Drona Parwa 14

Dronabhisheka Parva

 

Mahabharata 7.14 - Drona Parwa 14

 

  1 [धृ]           

बहूनि सुविचित्राणि दवंद्व युद्धानि संजय           

तवयॊक्तानि निशम्याहं सपृहयामि स चक्षुषाम       

2 आश्चर्यभूतं लॊकेषु कथयिष्यन्ति मानवाः          

कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च युद्धं देवासुरॊपमम       

3 न हि मे तृप्तिर अस्तीह शृण्वतॊ युद्धम उत्तमम           

तस्माद आर्तायनेर युद्धं सौभद्रस्य च शंस मे
 

 

1 [dhṛ]           

bahūni suvicitrāṇi dvaṃdva yuddhāni saṃjaya           

tvayoktāni niśamyāhaṃ spṛhayāmi sa cakṣuṣām       

2 āścaryabhūtaṃ lokeṣu kathayiṣyanti mānavāḥ           

kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yuddhaṃ devāsuropamam       

3 na hi me tṛptir astīha śṛṇvato yuddham uttamam           

tasmād ārtāyaner yuddhaṃ saubhadrasya ca śaṃsa me 

 

Dhritarashtra said, 'Thou hast, O Sanjaya, described to me many excellent single combats. Hearing about them, I envy those that have eyes. This battle between the Kurus and the Pandavas, resembling that (of old) between the gods and the Asuras, will be spoken of as exceedingly wonderful by all men. I am scarcely gratified by listening to thy narrations of this stirring battle. Tell me, therefore, about this combat between Artayani (Salya) and Subhadra's son.'

 

 4 [स]           

