Mahābhārata

Sānjaya said: While that terrible night battle was going on, O lord of the earth, the son of Dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira, 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.

He spoke to the Pandavas and the Panchalas with the Somakas, "saying, ""Attack! Go to Drona with the desire to kill 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.

O king, at your command, the Panchālas and the Somakas attacked Drona alone, roaring terrible roars. 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.

We, who are angry, have come out to meet them, roaring at them, as much as we can, as much as we are able, as much as we are capable, in the 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.

Kritavarman of the Hardikya clan attacked Yudhishthira, like a maddened elephant attacking Drona, who was intent on killing 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.

Bhuri, the son of the king of the Kauravas, attacked Shini's grandson, who was showering arrows all around, in the midst of 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.

M. N. Dutt: O great monarch, the puissant lord of the Rakshasas, pierced home by the son of Drona, proud of (his feats in) battle, sat down on the terrace of his car.

M. N. Dutt: Seeing that the son of Hidimva had lost his consciousness, his charioteer, struck with fear, hastily removed him from the field of battle and from the presence of the son of Drona.

M. N. Dutt: Having, in that engagement, thus pierced Ghatotkacha, the lord of the Rakshasas, that great car-warrior, the son of Drona sent forth a highly dreadful roar.

M. N. Dutt: O Bharata, adored by your sons and all the warriors, his body shone brilliantly like the noon-day sun.

M. N. Dutt: King Duryodhana himself pierced with keen arrows Bhimasena who was fighting his way, through your army, towards the car of the son of Bharadvaja.

M. N. Dutt: O Bharata, Bhimasena pierced him in return with nine darts. Duryodhana also pierced him with twenty arrows.

M. N. Dutt: Those two (horses), shrouded with arrows on the field of battle, looked like the sun and the moon covered with masses of clouds in the firmament.

M. N. Dutt: Then king Duryodhana pierced Bhima, O foremost of the descendants of Bharata, with five arrows and said (to him) “Wait, wait.”

M. N. Dutt: But Bhima, cutting off his bow and his standard with sharpened arrows, pierced the lord of the Kauravas with nine straight darts.

M. N. Dutt: Thereupon, O best of the Bharatas, excited with rage, Duryodhana took up another bow of a battle quality and began to afflict Bhimasena (stationed) at the front (rank) of that battle with keen darts, in the very sight of all bowman. Bhima, (however) destroying those arrows shot from Duryodhana's bow.

M. N. Dutt: Oppressed him with five and twenty short arrows. Duryodhana also, O worshipfui sire, inflamed with ire, cut-off his bow with razorshaped dart and then pierced him in return with ten (darts). Thereupon, the highly-powerful Bhimasena, taking up another bow.

M. N. Dutt: Pierced quickly the king with seven sharpened arrows. But he (i.e. Duryodhana), displaying great nimbleness of hand, quickly cut-off that bow also.

M. N. Dutt: Similarly, O mighty monarch, he cut-off the second, the third, the fourth and the fifty bows taken up by Bhima. And O great king, your son, desirous of success and swelling with pride, cut-off another bow as soon as it was taken up by Bhima. His bows being thus again and again cut-off (by Duryodhana) he i.e. Bhima.

M. N. Dutt: In that engagement, hurled a formidable dart, made wholly of iron (at the Kaurava king).-The king of the Kurus, (however), cut into three fragments that dart, before it could reach him, that dart blazing like a flame of fire, looking (terrible) like the sister of Death herself and dividing the firmament with its fire like splendour into two parts like the trees of a woman parting the hair of her head.

M. N. Dutt: In the very presence of all the world and before (the very eyes) of Bhima himself. Thereupon, O great king, Bhima, flourishing his heavy and blazing mace, hurled it with great impetuosity at the car of Duryodhana. Then, in that engagement that heavy mace, all on a sudden, crushed the charioteer, the horses and the car (of the king). O lord of kings, your son, then afraid of Bhima, took to flight.

M. N. Dutt: Mounted on another car belonging to the high-souled Naduka. Then Bhima, thinking Suyodhana to be dead amid (the darkness of) that night.

M. N. Dutt: Roared furiously like a lion challenging the Kauravas. Your partisans and soldiers also thought that the king was slain.

M. N. Dutt: And all of them set up a loud wail all around. Hearing the lamentation of all the coinbatants struck with terror.

M. N. Dutt: And hearing also the yells of the highsouled Bhima, O monarch, king Yudhishthira, also, considered Suyodhana to have been slain.

