Jayadratha Holds Back the Pandavas

Verse 1 (7.43.1)

यन्मां पृच्छसि राजेन्द्र सिन्धुराजस्य विक्रमम् । शृणु तत्सर्वमाख्यास्ये यथा पाण्डूनयोधयत् ॥

yanmāṃ pṛcchasi rājendra sindhurājasya vikramam | śṛṇu tatsarvamākhyāsye yathā pāṇḍūnayodhayat

You ask me, O king of kings, about the prowess of the king of Sindhu. Listen, and I shall tell you all of it — how he fought the Pandavas.

Note on the text: Adhyaya note: checked against the raw Wikisource page (a table, one row per verse, printed 5-43-1 to 5-43-19 — the page's "5-" is a typo for 7 — with the single speaker heading सञ्जय at verse 1, ending with its colophon naming this the 43rd adhyaya of the Abhimanyuvadha Parva); page and input agree on all 19 verses; the page's commentary notes (on 5 and 10) are not part of the text. The adhyaya corresponds to the critical edition 7.42.1–19 (Wikisource 43 = CE 42); verses 1–10 were not matched automatically but are the critical edition's 7.42.1–10 and are cited accordingly. The critical edition's star passage 7.42.15d*0304_01–05 (five lines) is not on the page.

Verse 2 (7.43.2)

तमूहुर्वाजिनो वश्याः सैन्धवाः साधुवाहिनः । विकुर्वाणा बृहन्तोऽश्वाः श्वसनोपमरंहसः ॥

tamūhurvājino vaśyāḥ saindhavāḥ sādhuvāhinaḥ | vikurvāṇā bṛhanto'śvāḥ śvasanopamaraṃhasaḥ

Obedient horses of Sindh, good bearers of the yoke, tall and spirited steeds with the speed of the wind, carried him.

Note on the text: Corrected श्वसनोपरंहसः → श्वसनोपमरंहसः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped म; "swift as the wind" — critical edition 7.42.2c श्वसनोपमरंहसः).

Verse 3 (7.43.3)

गन्धर्वनगराकारं विधिवत्कल्पितं रथम् । तस्याभ्यशोभयत्केतुर्वाराहो राजतो महान् ॥

gandharvanagarākāraṃ vidhivatkalpitaṃ ratham | tasyābhyaśobhayatketurvārāho rājato mahān

His chariot, fitted out as the rules direct, was like a city of the Gandharvas, and a great silver boar-banner adorned it.

Verse 4 (7.43.4)

श्वेतच्छत्रपताकाभिश्चामरव्यजनेन च । स बभौ राजलिङ्गैस्तैस्तारापतिरिवाम्बरे ॥

śvetacchatrapatākābhiścāmaravyajanena ca | sa babhau rājaliṅgaistaistārāpatirivāmbare

With his white umbrella, banners and yak-tail fans, and those other marks of royalty, he shone like the moon in the sky.

Note on the text: Corrected श्वेतश्चत्र → श्वेतच्छत्र (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct; "white umbrella and banners" — critical edition 7.42.4a श्वेतच्छत्रपताकाभिः).

Verse 5 (7.43.5)

मुक्तावज्रमणिस्वर्णैर्भूषितं तदयस्मयम् । वरूथं विबभौ तस्य ज्योतिर्भिः खमिवावृतम् ॥

muktāvajramaṇisvarṇairbhūṣitaṃ tadayasmayam | varūthaṃ vibabhau tasya jyotirbhiḥ khamivāvṛtam

The iron cover of his chariot, adorned with pearls, diamonds, gems and gold, shone as though the sky were wrapped in lights.

Verse 6 (7.43.6)

स विष्फार्य महच्चापं किरन्निषुगणान्बहून् । तत्खण्डं पूरयामास यदार्जुनिरदारयत् ॥

sa viṣphārya mahaccāpaṃ kiranniṣugaṇānbahūn | tatkhaṇḍaṃ pūrayāmāsa yadārjuniradārayat

Drawing his great bow and scattering many volleys of arrows, he filled the gap that Arjuna's son had torn open.

Note on the text: Corrected बहून → बहून् (misprint in Wikisource; a missing halanta; the accusative plural is बहून्). Corrected तत्कण्डं → तत्खण्डं (misprint in Wikisource; तत्खण्डं "that gap" — critical edition 7.42.6c तत् खण्डं).

Verse 7 (7.43.7)

स सात्यकिं त्रिभिर्बाणैरष्टभिश्च वृकोदरम् । धृष्टद्युम्नं तथा षष्ट्या विराटं दशभिः शरैः ॥

sa sātyakiṃ tribhirbāṇairaṣṭabhiśca vṛkodaram | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tathā ṣaṣṭyā virāṭaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

He struck Satyaki with three arrows, Vrikodara with eight, Dhrishtadyumna with sixty, and Virata with ten arrows,

Verse 8 (7.43.8)

द्रुपदं पञ्चभिस्तीक्ष्णैः सप्तभिश्च शिखण्डिनम् । केकयान्पञ्चविंशत्या द्रौपदेयांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥

drupadaṃ pañcabhistīkṣṇaiḥ saptabhiśca śikhaṇḍinam | kekayānpañcaviṃśatyā draupadeyāṃstribhistribhiḥ

Drupada with five sharp ones, Shikhandi with seven, the Kekayas with twenty-five, and the sons of Draupadi with three each,

Verse 9 (7.43.9)

युधिष्ठिरं तु सप्तत्या ततः शेषानपानुदत् । इषुजालेन महता तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ tu saptatyā tataḥ śeṣānapānudat | iṣujālena mahatā tadadbhutamivābhavat

and Yudhishthira with seventy; then he drove back the rest with a great net of arrows, and it seemed a marvel.

