Drona Parwa 9

Dronabhisheka Parva

 

Mahabharata 7.9 - Drona Parwa 9

 

1 [व]           

एवं पृष्ट्वा सूतपुत्रं हृच छॊकेनार्दितॊ भृशम           

जये निराशः पुत्राणां धृतराष्ट्रॊ ऽपतत कषितौ       

2 तं विसंज्ञं निपतितं सिषुचुः परिचारकाः           

जलेनात्यर्थ शीतेन वीजन्तः पुण्यगन्धिना       

3 पतितं चैनम आज्ञाय समन्ताद भरत सत्रियः           

परिवव्रुर महाराजम अस्पृशंश चैव पाणिभिः       

4 उत्थाप्य चैनं शनकै राजानं पृथिवीतलात           

आसनं परापयाम आसुर बाष्पकण्ठ्यॊ वराङ्गनाः       

5 आसनं पराप्य राजा तु मूर्छयाभिपरिप्लुतः           

निश्चेष्टॊ ऽतिष्ठत तदा वीज्यमानः समन्ततः       

6 स लब्ध्वा शनकैः संज्ञां वेपमानॊ महीपतिः           

पुनर गावल्गणिं सूतं पर्यपृच्छद यथातथम

 

 1 [v]           

evaṃ pṛṣṭvā sūtaputraṃ hṛc chokenārdito bhṛśam           

jaye nirāśaḥ putrāṇāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro 'patat kṣitau       

2 taṃ visaṃjñaṃ nipatitaṃ siṣucuḥ paricārakāḥ          

 jalenātyartha śītena vījantaḥ puṇyagandhinā       

3 patitaṃ cainam ājñāya samantād bharata striyaḥ           

parivavrur mahārājam aspṛśaṃś caiva pāṇibhiḥ       

4 utthāpya cainaṃ śanakai rājānaṃ pṛthivītalāt           

āsanaṃ prāpayām āsur bāṣpakaṇṭhyo varāṅganāḥ       

5 āsanaṃ prāpya rājā tu mūrchayābhipariplutaḥ          

niśceṣṭo 'tiṣṭhata tadā vījyamānaḥ samantataḥ       

6 sa labdhvā śanakaiḥ saṃjñāṃ vepamāno mahīpatiḥ           

punar gāvalgaṇiṃ sūtaṃ paryapṛcchad yathātatham

 

Vaisampayana said, 'Having addressed the Suta's son in this way, Dhritarashtra, afflicted with excessive grief of heart and hopeless of his son's victory, fell down on the ground. Beholding him deprived of his senses and fallen down, his attendants sprinkled him with perfumed and cold water, fanning him the while. Seeing him fallen, the Bharata ladies O king, surrounded him on all sides and gently rubbed him with their hands. And slowly raising the king from the ground, those royal ladies, their voices chocked with tears, seated him on his seat. Seated, the King continued to be under the influence of that swoon. And he remained perfectly motionless, while they fanned him standing around. And a tremour then passed over the monarch's body and he slowly regained his senses. And once more he began to interrogate Gavalgana's son of the Suta caste about the incidents, as they occured in the battle.'

 

