Arjuna Faces Eight Great Warriors

Verse 1 (7.104.1)

तावकास्त्वभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य वृष्ण्यन्धककुरूद्वहौ । सत्वरास्तौ जिघांसन्तस्तथैव विजयः परान् ॥

tāvakāstvabhisamprekṣya vṛṣṇyandhakakurūdvahau | satvarāstau jighāṃsantastathaiva vijayaḥ parān

Seeing the two upholders of the lines of the Vrishnis, Andhakas and Kurus, your warriors rushed hastily upon them, eager to kill them; and Vijaya, in the same way, was eager to kill his foes.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-104-1 to 5-104-34 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7 — ending with a colophon naming this the 104th adhyaya of the Jayadratha-vadha Parva); page and input agree on all 34 verses. Wikisource 104 corresponds to the critical edition 7.79.1–33. The input found no CE match for this verse, but it is CE 7.79.1, with a different second half-line (CE: prāg atvarañ jighāṃsantas, Wikisource: सत्वरास्तौ जिघांसन्तः, a recension variant, kept). Corrected वृष्ण्यन्धकरूद्वहौ → वृष्ण्यन्धककुरूद्वहौ (misprint in Wikisource; a syllable is dropped; the critical edition has वृष्ण्यन्धककुरूत्तमौ).

Verse 2 (7.104.2)

सुवर्णचित्रैर्वैयाघ्रैः स्वनवद्भिर्महारथैः । दीपयन्तो दिशः सर्वा ज्वलद्भिरिव पावकैः ॥

suvarṇacitrairvaiyāghraiḥ svanavadbhirmahārathaiḥ | dīpayanto diśaḥ sarvā jvaladbhiriva pāvakaiḥ

With great chariots bright with gold and covered with tiger-skins, rumbling loudly, they lit up all the quarters as though with blazing fires,

Verse 3 (7.104.3)

रुक्मपुङ्खैश्च दुष्प्रेक्ष्यैः कार्मुकैः पृथिवीपते । कूजद्भिरतुलान्नादान्रोषितैरुरगैरिव ॥

rukmapuṅkhaiśca duṣprekṣyaiḥ kārmukaiḥ pṛthivīpate | kūjadbhiratulānnādānroṣitairuragairiva

and with bows hard to look upon, set with gold-feathered arrows, O lord of the earth, that twanged with matchless sounds like angered serpents.

Note on the text: Corrected नादन्रोषितै → नादान्रोषितै (misprint in Wikisource; the long ā of नादान् is dropped; CE nādān).

Verse 4 (7.104.4)

भूरिश्रवाः शलः कर्णो वृषसेनो जयद्रथः । कृपश्च मद्रराजश्च द्रोणिश्च रथिनां वरः ॥

bhūriśravāḥ śalaḥ karṇo vṛṣaseno jayadrathaḥ | kṛpaśca madrarājaśca droṇiśca rathināṃ varaḥ

Bhurishravas, Shala, Karna, Vrishasena, Jayadratha, Kripa, the king of the Madras, and Drona's son, the best of charioteers —

Verse 5 (7.104.5)

ते पिबन्त इवाकाशमश्वैरष्टौ महारथाः । व्यराजयन्दश दिशो वैयाघ्रैर्हेमचन्द्रकैः ॥

te pibanta ivākāśamaśvairaṣṭau mahārathāḥ | vyarājayandaśa diśo vaiyāghrairhemacandrakaiḥ

those eight great chariot-warriors, with their horses seeming to drink the sky, made the ten quarters shine with their tiger-skin covers and golden moon-shaped ornaments.

Note on the text: Corrected वैयार्घ्रै → वैयाघ्रै (misprint in Wikisource; stray र; compare verse 2 and CE vaiyāghrair).

