Satyaki Defeats Duhshasana

Verse 1 (7.123.1)

ततो दुःशासनो राजञ्शैनेयं समुपाद्रवत् । किरञ्शरसहस्राणि पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ॥

tato duḥśāsano rājañśaineyaṃ samupādravat | kirañśarasahasrāṇi parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

Then, O king, Duhshasana rushed at Satyaki, the descendant of Shini, pouring out thousands of arrows like a rain-laden cloud.

Verse 2 (7.123.2)

स विद्ध्वा सात्यकिं षष्ट्या तथा षोडशभिः शरैः । नाकम्पयत्स्थितं युद्धे मैनाकमिव पर्वतम् ॥

sa viddhvā sātyakiṃ ṣaṣṭyā tathā ṣoḍaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | nākampayatsthitaṃ yuddhe mainākamiva parvatam

He struck Satyaki with sixty arrows, and then with sixteen more, yet could not make him tremble, as he stood in the fight like Mount Mainaka.

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

Verse 3 (7.123.3)

तं तु दुःशासनः शूरः सायकैरावृणोद्भृशम् । रथव्रातेन महता नानादेशोद्भवेन च ॥

taṃ tu duḥśāsanaḥ śūraḥ sāyakairāvṛṇodbhṛśam | rathavrātena mahatā nānādeśodbhavena ca

The heroic Duhshasana covered him thickly with arrows, together with a great throng of chariots gathered from many lands.

Note on the text: Line 1 is not in the critical edition (a variant of the line that opens verse 10 here; vulgate-only). Line 2 is the star line 7.99.1b*0717_01 (placed within 7.99.1). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 4 (7.123.4)

सर्वतो भरतश्रेष्ठ विसृजन्सायकान्बहून् । पर्जन्य इव घोषेण नादयन्वै दिशो दश ॥

sarvato bharataśreṣṭha visṛjansāyakānbahūn | parjanya iva ghoṣeṇa nādayanvai diśo daśa

On every side, best of the Bharatas, he let loose many arrows, making the ten directions ring with a sound like thunder.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.99.1b*0717_02-03 (placed within 7.99.1). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 5 (7.123.5)

तमापतन्तमालोक्य सात्यकिः कौरवं रणे । अभिद्रुत्य महाबाहुश्छादयामास सायकैः ॥

tamāpatantamālokya sātyakiḥ kauravaṃ raṇe | abhidrutya mahābāhuśchādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ

Seeing him attack, the mighty-armed Satyaki rushed at the Kaurava in the battle and covered him with arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.99.1b*0717_04-05 (placed within 7.99.1). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 6 (7.123.6)

ते छाद्यमाना बाणौघैर्दुःशासनपुरोगमाः । प्राद्रवन्समरे भीतास्तव सैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥

te chādyamānā bāṇaughairduḥśāsanapurogamāḥ | prādravansamare bhītāstava sainyasya paśyataḥ

Covered by that flood of arrows, Duhshasana's followers fled in fear from the battle, while your army looked on.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.99.1b*0717_06-07 (placed within 7.99.1). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 7 (7.123.7)

तेषु द्रवत्सु राजेन्द्र पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । तस्थौ व्यपेतभी राजन्सात्यकिं चार्दयच्छरैः ॥

teṣu dravatsu rājendra putro duḥśāsanastava | tasthau vyapetabhī rājansātyakiṃ cārdayaccharaiḥ

As they fled, O best of kings, your son Duhshasana stood fearless, O king, and afflicted Satyaki with arrows.

Note on the text: Corrected दुःशानस्तव → दुःशासनस्तव (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; a syllable dropped, the CE star line has duḥśāsanas tava). Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.99.1b*0717_08-09 (placed within 7.99.1). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 8 (7.123.8)

चतुर्भिर्वाजिनस्तस्य सारथिं च त्रिभिः शरैः । सात्यकिं च शतेनाजौ विद्ध्वा नादं मुमोच सः ॥

caturbhirvājinastasya sārathiṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | sātyakiṃ ca śatenājau viddhvā nādaṃ mumoca saḥ

With four arrows he struck Satyaki's horses, with three his charioteer, and with a hundred Satyaki himself in the fight, and he gave a great roar.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.99.1b*0717_10-11 (placed within 7.99.1). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 9 (7.123.9)

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज माधवस्तस्य संयुगे । रथं सूतं ध्वजं तं च चक्रेऽदृश्यमजिह्मगैः ॥

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja mādhavastasya saṃyuge | rathaṃ sūtaṃ dhvajaṃ taṃ ca cakre'dṛśyamajihmagaiḥ

Then Madhava, enraged, O great king, made Duhshasana's chariot, his charioteer, his banner and the man himself invisible with straight-flying arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star passage 7.99.1b*0717_12-13 (placed within 7.99.1). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 10 (7.123.10)

स तु दुःशासनं शूरं सायकैरावृणोद्भृशम् । मशकं समनुप्राप्तमूर्णनाभिरिवोर्णया ॥

sa tu duḥśāsanaṃ śūraṃ sāyakairāvṛṇodbhṛśam | maśakaṃ samanuprāptamūrṇanābhirivorṇayā

The hero covered Duhshasana heavily with arrows, as a spider covers a gnat that has come near with its web.

