The Mace Duel of Bhima and Shalya

Verse 1 (9.11.1)

पतितं प्रेक्ष्य यन्तारं । शल्यः सर्वायसीं गदाम् । आदाय तरसा राजं- । स्तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥

patitaṃ prekṣya yantāraṃ | śalyaḥ sarvāyasīṃ gadām | ādāya tarasā rājaṃ- | stasthau giririvācalaḥ

Seeing his charioteer fallen, Shalya swiftly took up his mace, made wholly of iron, O king, and stood like an unmoving mountain.

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Verse 2 (9.11.2)

तं दीप्तमिव कालाग्निं । पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम् । सशृङ्गमिव कैलासं । सवज्रमिव वासवम् ॥

taṃ dīptamiva kālāgniṃ | pāśahastamivāntakam | saśṛṅgamiva kailāsaṃ | savajramiva vāsavam

He stood there like the blazing fire at the end of the age, like Death with the noose in his hand, like Kailasa with its peaks, like Indra with his thunderbolt,

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Verse 3 (9.11.3)

सशूलमिव हर्यक्षं । वने मत्तमिव द्विपम् । जवेनाभ्यपतद्भीमः । प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम् ॥

saśūlamiva haryakṣaṃ | vane mattamiva dvipam | javenābhyapatadbhīmaḥ | pragṛhya mahatīṃ gadām

like the tawny-eyed Shiva with his trident, like a rutting elephant in the forest. Taking up his huge mace, Bhima sprang at him with speed.

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Verse 4 (9.11.4)

ततः शङ्खप्रणादश्च । तूर्याणां च सहस्रशः । सिंहनादश्च संजज्ञे । शूराणां हर्षवर्धनः ॥

tataḥ śaṅkhapraṇādaśca | tūryāṇāṃ ca sahasraśaḥ | siṃhanādaśca saṃjajñe | śūrāṇāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ

Then rose the blast of conches and the sound of thousands of trumpets, and the lion-roars of the heroes, which swelled their joy.

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Verse 5 (9.11.5)

प्रेक्षन्तः सर्वतस्तौ हि । योधा योधमहाद्विपौ । तावकाश्च परे चैव । साधु साध्वित्यथाब्रुवन् ॥

prekṣantaḥ sarvatastau hi | yodhā yodhamahādvipau | tāvakāśca pare caiva | sādhu sādhvityathābruvan

Watching those two great elephants among warriors from every side, the fighters of your host and of the enemy's cried out, "Well done! Well done!"

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Verse 6 (9.11.6)

न हि मद्राधिपादन्यो । रामाद्वा यदुनन्दनात् । सोढुमुत्सहते वेगं । भीमसेनस्य संयुगे ॥

na hi madrādhipādanyo | rāmādvā yadunandanāt | soḍhumutsahate vegaṃ | bhīmasenasya saṃyuge

For in battle none but the king of Madra, or Rama, or the delight of the Yadus, can bear the onrush of Bhimasena.

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Verse 7 (9.11.7)

तथा मद्राधिपस्यापि । गदावेगं महात्मनः । सोढुमुत्सहते नान्यो । योधो युधि वृकोदरात् ॥

tathā madrādhipasyāpi | gadāvegaṃ mahātmanaḥ | soḍhumutsahate nānyo | yodho yudhi vṛkodarāt

And likewise no warrior in battle, save Vrikodara, can bear the mace-rush of the great-souled lord of Madra.

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Verse 8 (9.11.8)

तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ । मण्डलानि विचेरतुः । आवल्गितौ गदाहस्तौ । मद्रराजवृकोदरौ ॥

tau vṛṣāviva nardantau | maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ | āvalgitau gadāhastau | madrarājavṛkodarau

Bellowing like two bulls, the king of Madra and Vrikodara, leaping about with maces in their hands, moved in circles.

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Verse 9 (9.11.9)

मण्डलावर्तमार्गेषु । गदाविहरणेषु च । निर्विशेषमभूद्युद्धं । तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः ॥

maṇḍalāvartamārgeṣu | gadāviharaṇeṣu ca | nirviśeṣamabhūdyuddhaṃ | tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ

In their circling paths and in the play of their maces, the fight of those two lions among men was perfectly even, with nothing to choose between them.

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Verse 10 (9.11.10)

तप्तहेममयैः शुभ्रै- । र्बभूव भयवर्धनी । अग्निज्वालैरिवाविद्धा । पट्टैः शल्यस्य सा गदा ॥

taptahemamayaiḥ śubhrai- | rbabhūva bhayavardhanī | agnijvālairivāviddhā | paṭṭaiḥ śalyasya sā gadā

Shalya's mace, fitted with bright bands of heated gold, struck fear, as though it were studded with flames of fire.