Verse 10 (7.43.10)

अथास्य शितपीतेन भल्लेनादिश्य कार्मुकम् । चिच्छेद प्रहसन्राजा धर्मपुत्रः प्रतापवान् ॥

athāsya śitapītena bhallenādiśya kārmukam | ciccheda prahasanrājā dharmaputraḥ pratāpavān

Then the king, the powerful son of Dharma, smiling, took aim with a keen, well-tempered broad-headed arrow and cut his bow.

Verse 11 (7.43.11)

अक्ष्णोर्निमेषमात्रेण सोऽन्यदादाय कार्मुकम् । विव्याध दशभिः पार्थं तांश्चैवान्यांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः ॥

akṣṇornimeṣamātreṇa so'nyadādāya kārmukam | vivyādha daśabhiḥ pārthaṃ tāṃścaivānyāṃstribhistribhiḥ

In the blink of an eye he took up another bow and pierced Partha with ten arrows, and the others with three each.

Verse 12 (7.43.12)

तत्तस्य लाघवं ज्ञात्वा भीमो भल्लैस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः । धनुर्ध्वजं च च्छत्रं च क्षितौ क्षिप्रमपातयत् ॥

tattasya lāghavaṃ jñātvā bhīmo bhallaistribhistribhiḥ | dhanurdhvajaṃ ca cchatraṃ ca kṣitau kṣipramapātayat

Seeing his quickness of hand, Bhima, with three broad-headed arrows each, swiftly felled his bow, his banner and his umbrella to the ground.

Verse 13 (7.43.13)

सोऽन्यदादाय बलवान्सज्जं कृत्वा च कार्मुकम् । भीमस्यापातयत्केतुं धनुरश्वांश्च मारिष ॥

so'nyadādāya balavānsajjaṃ kṛtvā ca kārmukam | bhīmasyāpātayatketuṃ dhanuraśvāṃśca māriṣa

The mighty one took up another bow, strung it, and struck down Bhima's banner, bow and horses, O sir.

Verse 14 (7.43.14)

स हताश्वादवप्लुत्य च्छिन्नधन्वा रथोत्तमात् । सात्यकेराप्लुतो यानं गिर्यग्रमिव केसरी ॥

sa hatāśvādavaplutya cchinnadhanvā rathottamāt | sātyakerāpluto yānaṃ giryagramiva kesarī

With his horses dead and his bow cut, Bhima leapt down from his excellent chariot and landed on Satyaki's car, like a lion on a mountain peak.

Note on the text: Corrected सोत्यकेराप्लुतो → सात्यकेराप्लुतो (misprint in Wikisource; सात्यकेः + आप्लुतः; critical edition 7.42.14c सात्यकेर् आप्लुतो).

Verse 15 (7.43.15)

ततस्त्वदीयाः संहृष्टाः साधुसाध्विति वादिनः । सिन्धुराजस्य तत्कर्म प्रेक्ष्याश्रद्धेयमद्भुतम् ॥

tatastvadīyāḥ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ sādhusādhviti vādinaḥ | sindhurājasya tatkarma prekṣyāśraddheyamadbhutam

Then your men, overjoyed, cried "Well done, well done!" as they watched that incredible, wondrous deed of the king of Sindhu.

Verse 16 (7.43.16)

सङ्क्रुद्धान्पाण्डवानेको यद्दधारास्त्रतेजसा । तत्तस्य कर्म भूतानि सर्वाण्येवाभ्यपूजयन् ॥

saṅkruddhānpāṇḍavāneko yaddadhārāstratejasā | tattasya karma bhūtāni sarvāṇyevābhyapūjayan

All beings honoured that deed of his — that he alone, by the power of his weapons, held back the enraged Pandavas.

Verse 17 (7.43.17)

सौभद्रेण हतैः पूर्वं सोत्तरायोधिभिर्द्विपैः । पाण्डूनां दर्शितः पन्थाः सैन्धवेन निवारितः ॥

saubhadreṇa hataiḥ pūrvaṃ sottarāyodhibhirdvipaiḥ | pāṇḍūnāṃ darśitaḥ panthāḥ saindhavena nivāritaḥ

The path that the elephants had shown the Pandavas, with their fighters, slain earlier by Saubhadra, was blocked by Saindhava.

Verse 18 (7.43.18)

यतमानास्तु ते वीरा मात्स्यपाञ्चालकेकयाः । पाण्डवाश्चान्वपद्यन्त प्रतिशेकुर्न सैन्धवम् ॥

yatamānāstu te vīrā mātsyapāñcālakekayāḥ | pāṇḍavāścānvapadyanta pratiśekurna saindhavam

Though those heroes, the Matsyas, Panchalas and Kekayas, strove hard, and the Pandavas pressed on after him, they could not withstand Saindhava.

Verse 19 (7.43.19)

यो यो हि यतते भेत्तुं द्रोणानीकं तवाहितः । तत्तमेव वरं प्राप्य सैन्धवः प्रत्यवारयत् ॥

yo yo hi yatate bhettuṃ droṇānīkaṃ tavāhitaḥ | tattameva varaṃ prāpya saindhavaḥ pratyavārayat

Whoever among your foes tried to break Drona's array, Saindhava, having obtained that boon, held back every one of them.