M. N. Dutt: And hastened with all speed to the place where Vrikodara, the son of Pritha was. Then, the Panchalas, the Srinjayas, the Matsyas as well as the Keykeyas.

M. N. Dutt: Desirous of slaying Drona, rushed with all their mighty (against him). There also took place a highly dreadful encounter between Drona and his enemies. And the combatants, (of both sides) buried in pitchy darkness, began to slaughter one another.

M. N. Dutt: Sanjaya said Karna, the son of Vikartana, O king, checked in battle the great car-warrior Shahadeva who was advancing with the desire of slaying Drona.

When Bhima-sena came on, with mouth agape like Death, Duryódhana himself went to meet him in battle, as if to death. 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.

Nākula, the best of warriors, skilled in all kinds of fighting, was quickly restrained by the king of Soubala. 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, Kripa, the son of Sharadvat, in battle, warded off Shikhandi, the best of charioteers, who was advancing on his chariot. 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 Prativīndhya was coming with horses resembling peacocks, O great king Duhshāsana, the restrained one, restrained 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.

Then Ashvatthama, wishing to honour his father, opposed Bhimasena, who was skilled in a hundred tricks. 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.

Vrishasena, with his army and followers, stopped Drupada, who was eager to reach Drona in battle, that great warrior. 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 king of the Madras, very angry, stopped Virāta, who was quickly approaching to see the death of Drona. 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, as Śatānīka, the son of Nākula, was advancing in the battle, eager to fight, Chitra-sena quickly blocked him with arrows, desiring D 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 the great demon king Alāmbusa stopped the best of warriors, the great chariot-warrior Arjuna, who was running away. 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 Dhrishtadyumna of Panchala, with a delighted countenance, checked the great archer Drona, who was slaying 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.

and other great warriors of the sons of Pandu who had come, the warriors of your side, O king, restrained them with force. 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 elephant-riders, quickly assembling on elephants in the great battle, were seen fighting in hundreds and 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.

At midnight, O king, the horses ran against each other, appearing equally swift, like mountains with wings. 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 horsemen with their horses, with lances, javelins, and swords in their hands, came together, O great king, roaring separately. 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.

Many men gathered there from all sides, with clubs, hammers, and various 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.

But Kritavarman of the Hārdīka clan, enraged, repelled Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, like a wave the rising ocean. 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.

Yudhishthira pierced Hardikya with five swift arrows, and again pierced him with twenty arrows, saying, "Stand still, stand still!" 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, my lord, Kritavarman, enraged, cut through the bow of Dharma's son with a broad arrow and pierced him with seven 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.

Then, taking another bow, Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, struck Hārdikya in the arms, chest, and belly with ten 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.

But Mādhava, O friend, was pierced in battle by Dharma's son, and trembled with anger and struck him with seven 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 cut off his bow and his arm-guard, Partha, O king, sent five sharp arrows, sharpened on stone. 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 broken his armor, decorated with gold, and of great value, they entered the earth, fierce, like snakes into an anthill. 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.

In a moment, he took another bow and shot Pandava with sixty arrows and his charioteer with nine 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.

The Pandava, whose soul was immeasurable, threw that weapon, which was like a serpent, at him, O best of the Bharatas, having placed his great bow on his chariot. 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.

That great arrow, decorated with gold, was shot by Pandava. Piercing his right arm, it entered the ground. 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.

At this time, Partha again took up his bow and covered Hardikya with arrows with straight-tufted shafts. 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 the battle, the hero, the best of the Vrishni warriors, in half a moment made Yudhishthira's horses, charioteer and chariot riderless. 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 the eldest of the Pandavas took up his sword and shield, and Madhava pierced him in that battle with sharp 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.

Then, taking a spear with a golden handle, difficult to approach, Yudhishthira quickly sent it in battle against Hardikya. 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 that arrow, released from the arm of Dharmaraja, suddenly fell, Hārdikyā, skilled in the use of weapons, smilingly cut it in two. 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 the battle he covered Dharma's son with a hundred arrows, and with sharp arrows he angrily pierced his armor. 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 armor of that great soul, cut by the arrows of Hārdikya, scattered in the battle, O king, like a net of stars from the sky. 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.

His bow broken, his chariot destroyed, his armor shattered, and wounded by arrows, Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, quickly fled from 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 Kritavarma, having defeated Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, again became angry with Drona, the immensely powerful one. 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.