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Mahābhārata • Parva 9 (Śalyaparva) • Adhyāya 23

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 23

शल्यपर्व • अध्यायः 23

Śalyaparva Adhyāya 23 of the classical Mahābhārata with 65 verses.

Total: 65 Verses • Citations: MBh 9.23.1–65 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 3 of 3 (Verses 5 shown)
शरचापधरः पार्थः प्रज्वलन्निव भारत । ददाह समरे योधान्कक्षमग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥
English Translation
Struck with those keen arrows and burnt therewith by Partha even as a herd of elephants is burnt with burning brands, the Kauravas were dispirited and weakened. Armed with bow and arrows, Partha, resembling the burning sun, consumed the hostile heroes in that battle like a blazing fire consuming a heap of dry grass.
यथा वनान्ते वनपैर्विसृष्टः; कक्षं दहेत्कृष्णगतिः सघोषः । भूरिद्रुमं शुष्कलतावितानं; भृशं समृद्धो ज्वलनः प्रतापी ॥
English Translation
As increasing and blazing fire of great energy, thrown on the outskirts of a forest by its inhabitants, quickly consumes those woods abounding with tree and heaps oi dry creepers, even so that active and energetic hero, endued with prowess of weapons and having arrows his flames, quickly consumed all the troops of your son from anger.
एवं स नाराचगणप्रतापी; शरार्चिरुच्चावचतिग्मतेजाः । ददाह सर्वां तव पुत्रसेना;ममृष्यमाणस्तरसा तरस्वी ॥
English Translation
As increasing and blazing fire of great energy, thrown on the outskirts of a forest by its inhabitants, quickly consumes those woods abounding with tree and heaps oi dry creepers, even so that active and energetic hero, endued with prowess of weapons and having arrows his flames, quickly consumed all the troops of your son from anger.
तस्येषवः प्राणहराः सुमुक्ता; नासज्जन्वै वर्मसु रुक्मपुङ्खाः । न च द्वितीयं प्रमुमोच बाणं; नरे हये वा परमद्विपे वा ॥
English Translation
His powerful gold-winged arrows, discharged with care, could not be baffled by any armour. He had not to discharge a second arrow at a man, horse or a huge elephant.
अनेकरूपाकृतिभिर्हि बाणै;र्महारथानीकमनुप्रविश्य । स एव एकस्तव पुत्रसेनां; जघान दैत्यानिव वज्रपाणिः ॥
English Translation
Like Indra, the wilder of thunderbolt, striking down the Daityas, Arjuna, alone entering that division of great car-warriors, destroyed it with arrows of various froms.
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