Drona's Garuda Array

Verse 1 (7.20.1)

परिणाम्य निशां तां तु भारद्वाजो महारथः । उक्त्वा सुबहु राजेन्द्र वचनं वै सुयोधनम् ॥

pariṇāmya niśāṃ tāṃ tu bhāradvājo mahārathaḥ | uktvā subahu rājendra vacanaṃ vai suyodhanam

O king of kings, after passing that night, the great chariot-warrior Drona, son of Bharadvaja, spoke at length to Suyodhana,

Verse 2 (7.20.2)

विधाय गोप्तॄन्पार्थस्य संशप्तकगणैः सह । निष्क्रान्ते च तदा पार्थे संशप्तकवधं प्रति ॥

vidhāya goptṝnpārthasya saṃśaptakagaṇaiḥ saha | niṣkrānte ca tadā pārthe saṃśaptakavadhaṃ prati

and, with the Samshaptaka hosts posted as a screen against Partha, once Partha had gone out to slay the Samshaptakas,

Verse 3 (7.20.3)

व्यूढानीकस्ततो द्रोणः पाण्डवानां महाचमूम् । अभ्ययाद्भरतश्रेष्ठ धर्मराजजिघृक्षया ॥

vyūḍhānīkastato droṇaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahācamūm | abhyayādbharataśreṣṭha dharmarājajighṛkṣayā

Drona then drew up his army and advanced on the great host of the Pandavas, O best of the Bharatas, wishing to capture Dharmaraja.

Verse 4 (7.20.4)

व्यूढां दृष्ट्वा सुपर्णेन भारद्वाजस्य तां चमूम् । व्यूहेन मण्डलार्धेन प्रत्यव्यूहद्युधिष्ठिरः ॥

vyūḍhāṃ dṛṣṭvā suparṇena bhāradvājasya tāṃ camūm | vyūhena maṇḍalārdhena pratyavyūhadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Seeing Bharadvaja's army drawn up in the form of the Garuda, Yudhishthira formed a counter-array in the shape of a half-circle.

Verse 5 (7.20.5)

मुखं त्वासीत्सुपर्णस्य भारद्वाजो महारथः । शिरो दुर्योधनो राजा सोदर्यैः सानुगैर्वृतः ॥

mukhaṃ tvāsītsuparṇasya bhāradvājo mahārathaḥ | śiro duryodhano rājā sodaryaiḥ sānugairvṛtaḥ

The great chariot-warrior Bharadvaja was the mouth of the Garuda, and King Duryodhana, surrounded by his brothers and followers, was its head.

Verse 6 (7.20.6)

चक्षुषी कृतवर्माऽऽसीद्गौतमश्चास्यतां वरः ॥

cakṣuṣī kṛtavarmā''sīdgautamaścāsyatāṃ varaḥ

Kritavarman was one of its eyes, and Gautama, the best of archers, the other.

Note on the text: The page prints this verse as a single line (5-20-6a). It is the critical edition's 7.19.6ab (cakṣuṣī kṛtavarmā ca gautamaś cāsyatāṃ varaḥ); Wikisource divides the critical edition's six lines 7.19.6–8 as 1 + 2 + 3 lines over its verses 6–8, so none of the three was aligned automatically. Reads कृतवर्माऽऽसीद् where the critical edition reads kṛtavarmā ca (kept as a variant).

Verse 7 (7.20.7)

भूतशर्मा क्षेमशर्मा करकाक्षश्च वीर्यवान् । कलिङ्गाः सिंहलाः प्राच्याः शूराभीरा दशेरकाः ॥

bhūtaśarmā kṣemaśarmā karakākṣaśca vīryavān | kaliṅgāḥ siṃhalāḥ prācyāḥ śūrābhīrā daśerakāḥ

Bhutasharman, Kshemasharman and the mighty Karakaksha, the Kalingas, Simhalas, Easterners, Shuras, Abhiras and Dasherakas,

Note on the text: Corrected शूरा भीरा → शूराभीरा (misprint in Wikisource; word wrongly split; the Shuras and Abhiras are peoples, and the critical edition reads śūrābhīrā). Line 1 is the second line of the critical edition's 7.19.6 (bhūtavarmā kṣemaśarmā karakarṣaś ca vīryavān; भूतशर्मा and करकाक्ष for bhūtavarmā and karakarṣa, kept as variants); line 2 is the first line of 7.19.7 (see verse 6).

