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Book 07 – Chapter 044
BORI CE: 07-044-001 संजय उवाच |
MN DUTT: 05-045-001 संजय उवाच आददानस्तु शूराणामायूंष्यभवदार्जुनिः |
M. N. Dutt: Sanjaya said Then engaged in depriving the heroes of their lives, the son of Arjuna resembled the Destroyer of all creatures snatching their lives out of them, at the time of the universal annihilation. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-002 स शक्र इव विक्रान्तः शक्रसूनोः सुतो बली |
MN DUTT: 05-045-002 स शक्र इव विक्रान्तः शक्रसूनोः सुतो बली |
M. N. Dutt: Endued with prowess equal to that of Shakra, that grandson of Shakra, namely Abhimanyu of infinite might, agitating your forces, appeared highly beautiful. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-003 प्रविश्यैव तु राजेन्द्र क्षत्रियेन्द्रान्तकोपमः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-003 प्रविश्यैव तु राजेन्द्र क्षत्रियेन्द्रान्तकोपमः |
M. N. Dutt: Then, O foremost of kings, entering into the very heart of the hostile army, that slayer of those best among the Kshatriyas, fell upon Satyashravas like a fierce tiger falling upon a deer. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-004 सत्यश्रवसि चाक्षिप्ते त्वरमाणा महारथाः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-004 सत्यवसि चाक्षिसे त्वरमाणा महारथाः |
M. N. Dutt: When Satyashravas had thus been pounced upon, the other mighty car-warriors, with haste taking up various kinds of weapons, rushed against Abhimanyu. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-005 अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमिति क्षत्रियपुंगवाः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-005 अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमिति क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः |
M. N. Dutt: 'I shall meet him first, I shall meet him first'-boasting in this way, those foremost Kshatriyas then encountered Arjuna's son, out of a desire for slaying him. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-006 क्षत्रियाणामनीकानि प्रद्रुतान्यभिधावताम् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-006 क्षत्रियाणामनीकानि प्रदुतान्यभिधावताम् |
M. N. Dutt: Then beholding the divisions of those rushing Kshatriyas advance towards him, Abhimanyu met them, even like a whale meeting a shoal of small fishes in the sea. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-007 ये केचन गतास्तस्य समीपमपलायिनः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-007 ये केचन गतास्तस्य समीपमपलायिनः |
M. N. Dutt: Just as rivers never course back from the ocean they fall in, so no one among them who did not fly, returned back with his life, after having encountered Abhimanyu. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-008 महाग्राहगृहीतेव वातवेगभयार्दिता |
MN DUTT: 05-045-008 महाग्राहगृहीतेव वातवेगभयार्दिता |
M. N. Dutt: Then the ariny began to reel like a boat on the ocean, overtaken by a mighty tempest and having its crew afflicted with fear through the violence of the wind. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-009 अथ रुक्मरथो नाम मद्रेश्वरसुतो बली |
MN DUTT: 05-045-009 अथ रुक्मरथो नाम मद्रेश्वरसुतो बली |
M. N. Dutt: Thereafter the mighty Rukmaratha, a son of the ruler of the Madras, dauntlessly spoke these words, with a view to inspire confidence into the hearts of the panic-struck troops. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-010 अलं त्रासेन वः शूरा नैष कश्चिन्मयि स्थिते |
MN DUTT: 05-045-010 अलं त्रासेन वः शूरा नैष कश्चिन्मयि स्थिते |
M. N. Dutt: O heroes, you need not fear; Abhimanyu is nothing so long as I am here. For certain, I will capture him alive (today). |
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BORI CE: 07-044-011 एवमुक्त्वा तु सौभद्रमभिदुद्राव वीर्यवान् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-011 एवमुक्त्वा तु सौभद्रमभिदुद्राव वीर्यवान् |
M. N. Dutt: Having thus spoken that highly puissant hero rushed upon Abhimanyu, borne on a resplendent chariot duly furnished with the implements of war. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-012 सोऽभिमन्युं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्विद्ध्वा वक्षस्यथानदत् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-012 सौऽभिमन्यु त्रिभिर्बाणैर्विद्ध्वा वक्षस्यथानदत् |
M. N. Dutt: Piercing Abhimanyu on the breast with three shafts, he uttered his war-cry; and then again, he pierced him on the right and the left arms with three sharp shafts each. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-013 स तस्येष्वसनं छित्त्वा फाल्गुणिः सव्यदक्षिणौ |
MN DUTT: 05-045-013 स तस्तेष्वसनं छित्त्वा फाल्गुनिः सव्यदक्षिणौ |
M. N. Dutt: But the son of Phalguna cutting off his bow, his right and left arms and his head graced with beautiful eyes and eye-brows, soon felled them on the earth. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-014 दृष्ट्वा रुक्मरथं रुग्णं पुत्रं शल्यस्य मानिनम् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-014 दृष्ट्वा रुक्मरथं रुग्णं पुत्रं शल्यस्य मानिनम् |
M. N. Dutt: Beholding Rukshmaratha the illustrious son of Shalya, who had promised to capture alive or consume Abhimanyu, slain by this latter. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-015 संग्रामदुर्मदा राजन्राजपुत्राः प्रहारिणः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-015 संग्रामदुर्मदा राजन् राजपुत्राः प्रहारिणः |
