The Saindhavas Surround Arjuna and He Falls into a Swoon

Verse 1 (14.77.1)

जित्वा प्रसाद्य राजानं भगदत्तसुतं तदा । विसृज्य याते तुरगे सैन्धवान्प्रति भारत ॥

jitvā prasādya rājānaṃ bhagadattasutaṃ tadā | visṛjya yāte turage saindhavānprati bhārata

Having defeated Bhagadatta's son and appeased the king, then, O Bharata, he let the horse go; and when it had gone on towards the Saindhavas,

Note on the text: Removed the backtick and quote marks (and the stray double danda) around the bracketed couplet that the page prints as an interpolated passage. Wikisource adhyaya 77 corresponds to critical edition adhyaya 14.76. This couplet is not a numbered verse of the critical edition: it is its star passage 14,076.001*0150_01-02, printed before 14.76.1a (hence ce_ref null; the next verse is 14.76.1).

Verse 2 (14.77.2)

सैन्धवैरभवद्युद्धं ततस्तस्य किरीटिनः । हतशेषैर्महाराज हतानां च सुतैरपि ॥

saindhavairabhavadyuddhaṃ tatastasya kirīṭinaḥ | hataśeṣairmahārāja hatānāṃ ca sutairapi

a battle broke out between the Saindhavas and that wearer of the diadem, O great king: with the survivors of the slain and with the sons of the dead.

Note on the text: Corrected सैन्धवैरभवगद्युद्धं → सैन्धवैरभवद्युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource: a stray ग; the critical edition has abhavad yuddhaṃ).

Verse 3 (14.77.3)

तेऽवतीर्णमुपश्रुत्य विषयं श्वेतवाहनम् । प्रत्युद्ययुरमृष्यन्तो राजानः पाण्डवर्षभम् ॥

te'vatīrṇamupaśrutya viṣayaṃ śvetavāhanam | pratyudyayuramṛṣyanto rājānaḥ pāṇḍavarṣabham

Hearing that the white-horsed hero had entered their country, the kings, unable to bear it, advanced against that bull of the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Corrected अमृष्यन्ते → अमृष्यन्तो (misprint in Wikisource: the participle must agree with राजानः, nominative plural; the critical edition has amṛṣyanto).

Verse 4 (14.77.4)

अश्वं च तं परामृश्य विषयान्ते विषोपमाः । न भयं चक्रिरे पार्थाद्भीमसेनादनन्तरात् ॥

aśvaṃ ca taṃ parāmṛśya viṣayānte viṣopamāḥ | na bhayaṃ cakrire pārthādbhīmasenādanantarāt

They laid hands on that horse at the edge of their land, and, venomous as poison, felt no fear of Partha, who comes next after Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Corrected विषोपमात् → विषोपमाः (misprint in Wikisource: the word qualifies the subject of चक्रिरे, nominative plural; the critical edition has viṣopamāḥ).

Verse 5 (14.77.5)

तेऽविदूराद्धनुष्पाणिं यज्ञियस्य हयस्य च । बीभत्सुं प्रत्यपद्यन्त पदातिनमवस्थितम् ॥

te'vidūrāddhanuṣpāṇiṃ yajñiyasya hayasya ca | bībhatsuṃ pratyapadyanta padātinamavasthitam

Not far from the sacrificial horse they came upon Bibhatsu, standing on foot with his bow in his hand.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रत्यपद्यन्त् → प्रत्यपद्यन्त (misprint in Wikisource: stray virama; the critical edition has pratyapadyanta).

Verse 6 (14.77.6)

ततस्ते तं महावीर्या राजानः पर्यवारयन् । जिगीषन्तो नरव्याघ्रं पूर्वं विनिकृता युधि ॥

tataste taṃ mahāvīryā rājānaḥ paryavārayan | jigīṣanto naravyāghraṃ pūrvaṃ vinikṛtā yudhi

Then those mighty kings, tigers among men, who had been humbled by him in battle before, surrounded him, longing for victory.

Verse 7 (14.77.7)

ते नामान्यपि गोत्राणि कर्मणि विविधानि च । कीर्तयन्तस्तदा पार्थं शरवर्षैरवाकिरन् ॥

te nāmānyapi gotrāṇi karmaṇi vividhāni ca | kīrtayantastadā pārthaṃ śaravarṣairavākiran

Proclaiming their names, their clans and their various deeds, they covered Partha with showers of arrows.

Verse 8 (14.77.8)

ते किरन्तः शरव्रातान्वारणप्रतिवारणान् । रणे जयमभीप्सन्तः कौन्तेयं पर्यवारयन् ॥

te kirantaḥ śaravrātānvāraṇaprativāraṇān | raṇe jayamabhīpsantaḥ kaunteyaṃ paryavārayan

Pouring out masses of arrows that could stop elephants, and eager to win the battle, they closed in around Kaunteya.