 7 यत तद उद्यन्न इवादित्यॊ जयॊतिषा परणुदंस तमः           

आयाद अजातशत्रुर वै कस तं दरॊणाद अवारयत       

8 परभिन्नम इव मातङ्गं तथ करुद्धं तरस्विनम           

आसक्तमनसं दीप्तं परति दविरदघातिनम           

वाशिता संगमे यद्वद अजय्यं परतियूथपैः       

9 अति चान्यान रणे यॊधान वीरः पुरुषसत्तमः           

यॊ हय एकॊ हि महाबाहुर निर्दहेद घॊरचक्षुषा           

कृत्स्नं दुर्यॊधन बलं धृतिमान सत्यसंगरः       

10 चक्षुर्हणं जये सक्तम इष्वास वररक्षितम         

 दान्तं बहुमतं लॊके के शूराः पर्यवारयन      

11 के दुष्प्रधर्षं राजानम इष्वास वरम अच्युतम          

समासेदुर नरव्याघ्रं कौन्तेयं तत्र मामकाः      

12 तरसैवाभिपत्याथ यॊ वै दरॊणम उपाद्रवत          

तं भीमसेनम आयान्तं के शूराः पर्यवारयन      

13 यद आयाज जलदप्रख्यॊ रथः परमवीर्यवान          

पर्जन्य इव बीभत्सुस तुमुलाम अशनिं सृजन      

14 ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि वर्षाणि मघवान इव          

इषुसंबाधम आकाशं कुर्वन कपिवरध्वजः          

अवस्फूर्जन दिशः सर्वास तलनेमि सवनेन च      

15 चापविद्युत परभॊ घॊरॊ रथगुल्म बलाहकः          

रथनेमि घॊषस्तनितः शरशब्दातिबन्धुरः      

16 रॊषनिर्जित जीमूतॊ मनॊ ऽभिप्राय शीघ्रगः          

मर्मातिगॊ बाणधारस तुमुलः शॊणितॊदकः      

17 संफाल्वयन महीं वर्षां मानवैर आस्तरंस तदा          

गना निष्टनितॊ रौद्रॊ दुर्यॊधनकृतॊद्यमः      

18 युद्धे ऽभयषिञ्चद विजयॊ गार्ध्रपत्रिः शिलाशितैः          

गाण्डीवं धारयन धीमान कीदृशं वॊ मनस तदा      

19 कच चिद गाण्डीवशब्देन न परणश्यत वै बलम          

यद वः स भैरवं कुर्वन्न अर्जुनॊ भृशम अभ्यगात      

20 कच चिन नापानुदद दरॊणाद इषुभिर वॊ धनंजयः          

वातॊ मेघान इवाविध्यन परवाञ शरवनानिलह          

कॊ हि गाण्डीवधन्वानं नरः सॊढुं रणे ऽरहति      

21 यत सेनाः समकम्पन्त यद वीरान अस्पृशद भयम         

के तत्र नाजहुर दरॊणं के कषुद्राः पराद्रवन भयात      

22 के वा तत्र तनूस तयक्त्वा परतीपं मृत्युम आव्रजन          

अमानुषाणां जेतारं युद्धेष्व अपि धनंजयम      

23 न च वेगं सिताश्वस्य विशक्ष्यन्तीह मामकाः          

गाण्डीवस्य च निर्घॊषं परावृड जलदनिस्वनम      

24 विष्वक्सेनॊ यस्य यन्ता यॊद्धा चैव धनंजयः          

अशक्यः स रथॊ जेतुं मन्ये देवासुरैर अपि     

 25 सुकुमारॊ युवा शूरॊ दर्शनीयश च पाण्डवः         

 मेधावी निपुणॊ धीमान युधि सत्यपराक्रमः      

26 आरावं विपुलं कुर्वन वयथयन सर्वकौरवान          

यदायान नकुलॊ धीमान के शूराः पर्यवारयन      

27 आशीविष इव करुद्धः सहदेवॊ यदाभ्ययात          

शत्रूणां कदनं जुर्वञ जेतासौ दुर्जयॊ युधि      

28 आर्य वरतम अमॊघेषुं हरीमन्तम अपराजितम          

दरॊणायाभिमुखं यान्तं के शूराः पर्यवारयन      

29 यः स सौवीरराजस्य परमथ्य महतीं चमूम          

आदत्त महिषीं भॊज्यां काम्यां सर्वाङ्गशॊभनाम      

30 सत्यं धृतिश च शौर्यं च बरह्मचर्यं च केवलम          

सर्वाणि युयुधाने ऽसमिन नित्यानि पुरुषर्षभे      

31 बलिनं सत्यकर्माणम अदीनम अपराजितम          

वासुदेव समं युद्धे वासुदेवाद अनन्तरम      

32 युक्तं धनंजय परेष्ये शूरम आचार्य कर्मणि          

पार्थेन समम अस्त्रेषु कस तं दरॊणाद अवारयत      