Verse 6 (7.104.6)

ते दंशिताः सुसंरब्धा रथैर्मेघौघनिःस्वनैः । समावृण्वन्दश दिशः पार्थस्य निशितैः शरैः ॥

te daṃśitāḥ susaṃrabdhā rathairmeghaughaniḥsvanaiḥ | samāvṛṇvandaśa diśaḥ pārthasya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Armoured and in a great fury, in chariots that rumbled like masses of clouds, they covered the ten directions around Partha with their sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.85): Wikisource's second half-line (...पार्थस्य निशितैः शरैः) is a recension variant of CE 7.79.6cd (... diśaḥ sarvāḥ pārthaṃ ca viśikhaiḥ śitaiḥ); published as it stands.

Verse 7 (7.104.7)

कौलूतका हयाश्चित्रा वहन्तस्तान्महारथान् । व्यशोभन्त तदा शीघ्रा दीपयन्तो दिशो दश ॥

kaulūtakā hayāścitrā vahantastānmahārathān | vyaśobhanta tadā śīghrā dīpayanto diśo daśa

The swift, many-coloured Kulutaka horses that bore those great warriors shone then, lighting up the ten quarters,

Verse 8 (7.104.8)

आजानेयैर्महावेगैर्नानादेशसमुत्थितैः । पार्वतीयैर्नदीजैश्च सैन्धवैश्च हयोत्तमैः ॥

ājāneyairmahāvegairnānādeśasamutthitaiḥ | pārvatīyairnadījaiśca saindhavaiśca hayottamaiḥ

together with high-bred horses of great speed, brought from many lands: mountain-bred, river-bred and Sindhu-bred, the finest of steeds.

Verse 9 (7.104.9)

कुरुयोधवरा राजंस्तव पुत्रं परीप्सवः । धनञ्जयरथं शीघ्रं सर्वतः समुपाद्रवन् ॥

kuruyodhavarā rājaṃstava putraṃ parīpsavaḥ | dhanañjayarathaṃ śīghraṃ sarvataḥ samupādravan

The foremost Kuru warriors, O king, wishing to protect your son, rushed swiftly from every side upon Dhananjaya's chariot.

Verse 10 (7.104.10)

ते प्रगृह्य महाशङ्खान्दध्मुः पुरुषसत्तमाः । पूरयन्तो दिवं राजन्पृथिवीं च ससागराम् ॥

te pragṛhya mahāśaṅkhāndadhmuḥ puruṣasattamāḥ | pūrayanto divaṃ rājanpṛthivīṃ ca sasāgarām

Taking up their great conches, those best of men blew them, O king, filling the heavens and the earth with its oceans.

Verse 11 (7.104.11)

तथैव दध्मतुः शङ्खौ वासुदेवधनञ्जयौ । प्रवरौ सर्वदेवानां सर्वशङ्खवरौ भुवि ॥

tathaiva dadhmatuḥ śaṅkhau vāsudevadhanañjayau | pravarau sarvadevānāṃ sarvaśaṅkhavarau bhuvi

In the same way Vasudeva and Dhananjaya, foremost among all the gods, blew their conches, the best of all conches on earth.

Note on the text: CE 7.79.11ac (the input found no match; CE has "सर्वभूतानाम्" for "सर्वदेवानाम्" in line 2, a recension variant). Line 3 of CE 7.79.11 (11e, "devadattaṃ ca kaunteyaḥ pāñcajanyaṃ ca keśavaḥ") is the first line of the next Wikisource verse.

Verse 12 (7.104.12)

देवदत्तं च कौन्तेयः पाञ्चजन्यं च केशवः । शब्दस्तु देवदत्तस्य धनञ्जयसमीरितः ॥

devadattaṃ ca kaunteyaḥ pāñcajanyaṃ ca keśavaḥ | śabdastu devadattasya dhanañjayasamīritaḥ

Kaunteya blew the Devadatta and Keshava the Panchajanya; and the sound of the Devadatta, sent forth by Dhananjaya,

Note on the text: Lines: 1 = CE 7.79.11e; 2 = CE 7.79.12a (the input found no match). ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line.

Verse 13 (7.104.13)

पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च दिशश्चैव समावृणोत् । तथैव पाञ्चजन्योऽपि वासुदेवसमीरितः ॥

pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca diśaścaiva samāvṛṇot | tathaiva pāñcajanyo'pi vāsudevasamīritaḥ

filled the earth, the sky and the directions; and likewise the Panchajanya, sounded by Vasudeva,

Note on the text: Lines: 1 = CE 7.79.12c; 2 = CE 7.79.13a (the input found no match). ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line.