Verse 11 (7.123.11)

त्वरन्समावृणोद्बाणैर्दुःशासनममित्रजित् ॥

tvaransamāvṛṇodbāṇairduḥśāsanamamitrajit

Swiftly the vanquisher of enemies covered Duhshasana with arrows.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text; star line 7.99.3d*0718_01 (placed after 7.99.3). On the page this line is the first line of a two-line row whose first line ends with the full verse-end mark (।।) and whose second line ends with a single danda; the page's marks make it a one-line verse, so the row is split here and the second line begins verse 12. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 12 (7.123.12)

दृष्ट्वा दुःशासनं राजा तथा शरशताचितम् । त्रिगर्तांश्चोदयामास युयुधानरथं प्रति ॥

dṛṣṭvā duḥśāsanaṃ rājā tathā śaraśatācitam | trigartāṃścodayāmāsa yuyudhānarathaṃ prati

Seeing Duhshasana so covered with hundreds of arrows, the king urged the Trigartas on toward Yuyudhana's chariot.

Note on the text: Rebuilt: line 1 is the second line of the page's row 11 (printed with a single danda), line 2 is the whole of the page's row 12; together they are CE 7.99.4 (a, c). See the note on verse 11. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 13 (7.123.13)

तेऽगच्छन्युयुधानस्य समीपं क्रूरकर्मणः । त्रिगर्तानां त्रिसाहस्रा रथा युद्धविशारदाः ॥

te'gacchanyuyudhānasya samīpaṃ krūrakarmaṇaḥ | trigartānāṃ trisāhasrā rathā yuddhaviśāradāḥ

Those three thousand Trigarta chariot-warriors, skilled in battle, went to the side of Yuyudhana, of fearsome deeds.

Note on the text: Corrected क्रुरकर्मणः → क्रूरकर्मणः (misprint in Wikisource; short vowel for long; the CE has krūra-).

Verse 14 (7.123.14)

ते तु तं रथवंशेन महता पर्यवारयन् । स्थिरां कृत्वा मतिं युद्धे भूत्वा संशप्तका मिथः ॥

te tu taṃ rathavaṃśena mahatā paryavārayan | sthirāṃ kṛtvā matiṃ yuddhe bhūtvā saṃśaptakā mithaḥ

With a great mass of chariots they surrounded him, firm in their resolve to fight, having become Samshaptakas bound to one another.

Verse 15 (7.123.15)

तेषां प्रयतमानानां शरवर्षाणि मुञ्चताम् । योधान्पञ्चशतान्मुख्यानग्र्यानीके व्यपोथयत् ॥

teṣāṃ prayatamānānāṃ śaravarṣāṇi muñcatām | yodhānpañcaśatānmukhyānagryānīke vyapothayat

As they strove, loosing showers of arrows, he struck down five hundred of their chief warriors at the front of the army.

Verse 16 (7.123.16)

तेऽपतन्निहतास्तूर्णं शिनिप्रवरसायकैः । महामारुतवेगेन भग्ना इव नगाद्द्रुमाः ॥

te'patannihatāstūrṇaṃ śinipravarasāyakaiḥ | mahāmārutavegena bhagnā iva nagāddrumāḥ

Struck by the arrows of the great descendant of Shini, they fell swiftly, like trees on a mountain broken by a mighty gale.

Verse 17 (7.123.17)

नागैश्च बहुधा च्छिन्नैर्ध्वजैश्चैव विशाम्पते । हयैश्च कनकापीडैः पतितैस्तत्र मेदिनी ॥

nāgaiśca bahudhā cchinnairdhvajaiścaiva viśāmpate | hayaiśca kanakāpīḍaiḥ patitaistatra medinī

The ground there was strewn with elephants cut to pieces in many ways, with banners, O lord of the people, and with fallen horses wearing golden ornaments,

Verse 18 (7.123.18)

शैनेयशरसङ्कृत्तैः शोणितौघपरिप्लुतैः । अशोभत महाराज किंशुकैरिव पुष्पितैः ॥

śaineyaśarasaṅkṛttaiḥ śoṇitaughapariplutaiḥ | aśobhata mahārāja kiṃśukairiva puṣpitaiḥ

all cut down by Satyaki's arrows and drenched in floods of blood; it shone, O great king, like blossoming kimshuka trees.

