Satyaki Kills Sudarshana

Verse 1 (7.118.1)

द्रोणं स जित्वा पुरुषप्रवीरस् । तथैव हार्दिक्यमुखांस्त्वदीयान् । प्रहस्य सूतं वचनं बभाषे । शिनिप्रवीरः कुरुपुङ्गवाग्र्य ॥

droṇaṃ sa jitvā puruṣapravīras | tathaiva hārdikyamukhāṃstvadīyān | prahasya sūtaṃ vacanaṃ babhāṣe | śinipravīraḥ kurupuṅgavāgrya

Having overcome Drona and likewise your men led by Hardikya, that foremost hero among men, the best of the Shinis, laughed and spoke these words to his charioteer, O foremost of the Kuru bulls:

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-118-1 to 5-118-18 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7 — ending with a colophon naming this the 118th adhyaya of the Jayadratha-vadha Parva); page and input agree on all 18 verses. Wikisource 118 corresponds to the critical edition 7.94.1–18, each page verse being one CE verse; CE star passages *0658 (after 7.94.2) and *0659 (after 7.94.16) are not in Wikisource. Removed the page's double hyphen (--) after पुरुषप्रवीर and moved the sandhi स् of the split word to the end of line 1 (पुरुषप्रवीरस् | तथैव).

Verse 2 (7.118.2)

निमित्तमात्रं वयमद्य सूत । दग्धा रथाः केशवफल्गुनाभ्याम् । हतान्निहन्मेह नरर्षभेण । वयं सुरेशात्मसमुद्भवेन ॥

nimittamātraṃ vayamadya sūta | dagdhā rathāḥ keśavaphalgunābhyām | hatānnihanmeha nararṣabheṇa | vayaṃ sureśātmasamudbhavena

"We are only the occasion here, charioteer: the chariots have been burned by Keshava and Phalguna. We merely kill again those already slain by that bull among men, he who was born of the Lord of the gods himself."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Satyaki: the page prints no heading here, but the verse is his speech to the charioteer, introduced in verse 1 (the page re-prints सञ्जय उवाच before verse 3). Corrected समुद्भवेत → समुद्भवेन (misprint in Wikisource; the instrumental, 'by Arjuna born of Indra', is required; the critical edition reads sureśātmasamudbhavena). Line 2's दग्धा रथाः differs from CE dagdhārayaḥ, a recension variant.

Verse 3 (7.118.3)

तमेवमुक्त्वा शिनिपुङ्गवस्तदा । महामृधे सोऽग्र्यधनुर्धरोऽरिहा । किरन्समन्तात्सहसा शरान्बली । समापतच्छ्येन इवामिषाशया ॥

tamevamuktvā śinipuṅgavastadā | mahāmṛdhe so'gryadhanurdharo'rihā | kiransamantātsahasā śarānbalī | samāpatacchyena ivāmiṣāśayā

Having spoken thus to him, that bull of the Shinis, the foremost archer and slayer of foes, scattering arrows on every side in the great battle, swooped down all at once like a strong hawk upon its prey.

Note on the text: Corrected समापतच्छयेन → समापतच्छ्येन (misprint in Wikisource; the ्य of श्येन, 'hawk', is dropped; the critical edition reads śyena).

Verse 4 (7.118.4)

तं यान्तमश्वैः शशिशङ्खवर्णैर् । विगाह्य सैन्यं पुरुषप्रवीरम् । नाशक्नुवन्वारयितुं समन्ताद् । आदित्यरश्मिप्रतिमं रथाग्र्यम् ॥

taṃ yāntamaśvaiḥ śaśiśaṅkhavarṇair | vigāhya sainyaṃ puruṣapravīram | nāśaknuvanvārayituṃ samantād | ādityaraśmipratimaṃ rathāgryam

As he advanced with his horses white as the moon and the conch, that hero among men, entering the army, none around could check him, the foremost of charioteers, who was like the sun's rays.

Note on the text: Removed the page's double hyphens (--) that split the words शङ्खवर्णैर्विगाह्य and समन्ताद्आदित्य across lines, and moved the sandhi र् and द् of the split words to the end of lines 1 and 3 (शङ्खवर्णैर् | विगाह्य; समन्ताद् | आदित्य…).

Verse 5 (7.118.5)

असह्यविक्रान्तमदीनसत्वं । सर्वे गणा भारत ये त्वदीयाः । सहस्रनेत्रप्रतिमप्रभावं । दिवीव सूर्यं जलदव्यपाये ॥

asahyavikrāntamadīnasatvaṃ | sarve gaṇā bhārata ye tvadīyāḥ | sahasranetrapratimaprabhāvaṃ | divīva sūryaṃ jaladavyapāye

Of irresistible valour and undaunted spirit, with the might of the thousand-eyed Indra, like the sun in the sky when the clouds have gone: all those hosts of yours, O Bharata, could not hold him back.