Verse 14 (7.104.14)

सर्वशब्दानतिक्रम्य पूरयामास रोदसी । तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने दारुणे नादसङ्कुले ॥

sarvaśabdānatikramya pūrayāmāsa rodasī | tasmiṃstathā vartamāne dāruṇe nādasaṅkule

surpassed all other sounds and filled heaven and earth. While that dreadful tumult of sound was going on,

Note on the text: Lines: 1 = CE 7.79.13c; 2 = CE 7.79.14a (the input found no match). ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line.

Verse 15 (7.104.15)

भीरूणां त्रासजनने शूराणां हर्षवर्धने । प्रवादितासु भेरीषु झर्झरेष्वानकेषु च ॥

bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajanane śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhane | pravāditāsu bherīṣu jharjhareṣvānakeṣu ca

which brought terror to the timid and joy to the brave, and kettledrums, jharjharas and anakas were being sounded,

Note on the text: Lines: 1 = CE 7.79.14c; 2 = CE 7.79.15a (the input found no match). ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line.

Verse 16 (7.104.16)

मृदङ्गेष्वपि राजेन्द्र वाद्यमानेष्वनेकशः । महारथसमाख्याता दुर्योधनहितैषिणः ॥

mṛdaṅgeṣvapi rājendra vādyamāneṣvanekaśaḥ | mahārathasamākhyātā duryodhanahitaiṣiṇaḥ

and mridangas too, O best of kings, were being played again and again, the famed great chariot-warriors, well-wishers of Duryodhana,

Note on the text: Lines: 1 = CE 7.79.15c; 2 = CE 7.79.16a (the input found no match). ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line. Corrected वाद्यमानेष्वेनकशः → वाद्यमानेष्वनेकशः (misprint in Wikisource; letters transposed; CE anekaśaḥ).

Verse 17 (7.104.17)

अमृष्यमाणास्तं शब्दं क्रुद्धाः परमधन्विनः । कर्णादयो महेष्वासास्त्वत्सैन्यपरिरक्षिणः ॥

amṛṣyamāṇāstaṃ śabdaṃ kruddhāḥ paramadhanvinaḥ | karṇādayo maheṣvāsāstvatsainyaparirakṣiṇaḥ

unable to bear that sound and enraged — Karna and the other great archers, protectors of your army —

Note on the text: Lines: 1 = CE 7.79.16c; 2 = CE 7.79.16e (the input found no match). CE 7.79.16 is a three-line verse; CE's third line has "नानादेश्या महीपालाः स्वसैन्यपरिरक्षिणः", where Wikisource reads "कर्णादयो महेष्वासास्त्वत्सैन्यपरिरक्षिणः" (recension variant, kept). ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line.

Verse 18 (7.104.18)

अमर्षिता महाशङ्खान्दध्मुर्वीरा महारथाः । कृते प्रतिकरिष्यन्तः केशवस्यार्जुनस्य च ॥

amarṣitā mahāśaṅkhāndadhmurvīrā mahārathāḥ | kṛte pratikariṣyantaḥ keśavasyārjunasya ca

blew their great conches in anger, those heroic great chariot-warriors, resolved to repay what had been done by Keshava and Arjuna.

Verse 19 (7.104.19)

बभूव तव तत्सैन्यं शङ्खशब्दे समीरिते । उद्विग्नरथनागाश्वमस्वस्थमिव चाभिभो ॥

babhūva tava tatsainyaṃ śaṅkhaśabde samīrite | udvignarathanāgāśvamasvasthamiva cābhibho

When the sound of the conches was sent forth, your army became disturbed, its chariots, elephants and horses alarmed, and ill at ease, O lord.

Note on the text: Corrected चाभिभों → चाभिभो (misprint in Wikisource; the vocative is अभिभो; CE abhibho).