Verse 8 (7.20.8)

शका यवनकाम्भोजास्तथा हंसपथाश्च ये । ग्रीवायां शूरसेनाश्च दरदा मद्रकेकयाः । गजाश्वरथपत्त्योघास्तस्थुः परमदंशिताः ॥

śakā yavanakāmbhojāstathā haṃsapathāśca ye | grīvāyāṃ śūrasenāśca daradā madrakekayāḥ | gajāśvarathapattyoghāstasthuḥ paramadaṃśitāḥ

the Shakas, Yavanas, Kambojas and Hamsapathas, in the neck the Shurasenas, Daradas, Madrakas and Kekayas, with masses of elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers, stood fully armoured.

Note on the text: Corrected दरन्दा → दरदा (misprint in Wikisource; न for द; the people are the Daradas and the critical edition reads daradā). Line 1 is the second line of the critical edition's 7.19.7; lines 2–3 are 7.19.8, whose second line reads …tasthuḥ śatasahasraśaḥ where the page reads गजाश्वरथपत्त्योघास्तस्थुः परमदंशिताः (kept as a variant). See verse 6.

Verse 9 (7.20.9)

भूरिश्रवास्तथा शल्यः सोमदत्तश्च बाह्लिकः । अक्षौहिण्या वृता वीरा दक्षिणं पार्श्वमास्थिताः ॥

bhūriśravāstathā śalyaḥ somadattaśca bāhlikaḥ | akṣauhiṇyā vṛtā vīrā dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvamāsthitāḥ

Bhurishravas, Shalya, Somadatta and Bahlika, heroes surrounded by an akshauhini, took up position on the right flank.

Verse 10 (7.20.10)

विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ काम्भोजश्च सुदक्षिणः । वामं पार्श्वं समाश्रित्य द्रोणपुत्राग्रतः स्थिताः ॥

vindānuvindāvāvantyau kāmbhojaśca sudakṣiṇaḥ | vāmaṃ pārśvaṃ samāśritya droṇaputrāgrataḥ sthitāḥ

Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti and Sudakshina of the Kambojas took the left flank and stood in front of Drona's son.

Verse 11 (7.20.11)

पृष्ठे कलिङ्गाः साम्बष्ठा मागधाः पौण्ड्रमद्रकाः । गान्धाराः शकुनाः प्राच्याः पार्वतीया वसातयः ॥

pṛṣṭhe kaliṅgāḥ sāmbaṣṭhā māgadhāḥ pauṇḍramadrakāḥ | gāndhārāḥ śakunāḥ prācyāḥ pārvatīyā vasātayaḥ

At the back were the Kalingas, Ambashthas, Magadhas, Paundras and Madrakas, the Gandharas, Shakunas, Easterners, mountain-dwellers and Vasatis.

Verse 12 (7.20.12)

पुच्छे वैकर्तनः कर्णः सपुत्रज्ञातिबान्धवः । महत्या सेनया तस्थौ नानाजनपदोत्थया ॥

pucche vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ saputrajñātibāndhavaḥ | mahatyā senayā tasthau nānājanapadotthayā

At the tail stood Karna, son of Vikartana, with his sons, kinsmen and relatives, with a great army drawn from many lands.

Verse 13 (7.20.13)

जयद्रथो भीमरथः सम्पातिर्ऋषभो जयः । भूमिञ्जयो वृषक्राथो नैषधश्च महाबलः ॥

jayadratho bhīmarathaḥ sampātirṛṣabho jayaḥ | bhūmiñjayo vṛṣakrātho naiṣadhaśca mahābalaḥ

Jayadratha, Bhimaratha, Sampati, Rishabha, Jaya, Bhumijaya, Vrishakratha and the mighty king of the Nishadhas,

Verse 14 (7.20.14)

वृता बलेन महता ब्रह्मलोकपरिष्कृताः । व्यूहस्योरसि ते राजन्स्थिता युद्धविशारदाः ॥

vṛtā balena mahatā brahmalokapariṣkṛtāḥ | vyūhasyorasi te rājansthitā yuddhaviśāradāḥ

surrounded by a great force and looking as though adorned with the world of Brahma, stood on the chest of the array, O king, men skilled in war.

Verse 15 (7.20.15)

द्रोणेन विहितो व्यूहः पदात्यश्वरथद्विपैः । वातोद्धूतार्णवाकारः प्रनृत्त इव लक्ष्यते ॥

droṇena vihito vyūhaḥ padātyaśvarathadvipaiḥ | vātoddhūtārṇavākāraḥ pranṛtta iva lakṣyate

The array that Drona had formed of foot soldiers, horses, chariots and elephants looked like an ocean stirred by the wind, as if it were dancing.

