Mahābhārata

Sānjaya said: When the invincible king of the Madras, the great warrior, was slain in battle, most of your sons and your own troops turned their backs. 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 merchants in a broken boat in the deep ocean, when the hero, the great soul, was killed, desiring to cross the uncrossable 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.

O great king, the kings of the Madras, terrified and wounded by arrows, desiring a protector, like deer afflicted by a lion, 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.

Like bulls with broken horns, like elephants with broken tusks, we returned at midday, defeated by the son of Dharma. 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.

No one had the courage to form a battle array, or to fight, O king, when Shalya was killed. No one had the courage to fight. 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 Bhishma, Drona and the son of the charioteer were killed, O descendant of the Bharata lineage, the grief and fear of your warriors, O lord of the earth 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 great warrior Shalya was killed, they lost all hope of victory. Their best warriors were killed, they were defeated, and their faces were disfigured by sharp arrows. O 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.

Some had horses, some had elephants, some had chariots, some had great chariots. Having mounted them, those who were swift ran away in fear. 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.

Two thousand elephants, mountain-like, fierce, ran away when Shalya was killed, goaded by goads and thumbs. 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 on your side, best of Bharatas, fled in all directions from the battle. And those who ran were seen to be panting and afflicted by 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.

Seeing them broken, routed, their courage gone, defeated, the Panchālas and the Pāṇḍavas, eager for victory, attacked. 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 sound of arrows and the roar of lions, and the sound of conches of the heroes, became terrible. 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 Kaurava army terrified with fear and fleeing, the Panchālas and the Pāṇḍavas spoke to each other: 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.

Today King Yudhishthira, the upholder of truth, has conquered his enemies. Today Duryodhana is deprived of the blazing glory of kingship. 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.

Today, having heard that his son is killed, Dhritarashtra, the lord of men, may fall unconscious on the ground and experience guilt. 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.

Let Kounteya know today that he is the equal of all archers. Let the evil-minded one today reproach himself, the sinner. Let those who remember the truth of the words 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.

From now on, they will serve the sons of Pritha as servants. May the king know the sorrow that has befallen 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.

Let the king know today the greatness of Krishna. Let him know today the terrible sound of Arjuna's bow 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.

The strength of all the weapons and the strength of the arms in battle Today the great-souled Bhima's terrible strength will be known, 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 Duryodhana was killed in battle by Bhima, like Indra killing the demon Maya, and when Bhima did what he did in killing Duhshasana, there is no 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.

Know today the prowess of the eldest Pandava. Hearing of the death of the king of the Madras, which is difficult even for the gods to bear, 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.

Today he will know the great strength of Madri's sons in battle, when the brave Soubala is killed and all the Gandharas. 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.

How can they be defeated, whose warrior is Dhananjaya, Sātyaki, Bhimasena, and the Pāṇḍava 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 five sons of Draupadi, the two sons of Madri, the Pandavas, the great archer Shikhandi, and King Yudhishthira, 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 worlds where the Lord, Krishna, the protector of the world, is the protector, How can they not be victorious, where Dharma is their refuge? 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.

Bhishma, Drona, Karna, the king of the Madras, and other heroes, hundreds and thousands of kings, 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.

Who else is able to conquer in battle, except for Yudhishthira, whose protector is Hrishikesha, the treasure of righteousness and fame, 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 speaking, they were filled with great joy. The Srīnjayas pursued the defeated ones of yours from behind. 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 valiant Dhananjaya attacked the chariot division. The sons of Madri and the great warrior Satyaki attacked Shakuni. 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 all of them fleeing, afflicted with fear of Bhimasena, Duryodhana then spoke to the charioteer, smiling as if. 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.

Partha, holding a bow in his hand, does not transgress. Place my horses in the rear of all the 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.

For, when I fought with him in the rear, Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti, would not have been able to cross me, like the great ocean the shore. 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.

See, charioteer, the great army being attacked by the Pandavas. See the dust of the army raised all around. 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 many times hear the terrible and frightening lion roars. Therefore, O charioteer, go slowly, protect the rear. 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 I am stationed in battle and the Pāṇḍavas are restrained, My army quickly returns with vigor. 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 those words of your son, equal to the best of heroes, The charioteer slowly urged the horses, covered with gold. 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 foot-soldiers, bereft of elephants, horses and chariots, and having abandoned their lives, twenty-one thousand stood 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.