सादितं परेक्ष्य यन्तारं शल्यः सर्वायषीं गदाम           

समुत्क्षिप्य नदन करुद्धः परचस्कन्द रथॊत्तमात       

5 तं दीप्तम इव कालाग्निं दण्डहस्तम इवान्तकम           

जवेनाभ्यपतद भीमः परगृह्य महतीं गदाम       

6 सौभद्रॊ ऽपय अशनिप्रख्यां परगृह्य महतीं गदाम           

एह्य एहीत्य अब्रवीच छल्यं यत्नाद भीमेन वारितः       

7 वारयित्वा तु सौभद्रं भीमसेनः परतापवान           

शल्यम आसाद्य समरे तस्थौ गिरिर इवाचलः       

8 तथैव मद्रराजॊ ऽपि भीमं दृष्ट्वा महाबलम           

ससाराभिमुखस तूर्णं शार्दूल इव कुञ्जरम       

9 ततस तूर्यनिनादाश च शङ्खानां च सहस्रशः           

सिंहनादाश च संजज्ञुर भेरीणां च महास्वनाः       

10 पश्यतां शतशॊ हय आसीद अन्यॊन्यसमचेतसाम         

 पाण्डवानां कुरूणां च साधु साध्व इति निस्वनः      

11 न हि मद्राधिपाद अन्यः सर्वराजसु भारत          

सॊढुम उत्सहते वेगं भीमसेनस्य संयुगे      

12 तथा मद्राधिपस्यापि गदा वेगं महात्मनः          

सॊढुम उत्सहते लॊके कॊ ऽनयॊ युधि वृकॊदरात      

13 पट्टैर जाम्बूनदैर बद्धा बभूव जनहर्षिणी          

परजज्वाल तथा विद्धा भीमेन महती गदा      

14 तथैव चरतॊ मार्गान मण्डलानि विचेरतुः          

महाविद्युत परतीकाशा शल्यस्य शुशुभे गदा      

15 तौ वृषाव इव नर्दन्तौ मण्डलानि विचेरतुः          

आवर्जितगदा शृङ्गाव उभौ शल्य वृकॊदरौ      

16 मण्डलावर्त मार्गेषु गदा विहरणेषु च          

निर्विशेषम अभूद युद्धं तयॊः पुरुषसिंहयॊः      

17 ताडिता भीमसेनेन शल्यस्य महती गदा         

 साग्निज्वाला महारौद्रा गदा चूर्णम अशीर्यत      

18 तथैव भीमसेनस्य दविषताभिहता गदा         

 वर्षा परदॊषे खद्यॊतैर वृतॊ वृक्ष इवाबभौ      

19 गदा कषिप्ता तु समरे मद्रराजेन भारत          

वयॊम संदीपयाना सा ससृजे पावकं बहु      

20 तथैव भीमसेनेन दविषते परेषिता गदा         

तापयाम आस तत सैन्यं महॊल्का पतती यथा      

21 ते चैवॊभे गदे शरेष्ठे समासाद्य परस्परम          

शवसन्त्यौ नागकन्येव ससृजाते विभावसुम      

22 नखैर इव महाव्याघ्रौ दन्तैर इव महागजौ         

 तौ विचेरतुर आसाद्य गदाभ्यां च परस्परम      

23 ततॊ गदाग्राभिहतौ कषणेन रुधिरॊक्षितौ          

ददृशाते महात्मानौ पुष्पिताव इव किंशुकौ      

24 शुश्रुवे दिक्षु सर्वासु तयॊः पुरुषसिंहयॊः          

गदाभिघात संह्रादः शक्राशनिर इवॊपमः      

25 गदया मद्रराजेन सव्यदक्षिणमाहतः          

नाकम्पत तदा भीमॊ भिद्यमान इवाचलः      

26 तथा भीम गदा वेगैस ताड्यमानॊ महाबलः          

धैर्यान मद्राधिपस तस्थौ वज्रैर गिरिर इवाहतः      

27 आपेततुर महावेगौ समुच्छ्रितमहागदौ          

पुनर अन्तरमार्गस्थौ मण्डलानि विचेरतुः      

28 अथाप्लुत्य पदान्य अष्टौ संनिपत्य गजाव इव          

सहसा लॊहदण्डाभ्याम अन्यॊन्यम अभिजघ्नतुः      

29 तौ परस्परवेगाच च गदाभ्यां च भृशाहतौ          

युगपत पेततुर वीरौ कषिताव इन्द्रध्वजाव इव      

30 ततॊ विह्वलमानं तं निःश्वसन्तं पुनः पुनः          

शल्यम अभ्यपतत तूर्णं कृतवर्मा महारथः      

31 दृष्ट्वा चैनं महाराज गदयाभिनिपीडितम          

विचेष्टन्तं यथा नागं मूर्छयाभिपरिप्लुतम      

32 ततः सगदम आरॊप्य मद्राणाम अधिपं रथम          

अपॊवाह रणात तूर्णं कृतवर्मा महारथः      

33 कषीबवद विह्वलॊ वीरॊ निमेषात पुनर उत्थितः          

भीमॊ ऽपि सुमहाबाहुर गदापाणिर अदृश्यत      

34 ततॊ मद्राधिपं दृष्ट्वा तव पुत्राः पराङ्मुखम          

स नागरथपत्त्यश्वाः समकम्पन्त मारिष      

35 ते पाण्डवैर अर्द्यमानास तावका जितकाशिभिः          

भीता दिशॊ ऽनवपद्यन्त वातनुन्ना धना इव      

36 निर्जित्य धार्तराष्ट्रांस तु पाण्डवेया महारथाः          

वयरॊचन्त रणे राजन दीप्यमाना यशस्विनः      

37 सिंहनादान भृशं चक्रुः शङ्खान दध्मुश च हर्षिताः          

भेरीश च वारयाम आसुर मृदङ्गांश चानकैः सह

 

 4 [s]           

sāditaṃ prekṣya yantāraṃ śalyaḥ sarvāyaṣīṃ gadām           

samutkṣipya nadan kruddhaḥ pracaskanda rathottamāt       

5 taṃ dīptam iva kālāgniṃ daṇḍahastam ivāntakam           

javenābhyapatad bhīmaḥ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām       

6 saubhadro 'py aśaniprakhyāṃ pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām           

ehy ehīty abravīc chalyaṃ yatnād bhīmena vāritaḥ       

7 vārayitvā tu saubhadraṃ bhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān           

śalyam āsādya samare tasthau girir ivācalaḥ       

8 tathaiva madrarājo 'pi bhīmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābalam           

sasārābhimukhas tūrṇaṃ śārdūla iva kuñjaram       

9 tatas tūryaninādāś ca śaṅkhānāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ           

siṃhanādāś ca saṃjajñur bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanāḥ       