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Verse 11 (9.11.11)

तथैव चरतो मार्गा- । न्मण्डलेषु महात्मनः । विद्युदभ्रप्रतीकाशा । भीमस्य शुशुभे गदा ॥

tathaiva carato mārgā- | nmaṇḍaleṣu mahātmanaḥ | vidyudabhrapratīkāśā | bhīmasya śuśubhe gadā

Likewise, as the great-souled Bhima moved along his circling paths, his mace shone like lightning against a cloud.

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Verse 12 (9.11.12)

ताडिता मद्रराजेन । भीमस्य गदया गदा । दीप्यमानेव वै राज- । न्ससृजे पावकार्चिषः ॥

tāḍitā madrarājena | bhīmasya gadayā gadā | dīpyamāneva vai rāja- | nsasṛje pāvakārciṣaḥ

When Bhima's mace was struck by the king of Madra's mace, it seemed to blaze, O king, and threw off sparks of fire.

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Verse 13 (9.11.13)

तथा भीमेन शल्यस्य । ताडिता गदया गदा । अङ्गारवर्षं मुमुचे । तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tathā bhīmena śalyasya | tāḍitā gadayā gadā | aṅgāravarṣaṃ mumuce | tadadbhutamivābhavat

And when Shalya's mace was struck by Bhima's mace, it let fall a shower of embers; it was a marvellous sight.

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Verse 14 (9.11.14)

दन्तैरिव महानागौ । शृङ्गैरिव महर्षभौ । तोत्त्रैरिव तदान्योन्यं । गदाग्राभ्यां निजघ्नतुः ॥

dantairiva mahānāgau | śṛṅgairiva maharṣabhau | tottrairiva tadānyonyaṃ | gadāgrābhyāṃ nijaghnatuḥ

As two great elephants strike with their tusks, as two mighty bulls with their horns, as with goads, so they struck each other then with the tips of their maces.

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Verse 15 (9.11.15)

तौ गदानिहतैर्गात्रैः । क्षणेन रुधिरोक्षितौ । प्रेक्षणीयतरावास्तां । पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ ॥

tau gadānihatairgātraiḥ | kṣaṇena rudhirokṣitau | prekṣaṇīyatarāvāstāṃ | puṣpitāviva kiṃśukau

With their limbs battered by the maces and in an instant drenched in blood, the two looked all the more splendid, like kimshuka trees in bloom.

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Verse 16 (9.11.16)

गदया मद्रराजेन । सव्यदक्षिणमाहतः । भीमसेनो महाबाहु- । र्न चचालाचलो यथा ॥

gadayā madrarājena | savyadakṣiṇamāhataḥ | bhīmaseno mahābāhu- | rna cacālācalo yathā

Struck on the left and on the right by the king of Madra's mace, mighty-armed Bhimasena did not stir, like a mountain.

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Verse 17 (9.11.17)

तथा भीमगदावेगै- । स्ताड्यमानो मुहुर्मुहुः । शल्यो न विव्यथे राज- । न्दन्तिनेवाहतो गिरिः ॥

tathā bhīmagadāvegai- | stāḍyamāno muhurmuhuḥ | śalyo na vivyathe rāja- | ndantinevāhato giriḥ

And Shalya, struck again and again by the blows of Bhima's mace, did not flinch, O king, like a mountain struck by an elephant.

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Verse 18 (9.11.18)

शुश्रुवे दिक्षु सर्वासु । तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः । गदानिपातसंह्रादो । वज्रयोरिव निस्वनः ॥

śuśruve dikṣu sarvāsu | tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ | gadānipātasaṃhrādo | vajrayoriva nisvanaḥ

In every direction was heard the crash of the falling maces of those two lions among men, a sound like the clap of two thunderbolts.

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Verse 19 (9.11.19)

निवृत्य तु महावीर्यौ । समुच्छ्रितगदावुभौ । पुनरन्तरमार्गस्थौ । मण्डलानि विचेरतुः ॥

nivṛtya tu mahāvīryau | samucchritagadāvubhau | punarantaramārgasthau | maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ

Then the two mighty warriors drew back, raised their maces high, took up the inner paths, and again moved in circles.

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Verse 20 (9.11.20)

अथाभ्येत्य पदान्यष्टौ । संनिपातोऽभवत्तयोः । उद्यम्य लोहदण्डाभ्या- । मतिमानुषकर्मणोः ॥

athābhyetya padānyaṣṭau | saṃnipāto'bhavattayoḥ | udyamya lohadaṇḍābhyā- | matimānuṣakarmaṇoḥ

Then, after advancing eight paces, those two of superhuman deeds came together in a clash, lifting their iron clubs.