Verse 6 (7.118.6)

अमर्षपूर्णस्त्वतिचित्रयोधी । शरासनी काञ्चनवर्मधारी । सुदर्शनः सात्यकिमापतन्तं । न्यवारयद्राजवरः प्रसह्य ॥

amarṣapūrṇastvaticitrayodhī | śarāsanī kāñcanavarmadhārī | sudarśanaḥ sātyakimāpatantaṃ | nyavārayadrājavaraḥ prasahya

But Sudarshana, the best of kings, filled with wrath, a wonderful fighter, bow in hand and wearing golden armour, forcibly stopped Satyaki as he came on.

Verse 7 (7.118.7)

तयोरभूद्भारतसम्प्रहारः । सुदारुणस्तं समतिप्रशंसन् । योधास्त्वदीयाश्च हि सोमकाश्च । वृत्रेन्द्रयोर्युद्धमिवामरौघाः ॥

tayorabhūdbhāratasamprahāraḥ | sudāruṇastaṃ samatipraśaṃsan | yodhāstvadīyāśca hi somakāśca | vṛtrendrayoryuddhamivāmaraughāḥ

A most dreadful clash then arose between the two, O Bharata, which your warriors and the Somakas praised highly, as hosts of immortals watch the fight of Vritra and Indra.

Verse 8 (7.118.8)

शरैः सुतीक्ष्णैः शतशोऽभ्यविध्यत् । सुदर्शनः सात्वतमुख्यमाजौ । अनागतानेव तु तान्पृषत्कांश् । चिच्छेद राजञ्शिनिपुङ्गवोऽपि ॥

śaraiḥ sutīkṣṇaiḥ śataśo'bhyavidhyat | sudarśanaḥ sātvatamukhyamājau | anāgatāneva tu tānpṛṣatkāṃś | ciccheda rājañśinipuṅgavo'pi

Sudarshana pierced the chief of the Sattvatas in the battle with hundreds of sharp arrows, but the bull of the Shinis, O king, cut down those shafts before they reached him.

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Verse 9 (7.118.9)

तथैव शक्रप्रतिमोऽपि सात्यकिः । सुदर्शने यान्क्षिपति स्म सायकान् । द्विधा त्रिधा तानकरोत्सुदर्शनः । शरोत्तमैः स्यन्दनवर्यमास्थितः ॥

tathaiva śakrapratimo'pi sātyakiḥ | sudarśane yānkṣipati sma sāyakān | dvidhā tridhā tānakarotsudarśanaḥ | śarottamaiḥ syandanavaryamāsthitaḥ

Likewise Satyaki, equal to Indra, loosed arrows at Sudarshana, and Sudarshana, standing in his excellent chariot, cut each of them in two or three with his best arrows.

Verse 10 (7.118.10)

तान्वीक्ष्य बाणान्निहतांस्तदानीं । सुदर्शनः सात्यकिबाणवेगैः । क्रोधाद्दिधक्षन्निव तिग्मतेजाः । शरानमुञ्चत्तपनीयचित्रान् ॥

tānvīkṣya bāṇānnihatāṃstadānīṃ | sudarśanaḥ sātyakibāṇavegaiḥ | krodhāddidhakṣanniva tigmatejāḥ | śarānamuñcattapanīyacitrān

Seeing his arrows struck down by the force of Satyaki's shafts, Sudarshana, of fierce energy, as if wishing to burn him in his rage, loosed arrows bright with gold.

Verse 11 (7.118.11)

पुनः स बाणैस्त्रिभिरग्निकल्पैर् । आकर्णपूर्णैर्निशितैः सुपुङ्खैः । विव्याध देहावरणं विभिद्य । ते सात्यकेराविविशुः शरीरम् ॥

punaḥ sa bāṇaistribhiragnikalpair | ākarṇapūrṇairniśitaiḥ supuṅkhaiḥ | vivyādha dehāvaraṇaṃ vibhidya | te sātyakerāviviśuḥ śarīram

Again he pierced him with three fire-like arrows, drawn to the ear, sharp and finely feathered, which broke through his armour and entered Satyaki's body.

Note on the text: Removed the page's double hyphen (--) that split the word अग्निकल्पैराकर्ण… across lines and moved the sandhi र् to the end of line 1 (अग्निकल्पैर् | आकर्णपूर्णैः).

