Arjuna Fights Yajnadatta, Son of Bhagadatta

Verse 1 (14.75.1)

प्राग्ज्योतिषमथाभ्येत्य व्यचरत्स हयोत्तमः । भगदत्तात्मजस्तत्र निर्ययौ रणकर्कशः ॥

prāgjyotiṣamathābhyetya vyacaratsa hayottamaḥ | bhagadattātmajastatra niryayau raṇakarkaśaḥ

That best of horses came to Pragjyotisha and roamed there; and Bhagadatta's son, fierce in battle, came out against it.

Verse 2 (14.75.2)

सहयं पाण्डुपुत्रं तु विषयान्तमुपागतम् । युयुधे भरतश्रेष्ठ यज्ञदत्तो महीपतिः ॥

sahayaṃ pāṇḍuputraṃ tu viṣayāntamupāgatam | yuyudhe bharataśreṣṭha yajñadatto mahīpatiḥ

When the son of Pandu, with the horse, had reached the border of his land, King Yajnadatta fought him, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads यज्ञदत्तो महीपतिः (Yajnadatta) where the critical edition has वज्रदत्तो महीपतिः (Vajradatta); the same name is used throughout this page and is kept as the page's reading. A footnote printed after the colophon (14-75-2, 'वज्रदत्तो महीपतिरिति झ.पाठः') gives Vajradatta as a manuscript variant and is not added. The first line reads सहयं पाण्डुपुत्रं तु (CE: sa hayaṃ pāṇḍuputrasya), recension variant, kept.

Verse 3 (14.75.3)

सोऽभिनिर्याय नगराद्भगदत्तसुतो नृपः । अश्वमायान्तमुन्मथ्य नगराभिमुखो ययौ ॥

so'bhiniryāya nagarādbhagadattasuto nṛpaḥ | aśvamāyāntamunmathya nagarābhimukho yayau

King Yajnadatta, Bhagadatta's son, came out of the city, and, having stopped the horse as it came on, he headed back towards the city.

Note on the text: Corrected सोभिनिर्याय → सोऽभिनिर्याय (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; the critical edition has so 'bhiniryāya).

Verse 4 (14.75.4)

तमालक्ष्य महाबाहुः कुरूणामृषभस्तदा । गाण्डीवं विक्षिपंस्तूर्णं सहसा समुपाद्रवत् ॥

tamālakṣya mahābāhuḥ kurūṇāmṛṣabhastadā | gāṇḍīvaṃ vikṣipaṃstūrṇaṃ sahasā samupādravat

Seeing him, the mighty-armed bull of the Kurus swiftly twanged Gandiva and suddenly rushed upon him.

Verse 5 (14.75.5)

ततो गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तैरिषुभिर्मोहितो नृपः । हयमुत्सृज्य तं वीरस्ततः पार्थमुपाद्रवत् ॥

tato gāṇḍīvanirmuktairiṣubhirmohito nṛpaḥ | hayamutsṛjya taṃ vīrastataḥ pārthamupādravat

Then the king, dazed by the arrows loosed from Gandiva, let the horse go, and the hero charged at Partha.

Verse 6 (14.75.6)

पुनः प्रविश्य नगरं दंशितः स नृपोत्तमः । आरुह्य नागप्रवरं निर्ययौ युद्धकाङ्क्षया ॥

punaḥ praviśya nagaraṃ daṃśitaḥ sa nṛpottamaḥ | āruhya nāgapravaraṃ niryayau yuddhakāṅkṣayā

Entering the city again, that best of kings put on his armour, mounted a mighty elephant and came out, eager for battle.

Verse 7 (14.75.7)

पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन मूर्धनि । दोधूयता चामरेण श्वेतेन च महारथः ॥

pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani | dodhūyatā cāmareṇa śvetena ca mahārathaḥ

A white parasol was held over his head and a white chowrie was waved beside him, as the great chariot-warrior came.

Verse 8 (14.75.8)

ततः पार्थं समासाद्य पाण्डवानां महारथम् । आह्वयामास बीभत्सुं बाल्यान्मोहाच्च संयुगे ॥

tataḥ pārthaṃ samāsādya pāṇḍavānāṃ mahāratham | āhvayāmāsa bībhatsuṃ bālyānmohācca saṃyuge

Then, coming up to Partha, the great chariot-warrior of the Pandavas, he challenged Bibhatsu in the fight, out of youthful rashness and folly.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads आह्वयामास बीभत्सुं (CE: āhvayām āsa kauravyam), recension variant, kept.

Verse 9 (14.75.9)

स वारणं नगप्रख्यं प्रभिन्नकरटामुखम् । प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धः श्वेताश्वं प्रति पार्थिवः ॥

sa vāraṇaṃ nagaprakhyaṃ prabhinnakaraṭāmukham | preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddhaḥ śvetāśvaṃ prati pārthivaḥ

In fury the king drove at the white-horsed Arjuna an elephant like a mountain, its temples streaming rut.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads श्वेताश्वं प्रति पार्थिवः (CE: tataḥ śvetahayaṃ prati), recension variant, kept.

Verse 10 (14.75.10)

विक्षरन्तं महामेघं परवारणवारणम् । शस्त्रवत्कल्पितं सङ्ख्ये विवशं युद्धदुर्मदम् ॥

vikṣarantaṃ mahāmeghaṃ paravāraṇavāraṇam | śastravatkalpitaṃ saṅkhye vivaśaṃ yuddhadurmadam

It was streaming like a great cloud, a killer of enemy elephants, armed with weapons for the battle, beyond all control and wild for fighting.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads शस्त्रवत्कल्पितं सङ्ख्ये विवशं (CE: śāstravat kalpitaṃ saṃkhye trisāhaṃ), recension variant, kept.