33 वृष्णीनां परवरं वीरं शूरं सर्वधनुष्मताम          

रामेण समम अस्त्रेषु यशसा विक्रमेण च      

34 सत्यं धृतिर दमः शौर्यं बरह्मचर्यम अनुत्तमम          

सात्वते तानि सर्वाणि तरैलॊक्यम इव केशवे      

35 तम एवं गुन संपन्नं दुर्वारम अपि दैवतैः          

समासाद्य महेष्वासं के वीराः पर्यवारयन      

36 पाञ्चालेषूत्तमं शूरम उत्तमाभिजन परियम          

नित्यम उत्तमकर्माणम उत्तमौजसम आहवे      

37 युक्तं धनंजय हिते ममानर्थाय चॊत्तमम          

यम वैश्रवणादित्य महेन्द्रवरुणॊपमम      

38 महारथसमाख्यातं दरॊणायॊद्यन्तम आहवे          

तयजन्तं तुमुले पराणान के शूराः पर्यवारयन      

39 एकॊ ऽपसृत्य चेदिभ्यः पाण्डवान यः समाश्रितः          

धृष्टकेतुं तमायान्तं दरॊणात कः समवारयत      

40 यॊ ऽवधीत केतुमाञ शूरॊ राजपुत्रं सुदर्शनम          

अपरान्त गिरिद्वारे कस तं दरॊणाद अवारयत      

41 सत्रीपूर्वॊ यॊ नरव्याघ्रॊ यः स वेद गुणागुणान          

शिखण्डिनं याज्ञसेनिम अम्लान मनसं युधि      

42 देवव्रतस्य समरे हेतुं मृत्यॊर महात्मनः          

दरॊणायाभिमुखं यान्तं के वीराः पर्यवारयन      

43 यस्मिन्न अभ्यधिका वीरे गुणाः सर्वे धनंजयात          

यस्मिन्न अस्त्राणि सत्यं च बरह्मचर्यं च नित्यदा      

44 वासुदेव समं वीर्ये धनंजय समं बले          

तेजसादित्यसदृशं बृहस्पतिसमं मतौ      

45 अभिमन्युं महात्मानं वयात्ताननम इवान्तकम          

दरॊणायाभिमुखं यान्तं के वीराः पर्यवारयन      

46 तरुणस तव अरुणप्रख्यः सौभद्रः परवीरहा          

यदाभ्याद्रवत दरॊणं तदासीद वॊ मनः कथम      

47 दरौपदेया नरव्याघ्राः समुद्रम इव सिन्धवः          

यद दरॊणम आद्रवन संख्ये के वीरास तान अवारयन      

48 ये ते दवादश वर्षाणि करीडाम उत्सृज्य बालकाः          

अस्त्रार्थम अवसन भीष्मे बिभ्रतॊ वरतम उत्तमम      

49 कषत्रं जयः कषत्रदेवः कषत्रधर्मा च मानिनः          

धृष्टद्युम्नात्मजा वीराः के तान दरॊणाद अवारयन      

50 शताद विशिष्टं यं युद्धे समपश्यन्त वृष्णयः          

चेकितानं महेष्वासं कस तं दरॊणाद अवारयत      

51 वार्धक्षेमिः कलिङ्गानां यः कन्याम आहरद युधि          

अनाधृष्टिर अदीनात्मा कस तं दरॊणाद अवारयत      

52 भरातरः पञ्च कैकेया धार्मिकाः सत्यविक्रमाः          

इन्द्र गॊपक वर्णाश च रक्तवर्मायुध धवजाः      

53 मातृष्वसुः सुता वीराः पाण्डवानां जयार्थिनः          

तान दरॊणं हन्तुम आयातान के वीराः पर्यवारयन      

54 यं यॊधयन्तॊ राजानॊ नाजयन वारणावते          

षण मासान अभिसंरब्धा जिघांसन्तॊ युधां पतिम      

55 धनुष्मतां वरं शूरं सत्यसंधं महाबलम          

दरॊणात कस तं नरव्याघ्रं युयुत्सुं परत्यवारयत      

56 यः पुत्रं काशिराजस्य वाराणस्यां महारथम          

समरे सत्रीषु गृध्यन्तं भल्लेनापहरद रथात      

57 धृष्टद्युम्नं महेष्वासं पार्थानां मन्त्रधारिणम          

युक्तं दुर्यॊधनानर्थे सृष्टं दरॊण वधाय च      

58 निर्दहन्तं रणे यॊधान दारयन्तं च सर्वशः         

 दरॊणायाभिमुखं यान्तं के वीराः पर्यवारयन      

59 उत्सङ्ग इव संवृद्धं दरुपदस्यास्त्रवित्तमम          

शैखण्डिनं कषत्रदेवं के तं दरॊणाद अवारयन      

60 य इमां पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां चर्म वत्सम अवेष्टयत          