Verse 12 (7.118.12)

तथैव तस्यावनिपालपुत्रः । सन्धाय बाणैरपरैर्ज्वलद्भिः । आजघ्निवांस्तान्रजतप्रकाशांश् । चतुर्भिरश्वांश्चतुरः प्रसह्य ॥

tathaiva tasyāvanipālaputraḥ | sandhāya bāṇairaparairjvaladbhiḥ | ājaghnivāṃstānrajataprakāśāṃś | caturbhiraśvāṃścaturaḥ prasahya

In the same way the king's son, fitting other blazing arrows, forcibly struck Satyaki's four silver-bright horses with four arrows.

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Verse 13 (7.118.13)

तथा तु तेनाभिहतस्तरस्वी । नप्ता शिनेरिन्द्रसमानवीर्यः । सुदर्शनस्येषुगणैः सुतीक्ष्णैर् । हयान्निहत्याशु ननाद नादम् ॥

tathā tu tenābhihatastarasvī | naptā śinerindrasamānavīryaḥ | sudarśanasyeṣugaṇaiḥ sutīkṣṇair | hayānnihatyāśu nanāda nādam

Thus struck by him, the valiant grandson of Shini, equal to Indra in prowess, quickly killed Sudarshana's horses with swarms of very sharp arrows and roared.

Note on the text: Corrected तेमाभिहतः → तेनाभिहतः (misprint in Wikisource; the instrumental तेन is required; the critical edition reads tenābhihatas). Also removed the page's double hyphen (--) that split the word सुतीक्ष्णैर्हयान् across lines and moved the sandhi र् to the end of line 3 (सुतीक्ष्णैर् | हयान्निहत्य).

Verse 14 (7.118.14)

अथास्य सूतस्य शिरो निकृत्य । भल्लेन शक्राशनिसन्निभेन । सुदर्शनस्यापि शिनिप्रवीरः । क्षुरेण कालानलसन्निभेन ॥

athāsya sūtasya śiro nikṛtya | bhallena śakrāśanisannibhena | sudarśanasyāpi śinipravīraḥ | kṣureṇa kālānalasannibhena

Then, having cut off his charioteer's head with a broad-headed arrow like Indra's thunderbolt, the foremost of the Shinis, with a razor-headed arrow like the fire of dissolution, cut from Sudarshana too,

Verse 15 (7.118.15)

सकुण्डलं पूर्णशशिप्रकाशं । भ्राजिष्णु वक्त्रं विचकर्त देहात् । यथा पुरा वज्रधरः प्रसह्य । बलस्य सङ्ख्येऽतिबलस्य राजन् ॥

sakuṇḍalaṃ pūrṇaśaśiprakāśaṃ | bhrājiṣṇu vaktraṃ vicakarta dehāt | yathā purā vajradharaḥ prasahya | balasya saṅkhye'tibalasya rājan

from his body, the shining face with its earrings, bright as the full moon, as the Wielder of the thunderbolt once cut off in battle the head of mighty Bala, O king.

Verse 16 (7.118.16)

निहत्य तं पार्थिवपुत्रपौत्रं । रणे यदूनामृषभस्तरस्वी । मुदा समेतः परया महात्मा । रराज राजन्सुरराजकल्पः ॥

nihatya taṃ pārthivaputrapautraṃ | raṇe yadūnāmṛṣabhastarasvī | mudā sametaḥ parayā mahātmā | rarāja rājansurarājakalpaḥ

Having slain him, the son and grandson of kings, the valiant bull of the Yadus, the great-souled one, joyfully and greatly pleased, shone, O king, like the king of the gods.

Verse 17 (7.118.17)

ततो ययावर्जुनमेव वीरो । निवार्य सैन्यं तव मार्गणौघैः । सदश्वयुक्तेन रथेन राजँल् । लोकं विसिस्मापयिषुर्नृवीरः ॥

tato yayāvarjunameva vīro | nivārya sainyaṃ tava mārgaṇaughaiḥ | sadaśvayuktena rathena rājam̐l | lokaṃ visismāpayiṣurnṛvīraḥ

Then the hero went on toward Arjuna, checking your army with floods of arrows, in his chariot yoked with fine horses, that man of valour wishing to astonish the world.

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Verse 18 (7.118.18)

तत्तस्य विस्मापयनीयमग्र्यम् । अपूजयन्योधवराः समेताः । प्रवर्तमानानिषुगोचरेऽरीन् । ददाह बाणैर्हुतभुग्यथैव ॥

tattasya vismāpayanīyamagryam | apūjayanyodhavarāḥ sametāḥ | pravartamānāniṣugocare'rīn | dadāha bāṇairhutabhugyathaiva

The assembled chief warriors praised that wonderful, excellent feat of his, how he burned with his arrows, as fire does, the enemies who came within range of his shafts.

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