Verse 11 (14.75.11)

प्रचोद्यमानः स गजस्तेन राज्ञा महाबलः । तदाऽङ्कुशेन विबभावुत्पतिष्यन्निवाम्बरम् ॥

pracodyamānaḥ sa gajastena rājñā mahābalaḥ | tadā'ṅkuśena vibabhāvutpatiṣyannivāmbaram

Urged on by the king with the goad, that mighty elephant looked then as though it would leap into the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected अङ्कशेन → अङ्कुशेन (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition has aṅkuśena).

Verse 12 (14.75.12)

तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य क्रुद्धो राजन्धनंजयः । भूमिष्ठो वारणगतं योधयामास भारत ॥

tamāpatantaṃ samprekṣya kruddho rājandhanaṃjayaḥ | bhūmiṣṭho vāraṇagataṃ yodhayāmāsa bhārata

Seeing it charge, Dhananjaya grew angry, O king, and, standing on the ground, fought the man who sat on the elephant, O Bharata.

Verse 13 (14.75.13)

यज्ञदत्तस्ततः क्रुद्धो मुमोचाशु धनंजये । तोमरानग्निसङ्काशाञ्शलभानिव वेगितान् ॥

yajñadattastataḥ kruddho mumocāśu dhanaṃjaye | tomarānagnisaṅkāśāñśalabhāniva vegitān

Then Yajnadatta, enraged, quickly hurled at Dhananjaya spears blazing like fire, swift as locusts.

Verse 14 (14.75.14)

अर्जुनस्तानसम्प्राप्तान्गाण्डीवप्रभवैः शरैः । द्विधा त्रिधा च चिच्छेद खगमान्खगमैस्तदा ॥

arjunastānasamprāptāngāṇḍīvaprabhavaiḥ śaraiḥ | dvidhā tridhā ca ciccheda khagamānkhagamaistadā

Arjuna, with arrows sped from Gandiva, cut those spears in two and three while they were still short of him, flying shaft against flying shaft.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads गाण्डीवप्रभवैः … खगमान्खगमैः (CE: gāṇḍīvapreṣitaiḥ … kha eva khagamaiḥ), recension variant, kept.

Verse 15 (14.75.15)

स तान्दृष्ट्वा तथा छिन्नांस्तोमरान्भगदत्तजः । इषूनसक्तांस्त्वरितः प्राहिणोत्पाण्डवं प्रति ॥

sa tāndṛṣṭvā tathā chinnāṃstomarānbhagadattajaḥ | iṣūnasaktāṃstvaritaḥ prāhiṇotpāṇḍavaṃ prati

Seeing his spears cut down so, Bhagadatta's son hurriedly shot unchecked arrows at the Pandava.

Verse 16 (14.75.16)

ततोऽर्जुनस्तूर्णतरं रुक्मपुङ्खानजिह्मगान् । प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धो भगदत्तात्मजं प्रति ॥

tato'rjunastūrṇataraṃ rukmapuṅkhānajihmagān | preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddho bhagadattātmajaṃ prati

Then Arjuna, enraged, sent still more swiftly gold-feathered, straight-flying arrows at Bhagadatta's son.

Verse 17 (14.75.17)

स तैर्विद्धो महातेजा यज्ञदत्तो महामृधे । भृशाहतः पपातोर्व्यां न त्वेनमजहात्स्मृतिः ॥

sa tairviddho mahātejā yajñadatto mahāmṛdhe | bhṛśāhataḥ papātorvyāṃ na tvenamajahātsmṛtiḥ

Pierced by them, the greatly radiant Yajnadatta, badly hurt, fell to the ground in that great fight, yet his consciousness did not leave him.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads यज्ञदत्तो महामृधे (CE: vajradatto mahāhave), recension variant, kept (the name as in verse 2).

Verse 18 (14.75.18)

ततः स पुनरारुह्य वारणप्रवरं रणे । अव्यग्रः प्रेषयामास जयार्थी विजयं प्रति ॥

tataḥ sa punarāruhya vāraṇapravaraṃ raṇe | avyagraḥ preṣayāmāsa jayārthī vijayaṃ prati

Then he mounted the best of elephants again in the battle, and, unruffled and eager for victory, drove it at Vijaya.

Verse 19 (14.75.19)

तस्मै बाणांस्ततो जिष्णुर्निर्मुक्ताशीविषोपमान् । प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धो ज्वलितज्वलनोपमान् ॥

tasmai bāṇāṃstato jiṣṇurnirmuktāśīviṣopamān | preṣayāmāsa saṃkruddho jvalitajvalanopamān

Then Jishnu, enraged, sent at it arrows loosed like venomous snakes, like blazing fires.

Note on the text: Wikisource reads ज्वलितज्वलनोपमान् (CE: jvalitān iva pāvakān), recension variant, kept.

Verse 20 (14.75.20)

स तैर्विद्धो महानागो विस्रवन्रुधिरं बभौ । हिमवानिव शैलेन्द्रो बहुप्रस्रवणस्तदा ॥

sa tairviddho mahānāgo visravanrudhiraṃ babhau | himavāniva śailendro bahuprasravaṇastadā

Pierced by them, the great elephant shone as it streamed blood, like Himavan, the king of mountains, with its many torrents.

Note on the text: A footnote printed after the colophon (14-75-20, a variant second line 'गैरिकाक्तमिवाम्भोद्रिर्बहुप्रस्रवणं तदा इति झ.पाठः') is not added.