Verse 20 (7.104.20)

तत्प्रहृष्टजनाबाधं भेरीशङ्खनिनादितम् । बभूव भृशमुद्विग्नं निर्घातैरिव संवृतम् ॥

tatprahṛṣṭajanābādhaṃ bherīśaṅkhanināditam | babhūva bhṛśamudvignaṃ nirghātairiva saṃvṛtam

Filled with the roar of kettledrums and conches, distressing to the glad-hearted, it became greatly agitated, as though wrapped in thunderclaps.

Note on the text: Low CE match (0.76): Wikisource's first half-line (तत्प्रहृष्टजनाबाधं भेरीशङ्खनिनादितम्) is a recension variant of CE 7.79.19ab (tat prayuktam ivākāśaṃ śūraiḥ śaṅkhanināditam); published as it stands.

Verse 21 (7.104.21)

स शब्दः सुमहान्राजन्दिशः सर्वा व्यनादयत् । त्रासयामास तत्सैन्यं युगान्त इव सम्भृतः ॥

sa śabdaḥ sumahānrājandiśaḥ sarvā vyanādayat | trāsayāmāsa tatsainyaṃ yugānta iva sambhṛtaḥ

That immense sound, O king, made all the directions echo, and it terrified that army as though the end of an age had gathered.

Verse 22 (7.104.22)

ततो दुर्योधनोऽष्टौ च राजानस्ते महारथाः । जयद्रथस्य रक्षार्थं पाण्डवं पर्यवारयन् ॥

tato duryodhano'ṣṭau ca rājānaste mahārathāḥ | jayadrathasya rakṣārthaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ paryavārayan

Then Duryodhana and the eight kings, those great chariot-warriors, surrounded the Pandava to protect Jayadratha.

Verse 23 (7.104.23)

ततो द्रौणिस्त्रिसप्तत्या वासुदेवमताडयत् । अर्जुनं च त्रिभिर्भल्लैर्ध्वजमश्वांश्च पञ्चभिः ॥

tato drauṇistrisaptatyā vāsudevamatāḍayat | arjunaṃ ca tribhirbhallairdhvajamaśvāṃśca pañcabhiḥ

Then Drona's son struck Vasudeva with seventy-three arrows, Arjuna with three broad-headed arrows, and his banner and horses with five.

Verse 24 (7.104.24)

तमर्जुनः पृषत्कानां शतैः षड्भिरताडयत् । अत्यर्थमिव सङ्क्रुद्धः प्रतिविद्धे जनार्दने ॥

tamarjunaḥ pṛṣatkānāṃ śataiḥ ṣaḍbhiratāḍayat | atyarthamiva saṅkruddhaḥ pratividdhe janārdane

Arjuna, as though exceedingly enraged that Janardana had been wounded in return, struck him with six hundred arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected षङ्भिर → षड्भिर (misprint in Wikisource; षड्भिः is the form; CE ṣaḍbhir).

Verse 25 (7.104.25)

कर्णं च दशभिर्विद्ध्वा वृषसेनं त्रिभिस्तथा । शल्यस्य सशरं चापं मुष्टौ चिच्छेद वीर्यवान् ॥

karṇaṃ ca daśabhirviddhvā vṛṣasenaṃ tribhistathā | śalyasya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muṣṭau ciccheda vīryavān

Having pierced Karna with ten and Vrishasena with three, the mighty one cut Shalya's bow, with the arrow on it, at the grip.

Verse 26 (7.104.26)

गृहीत्वा धनुरन्यत्तु शल्यो विव्याध पाण्डवम् । भूरिश्रवास्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्हेमपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः ॥

gṛhītvā dhanuranyattu śalyo vivyādha pāṇḍavam | bhūriśravāstribhirbāṇairhemapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

Taking up another bow, Shalya pierced the Pandava; and Bhurishravas pierced him with three gold-feathered arrows sharpened on stone.