Verse 16 (7.20.16)

तस्य पक्षप्रपक्षेभ्यो निष्पतन्ति युयुत्सवः । सविद्युत्स्तनिता मेघाः सर्वदिग्भ्यः इवोष्णगे ॥

tasya pakṣaprapakṣebhyo niṣpatanti yuyutsavaḥ | savidyutstanitā meghāḥ sarvadigbhyaḥ ivoṣṇage

From its wings and sub-wings eager fighters sprang forth in all directions, like thundering clouds with lightning at the end of the hot season.

Verse 17 (7.20.17)

तस्य प्राग्ज्योतिषो मध्ये विधिवत्कल्पितं गजम् । आस्थितः शुशुभे राजन्नंशुमानुदये यथा ॥

tasya prāgjyotiṣo madhye vidhivatkalpitaṃ gajam | āsthitaḥ śuśubhe rājannaṃśumānudaye yathā

In the middle of it, seated on an elephant duly caparisoned, the king of Pragjyotisha shone, O king, like the sun at its rising,

Verse 18 (7.20.18)

माल्यदामवता राजञ्श्वेतच्छत्रेण धार्यता । कृत्तिकायोगयुक्तेन पौर्णमास्यामिवेन्दुना ॥

mālyadāmavatā rājañśvetacchatreṇa dhāryatā | kṛttikāyogayuktena paurṇamāsyāmivendunā

with a white umbrella held over him, hung with garlands, like the moon on the full-moon night when it is joined with Krittika.

Verse 19 (7.20.19)

नीलाञ्जनचयप्रख्यो मदान्धो द्विरदो बभौ । अतिवृष्टो महामेघैर्यथा स्यात्पर्वतो महान् ॥

nīlāñjanacayaprakhyo madāndho dvirado babhau | ativṛṣṭo mahāmeghairyathā syātparvato mahān

The rutting elephant, dark as a heap of black collyrium, blind with ichor, shone like a great mountain drenched by mighty rain clouds.

Verse 20 (7.20.20)

नानानृपतिभिर्वीरैर्विविधायुधभूषणैः । समन्वितः पार्वतीयैः शक्रो देवगणैरिव ॥

nānānṛpatibhirvīrairvividhāyudhabhūṣaṇaiḥ | samanvitaḥ pārvatīyaiḥ śakro devagaṇairiva

Attended by many kings and heroes with weapons and ornaments of every kind, and by the mountain-dwellers, he was like Shakra with the hosts of gods.

Note on the text: Corrected वीरै र्विविध → वीरैर्विविध (misprint in Wikisource; stray space; sandhi vīrair vividha).

Verse 21 (7.20.21)

ततो युधिष्ठिरः प्रेक्ष्य व्यूहं तमतिमानुषम् । अजय्यमरिभिः सङ्ख्ये पार्षतं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prekṣya vyūhaṃ tamatimānuṣam | ajayyamaribhiḥ saṅkhye pārṣataṃ vākyamabravīt

Then Yudhishthira, seeing that array, beyond human power and unconquerable in battle by enemies, spoke to the son of Prishata.

Verse 22 (7.20.22)

ब्राह्मणस्य वशं नाहमियामद्य यथा प्रभो । पारावतसवर्णाश्व तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम् ॥

brāhmaṇasya vaśaṃ nāhamiyāmadya yathā prabho | pārāvatasavarṇāśva tathā nītirvidhīyatām

"O lord, you whose horses are the colour of doves, let such a plan be made that I do not fall into the power of the brahmana today."

Note on the text: Speaker: Yudhishthira's words to Dhrishtadyumna; the page prints no heading between the narration of verse 21 and Dhrishtadyumna's reply (verse 23), but the verse is wholly direct speech (the critical edition likewise has no heading before 7.19.23).

Verse 23 (7.20.23)

द्रोणस्य यतमानस्य वशं नैष्यसि सुव्रत । अहमावारयिष्यामि द्रोणमद्य सहानुगम् ॥

droṇasya yatamānasya vaśaṃ naiṣyasi suvrata | ahamāvārayiṣyāmi droṇamadya sahānugam

"You will not fall into Drona's power, though he strives for it, O man of good vows. I shall hold Drona back today, together with his followers.