महता रथवंशेन मुख्यारिघ्नॊ महारथः      

61 दशाश्वमेघान आजह्रे सवन्नपानाप्त दक्षिणान          

निरर्गलान सर्वमेधान पुत्रवत पालयन परजाः      

62 पिबन्त्यॊ दक्षिणां यस्य गङ्गा सरॊतः समापिबन          

तावतीर गा ददौ वीर उशीनर सुतॊ ऽधवरे      

63 न पूर्वे नापरे चक्रुर इदं के चन मानवाः          

इति संचुक्रुशुर देवाः कृते कर्मणि दुष्करे      

64 पश्यामस तरिषु लॊकेषु न तं संस्थास्नुचारिषु          

जातं वापि जनिष्यं वा दवितीयं वापि संप्रति      

65 अन्यम औशीनराच छैब्याद धुरॊ वॊढारम इत्य उत          

गतिं यस्य न यास्यन्ति मानुषा लॊकवासिनः      

66 तस्य नप्तारम आयान्तं शैब्यं कः समवारयत          

दरॊणायाभिमुखं यान्तं वयात्ताननम इवान्तकम      

67 विराटस्य रथानीकं मत्स्यस्यामित्र धातिनः          

परेप्सन्तं समरे दरॊणं के वीराः पर्यवारयन      

68 सद्यॊ वृकॊदराज जातॊ महाबलपराक्रमः          

मायावी राक्षसॊ घॊरॊ यस्मान मम महद भयम      

69 पार्थानां जय कामं तं पुत्राणां मम कण्टकम          

घटॊत्कचं महाबाहुं कस तं दरॊणाद अवारयत      

70 एते चान्ये च बहवॊ येषाम अर्थाय संजय          

तयक्तारः संयुगे पराणान किं तेषाम अजितं युधि      

71 येषां च पुरुषव्याघ्रः शार्ङ्गधन्वा वयपाश्रयः          

हितार्थी चापि पार्थानां कथं तेषां पराजयः      

72 लॊकानां गुरुर अत्यन्तं लॊकनाथः सनातनः          

नारायणॊ रणे नाथॊ दिव्यॊ दिव्यात्मवान परभुः      

73 यस्य दिव्यानि कर्माणि परवदन्ति मनीषिणः          

तान्य अहं कीर्तयिष्यामि भक्त्या सथैर्यार्थम आत्मनः

 

 7 yat tad udyann ivādityo jyotiṣā praṇudaṃs tamaḥ           

āyād ajātaśatrur vai kas taṃ droṇād avārayat       

8 prabhinnam iva mātaṅgaṃ tatha kruddhaṃ tarasvinam           

āsaktamanasaṃ dīptaṃ prati dviradaghātinam           

vāśitā saṃgame yadvad ajayyaṃ pratiyūthapaiḥ       

9 ati cānyān raṇe yodhān vīraḥ puruṣasattamaḥ           

yo hy eko hi mahābāhur nirdahed ghoracakṣuṣā           

kṛtsnaṃ duryodhana balaṃ dhṛtimān satyasaṃgaraḥ       

10 cakṣurhaṇaṃ jaye saktam iṣvāsa vararakṣitam          

dāntaṃ bahumataṃ loke ke śūrāḥ paryavārayan      

11 ke duṣpradharṣaṃ rājānam iṣvāsa varam acyutam         

 samāsedur naravyāghraṃ kaunteyaṃ tatra māmakāḥ      

12 tarasaivābhipatyātha yo vai droṇam upādravat          

taṃ bhīmasenam āyāntaṃ ke śūrāḥ paryavārayan      

13 yad āyāj jaladaprakhyo rathaḥ paramavīryavān          

parjanya iva bībhatsus tumulām aśaniṃ sṛjan      

14 vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi varṣāṇi maghavān iva         

 iṣusaṃbādham ākāśaṃ kurvan kapivaradhvajaḥ          

avasphūrjan diśaḥ sarvās talanemi svanena ca      

15 cāpavidyut prabho ghoro rathagulma balāhakaḥ          

rathanemi ghoṣastanitaḥ śaraśabdātibandhuraḥ      

16 roṣanirjita jīmūto mano 'bhiprāya śīghragaḥ          

marmātigo bāṇadhāras tumulaḥ śoṇitodakaḥ      

17 saṃphālvayan mahīṃ varṣāṃ mānavair āstaraṃs tadā          

ganā niṣṭanito raudro duryodhanakṛtodyamaḥ      

18 yuddhe 'bhyaṣiñcad vijayo gārdhrapatriḥ śilāśitaiḥ          

gāṇḍīvaṃ dhārayan dhīmān kīdṛśaṃ vo manas tadā      

19 kac cid gāṇḍīvaśabdena na praṇaśyata vai balam          

yad vaḥ sa bhairavaṃ kurvann arjuno bhṛśam abhyagāt      

20 kac cin nāpānudad droṇād iṣubhir vo dhanaṃjayaḥ          

vāto meghān ivāvidhyan pravāñ śaravanānilah          

ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ naraḥ soḍhuṃ raṇe 'rhati      

21 yat senāḥ samakampanta yad vīrān aspṛśad bhayam          

ke tatra nājahur droṇaṃ ke kṣudrāḥ prādravan bhayāt      

22 ke vā tatra tanūs tyaktvā pratīpaṃ mṛtyum āvrajan          

amānuṣāṇāṃ jetāraṃ yuddheṣv api dhanaṃjayam      

23 na ca vegaṃ sitāśvasya viśakṣyantīha māmakāḥ         

 gāṇḍīvasya ca nirghoṣaṃ prāvṛḍ jaladanisvanam      

24 viṣvakseno yasya yantā yoddhā caiva dhanaṃjayaḥ          

aśakyaḥ sa ratho jetuṃ manye devāsurair api      

25 sukumāro yuvā śūro darśanīyaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ          