Verse 27 (7.104.27)

कर्णो द्वात्रिंशता चैव वृषसेनश्च सप्तभिः । जयद्रथस्त्रिसप्तत्या कृपश्च दशभिः शरैः । मद्रराजश्च दशभिर्विव्यधुः फल्गुनं रणे ॥

karṇo dvātriṃśatā caiva vṛṣasenaśca saptabhiḥ | jayadrathastrisaptatyā kṛpaśca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | madrarājaśca daśabhirvivyadhuḥ phalgunaṃ raṇe

Karna with thirty-two, Vrishasena with seven, Jayadratha with seventy-three, Kripa with ten arrows, and the king of the Madras with ten, pierced Phalguna in the battle.

Note on the text: Corrected मद्राजश्च → मद्रराजश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र; CE madrarājaś ca).

Verse 28 (7.104.28)

ततः शराणां षष्ट्या तु द्रौणिः पार्थमवाकिरत् । वासुदेवं च विंशत्या पुनः पार्थं च पञ्चभिः ॥

tataḥ śarāṇāṃ ṣaṣṭyā tu drauṇiḥ pārthamavākirat | vāsudevaṃ ca viṃśatyā punaḥ pārthaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ

Then Drona's son showered Partha with sixty arrows, Vasudeva with twenty, and Partha again with five.

Verse 29 (7.104.29)

प्रहसंस्तु नरव्याघ्रः श्वेताश्वः कृष्णसारथिः । प्रत्यविध्यत्स तान्सर्वान्दर्शयन्पाणिलाघवम् ॥

prahasaṃstu naravyāghraḥ śvetāśvaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ | pratyavidhyatsa tānsarvāndarśayanpāṇilāghavam

Smiling, the tiger among men, the white-horsed driver of Krishna's chariot, struck back at them all, showing the lightness of his hand.

Verse 30 (7.104.30)

कर्णं द्वादशभिर्विद्ध्वा वृषसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः । शल्यस्य सशरं चापं मुष्टिदेशे व्यकृन्तत ॥

karṇaṃ dvādaśabhirviddhvā vṛṣasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | śalyasya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muṣṭideśe vyakṛntata

Having pierced Karna with twelve arrows and Vrishasena with three, he cut Shalya's bow, with the arrow on it, at the grip.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE viddhvā).

Verse 31 (7.104.31)

सौमदत्तिं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा शल्यं च दशभिः शरैः । शितैरग्निशिखाकारैर्द्रौणिं विव्याध चाष्टभिः ॥

saumadattiṃ tribhirviddhvā śalyaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | śitairagniśikhākārairdrauṇiṃ vivyādha cāṣṭabhiḥ

He pierced Saumadatti with three arrows and Shalya with ten, and Drona's son with eight sharp ones shaped like tongues of flame.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्व्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; CE viddhvā).

Verse 32 (7.104.32)

गौतमं पञ्चविंशत्या सैन्धवं च शतेन ह । पुनर्द्रौणिं च सप्तत्या शराणां सोऽभ्यताडयत् ॥

gautamaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā saindhavaṃ ca śatena ha | punardrauṇiṃ ca saptatyā śarāṇāṃ so'bhyatāḍayat

Gautama he struck with twenty-five arrows, the Saindhava with a hundred, and Drona's son again with seventy.

Verse 33 (7.104.33)

भूरिश्रवास्तु सङ्क्रुद्धः प्रतोदं चिच्छिदे हरेः । अर्जुनं च त्रिसप्तत्या बाणानामाजघान ह ॥

bhūriśravāstu saṅkruddhaḥ pratodaṃ cicchide hareḥ | arjunaṃ ca trisaptatyā bāṇānāmājaghāna ha

But Bhurishravas, greatly enraged, cut Hari's whip, and struck Arjuna with seventy-three arrows.

Verse 34 (7.104.34)

ततः शरशतैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तानरीन्श्वेतवाहनः । प्रत्यषेधद्द्रुतं क्रुद्धो महावातो घनानिव ॥

tataḥ śaraśataistīkṣṇaistānarīnśvetavāhanaḥ | pratyaṣedhaddrutaṃ kruddho mahāvāto ghanāniva

Then the white-horsed Arjuna, enraged, swiftly checked those foes with hundreds of sharp arrows, as a great wind drives back clouds.