Verse 24 (7.20.24)

मयि जीवति कौरव्य नोद्वेगं कर्तुमर्हसि । न हि शक्तो रणे द्रोणो विजेतुं मां कथञ्चन ॥

mayi jīvati kauravya nodvegaṃ kartumarhasi | na hi śakto raṇe droṇo vijetuṃ māṃ kathañcana

While I live, O descendant of Kuru, you need not be anxious. Drona cannot defeat me in battle by any means."

Verse 25 (7.20.25)

एवमुक्त्वा किरन्बाणान्द्रुपदस्य सुतो बली । पारावतसवर्णाश्वः स्वयं द्रोणमुपाद्रवत् ॥

evamuktvā kiranbāṇāndrupadasya suto balī | pārāvatasavarṇāśvaḥ svayaṃ droṇamupādravat

Having spoken thus, the mighty son of Drupada, showering arrows, himself rushed at Drona with his dove-coloured horses.

Verse 26 (7.20.26)

अनिष्टदर्शनं दृष्ट्वा धृष्टद्युम्नमवस्थितम् । क्षणेनैवाभवद्द्रोणो नातिहृष्टमना इव ॥

aniṣṭadarśanaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭadyumnamavasthitam | kṣaṇenaivābhavaddroṇo nātihṛṣṭamanā iva

Seeing Dhrishtadyumna standing before him, a sight of ill omen to him, Drona in an instant became as if not very glad at heart.

Verse 27 (7.20.27)

स हि जातो महाराज द्रोणस्य निधनं प्रति ॥

sa hi jāto mahārāja droṇasya nidhanaṃ prati

For that man was born, O great king, to bring about Drona's death.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote mark (`) at the start of the line; the quoted passage runs through verse 29. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); it is line 1 of the star passage 7.19.26d*0142 (six lines, after 7.19.26), which here makes verses 27–29. It reads महाराज where the critical edition reads mahāraudro (kept as a variant). The page prints this verse as a single line (5-20-27a).

Verse 28 (7.20.28)

मर्त्यधर्मतया तस्माद्भारद्वाजो व्यमुह्यत । नाशकत्तत्र तत्किञ्चिदनीकं प्रतिवीक्षितुम् ॥

martyadharmatayā tasmādbhāradvājo vyamuhyata | nāśakattatra tatkiñcidanīkaṃ prativīkṣitum

Therefore, by the nature of a mortal, the son of Bharadvaja was bewildered, and could not look at any part of that army there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 2–3 of the star passage 7.19.26d*0142 (see verse 27). Line 2 reads नाशकत्तत्र तत्किञ्चिदनीकं प्रतिवीक्षितुम् where the critical edition reads nāśakat taṃ tataḥ kaś cid anīke prativīkṣitum (kept as a variant).

Verse 29 (7.20.29)

ततः किरन्निषूंस्तीक्ष्णान्द्रुपदस्य वरूथिनीम् । भारद्वाजो ययौ तूर्णं पार्षतं वर्जयन्युधि । द्रुपदस्य महत्सैन्यं दारयामास ब्राह्मणः ॥

tataḥ kiranniṣūṃstīkṣṇāndrupadasya varūthinīm | bhāradvājo yayau tūrṇaṃ pārṣataṃ varjayanyudhi | drupadasya mahatsainyaṃ dārayāmāsa brāhmaṇaḥ

Then, scattering sharp arrows, Bharadvaja swiftly passed through Drupada's army, avoiding Prishata's son in the battle, and the brahmana tore apart Drupada's great force.

Note on the text: Corrected भराद्वाजो → भारद्वाजो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped long ā in Bharadvaja). Removed the stray wiki quote mark (') after ब्राह्मणः that closes the quoted passage begun at verse 27. Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); lines 4–6 of the star passage 7.19.26d*0142 (see verse 27). Line 3 reads दारयामास where the critical edition reads vārayām āsa (kept as a variant).

Verse 30 (7.20.30)

तं तु सम्प्रेक्ष्य पुत्रस्ते दुर्मुखः शत्रुकर्षणः । प्रियं चिकीर्षुर्द्रोणस्य धृष्टद्युम्नमवारयत् ॥

taṃ tu samprekṣya putraste durmukhaḥ śatrukarṣaṇaḥ | priyaṃ cikīrṣurdroṇasya dhṛṣṭadyumnamavārayat

Seeing him, your son Durmukha, scourge of foes, wishing to please Drona, checked Dhrishtadyumna.