Verse 19 (7.123.19)

ते वध्यमानाः समरे युयुधानेन तावकाः । त्रातारं नाध्यगच्छन्त पङ्कमग्ना इव द्विपाः ॥

te vadhyamānāḥ samare yuyudhānena tāvakāḥ | trātāraṃ nādhyagacchanta paṅkamagnā iva dvipāḥ

Struck down in the battle by Yuyudhana, your men found no protector, like elephants sunk in mire.

Verse 20 (7.123.20)

ततस्ते पर्यवर्तन्त सर्वे द्रोणरथं प्रति । भयात्पतगराजस्य गर्तानीव महोरगाः ॥

tataste paryavartanta sarve droṇarathaṃ prati | bhayātpatagarājasya gartānīva mahoragāḥ

Then they all turned toward Drona's chariot, like great serpents fleeing to their holes in fear of the king of birds.

Verse 21 (7.123.21)

हत्वा पञ्चशतान्योधाञ्छरैराशीविषोपमैः । प्रायात्स शनकैर्वीरो धनञ्जयरथं प्रति ॥

hatvā pañcaśatānyodhāñcharairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | prāyātsa śanakairvīro dhanañjayarathaṃ prati

Having slain the five hundred warriors with arrows like venomous snakes, the hero went slowly on toward Dhananjaya's chariot.

Verse 22 (7.123.22)

तं प्रयान्तं नरश्रेष्ठं पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । विव्याध नवभिस्तूर्णं शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः ॥

taṃ prayāntaṃ naraśreṣṭhaṃ putro duḥśāsanastava | vivyādha navabhistūrṇaṃ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ

As that best of men went on, your son Duhshasana quickly pierced him with nine well-jointed arrows.

Verse 23 (7.123.23)

स तु तं प्रतिविव्याध पञ्चभिर्निशितैः शरैः । रुक्मपुङ्खैर्महेष्वासो गार्ध्रपत्रैरजिह्मगैः ॥

sa tu taṃ prativivyādha pañcabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | rukmapuṅkhairmaheṣvāso gārdhrapatrairajihmagaiḥ

The great archer pierced him back with five sharp arrows, gold-shafted, vulture-feathered and flying straight.

Verse 24 (7.123.24)

सात्यकिं तु महाराज प्रहसन्निव भारत । दुःशासनस्त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥

sātyakiṃ tu mahārāja prahasanniva bhārata | duḥśāsanastribhirviddhvā punarvivyādha pañcabhiḥ

Smiling, as it were, O great king, O Bharata, Duhshasana struck Satyaki with three arrows and then again with five.

Verse 25 (7.123.25)

शैनेयस्तव पुत्रं तु हत्वा पञ्चभिराशुगैः । धनुश्चास्य रणे छित्त्वा विस्मयन्नर्जुनं ययौ ॥

śaineyastava putraṃ tu hatvā pañcabhirāśugaiḥ | dhanuścāsya raṇe chittvā vismayannarjunaṃ yayau

Satyaki, the descendant of Shini, struck your son with five swift arrows, cut his bow in the fight, and went on toward Arjuna, smiling.

Verse 26 (7.123.26)

ततो दुःशासनः क्रुद्धो वृष्णिवीराय गच्छते । सर्वपारशवीं शक्तिं विससर्ज जिघांसया ॥

tato duḥśāsanaḥ kruddho vṛṣṇivīrāya gacchate | sarvapāraśavīṃ śaktiṃ visasarja jighāṃsayā

Then Duhshasana, enraged, hurled at the Vrishni hero as he went a spear made wholly of iron, wishing to kill him.

Verse 27 (7.123.27)

तां तु शक्तिं तदा घोरां तव पुत्रस्य सात्यकिः । चिच्छेद शतधा राजन्निशितैः कङ्कपत्रिभिः ॥

tāṃ tu śaktiṃ tadā ghorāṃ tava putrasya sātyakiḥ | ciccheda śatadhā rājanniśitaiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ

But Satyaki cut that terrible spear of your son into a hundred pieces with sharp arrows feathered with heron plumes, O king.

Verse 28 (7.123.28)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय पुत्रस्तव जनेश्वर । सात्यकिं च शरैर्विद्ध्वा सिंहनादं ननाद च ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya putrastava janeśvara | sātyakiṃ ca śarairviddhvā siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca

Then, taking another bow, your son, O lord of men, pierced Satyaki with arrows and roared a lion's roar.

Verse 29 (7.123.29)

सात्यकिस्तु रणे क्रुद्धो मोहयित्वा सुतं तव । शरैरग्निशिखाकारैराजघान स्तनान्तरे ॥

sātyakistu raṇe kruddho mohayitvā sutaṃ tava | śarairagniśikhākārairājaghāna stanāntare

But Satyaki, enraged in the battle, having stunned your son, struck him between the breasts with arrows like flames of fire.