medhāvī nipuṇo dhīmān yudhi satyaparākramaḥ      

26 ārāvaṃ vipulaṃ kurvan vyathayan sarvakauravān          

yadāyān nakulo dhīmān ke śūrāḥ paryavārayan      

27 āśīviṣa iva kruddhaḥ sahadevo yadābhyayāt          

śatrūṇāṃ kadanaṃ jurvañ jetāsau durjayo yudhi      

28 ārya vratam amogheṣuṃ hrīmantam aparājitam          

droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ ke śūrāḥ paryavārayan      

29 yaḥ sa sauvīrarājasya pramathya mahatīṃ camūm          

ādatta mahiṣīṃ bhojyāṃ kāmyāṃ sarvāṅgaśobhanām      

30 satyaṃ dhṛtiś ca śauryaṃ ca brahmacaryaṃ ca kevalam         

 sarvāṇi yuyudhāne 'smin nityāni puruṣarṣabhe      

31 balinaṃ satyakarmāṇam adīnam aparājitam          

vāsudeva samaṃ yuddhe vāsudevād anantaram      

32 yuktaṃ dhanaṃjaya preṣye śūram ācārya karmaṇi          

pārthena samam astreṣu kas taṃ droṇād avārayat      

33 vṛṣṇīnāṃ pravaraṃ vīraṃ śūraṃ sarvadhanuṣmatām          

rāmeṇa samam astreṣu yaśasā vikrameṇa ca      

34 satyaṃ dhṛtir damaḥ śauryaṃ brahmacaryam anuttamam          

sātvate tāni sarvāṇi trailokyam iva keśave      

35 tam evaṃ guna saṃpannaṃ durvāram api daivataiḥ          

samāsādya maheṣvāsaṃ ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan      

36 pāñcāleṣūttamaṃ śūram uttamābhijana priyam          

nityam uttamakarmāṇam uttamaujasam āhave      

37 yuktaṃ dhanaṃjaya hite mamānarthāya cottamam          

yama vaiśravaṇāditya mahendravaruṇopamam      

38 mahārathasamākhyātaṃ droṇāyodyantam āhave          

tyajantaṃ tumule prāṇān ke śūrāḥ paryavārayan      

39 eko 'pasṛtya cedibhyaḥ pāṇḍavān yaḥ samāśritaḥ          

dhṛṣṭaketuṃ tamāyāntaṃ droṇāt kaḥ samavārayat      

40 yo 'vadhīt ketumāñ śūro rājaputraṃ sudarśanam         

 aparānta giridvāre kas taṃ droṇād avārayat      

41 strīpūrvo yo naravyāghro yaḥ sa veda guṇāguṇān          

śikhaṇḍinaṃ yājñasenim amlāna manasaṃ yudhi      

42 devavratasya samare hetuṃ mṛtyor mahātmanaḥ         

 droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan      

43 yasminn abhyadhikā vīre guṇāḥ sarve dhanaṃjayāt          

yasminn astrāṇi satyaṃ ca brahmacaryaṃ ca nityadā      

44 vāsudeva samaṃ vīrye dhanaṃjaya samaṃ bale          

tejasādityasadṛśaṃ bṛhaspatisamaṃ matau      

45 abhimanyuṃ mahātmānaṃ vyāttānanam ivāntakam          

droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan      

46 taruṇas tv aruṇaprakhyaḥ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā          

yadābhyādravata droṇaṃ tadāsīd vo manaḥ katham      

47 draupadeyā naravyāghrāḥ samudram iva sindhavaḥ          

yad droṇam ādravan saṃkhye ke vīrās tān avārayan      

48 ye te dvādaśa varṣāṇi krīḍām utsṛjya bālakāḥ          

astrārtham avasan bhīṣme bibhrato vratam uttamam      

49 kṣatraṃ jayaḥ kṣatradevaḥ kṣatradharmā ca māninaḥ          

dhṛṣṭadyumnātmajā vīrāḥ ke tān droṇād avārayan      

50 śatād viśiṣṭaṃ yaṃ yuddhe samapaśyanta vṛṣṇayaḥ          

cekitānaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ kas taṃ droṇād avārayat      