Verse 31 (7.20.31)

स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलः सुघोरः समपद्यत । पार्षतस्य च शूरस्य दुर्मुखस्य च भारत ॥

sa samprahārastumulaḥ sughoraḥ samapadyata | pārṣatasya ca śūrasya durmukhasya ca bhārata

A tumultuous and terrible clash then took place, O Bharata, between the heroic son of Prishata and Durmukha.

Verse 32 (7.20.32)

पार्षतः शरजालेन क्षिप्रं प्रच्छाद्य दुर्मुखम् । भारद्वाजं शरौघेण महता समवारयत् ॥

pārṣataḥ śarajālena kṣipraṃ pracchādya durmukham | bhāradvājaṃ śaraugheṇa mahatā samavārayat

Prishata's son quickly covered Durmukha with a net of arrows and held back Bharadvaja with a great flood of arrows.

Verse 33 (7.20.33)

द्रोणावारितं दृष्ट्वा भृशायस्तस्तवात्मजः । नानालिङ्गैः शरव्रातैः पार्षतं सममोहयत् ॥

droṇāvāritaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhṛśāyastastavātmajaḥ | nānāliṅgaiḥ śaravrātaiḥ pārṣataṃ samamohayat

Seeing Drona held back, your son, straining hard, bewildered Prishata's son with volleys of arrows of many kinds.

Verse 34 (7.20.34)

तयोर्विषक्तयोः सङ्ख्ये पाञ्चाल्यकुरुमुख्ययोः । द्रोणो यौधिष्ठिरं सैन्यं बहुधा व्यधमच्छरैः ॥

tayorviṣaktayoḥ saṅkhye pāñcālyakurumukhyayoḥ | droṇo yaudhiṣṭhiraṃ sainyaṃ bahudhā vyadhamaccharaiḥ

While those two leaders, the Panchala and the Kuru, were locked in battle, Drona shattered Yudhishthira's army in many ways with his arrows.

Verse 35 (7.20.35)

अनिलेन यथाऽभ्राणि विच्छिन्नानि समन्ततः । तथा पार्थस्य सैन्यानि विच्छिन्नानि क्वचित्क्वचित् ॥

anilena yathā'bhrāṇi vicchinnāni samantataḥ | tathā pārthasya sainyāni vicchinnāni kvacitkvacit

As the wind tears clouds apart on every side, so Partha's forces were torn apart here and there.

Verse 36 (7.20.36)

मुहूर्तमिव तद्युद्धमासीन्मधुरदर्शनम् । तत उन्मत्तवद्राजन्निर्मर्यादमवर्तत ॥

muhūrtamiva tadyuddhamāsīnmadhuradarśanam | tata unmattavadrājannirmaryādamavartata

For a moment that battle was pleasing to behold, and then, O king, it became wild and without restraint.

Verse 37 (7.20.37)

नैव खं न दिशो भूमिर्बभासे न च भास्करः । नैव स्वे न परे राजन्नाज्ञायन्त परस्परम् । अनुमानेन संज्ञाभिर्युद्धं तत्समवर्तत ॥

naiva khaṃ na diśo bhūmirbabhāse na ca bhāskaraḥ | naiva sve na pare rājannājñāyanta parasparam | anumānena saṃjñābhiryuddhaṃ tatsamavartata

Neither sky, nor quarters, nor earth, nor sun shone. Neither one's own men nor the enemy could be known, O king; that battle went on by guesswork and by signs.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki quote marks (` and ') around line 1. Line 1 is the critical edition's star line 7.19.33d*0144_01 (not in the constituted text); lines 2–3 are 7.19.34ab.

Verse 38 (7.20.38)

चूडामणिषु निष्केषु भूषणेष्वपि वर्मसु । तेषामादित्यवर्णाभा रश्मयः प्रचकाशिरे ॥

cūḍāmaṇiṣu niṣkeṣu bhūṣaṇeṣvapi varmasu | teṣāmādityavarṇābhā raśmayaḥ pracakāśire

On crest-jewels, gold necklaces, ornaments and armour, rays bright as the sun flashed out.

Verse 39 (7.20.39)

तत्प्रकीर्णपताकानां रथवारणवाजिनाम् । बलाकाशबलाभ्राभं ददृशे रूपमाहवे ॥

tatprakīrṇapatākānāṃ rathavāraṇavājinām | balākāśabalābhrābhaṃ dadṛśe rūpamāhave

The scene of scattered banners, chariots, elephants and horses in the battle looked like a sky of cranes and mottled clouds.

Note on the text: Corrected बलाकाशबलाभ्रामं → बलाकाशबलाभ्राभं (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ; the critical edition reads balākāśabalābhrābhaṃ).