M. N. Dutt: Many princely warriors, 0 king, accomplished in smiting down and formidable in battle, all friends of Shalya's SOD (Rukshmaratha), came upon Abhimanyu, with their standards decked with gold, raised high. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-016 तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महारथाः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-016 तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महाबलाः |
M. N. Dutt: Then those mighty car-warriors stretching their bows huge like palmyra trees, covered the son of Arjuna on all sides with showers of arrows. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-017 शूरैः शिक्षाबलोपेतैस्तरुणैरत्यमर्षणैः BORI CE: 07-044-018 छाद्यमानं शरव्रातैर्हृष्टो दुर्योधनोऽभवत् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-017 शूरैः शिक्षाबलोपेतैस्तरुणैरत्यमर्षणैः |
M. N. Dutt: Beholding Subhadra's heroic and invincible son encountered, single-handed as he was, by many brave, youthful, irate princes endued with skill acquired through practices and teaching and also beholding him covered with a shower of arrows (shot by his adversaries), Duryodhana became highly gratified; and thought Abhimanyu already a visitor of the mansion of Vivasvata's son (Death). |
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BORI CE: 07-044-019 सुवर्णपुङ्खैरिषुभिर्नानालिङ्गैस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-018 सुवर्णपुङरिषुभिर्नानालिङ्गैः सुतेजनैः |
M. N. Dutt: Within a wink's time, all those youthful princes, each shooting sharp shafts of various shapes and furnished with golden wings, intercepted the son of Arjuna from the view. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-020 ससूताश्वध्वजं तस्य स्यन्दनं तं च मारिष |
MN DUTT: 05-045-019 सूताश्वध्वजं तस्य स्यन्दनं तं च मारिष |
M. N. Dutt: Then, O sire, we beheld Abhimanyu;s car and driver and his standard, covered with arrows, as if by flights of locusts. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-021 स गाढविद्धः क्रुद्धश्च तोत्त्रैर्गज इवार्दितः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-020 स गाढविद्धः क्रुद्धश्च तोत्रैर्गज इवादितः |
M. N. Dutt: Thereupon like an elephant pierced deeply, the son of Arjuna, deeply pierced with those arzows, became inflamed with rage; and he then invoked into existence, the Gandharva weapon and its consequent illusions, 0 Bharata. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-022 अर्जुनेन तपस्तप्त्वा गन्धर्वेभ्यो यदाहृतम् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-021 अर्जुनेन तपस्तप्त्वा गन्धर्वेभ्यो यदाहृतम् |
M. N. Dutt: This weapon was secured by Arjuna from the Gandharvas Tamburu and others, through bis ascetic austerities. Now Abhimanyu confounded his foes with that weapon. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-023 एकः स शतधा राजन्दृश्यते स्म सहस्रधा |
MN DUTT: 05-045-022 एकदा शतधा राजन् दृश्यते स्म सहस्रधा |
M. N. Dutt: He was then seen, O King, sometimes as a single individual, sometimes as a hundred and sometimes as a thousand. He then moved over the field, displaying his weapons, like a circle of fire. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-024 रथचर्यास्त्रमायाभिर्मोहयित्वा परंतपः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-023 रथचर्यास्त्रमायाभिर्मोहयित्वा परंतपः |
M. N. Dutt: Then, O king, confounding the kings hostile to him with the illusions caused by his car, his coat of mail and his weapons, he mangled, O king, their bodies in hundred pieces. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-025 प्राणाः प्राणभृतां संख्ये प्रेषिता निशितैः शरैः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-024 प्राणाः प्राणभृतां संख्ये प्रेषितानि शितैः शरैः |
M. N. Dutt: The vital breaths of living creatures were then snatched out of them by his arrows; and, O king, they reached the other world when their bodies fell down on earth. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-026 धनूंष्यश्वान्नियन्तॄंश्च ध्वजान्बाहूंश्च साङ्गदान् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-025 धनूंष्यश्वान् नियन्तुंश्च ध्वजान् बाहूंच साङ्गदान् |
M. N. Dutt: The son of Phalguna with sharp broadheaded shafts, cut-off their bows, their steeds, their charioteers, their standards and arms with bracelets and also their graceful heads. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-027 चूतारामो यथा भग्नः पञ्चवर्षफलोपगः |
MN DUTT: 05-045-026 चूतारामो यथा भग्नः पञ्चवर्षः फलोपगः |
M. N. Dutt: Like a grove of mango trees, five years old and on the point of bearing fruit, laid low by the tempest those hundred princes were slain and felled by the son of Subhadra. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-028 क्रुद्धाशीविषसंकाशान्सुकुमारान्सुखोचितान् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-027 क्रुद्धाशीविषसंकाशान् सुकुमारान् सुखोचितान् |
M. N. Dutt: Beholding those young and delicate heroes reared up with all possible care and resembling furious snakes of virulent poison, slain by the single-headed son of Subhadra, Duryodhana became filled with fear. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-029 रथिनः कुञ्जरानश्वान्पदातींश्चावमर्दितान् |
MN DUTT: 05-045-028 रथिनः कुञ्जरानश्वान् पदातींश्चापि मज्जतः |
M. N. Dutt: Then beholding his car-warriors, his elephants, his steeds and foot-soldiers, smashed, the enraged Duryodhana quickly rushed at Abhimanyu. |
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BORI CE: 07-044-030 तयोः क्षणमिवापूर्णः संग्रामः समपद्यत |
MN DUTT: 05-045-029 तयोः क्षणमिवापूर्णः संग्रामः समपद्यता अथाभवत् ते विमुखः पुत्रः शरशताहतः |
M. N. Dutt: For a moment only a fierce battle raged between them, which virtually remained unfinished when your son, afflicted with arrows turned away from the field of battle. |
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