51 vārdhakṣemiḥ kaliṅgānāṃ yaḥ kanyām āharad yudhi          

anādhṛṣṭir adīnātmā kas taṃ droṇād avārayat      

52 bhrātaraḥ pañca kaikeyā dhārmikāḥ satyavikramāḥ          

indra gopaka varṇāś ca raktavarmāyudha dhvajāḥ      

53 mātṛṣvasuḥ sutā vīrāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ jayārthinaḥ         

 tān droṇaṃ hantum āyātān ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan      

54 yaṃ yodhayanto rājāno nājayan vāraṇāvate          

ṣaṇ māsān abhisaṃrabdhā jighāṃsanto yudhāṃ patim      

55 dhanuṣmatāṃ varaṃ śūraṃ satyasaṃdhaṃ mahābalam          

droṇāt kas taṃ naravyāghraṃ yuyutsuṃ pratyavārayat      

56 yaḥ putraṃ kāśirājasya vārāṇasyāṃ mahāratham          

samare strīṣu gṛdhyantaṃ bhallenāpaharad rathāt      

57 dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ pārthānāṃ mantradhāriṇam          

yuktaṃ duryodhanānarthe sṛṣṭaṃ droṇa vadhāya ca      

58 nirdahantaṃ raṇe yodhān dārayantaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ          

droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan      

59 utsaṅga iva saṃvṛddhaṃ drupadasyāstravittamam          

śaikhaṇḍinaṃ kṣatradevaṃ ke taṃ droṇād avārayan      

60 ya imāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ carma vatsam aveṣṭayat          

mahatā rathavaṃśena mukhyārighno mahārathaḥ      

61 daśāśvameghān ājahre svannapānāpta dakṣiṇān          

nirargalān sarvamedhān putravat pālayan prajāḥ      

62 pibantyo dakṣiṇāṃ yasya gaṅgā srotaḥ samāpiban         

 tāvatīr gā dadau vīra uśīnara suto 'dhvare      

63 na pūrve nāpare cakrur idaṃ ke cana mānavāḥ          

iti saṃcukruśur devāḥ kṛte karmaṇi duṣkare      

64 paśyāmas triṣu lokeṣu na taṃ saṃsthāsnucāriṣu         

 jātaṃ vāpi janiṣyaṃ vā dvitīyaṃ vāpi saṃprati      

65 anyam auśīnarāc chaibyād dhuro voḍhāram ity uta         

 gatiṃ yasya na yāsyanti mānuṣā lokavāsinaḥ      

66 tasya naptāram āyāntaṃ śaibyaṃ kaḥ samavārayat          

droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ vyāttānanam ivāntakam      

67 virāṭasya rathānīkaṃ matsyasyāmitra dhātinaḥ          

prepsantaṃ samare droṇaṃ ke vīrāḥ paryavārayan      

68 sadyo vṛkodarāj jāto mahābalaparākramaḥ          

māyāvī rākṣaso ghoro yasmān mama mahad bhayam      

69 pārthānāṃ jaya kāmaṃ taṃ putrāṇāṃ mama kaṇṭakam          

ghaṭotkacaṃ mahābāhuṃ kas taṃ droṇād avārayat      

70 ete cānye ca bahavo yeṣām arthāya saṃjaya          

tyaktāraḥ saṃyuge prāṇān kiṃ teṣām ajitaṃ yudhi      

71 yeṣāṃ ca puruṣavyāghraḥ śārṅgadhanvā vyapāśrayaḥ         

 hitārthī cāpi pārthānāṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ parājayaḥ      

72 lokānāṃ gurur atyantaṃ lokanāthaḥ sanātanaḥ         

 nārāyaṇo raṇe nātho divyo divyātmavān prabhuḥ      

73 yasya divyāni karmāṇi pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ         

 tāny ahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi bhaktyā sthairyārtham ātmanaḥ

 