Verse 40 (7.20.40)

नरानेव नरा जघ्नरुदग्राश्च हया हयान् । रथांश्च रथिनो जघ्नुर्वारणा वरवारणान् ॥

narāneva narā jaghnarudagrāśca hayā hayān | rathāṃśca rathino jaghnurvāraṇā varavāraṇān

Men struck down men, and spirited horses struck horses; chariot-warriors destroyed chariots, and elephants the finest elephants.

Verse 41 (7.20.41)

समुच्छ्रितपताकानां गजानां परमद्विपैः । क्षणेन तुमुलो घोरः सङ्ग्रामः समपद्यत ॥

samucchritapatākānāṃ gajānāṃ paramadvipaiḥ | kṣaṇena tumulo ghoraḥ saṅgrāmaḥ samapadyata

In an instant a tumultuous and dreadful clash broke out between elephants with raised banners and the mightiest tuskers.

Verse 42 (7.20.42)

तेषां संसक्तगात्राणां कर्षतामितरेतरम् । दन्तसङ्घातसङ्घर्षात्सधूमोऽग्निरजायत ॥

teṣāṃ saṃsaktagātrāṇāṃ karṣatāmitaretaram | dantasaṅghātasaṅgharṣātsadhūmo'gnirajāyata

As they pressed body against body and dragged at one another, fire with smoke was born from the grinding of their tusks.

Verse 43 (7.20.43)

विप्रकीर्णपताकास्ते विषाणजनिताग्नयः । बभूवुः खं समासाद्य सविद्युत इवाम्बुदाः ॥

viprakīrṇapatākāste viṣāṇajanitāgnayaḥ | babhūvuḥ khaṃ samāsādya savidyuta ivāmbudāḥ

With their banners scattered and fires kindled by their tusks, they rose into the sky like clouds with lightning.

Verse 44 (7.20.44)

विक्षिपद्भिर्नदद्भिश्च निपतद्भिश्च वारणैः । सम्बभूव मही कीर्णा मेघैर्द्यौरिव वार्षिकी ॥

vikṣipadbhirnadadbhiśca nipatadbhiśca vāraṇaiḥ | sambabhūva mahī kīrṇā meghairdyauriva vārṣikī

With elephants flinging themselves about, trumpeting and falling, the earth was strewn as the rainy sky is with clouds.

Verse 45 (7.20.45)

तेषामाहन्यमानानां बाणतोमरऋष्टिभिः । वारणानां रवो जज्ञे मेघानामिव सम्प्लवे ॥

teṣāmāhanyamānānāṃ bāṇatomaraṛṣṭibhiḥ | vāraṇānāṃ ravo jajñe meghānāmiva samplave

As they were struck with arrows, tomaras and spears, the roar of the elephants rose like the rumbling of clouds in the deluge.

Note on the text: Corrected सम्पुवे → सम्प्लवे (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ल; the critical edition reads saṃplave).

Verse 46 (7.20.46)

तोमराभिहताः केचिद्बाणैश्च परमद्विपाः । वित्रेसुः सर्वनागानां शब्दमेवापरेऽसृजन् ॥

tomarābhihatāḥ kecidbāṇaiśca paramadvipāḥ | vitresuḥ sarvanāgānāṃ śabdamevāpare'sṛjan

Some of the mighty tuskers, struck by tomaras and arrows, trembled; others raised the cry of all the elephants together.

Verse 47 (7.20.47)

विषाणाभिहताश्चापि केचित्तत्र गजा गजैः । चक्रुरार्तस्वनं घोरमुत्पातजलदा इव ॥

viṣāṇābhihatāścāpi kecittatra gajā gajaiḥ | cakrurārtasvanaṃ ghoramutpātajaladā iva

Other elephants there, gored by tusks of other elephants, uttered terrible cries of pain, like thunderclouds of ill omen.

Verse 48 (7.20.48)

प्रतीपाः क्रियमाणाश्च वारणा वरवारणैः । उन्मथ्य पुनराजग्मुः प्रेरिताः परमाङ्कुशैः ॥

pratīpāḥ kriyamāṇāśca vāraṇā varavāraṇaiḥ | unmathya punarājagmuḥ preritāḥ paramāṅkuśaiḥ

Elephants driven back by the finest elephants, urged on by sharp goads, crushed their attackers and came on again.