Verse 9 (14.77.9)

ते समीक्ष्य च तं कृष्णमुग्रकर्माणमाहवे । सर्वे युयुधिरे वीरा रथस्थास्तं पदातिनम् ॥

te samīkṣya ca taṃ kṛṣṇamugrakarmāṇamāhave | sarve yuyudhire vīrā rathasthāstaṃ padātinam

Seeing that Krishna, the doer of terrible deeds in battle, all those heroes fought him from their chariots, though he stood on foot.

Verse 10 (14.77.10)

ते तमाजघ्निरे वीरं निवातकवचान्तकम् । संशप्तकनिहन्तारं हन्तारं सैन्धवस्य च ॥

te tamājaghnire vīraṃ nivātakavacāntakam | saṃśaptakanihantāraṃ hantāraṃ saindhavasya ca

They struck that hero, the destroyer of the Nivatakavachas, the slayer of the Samshaptakas, and the slayer of Saindhava as well.

Verse 11 (14.77.11)

ततो रथसहस्रेण गजानामयुतेन च । कोष्ठकीकृत्य बीभत्सुं प्रहृष्टमनसोऽभवन् ॥

tato rathasahasreṇa gajānāmayutena ca | koṣṭhakīkṛtya bībhatsuṃ prahṛṣṭamanaso'bhavan

With a thousand chariots and ten thousand elephants they hemmed in Bibhatsu, and their hearts were glad.

Note on the text: Restored कोष्ठकीकृत्य for the lost opening letters shown as ‘***ष्ठकीकृत्य’ in Wikisource (the critical edition has koṣṭhakīkṛtya in 14.76.10c). Wikisource reads गजानामयुतेन च and बीभत्सुं प्रहृष्टमनसोऽभवन् where the critical edition has hayānām ayutena ca and kaunteyaṃ saṃprahṛṣṭam ayodhayan (recension variants, kept).

Verse 12 (14.77.12)

संस्मरन्तो वधं वीराः सिन्धुराजस्य चाहवे । जयद्रथस्य कौरव्य समरे सव्यसाचिना ॥

saṃsmaranto vadhaṃ vīrāḥ sindhurājasya cāhave | jayadrathasya kauravya samare savyasācinā

Those heroes, calling to mind how Jayadratha, king of Sindhu, had been slain in battle by Savyasachin, O Kaurava,

Note on the text: Restored संस्मरन्तो for the lost opening letters shown as ‘** स्मरन्तो’ in Wikisource (critical edition 14.76.11a saṃsmaranto). Wikisource has सिन्धुराजस्य चाहवे where the critical edition has sindhurājasya dhīmataḥ (recension variant, kept).

Verse 13 (14.77.13)

ततः पर्जन्यवत्सर्वे शरवृष्टीरवासृजन् । तैः कीर्णः शुशुभे पार्थो रविर्मेघान्तरे यथा ॥

tataḥ parjanyavatsarve śaravṛṣṭīravāsṛjan | taiḥ kīrṇaḥ śuśubhe pārtho ravirmeghāntare yathā

then all of them loosed showers of arrows like rain-clouds, and, covered by them, Partha shone like the sun among clouds.

Verse 14 (14.77.14)

स शरैः समवच्छन्नश्चकाशे पाण्डवर्षभः । पञ्जरान्तरसञ्चारी शकुन्त इव भारत ॥

sa śaraiḥ samavacchannaścakāśe pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ | pañjarāntarasañcārī śakunta iva bhārata

Covered over with arrows, that bull of the Pandavas looked like a bird moving about inside a cage, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected पञ्चरान्तरसञ्चारी → पञ्जरान्तरसञ्चारी (misprint in Wikisource: पञ्चर is not a word; the critical edition has pañjarāntarasaṃcārī).

Verse 15 (14.77.15)

ततो हाहाकृतं सर्वं कौन्तेय शरपीडिते । त्रैलोक्यमभवद्राजन्रविरासीद्रजोरुणः ॥

tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ kaunteya śarapīḍite | trailokyamabhavadrājanravirāsīdrajoruṇaḥ

Then, with Kaunteya tormented by arrows, all the three worlds cried out in dismay, O king, and the sun turned red with dust.

Verse 16 (14.77.16)

ततो ववौ महाराज मारुतो रोमहर्षणः । राहुरग्रसदादित्यं पर्वणीव विशाम्पते ॥

tato vavau mahārāja māruto romaharṣaṇaḥ | rāhuragrasadādityaṃ parvaṇīva viśāmpate

Then a wind that raised the hair on the body blew, O great king, and Rahu swallowed the sun, as at the time of an eclipse, O lord of the people.

