Mahābhārata

Sānjaya said: Thus, when the armies were arrayed, with most of the troops following, all of them were intent on the world of Brahmā, O descendant of Bhar ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The army did not fight with the army, the crowd with the crowd, The chariots with the charioteers, the infantry with the infantry, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Horses did not fight with horses, nor elephants with elephant-riders. A great and terrible confusion took place between the two armies. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

When the chariots of men and elephants were thus scattered in every direction, when that great and terrible destruction had taken place, there was no distinction. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then Shalya, Kripa, Chitrasena, O descendant of Bharata, Dushasana, Vikarna, quickly mounted their chariots, and in the battle they shook the army of ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

She was being killed in the battle by the great-souled Pāṇḍava army, like a sinking boat in the water, she could not find a savior. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Just as the cold season cuts the vital parts of cows, so Bhishma cut the vital parts of the sons of Pandu. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The army of the great-souled Partha is extremely powerful. Many elephants, resembling mountains and clouds, have been brought down. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The leaders of the army of men are seen being crushed by Partha, and being struck by arrows and iron arrows in thousands. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The great elephants fell there and there, crying out in distress. The bodies of the great ones, adorned with ornaments, were slain. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The battlefield was covered, shining with heads with earrings, In that extremely terrible destruction of the best of heroes, O king, And Bhishma fighting bravely, and Pandava Dhananjaya ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Seeing the grandfather of the Kauravas, the king, engaged in battle, the Kauravas, led by Brahma, did not retreat. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Desiring death in battle, having made heaven their ultimate goal, They approached the Pandavas in that destruction of the best of heroes. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The Pandavas, O great king, remembering the many different kinds of afflictions inflicted on them by you and your son in the past, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having abandoned fear, the heroes, with Brahma-loka as their goal, joyfully fought with your sons in the battle. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

But the general, the great warrior, said to the army in battle: "Attack Gangeya, O Somakas, together with the Srinjayas!" ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Hearing the words of the general, the Somakas together with the Srinjayas attacked the son of Ganga from all sides with a shower of weapons. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then, O king, your father Shāntanu, being slain, became subject to anger and fought with the Srīnjayas. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O son, in ancient times, the intelligent Rama had bestowed on him the instruction in weapons that destroys the armies of the enemy. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having taken up that instruction, having destroyed the enemy's strength, The aged grandfather of the Kurus, Bhishma, the slayer of enemy heroes, Slew ten thousand ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O bull among the Bharata lineage! When that tenth day arrived, in the battle between the Matsyas and the Panchalas, Bhishma alone killed an immeasurable number of elephants and horses. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having killed five thousand chariot-warriors and fourteen thousand men in a great battle, the great-grandfather, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And a thousand elephants, and again ten thousand horses, were slain by your father through the power of training, O lord of the people. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then, having agitated the great army of all the kings, the beloved brother of Virāta, Śatānīka, was brought down. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having killed Śatānīka in battle, the powerful Bhīṣma brought down thousands of kings with his arrows, great king. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Those kings who approached Dhananjaya, the son of Pritha, and approached Bhishma, have gone to Yama's abode. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Thus Bhishma, with nets of arrows, from all sides, passed through the army of the Parthas and stood at the head of his own army. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having performed that great deed on the tenth day, standing between the two armies, holding a bow in his hand, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And no king, O king, was able to look at him, as the sun shining in the sky in the middle of summer. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Just as Indra tormented the army of the demons in battle, so Bhishma tormented the Pandavas, O descendant of Bharata. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And seeing him thus engaged, Madhusudana, the son of Devaki, spoke to Dhananjaya, pleased. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

This Shántanu's son, Bhishma, stands between the two armies. You will not be victorious until you have killed him in battle. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

O Yudhishthira, restrain him, where this army is being shattered. For no one else, O lord, is able to withstand the arrows of Bhishma. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then, at that moment, the king, urged by the monkey-bannered one, with his banner, chariot, and horses, disappeared into Bhishma with arrows. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

And he, the bull of the foremost of the Kurus, with showers of arrows, scattered in many ways the showers of arrows shot by the Pandavas. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

By him the king of Panchala, the valiant Dhrishtaketu, the Pandava Bhimasena, and Parshata Dhrishtadyumna, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The twins, Chekitāna, the five Kekayas, Sātyaki, the great king, Subhādra, and Ghaṭotkaca, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

The sons of Draupadi, Shikhandi, the valiant Kuntibhoja, Susharma, Virata, and the other mighty Pandavas, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

These and many others, afflicted by Bhishma's arrows, were rescued by Phalguna, who had sunk into the ocean of grief. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then Śikhaṇḍi, with great speed, taking up the supreme weapon, rushed towards Bhīṣma, protected by the one with the crest. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then, having killed all his followers, the one who knew the divisions of battle, the invincible Bhima attacked Bhishma alone. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Sātyaki, Chekitāna, Dhrishtadyumna, the son of Drūpada, Virāta, the sons of Madri, and the son of Pandu ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Abhimanyu and the five sons of Draupadi, all wielding great weapons, fled from Bhishma in battle. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

All of them were firm archers, not running away in battles, and were skilled in the use of arrows, and they struck Bhishma in many ways with arrows. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Having shaken off those showers of arrows released by the best of kings, The son of Pandu, fearless, plunged into the army. Having created a mass of arrows, the grandfather played as ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Smiling again and again, he did not strike Panchala. Remembering her womanhood, Bhishma struck Shikhandi's arrows And killed seven chariots in Drupada's army ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then there was a sound of "kila-kila" in a moment, as the Matsyas, Panchalas and Chedis rushed towards him. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

They covered him with their excellent horses, chariots, elephants, and infantry, like clouds covering the sun. Bhishma, the son of Ganga, was burning the enemies in battle, ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.

Then, in that battle resembling that between the gods and demons, the crested one, placing Shikhándin in the forefront, fought with him. ℹ︎This translation was generated by AI and may be inaccurate. More information about the AI-driven translations process can be found in the About page.