Verse 49 (7.20.49)

महामात्रैर्महामात्रास्ताडिताः शरतोमरैः । गजेभ्यः पृथिवीं जग्मुर्मुक्तप्रहरणाङ्कुशाः ॥

mahāmātrairmahāmātrāstāḍitāḥ śaratomaraiḥ | gajebhyaḥ pṛthivīṃ jagmurmuktapraharaṇāṅkuśāḥ

Mahouts struck by mahouts with arrows and tomaras fell from the elephants to the ground, their weapons and goads dropped.

Verse 50 (7.20.50)

निर्मनुष्याश्च मातङ्गा विनदन्तस्ततस्ततः । छिन्नाभ्राणीव सम्पेतुः सम्प्रविश्य परस्परम् ॥

nirmanuṣyāśca mātaṅgā vinadantastatastataḥ | chinnābhrāṇīva sampetuḥ sampraviśya parasparam

Elephants without riders, trumpeting here and there, collided and fell like torn clouds.

Verse 51 (7.20.51)

हतान्परिवहन्तश्च पतितान्पतितायुधान् । दिशो जग्मुर्महानागाः केचिदेकचरा इव ॥

hatānparivahantaśca patitānpatitāyudhān | diśo jagmurmahānāgāḥ kecidekacarā iva

Carrying off the slain and fallen men who had dropped their weapons, some great elephants went off in different directions, like solitary roamers.

Verse 52 (7.20.52)

ताडितास्ताड्यमानाश्च तोमरर्ष्टिपरश्वथैः । पेतुरार्तस्वनं कृत्वा तदा विशसने गजाः ॥

tāḍitāstāḍyamānāśca tomararṣṭiparaśvathaiḥ | peturārtasvanaṃ kṛtvā tadā viśasane gajāḥ

Struck and being struck with tomaras, spears and axes, the elephants fell in that slaughter, crying out in pain.

Verse 53 (7.20.53)

तेषां शैलोपमैः कायैर्निपतद्भिः समन्ततः । आहता सहसा भूमिश्चकम्पे च ननाद च ॥

teṣāṃ śailopamaiḥ kāyairnipatadbhiḥ samantataḥ | āhatā sahasā bhūmiścakampe ca nanāda ca

As their mountain-like bodies fell on all sides, the earth, suddenly struck, shook and groaned.

Verse 54 (7.20.54)

सादितैः सगजारोहैः सपताकैः समन्ततः । मातङ्गैः शुशुभे भूमिर्विकीर्णैरिव पर्वतैः ॥

sāditaiḥ sagajārohaiḥ sapatākaiḥ samantataḥ | mātaṅgaiḥ śuśubhe bhūmirvikīrṇairiva parvataiḥ

With elephants brought down on every side, together with their riders and banners, the earth shone as if strewn with scattered mountains.

Verse 55 (7.20.55)

गजस्थाश्च महामात्रा निर्भिन्नहृदया रणे । रथिभिः पातिता भल्लैर्विकीर्णाङ्कुशतोमराः ॥

gajasthāśca mahāmātrā nirbhinnahṛdayā raṇe | rathibhiḥ pātitā bhallairvikīrṇāṅkuśatomarāḥ

Mahouts seated on the elephants, their hearts pierced in battle, were brought down by chariot-warriors with broad-headed arrows, and lay with their goads and tomaras scattered.

Verse 56 (7.20.56)

क्रौञ्चवद्विनदन्तोऽन्ये नाराचाभिहता गजाः । परान्स्वांश्चापि मृद्नन्तः परिपेतुर्दिशो दश ॥

krauñcavadvinadanto'nye nārācābhihatā gajāḥ | parānsvāṃścāpi mṛdnantaḥ paripeturdiśo daśa

Other elephants, struck by iron arrows, trumpeting like curlews and trampling friend and foe alike, ran about in the ten directions.

Note on the text: Corrected मृद्गन्तः → मृद्नन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; ग for न; the critical edition reads mṛdnantaḥ).

Verse 57 (7.20.57)

गजाश्वरथयोधानां शरीरौघसमावृता । बभूव पृथिवी राजन्मांसशोणितकर्दमा ॥

gajāśvarathayodhānāṃ śarīraughasamāvṛtā | babhūva pṛthivī rājanmāṃsaśoṇitakardamā

The earth, covered with masses of bodies of elephants, horses, chariots and warriors, became a mire of flesh and blood, O king.