Verse 17 (14.77.17)

उल्काश्च जघ्निरे सूर्यं विकीर्यन्त्यः समन्ततः । वेपथुश्चाभवद्राजन्कैलासस्य महागिरेः ॥

ulkāśca jaghnire sūryaṃ vikīryantyaḥ samantataḥ | vepathuścābhavadrājankailāsasya mahāgireḥ

Meteors struck at the sun, scattering in every direction, and the great mountain Kailasa trembled, O king.

Verse 18 (14.77.18)

मुमुचुः श्वासमत्युष्णं दुःखशोकसमन्विताः । सप्तर्षयो जातभयास्तथा देवर्षयोपि च ॥

mumucuḥ śvāsamatyuṣṇaṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ | saptarṣayo jātabhayāstathā devarṣayopi ca

The seven sages and the divine sages too, seized with fear and overcome with pain and grief, let out hot sighs.

Verse 19 (14.77.19)

शशं चाशु विनिर्भिद्य मण्डलं शशिनोऽपतन् । विपरीता दिशश्चापि सर्वा धूमाकुलास्तथा ॥

śaśaṃ cāśu vinirbhidya maṇḍalaṃ śaśino'patan | viparītā diśaścāpi sarvā dhūmākulāstathā

Meteors, swiftly piercing the hare in the moon, fell upon the moon's disc; all the quarters of the sky too turned adverse, filled with smoke.

Note on the text: The alignment found no match; first line = a variant of CE 14.76.18a (CE śaśaś cāśu vinirbhidya maṇḍalaṃ śaśino 'patat; Wikisource शशं चाशु ... मण्डलं शशिनोऽपतन्, kept — the page's own gloss takes the subject as उल्काः). The second line differs from CE 14.76.18c (viparītas tadā rājaṃs tasminn utpātalakṣaṇe); Wikisource's विपरीता दिशश्चापि सर्वा धूमाकुलास्तथा is a recension variant, kept.

Verse 20 (14.77.20)

रासभारुणसङ्काशा धनुष्मन्तः सविद्युतः । आवृत्य गगनं मेघा मुमुचुर्मांसशोणितम् ॥

rāsabhāruṇasaṅkāśā dhanuṣmantaḥ savidyutaḥ | āvṛtya gaganaṃ meghā mumucurmāṃsaśoṇitam

Clouds the colour of dawn-red donkeys, bearing rainbows and flashing with lightning, covered the sky and rained flesh and blood.

Verse 21 (14.77.21)

एवमासीत्तदा वीरे शरवर्षेण संवृते । फल्गुने भरतश्रेष्ठ तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

evamāsīttadā vīre śaravarṣeṇa saṃvṛte | phalgune bharataśreṣṭha tadadbhutamivābhavat

So it was then, O best of the Bharatas, when the hero Phalguna was shrouded in showers of arrows; it seemed a marvel.

Verse 22 (14.77.22)

तस्य तेनावकीर्णस्य शरजालेन सर्वतः । मोहात्पपात गाण्डीवमावापश्च करादपि ॥

tasya tenāvakīrṇasya śarajālena sarvataḥ | mohātpapāta gāṇḍīvamāvāpaśca karādapi

Covered on every side by that net of arrows, he fell into a swoon, and the Gandiva and his hand-guard dropped from his hand.

Verse 23 (14.77.23)

तस्मिन्मोहमनुप्राप्ते शरजालं महत्तदा । सैन्धवा मुमुचुस्तूर्णं गतसत्वे महारथे ॥

tasminmohamanuprāpte śarajālaṃ mahattadā | saindhavā mumucustūrṇaṃ gatasatve mahārathe

When he had fallen into that swoon, the Saindhavas quickly loosed an even greater mass of arrows at the great chariot-warrior, now bereft of his senses.

Verse 24 (14.77.24)

ततो मोहं समापन्नं ज्ञात्वा पार्थं दिवौकसः । सर्वे वित्रस्तमनसस्तस्य शान्तिकृतोऽभवन् ॥

tato mohaṃ samāpannaṃ jñātvā pārthaṃ divaukasaḥ | sarve vitrastamanasastasya śāntikṛto'bhavan

Then, knowing that Partha had fallen into a swoon, all the dwellers in heaven, their minds stricken with terror, performed rites of propitiation for him.

Note on the text: Corrected द्विवौकसः → दिवौकसः (misprint in Wikisource: a stray व्; the word is divaukasaḥ ‘dwellers in heaven’, as in the critical edition). Wikisource reads शान्तिकृतोऽभवन् where the critical edition has śāntiparābhavan (recension variant, kept).