10 paśyatāṃ śataśo hy āsīd anyonyasamacetasām          

pāṇḍavānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca sādhu sādhv iti nisvanaḥ      

11 na hi madrādhipād anyaḥ sarvarājasu bhārata          

soḍhum utsahate vegaṃ bhīmasenasya saṃyuge      

12 tathā madrādhipasyāpi gadā vegaṃ mahātmanaḥ          

soḍhum utsahate loke ko 'nyo yudhi vṛkodarāt      

13 paṭṭair jāmbūnadair baddhā babhūva janaharṣiṇī         

 prajajvāla tathā viddhā bhīmena mahatī gadā      

14 tathaiva carato mārgān maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ          

mahāvidyut pratīkāśā śalyasya śuśubhe gadā      

15 tau vṛṣāv iva nardantau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ          

āvarjitagadā śṛṅgāv ubhau śalya vṛkodarau      

16 maṇḍalāvarta mārgeṣu gadā viharaṇeṣu ca         

 nirviśeṣam abhūd yuddhaṃ tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ      

17 tāḍitā bhīmasenena śalyasya mahatī gadā          

sāgnijvālā mahāraudrā gadā cūrṇam aśīryata      

18 tathaiva bhīmasenasya dviṣatābhihatā gadā          

varṣā pradoṣe khadyotair vṛto vṛkṣa ivābabhau      

19 gadā kṣiptā tu samare madrarājena bhārata         

 vyoma saṃdīpayānā sā sasṛje pāvakaṃ bahu      

20 tathaiva bhīmasenena dviṣate preṣitā gadā          

tāpayām āsa tat sainyaṃ maholkā patatī yathā      

21 te caivobhe gade śreṣṭhe samāsādya parasparam         

 śvasantyau nāgakanyeva sasṛjāte vibhāvasum      

22 nakhair iva mahāvyāghrau dantair iva mahāgajau          

tau viceratur āsādya gadābhyāṃ ca parasparam      

23 tato gadāgrābhihatau kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau          

dadṛśāte mahātmānau puṣpitāv iva kiṃśukau      

24 śuśruve dikṣu sarvāsu tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ          

gadābhighāta saṃhrādaḥ śakrāśanir ivopamaḥ      

25 gadayā madrarājena savyadakṣiṇamāhataḥ          

nākampata tadā bhīmo bhidyamāna ivācalaḥ      

26 tathā bhīma gadā vegais tāḍyamāno mahābalaḥ          

dhairyān madrādhipas tasthau vajrair girir ivāhataḥ      

27 āpetatur mahāvegau samucchritamahāgadau          

punar antaramārgasthau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ      

28 athāplutya padāny aṣṭau saṃnipatya gajāv iva         

 sahasā lohadaṇḍābhyām anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ      

29 tau parasparavegāc ca gadābhyāṃ ca bhṛśāhatau          

yugapat petatur vīrau kṣitāv indradhvajāv iva      

30 tato vihvalamānaṃ taṃ niḥśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ          

śalyam abhyapatat tūrṇaṃ kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ      

31 dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ mahārāja gadayābhinipīḍitam          

viceṣṭantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ mūrchayābhipariplutam      

32 tataḥ sagadam āropya madrāṇām adhipaṃ ratham          

apovāha raṇāt tūrṇaṃ kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ      

33 kṣībavad vihvalo vīro nimeṣāt punar utthitaḥ          

bhīmo 'pi sumahābāhur gadāpāṇir adṛśyata      

34 tato madrādhipaṃ dṛṣṭvā tava putrāḥ parāṅmukham          

sa nāgarathapattyaśvāḥ samakampanta māriṣa      

35 te pāṇḍavair ardyamānās tāvakā jitakāśibhiḥ          

bhītā diśo 'nvapadyanta vātanunnā dhanā iva     

 36 nirjitya dhārtarāṣṭrāṃs tu pāṇḍaveyā mahārathāḥ          

vyarocanta raṇe rājan dīpyamānā yaśasvinaḥ      

37 siṃhanādān bhṛśaṃ cakruḥ śaṅkhān dadhmuś ca harṣitāḥ          

bherīś ca vārayām āsur mṛdaṅgāṃś cānakaiḥ saha

 