From various countries, wearing various colored garments, The warriors stood there, seeking great fame. 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 they fell upon each other, delighted, a great and terrible tumult arose, fearful to behold. 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 king, Bhimasena, and Dhrishtadyumna of the Panchala clan, were checked by the fourfold army from various countries. 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.

Others, the foot-soldiers, rushed upon Bhima in the battle, shouting, roaring, delighted, desiring to go to the world 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.

Having approached Bhimasena, the sons of Dhritarashtra, enraged and invincible in battle, roared and did not tell any other story. Surrounding Bhimasena in battle, they 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 was being killed in battle, surrounded by a group of foot soldiers, but he did not move from the chariot seat, like the mountain Maināka. 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 they, O great king, were angry with the great chariot of the Pāṇḍava, and tried to seize him, and restrained the other warriors. 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.

Bhima was not angry at all when they surrounded him in the battle. He quickly got down from his chariot and stood on foot. 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.

Holding a great mace covered with gold, he killed the enemy warriors, like the one with the staff 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.

The powerful Bhima, deprived of chariots, horses and elephants, killed with his mace twenty-one thousand foot-soldiers. 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 the army of that man, Bhima, whose valour is truth, with Dhrishtadyumna at the forefront, soon became visible. 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 foot-soldiers were killed and lay on the ground, covered with blood, like the blossoming karnikara trees broken by the wind. 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.

Wearing garlands of various flowers, wearing various earrings, Slain there by various kinds of weapons, having come from various countries, 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 army of foot soldiers, covered with flags and banners, was seen there, cut down, terrible in form, frightening. 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 warriors, with Yudhishthira at the head, all the great warriors, rushed against your son Duryodhana. 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 your great archers turn their backs, all of them did not approach your son, like the ocean to the abode of the crocodile. 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: Sanjaya said Filled with the courage of despair, that best of car-warriors, O king viz., your son, looked resplendent on his car in that battle like Rudra himself.

M. N. Dutt: With the thousands of arrows shot by him, the Earth was completely covered. He drenched his enemies with showers of arrows like the clouds pouring rain on mountain breasts.

M. N. Dutt: There was then not a man amongst the Pandavas in that great battle or a horse or an elephant or a car, who or which was not struck with Duryodhana's arrows.

M. N. Dutt: O king, amongst the warriors every one, O Bharata, was struck by your son with his arrows.

M. N. Dutt: The Pandava army was then covered with the arrows of that great warriors even as a army is covered with the dust it raises while marching for battle.

M. N. Dutt: The Earth then, O king, was as if converted into one sheet of arrows by your son Duryodhana, that bowman endued with great lightness of hand.

M. N. Dutt: Amongst those thousands of warriors on the field, of your side or that of the enemy, it appeared as if Duryodhana was then the only man.

M. N. Dutt: The prowess displayed by your son was highly wonderful, since the Parthas, even in a body, could not approach him who was single.

Not too far away, he had made up his mind to flee. Duryódhana spoke to his army, which was severely wounded: 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.

I do not see any place on earth or in the mountains where the Pandavas would not kill you, even if you flee. 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 their strength is small, and the two Krishnas are severely wounded. If we all stand here, our victory is certain. 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 will pursue you, who have gone away in disarray, and will kill you, who have committed a crime. It is better for us to stand and fight. 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.

Listen, all you Kshatriyas who have assembled here. When the Destroyer always kills the brave and the coward, Which fool would not fight, O Kshatriyas who call themselves 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.

Better for us to stand before the angry Bhimasena than to live in fear of him. Death in battle is preferable to living in fear. Victory brings happiness in this world, 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 Kauravas, there is no better path to heaven than the code of war. One who is killed in battle quickly attains the worlds that are conquered. 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 heard his words and worshipped him, the kings again turned back against the Pāṇḍavas, the murderers. 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.

As they quickly descended, the Pāndavas, eager for victory and skilled in battle, advanced against them in battle formation. 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 heroic Dhananjaya, with his chariot, advanced against the army. He drew his bow Gandiva, famous in the three worlds, 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 Madri, and the mighty Satya-ki, hurried joyfully towards your 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.