Verse 25 (14.77.25)

ततो देवर्षयः सर्वे तथा सप्तर्षयोपि च । ब्रह्मर्षयश्च विजयं जेपुः पार्थस्य धीमतः ॥

tato devarṣayaḥ sarve tathā saptarṣayopi ca | brahmarṣayaśca vijayaṃ jepuḥ pārthasya dhīmataḥ

Then all the divine sages, the seven sages and the Brahmin sages recited prayers for the victory of the wise Partha.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मर्षचस्च → ब्रह्मर्षयश्च (misprint in Wikisource: garbled akshara and conjunct; the critical edition has brahmarṣayaś ca).

Verse 26 (14.77.26)

ततः प्रदीपिते देवैः पार्थतेजसि पार्थिव । तस्थावचलवद्धीमान्सङ्ग्रामे परमास्त्रवित् ॥

tataḥ pradīpite devaiḥ pārthatejasi pārthiva | tasthāvacalavaddhīmānsaṅgrāme paramāstravit

Then, with Partha's fiery energy kindled by the gods, that wise master of the supreme weapons stood in the battle unmoving as a mountain, O king.

Verse 27 (14.77.27)

विचकर्ष धनुर्दिव्यं ततः कौरवनन्दनः । यन्त्रस्येवेह शब्दोऽभून्महांस्तस्य पुनः पुनः ॥

vicakarṣa dhanurdivyaṃ tataḥ kauravanandanaḥ | yantrasyeveha śabdo'bhūnmahāṃstasya punaḥ punaḥ

Then that joy of the Kurus drew his divine bow, and again and again a mighty sound came from it, like the sound of a machine.

Verse 28 (14.77.28)

ततः स शरवर्षाणि प्रत्यमित्रान्प्रति प्रभुः । ववर्ष धनुषा पार्थो वर्षाणीव पुरंदरः ॥

tataḥ sa śaravarṣāṇi pratyamitrānprati prabhuḥ | vavarṣa dhanuṣā pārtho varṣāṇīva puraṃdaraḥ

Then that lord Partha rained showers of arrows from his bow upon his enemies, as Purandara rains showers of water.

Verse 29 (14.77.29)

ततस्ते सैन्धवा योधाः सर्व एव सराजकाः । नादृश्यन्त शरैः कीर्णाः शलभैरिव पादपाः ॥

tataste saindhavā yodhāḥ sarva eva sarājakāḥ | nādṛśyanta śaraiḥ kīrṇāḥ śalabhairiva pādapāḥ

Then those Saindhava warriors, all of them with their kings, could not be seen, buried under arrows, like trees covered by locusts.

Verse 30 (14.77.30)

तस्य शब्देन वित्रेसुर्भयार्ताश्च विदुद्रुवुः । मुमुचुश्चाश्रु शोकार्ताः शुशुचुश्चापि सैन्धवाः ॥

tasya śabdena vitresurbhayārtāśca vidudruvuḥ | mumucuścāśru śokārtāḥ śuśucuścāpi saindhavāḥ

At the sound of it they trembled and fled in terror; the Saindhavas wept tears and grieved.

Note on the text: Corrected मुमुचुस्चाश्रु → मुमुचुश्चाश्रु (misprint in Wikisource: ‘स्’ for ‘श्’; the critical edition has mumucuś cāśru). Wikisource reads शुशुचुश्चापि where the critical edition has suṣupuś cāpi (recension variant, kept).

Verse 31 (14.77.31)

तांस्तु सर्वान्नरव्याघ्रः सैन्धवान्व्यचरद्बली । अलातचक्रवद्राजञ्शरजालैः समार्पयत् ॥

tāṃstu sarvānnaravyāghraḥ saindhavānvyacaradbalī | alātacakravadrājañśarajālaiḥ samārpayat

Moving about among all those Saindhavas, that mighty tiger among men enveloped them, O king, with nets of arrows, like a whirling firebrand.

Verse 32 (14.77.32)

तदिन्द्रजालप्रतिमं बाणजालममित्रहा । विसृज्य दिक्षु सर्वासु महेन्द्र इव वज्रभृत् ॥

tadindrajālapratimaṃ bāṇajālamamitrahā | visṛjya dikṣu sarvāsu mahendra iva vajrabhṛt

That slayer of foes loosed in every direction a net of arrows like Indra's magic, like Mahendra, wielder of the thunderbolt.

Note on the text: Corrected महेन्द्रि → महेन्द्र (misprint in Wikisource: wrong final vowel; the critical edition has mahendra).

Verse 33 (14.77.33)

मेघजालनिभं सैन्यं विदार्य शरवृष्टिभिः । विबभौ कौरवश्रेष्ठः शरदीव दिवाकरः ॥

meghajālanibhaṃ sainyaṃ vidārya śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ | vibabhau kauravaśreṣṭhaḥ śaradīva divākaraḥ

Having torn that army, which was like a mass of clouds, apart with showers of arrows, the best of the Kauravas shone like the sun in autumn.