Note on the text: CE 7.99.21a-c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 30 (7.123.30)

त्रिभिरेव महाभागः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । सर्वायसैस्तीक्ष्णवक्त्रैः पुनर्विव्याध चाष्टभिः ॥

tribhireva mahābhāgaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | sarvāyasaistīkṣṇavaktraiḥ punarvivyādha cāṣṭabhiḥ

The illustrious Satyaki struck him with three arrows of well-bent joints, and again with eight, all-iron arrows with sharp points.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the star line 7.99.21d*0720_01 (placed after 7.99.21c); line 2 is CE 7.99.21e. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 31 (7.123.31)

दुःशासनस्तु विंशत्या सात्यकिं प्रत्यविध्यत । सात्वतोऽपि महाराज तं विव्याध स्तनान्तरे ॥

duḥśāsanastu viṃśatyā sātyakiṃ pratyavidhyata | sātvato'pi mahārāja taṃ vivyādha stanāntare

Duhshasana struck Satyaki with twenty; and the Satvata too, O great king, pierced him between the breasts.

Note on the text: Lines 1-2 are CE 7.99.22a and 22c. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 32 (7.123.32)

त्रिभिरेव महाभागः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । ततोऽस्य वाहान्निशितैः शरैर्जघ्ने महारथः ॥

tribhireva mahābhāgaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | tato'sya vāhānniśitaiḥ śarairjaghne mahārathaḥ

Then, with three more arrows of well-bent joints, and with sharp arrows, the great warrior killed his horses.

Note on the text: Line 1 is CE 7.99.22e; line 2 is CE 7.99.23a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 33 (7.123.33)

सारथिं च सुसङ्क्रुद्धः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । धनुरेकेन भल्लेन हस्तावापं च पञ्चभिः ॥

sārathiṃ ca susaṅkruddhaḥ śaraiḥ sannataparvabhiḥ | dhanurekena bhallena hastāvāpaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ

In great fury he killed his charioteer with arrows of well-bent joints, cut his bow with a single broad-headed arrow, and his hand-guard with five.

Note on the text: Corrected सुराङ्क्रुद्धः → सुसङ्क्रुद्धः (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the CE has susaṃkruddhaḥ). Line 1 is CE 7.99.23c; line 2 is CE 7.99.24a. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 34 (7.123.34)

ध्वजं च रथशक्तिं च भल्लाभ्यां परमास्त्रवित् । चिच्छेद विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तथोभौ पार्ष्णिसारथी ॥

dhvajaṃ ca rathaśaktiṃ ca bhallābhyāṃ paramāstravit | ciccheda viśikhaistīkṣṇaistathobhau pārṣṇisārathī

Master of the highest weapons, he cut down his banner and the spear mounted on his chariot with two bhallas, and with sharp shafts the two attendants guarding the rear wheels.

Note on the text: Corrected परमस्त्रिवित् → परमास्त्रवित् (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the CE has paramāstravit). Line 1 is CE 7.99.24c; line 2 is CE 7.99.24e. The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 35 (7.123.35)

स च्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः । त्रिगर्तसेनापतिना स्वरथेनापवाहितः ॥

sa cchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | trigartasenāpatinā svarathenāpavāhitaḥ

With his bow cut, his chariot lost, his horses and charioteer slain, he was carried away in his own chariot by the commander of the Trigarta army.

Verse 36 (7.123.36)

तमभिद्रुत्य शैनेयो मुहूर्तमिव भारत । न जघान महाबाहुर्भीमसेनवचः स्मरन् ॥

tamabhidrutya śaineyo muhūrtamiva bhārata | na jaghāna mahābāhurbhīmasenavacaḥ smaran

Shini's descendant pursued him, O Bharata, but for a moment only; the mighty-armed hero did not kill him, remembering Bhimasena's words.

Verse 37 (7.123.37)

भीमसेनेन तु वधः सुतानां तव भारत । प्रतिज्ञातः सभामध्ये सर्वेषामेव संयुगे ॥

bhīmasenena tu vadhaḥ sutānāṃ tava bhārata | pratijñātaḥ sabhāmadhye sarveṣāmeva saṃyuge

For Bhimasena, O Bharata, had vowed in the midst of the assembly the death of all your sons, in battle.

Verse 38 (7.123.38)

ततो दुःशासनं जित्वा सात्यकिः संयुगे प्रभो । जगाम त्वरितो राजन्येन यातो धनञ्जयः ॥

tato duḥśāsanaṃ jitvā sātyakiḥ saṃyuge prabho | jagāma tvarito rājanyena yāto dhanañjayaḥ

Then, having defeated Duhshasana in the battle, O lord, Satyaki went on quickly, O king, to where Dhananjaya had gone.