Dhritarashtra said, [That Ajatasatru] who, like the risen sun, dispelleth darkness by his own light; who rusheth against a foe as a swift and angry elephant with rent temples, incapable of being vanquished by hostile leaders of herds, rusheth against a rival proceeding with cheerful face towards a female of the species in rust, O, what warriors (of my army) resisted that Ajatasatru as he came, for keeping him away from Drona? That hero, that foremost of persons, who hath slain many brave warriors (of my army) in battle, that mighty-armed and intelligent and courageous prince of unbaffled prowess, who, unassisted by any one, can consume the entire host of Duryodhana by means of his terrible glances alone, that slayer by his sight, that one bent on winning victory, that bowman, that hero of unfading glory, that self-restrained monarch who is revered by the whole world, O, who were those heroes (of my army) that surrounded that warrior? 2 That invincible prince, that bowman of unfading glory, that tiger among men, that son of Kunti, who advancing with great celerity came upon Drona, that mighty warrior who always achieves grand feats against the foe, that hero of gigantic fame and great courage, who in strength is equal to ten thousand elephants, O, what brave combatants of my army surrounded that Bhimasena as he rushed upon my host? When that car-warrior of exceeding energy, viz., Vibhatsu, looking like a mass of clouds, came, emitting thunderbolts like the clouds themselves, shooting showers of arrows like Indra pouring rain, and making all the points of the compass resound with the slaps of his palms and the rattle of his car-wheels, when that hero whose bow was like the lightning's flash and whose car resembled a cloud having for its roars the rattle of its wheels (when that hero came) the whizz of whose arrows made him exceedingly fierce, whose wrath resembles an awful cloud, and who is fleet as the mind or the tempest, who always pierces the foe deep into his very vitals, who, armed with shafts, is terrible to look at, who like Death himself bathes all the points of the compass with human blood in profusion, and who, with fierce uproar and awful visage, wielding the bow Gandiva incessantly pours on my warriors headed by Duryodhana shafts whetted on stone and furnished with vultures' feathers, alas, when that hero of great intelligence came upon you, what became the state of your mind? When that warrior having the huge ape on his banner came, obstructing the welkin with dense showers of arrows, what became that state of your mind at sight of that Partha? Did Arjuna advance upon you, slaying your troops with the twang of the Gandiva and achieving fierce feats on the way? Did Duryodhana take, with his shafts, your lives, like the tempest destroying gathering masses of clouds or felling forests of reeds, blowing through them? What man is there that is capable of bearing in battle the wielder of the Gandiva? Hearing only that he is stationed at the head of the (hostile) force, the heart of every foe seems to rend in twain. In that battle in which the troops trembled and even heroes were struck with fear, who were they that did not desert Drona, and who were those cowards that abandoned him from fear? Who were they that, reckless of their lives met Death himself, standing face to face with them, in the shape of Dhananjaya, who hath vanquished even superhuman combatants in battle? My troops are incapable of bearing the impetus of that warrior having white steeds yoked unto his car and the twang of Gandiva, that resembles the roll of the very clouds. That car which has Vishnu himself for its driver and Dhananjaya for its warrior, that car I regard to be incapable of being vanquished by the very gods and the Asuras united together. Delicate, young, and brave, and of a very handsome countenance, that son of Pandu who is gifted with intelligence and skill and wisdom and whose prowess incapable of being baffled in battle, when Nakula with loud noise and afflicting all hostile warriors, rushed at Drona, what heroes (of my army) surrounded him? When Sahadeva who resembles an angry snake of virulent poison, when that hero owning white steeds and invincible in battle, observant of laudable vows, incapable of being baffled in his purposes, gifted with modesty, and never vanquished in fight, came upon us, what heroes (of our army) surrounded him? That warrior who, having crushed the mighty host of the Sauvira king, took for his wife the beautiful Bhoja maiden of symmetrical limbs, that bull among men, viz., Yuyudhana, in whom are always truth and firmness and bravery and Brahmacharya, that warrior gifted with great might, always practising truth, never cheerless, never vanquished, who in battle is equal to Vasudeva and is regarded as his second self, who, through Dhananjaya's instructions, hath become foremost in the use of arrows, and who is equal to Partha himself in weapons, O, what warrior (of my army) resisted that Satyaki, for keeping him away from Drona? The foremost hero among the Vrishnis, exceedingly brave among all bowmen, equal to Rama himself in (knowledge and the use of) weapons and in prowess and fame, (know, O Sanjaya, that) truth and firmness, intelligence and heroism, and knowledge of Brahma, and high weapons, are all in him (Satyaki) of the Satwata race, as the three worlds are in Kesava. What heroes (of my army), approaching that mighty bowman, Satyaki, possessed of all those accomplishments and incapable of being resisted by the very gods, surrounded him? The foremost among the Panchalas, possessed of heroism, high-born and the favourite of all high-born heroes, ever achieving good deeds in