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Verse 21 (9.11.21)

प्रार्थयानौ तदान्योऽन्यं । मण्डलानि विचेरतुः । क्रियाविशेषं कृतिनौ । दर्शयामासतुस्तदा ॥

prārthayānau tadānyo'nyaṃ | maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ | kriyāviśeṣaṃ kṛtinau | darśayāmāsatustadā

Each eager to reach the other, they moved in circles, and those two skilled fighters displayed then their special feats of skill.

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Verse 22 (9.11.22)

अथोद्यम्य गदे घोरे । सशृङ्गाविव पर्वतौ । तावाजघ्नतुरन्योन्यं । यथा भूमिचलेऽचलौ ॥

athodyamya gade ghore | saśṛṅgāviva parvatau | tāvājaghnaturanyonyaṃ | yathā bhūmicale'calau

Then raising their terrible maces, like two horned mountains, they struck each other as two mountains would on the earth.

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Verse 23 (9.11.23)

तौ परस्परवेगाच्च । गदाभ्यां च भृशाहतौ । युगपत्पेततुर्वीरा- । वुभाविन्द्रध्वजाविव ॥

tau parasparavegācca | gadābhyāṃ ca bhṛśāhatau | yugapatpetaturvīrā- | vubhāvindradhvajāviva

Struck hard by each other's force and by the maces, the two heroes fell at the same moment, like two banners of Indra.

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Verse 24 (9.11.24)

उभयोः सेनयोर्वीरा- । स्तदा हाहाकृतोऽभवन् । भृशं मर्मण्यभिहता- । वुभावास्तां सुविह्वलौ ॥

ubhayoḥ senayorvīrā- | stadā hāhākṛto'bhavan | bhṛśaṃ marmaṇyabhihatā- | vubhāvāstāṃ suvihvalau

In both armies the warriors cried "Alas!" The two, struck hard on their vital parts, were left utterly dazed.

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Verse 25 (9.11.25)

ततः सगदमारोप्य । मद्राणामृषभं रथे । अपोवाह कृपः शल्यं । तूर्णमायोधनादपि ॥

tataḥ sagadamāropya | madrāṇāmṛṣabhaṃ rathe | apovāha kṛpaḥ śalyaṃ | tūrṇamāyodhanādapi

Then Kripa lifted the bull of the Madras, together with his mace, onto his chariot and swiftly bore Shalya away from the battlefield.

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Verse 26 (9.11.26)

क्षीबवद्विह्वलत्वात्तु । निमेषात्पुनरुत्थितः । भीमसेनो गदापाणिः । समाह्वयत मद्रपम् ॥

kṣībavadvihvalatvāttu | nimeṣātpunarutthitaḥ | bhīmaseno gadāpāṇiḥ | samāhvayata madrapam

Dazed as though drunk, Bhimasena, mace in hand, rose again within the blink of an eye and challenged the king of Madra.

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Verse 27 (9.11.27)

ततस्तु तावकाः शूरा । नानाशस्त्रसमायुताः । नानावादित्रशब्देन । पाण्डुसेनामयोधयन् ॥

tatastu tāvakāḥ śūrā | nānāśastrasamāyutāḥ | nānāvāditraśabdena | pāṇḍusenāmayodhayan

Then your heroes, armed with weapons of every kind and to the din of instruments of every kind, fought the army of Pandu's sons.

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Verse 28 (9.11.28)

भुजावुच्छ्रित्य शस्त्रं च । शब्देन महता ततः । अभ्यद्रवन्महाराज । दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः ॥

bhujāvucchritya śastraṃ ca | śabdena mahatā tataḥ | abhyadravanmahārāja | duryodhanapurogamāḥ

Raising their arms and weapons with a great roar, O great king, they charged, with Duryodhana at their head.

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Verse 29 (9.11.29)

तदनीकमभिप्रेक्ष्य । ततस्ते पाण्डुनन्दनाः । प्रययुः सिंहनादेन । दुर्योधनवधेप्सया ॥

tadanīkamabhiprekṣya | tataste pāṇḍunandanāḥ | prayayuḥ siṃhanādena | duryodhanavadhepsayā

Seeing that host, the sons of Pandu advanced with lion-roars, eager to kill Duryodhana.

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Verse 30 (9.11.30)

तेषामापततां तूर्णं । पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ । प्रासेन चेकितानं वै । विव्याध हृदये भृशम् ॥

teṣāmāpatatāṃ tūrṇaṃ | putraste bharatarṣabha | prāsena cekitānaṃ vai | vivyādha hṛdaye bhṛśam

As they rushed on, O best of the Bharatas, your son quickly struck Cekitana hard in the heart with a lance.

