great king of Madras, taking up a sword and a shield adorned with a thousand stars, leaped down from his car and rushed towards the son of Kunti. Cutting off the shaft of Nakula's car, the powerful Shalya rushed towards Yudhishthira.
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