Sanjaya said, 'Beholding his driver slain, Salya, upraising a mace made wholly of iron, jumped down in rage from his excellent car. Bhima, then taking up his own huge mace, quickly rushed towards Salya who then resembled the blazing Yuga-fire or the Destroyer himself armed with his bludgeon. Subhadra's son also, taking up a prodigious mace resembling the bolt of heaven, addressed Salya, saying, 'Come, Come!' Bhima, however, with much ado, persuaded him to stand aside. The valiant Bhimasena, then, having persuaded Subhadra's son to stand aside, approached Salya in battle and stood immovable as a hill. The mighty ruler of Madras also, beheld Bhima, and proceeded towards him like a tiger towards an elephant. Then was heard there the loud blare of trumpets and conchs by thousands and leonine shouts, and the sound of drums. And loud cries of 'Bravo, Bravo,' arose among hundreds of Pandava and Kaurava warriors rushing towards each other. There is none else among all the kings, O Bharata, save the ruler of Madras who can venture to bear the might of Bhimasena in battle; similarly, who else save Vrikodara, in the world, can venture to bear the impetus of the illustrious Salya's mace in battle? Bound in hempen strings mixed with wires of gold, the prodigious mace, of Bhima, capable of delighting by its beauty all spectators, being grasped by him, shone, brilliantly. And similarly the mace of Salya, also, who coursed in beautiful circles, looked like a blazing flash of lightning. Both of them roared like bulls, and both coursed in circles. And both Salya and Vrikodara, standing as they did, with their maces slightly bent, looked like a couple of horned bulls. Whether as regards coursing in circles or in whirling and striking with their maces, the combat that took place between those two lions among men was in every way equal. Struck by Bhimasena with his mace, the prodigious mace of Salya, emitting fierce sparks of fire, soon broke unto fragments. And similarly, Bhimasena's mace, struck by the foe, looked beautiful like a tree covered fire-flies during the season of rains at even-tide. And the mace that the ruler of Madras hurled in that battle, irradiating the welkin, O Bharata, frequently caused sparks of fire (to fly around). Similarly, the mace hurled by Bhimasena at the foe scorched his antagonist's forces like a fierce meteor falling down (from the firmament). And both those best of maces, striking against each other, resembled sighing she-snakes and caused flashes of fire. Like two large tigers attacking each other with their claws, or like two mighty elephants with their tusks, those mighty warriors coursed in circles, encountering each other with those two foremost of maces, and soon covered with blood, those two illustrious warriors seemed to resemble a couple of flowering Kinsukas. And the blows, loud as Indra's thunder, of the maces wielded by those two lions among men were heard on all sides. Struck by the ruler of Madras with his mace on both the left and the right side, Bhima moved not in the least, like a hill riven by the thunder. Similarly, the mighty ruler of Madras, struck by Bhima with his mace, patiently stood still like a hill struck with the thunder. Both of them, with upraised maces, endued as they were with great impetus, fell upon each other, coursing in shorter circles. Quickly nearing each other, then by eight steps and falling upon each other like two elephants, they suddenly struck each other with those maces of theirs made entirely or iron. And each of those heroes, in consequence of the other's impetuosity and violence being struck with each other's mace, fell down at the same instant of time like a couple of Indra's poles. Then the mighty car-warrior Kritavarman quickly approached Salya who, deprived of his senses, was breathing hard as he lay on the field. And beholding him, O king, struck violently with the mace, and writhing like a snake, and deprived of his senses in a swoon, the mighty car-warrior Kritavarman, taking him upon his car, quickly bore the ruler of Madras away from the field. Reeling like a drunken man, the heroic Bhima of mighty arms, rising up within the twinkling of an eye, stood mace in hand. Thy sons then, beholding the ruler of the Madras turn away from the fight, began, O sire, to tremble, along with their elephants, and foot-soldiers, and cavalry, and cars. Ground then by the Pandavas desirous of victory, those warriors of thy army, struck with fear, fled away in all directions, like masses of clouds driven away by the wind. And those mighty car-warriors, viz., the Pandavas, having vanquished the Dhritarashtras, looked resplendent in that battle. O king, like blazing fires. And they uttered loud leonine roars, and blew their conchs, elated with joy. And they beat their drums, large and small, and cymbals and other instruments.'