Verse 58 (7.20.58)

प्रमथ्य च विषाणाग्रैः समुत्क्षिप्ताश्च वारणैः । सचक्राश्च विचक्राश्च रथैरेव महारथाः ॥

pramathya ca viṣāṇāgraiḥ samutkṣiptāśca vāraṇaiḥ | sacakrāśca vicakrāśca rathaireva mahārathāḥ

Great warriors, crushed by the tips of tusks and tossed up by elephants, lay with their chariots, some with wheels and some without.

Verse 59 (7.20.59)

रथाश्च रथिभिर्हीना निर्मनुष्याश्च वाजिनः । हतारोहाश्च मातङ्गा दिशो जग्मुर्भयातुराः ॥

rathāśca rathibhirhīnā nirmanuṣyāśca vājinaḥ | hatārohāśca mātaṅgā diśo jagmurbhayāturāḥ

Chariots without chariot-warriors, horses without men, and elephants whose riders were slain fled in all directions, overcome with fear.

Verse 60 (7.20.60)

जघानात्र पिता पुत्रं पुत्रश्च पितरं तथा । इत्यासीत्तुमुलं युद्धं न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन ॥

jaghānātra pitā putraṃ putraśca pitaraṃ tathā | ityāsīttumulaṃ yuddhaṃ na prājñāyata kiñcana

Here a father killed his son and a son his father; so tumultuous was the battle that nothing could be made out.

Verse 61 (7.20.61)

आगुल्फेभ्योऽवसीदन्ते नरा लोहितकर्दमैः । दीप्यमानैः परिक्षिप्ता दावैरिव महाद्रुमाः ॥

āgulphebhyo'vasīdante narā lohitakardamaiḥ | dīpyamānaiḥ parikṣiptā dāvairiva mahādrumāḥ

Men sank up to their ankles in mud of blood, like great trees ringed by blazing forest fires.

Verse 62 (7.20.62)

शोणितैः सिच्यमानानि वस्त्राणि कवचानि च । छत्राणि च पताकाश्च सर्वं रक्तमदृश्यत ॥

śoṇitaiḥ sicyamānāni vastrāṇi kavacāni ca | chatrāṇi ca patākāśca sarvaṃ raktamadṛśyata

Clothes and armour, umbrellas and banners, all drenched in blood, looked red.

Verse 63 (7.20.63)

हयौघाश्च रथौघाश्च नरौघाश्च निपातिताः । संक्षुण्णाः पुनरावृत्य बहुधा रथनेमिभिः ॥

hayaughāśca rathaughāśca naraughāśca nipātitāḥ | saṃkṣuṇṇāḥ punarāvṛtya bahudhā rathanemibhiḥ

Troops of horses, chariots and men, struck down, were trampled again and again by the chariot wheels.

Verse 64 (7.20.64)

सगजौघमहावेगः परासुनरशैवलः । रथौघतुमुलावर्तः प्रबभौ सैन्यसागरः ॥

sagajaughamahāvegaḥ parāsunaraśaivalaḥ | rathaughatumulāvartaḥ prababhau sainyasāgaraḥ

With the great rush of its elephant hosts, the corpses of men for its water-weed and the whirlpools of its chariot masses, that sea of an army shone.

Verse 65 (7.20.65)

तं वाहनमहानौभिर्योधा जयधनैषिणः । अवगाह्याथ मज्जन्तो नैव मोहं प्रचक्रिरे ॥

taṃ vāhanamahānaubhiryodhā jayadhanaiṣiṇaḥ | avagāhyātha majjanto naiva mohaṃ pracakrire

Warriors seeking victory and wealth plunged into it with their vehicles as great boats, and though they sank in it, they did not lose their wits.

Verse 66 (7.20.66)

शरवर्षाभिवृष्टेषु योधेष्वञ्चितलक्ष्मसु । न तेष्वचित्ततां लेभे कश्चिदाहतलक्षणः ॥

śaravarṣābhivṛṣṭeṣu yodheṣvañcitalakṣmasu | na teṣvacittatāṃ lebhe kaścidāhatalakṣaṇaḥ

Though the warriors with their fine insignia were drenched by showers of arrows, none of them, even when wounded, lost consciousness.

Verse 67 (7.20.67)

वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे घोररूपे भयङ्करे । मोहयित्वा परान्द्रोणो युधिष्ठिरमुपाद्रवत् ॥

vartamāne tathā yuddhe ghorarūpe bhayaṅkare | mohayitvā parāndroṇo yudhiṣṭhiramupādravat

As the battle went on, dreadful and terrifying, Drona, having bewildered the enemy, rushed at Yudhishthira.