battle, viz., Uttamaujas, that Prince ever engaged in the welfare of Arjuna, born for only my evil, equal unto Yama, or Vaisaravana, or Aditya, or Mahendra, or Varuna, that prince regarded as a mighty car-warrior and prepared to lay down his life in the thick of battle, O, what heroes (of my army) surrounded him? Who (amongst my warriors) opposed Dhrishtaketu, that single warrior amongst the Chedis who, deserting them, hath embraced the side of the Pandavas, while he rushed upon Drona? Who resisted the heroic Ketumat for keeping him away from Drona, the brave Ketumat who slew prince Durjaya while the latter had taken shelter in Girivraja? What heroes (of my army) surrounded Sikhandin, that tiger among men, who knows the merits and demerits (in his own person) of manhood and femininity, that son of Yajnasena, who is always cheerful in battle, that hero who became the cause of the high-souled Bhishma's death in battle, when he rushed towards Drona? That foremost hero of the Vrishni race, that chief of all bowmen, that brave warrior in whom all accomplishments exist in a greater degree than in Dhananajaya himself, in whom are ever weapons and truth and Brahmacharya, who is equal to Vasudeva in energy and Dhananjaya in strength, who in splendour is equal to Aditya and in intelligence to Vrihaspati, viz., the high-souled Abhimanyu, resembling Death himself with wide-open mouth, O what heroes (of my army) surrounded him when he rushed towards Drona? That youth of vigorous understanding, that slayer of hostile heroes, viz., Subhadra's son, O, when he rushed towards Drona, what became the state of your mind? What heroes surrounded those tigers among men, viz., the sons of Draupadi, when they rushed in battle against Drona like rivers rushing towards the sea? Those children who, giving up all (childish) sports for twelve years, and observing excellent vows, waited upon Bhishma for the sake of weapons, those children, viz., Kshatranjaya and Kshatradeva and Kshatravarman and Manada, those heroic sons of Dhrishtadyumna, O, who resisted them, seeking to keep them away from Drona? He whom the Vrishnis regarded as superior in battle to a hundred car-warriors, O, who resisted that great bowman, viz., Chekitana, for keeping him away from Drona? Those five Kekaya brothers, virtuous and possessed of prowess, incapable of being baffled, resembling (in hue) the insects called Indragopakas, with red coats of mail, red weapons and red banners, those heroes that are the maternal cousins of the Pandavas and that always wish for victory unto the latter, O, what heroes (of my army) surrounded those valiant princes when they rushed towards Drona for slaying him? That lord of battle, that foremost of bowmen, that hero of unbaffled aim and great strength, that tiger among men, viz., Yuyutsu, whom many wrathful kings battling together for six months at Varanavata from desire of slaying him could not vanquish, and who in battle at Varanasi overthrew with a broad-headed arrow that mighty car-warrior, viz., the prince of Kasi, desirous of seizing (at a Swayamvara) a maiden for wife, O, what hero (of my army) resisted him? That mighty bowman, viz., Dhrishtadyumna, who is the chief counsellor of the Pandavas, who is engaged in doing evil to Duryodhana, who was created for Drona's destruction, O, what heroes (of my army) surrounded him when he came towards Drona, breaking through all my ranks and consuming all my warriors in battle? That foremost of all persons conversant with weapons, who has been reared almost on Drupada's lap, O, what warriors (of my army) surrounded that Sikhandin protected by (Arjuna's) weapons, for keeping him away from Drona? He who encompassed this earth by the loud rattle of his car as by a leathern belt, that mighty car-warrior and foremost of all slayers of foes, who, as (a substitute for) all sacrifices, performed, without hindrance, ten Horse sacrifices with excellent food and drink and gifts in profusion, who ruled his subjects as if they were his children, that Usinara's son who in sacrifices gave away kine countless as the grains of sand in the Ganga's stream, whose feat none amongst men have been or will ever be able to imitate, after the performance of whose difficult feats the very gods had cried out, saying, 'We do not see in the three worlds with their mobile and immobile creatures a second person other than Usinara's son who, was, has ever been, or will ever be born, who hath attained to regions (in after-life) which are unattainable by human beings, O, who (amongst my army) resisted that Saivya, that grandson of that Usinara's son, while he came upon (Drona)? What heroes (of my army) surrounded the car-division of that slayer of foes, viz.. Virata, the king of the Matsyas, while it reached Drona in battle? Who kept away from Drona the gigantic Ghatotkacha, that thorn (on the side), of my sons, that warrior who always wishes victory unto the Pandavas, that heroic Rakshasa, possessed of extensive powers of illusion, endued with great strength and great prowess, and born of Bhima in course of a single day, and of whom I entertain very great fears? 1 What, O Srinjaya, can remain unconquered by them for whose sake these and many others are prepared to Jay down their lives in battle? How can the sons of Pritha meet with defeat, they, viz., that have the greatest of all beings, the wielder of the bow called Sarnga, for their refuge and benefactor? Vasudeva is, indeed, the great Master of all the worlds, the Lord of all, and Eternal! Of celestial soul and infinite power, Narayana is the refuge of men in battle. The wise recite his celestial feats. I also will recite them with devotion, for recovering my firmness!'