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Verse 31 (9.11.31)

स पपात रथोपस्थे । तव पुत्रेण ताडितः । रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्नः । प्रविश्य विपुलं तमः ॥

sa papāta rathopasthe | tava putreṇa tāḍitaḥ | rudhiraughapariklinnaḥ | praviśya vipulaṃ tamaḥ

Struck by your son, he fell in the body of his chariot, drenched in a flood of blood, sunk in deep darkness.

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Verse 32 (9.11.32)

चेकितानं हतं दृष्ट्वा । पाण्डवानां महारथाः । प्रसक्तमभ्यवर्षन्त । शरवर्षाणि भागशः ॥

cekitānaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā | pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ | prasaktamabhyavarṣanta | śaravarṣāṇi bhāgaśaḥ

Seeing Cekitana struck down, the Pandavas' great chariot-warriors poured out volleys of arrows by groups, without a pause.

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Verse 33 (9.11.33)

तावकानामनीकेषु । पाण्डवा जितकाशिनः । व्यचरन्त महाराज । प्रेक्षणीयाः समन्ततः ॥

tāvakānāmanīkeṣu | pāṇḍavā jitakāśinaḥ | vyacaranta mahārāja | prekṣaṇīyāḥ samantataḥ

Among your ranks the Pandavas, exulting in victory, ranged on every side, O great king, a sight to behold.

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Verse 34 (9.11.34)

कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च । सौबलश्च महाबलः । अयोधयन्धर्मराजं । मद्रराजपुरस्कृताः ॥

kṛpaśca kṛtavarmā ca | saubalaśca mahābalaḥ | ayodhayandharmarājaṃ | madrarājapuraskṛtāḥ

Kripa, Kritavarman and mighty Shakuni the Saubala, with the king of Madra placed in front, fought Dharmaraja.

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Verse 35 (9.11.35)

भारद्वाजस्य हन्तारं । भूरिवीर्यपराक्रमम् । दुर्योधनो महाराज । धृष्टद्युम्नमयोधयत् ॥

bhāradvājasya hantāraṃ | bhūrivīryaparākramam | duryodhano mahārāja | dhṛṣṭadyumnamayodhayat

And Duryodhana, O great king, fought Dhrishtadyumna, the slayer of Bharadvaja's son, a man of vast strength and valour.

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Verse 36 (9.11.36)

त्रिसाहस्रा रथा राजं- । स्तव पुत्रेण चोदिताः । अयोधयन्त विजयं । द्रोणपुत्रपुरस्कृताः ॥

trisāhasrā rathā rājaṃ- | stava putreṇa coditāḥ | ayodhayanta vijayaṃ | droṇaputrapuraskṛtāḥ

Three thousand chariots, urged on by your son and led by Drona's son, fought on for victory, O king.

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Verse 37 (9.11.37)

विजये धृतसंकल्पाः । समभित्यक्तजीविताः । प्राविशंस्तावका राज- । न्हंसा इव महत्सरः ॥

vijaye dhṛtasaṃkalpāḥ | samabhityaktajīvitāḥ | prāviśaṃstāvakā rāja- | nhaṃsā iva mahatsaraḥ

Firm in their resolve for victory and having given up all care for life, your men, O king, plunged in like swans into a great lake.

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Verse 38 (9.11.38)

ततो युद्धमभूद्घोरं । परस्परवधैषिणाम् । अन्योन्यवधसंयुक्त- । मन्योन्यप्रीतिवर्धनम् ॥

tato yuddhamabhūdghoraṃ | parasparavadhaiṣiṇām | anyonyavadhasaṃyukta- | manyonyaprītivardhanam

Then there began a terrible battle between men bent on each other's slaughter, a battle given wholly to mutual killing, and yet one that swelled the pleasure each took in the other.

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Verse 39 (9.11.39)

तस्मिन्प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे । राजन्वीरवरक्षये । अनिलेनेरितं घोर- । मुत्तस्थौ पार्थिवं रजः ॥

tasminpravṛtte saṃgrāme | rājanvīravarakṣaye | anileneritaṃ ghora- | muttasthau pārthivaṃ rajaḥ

When that battle was under way, O king, and the best of heroes were perishing, a terrible cloud of earthly dust, stirred by the wind, rose up.

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Verse 40 (9.11.40)

श्रवणान्नामधेयानां । पाण्डवानां च कीर्तनात् । परस्परं विजानीमो । ये चायुध्यन्नभीतवत् ॥

śravaṇānnāmadheyānāṃ | pāṇḍavānāṃ ca kīrtanāt | parasparaṃ vijānīmo | ye cāyudhyannabhītavat

Only by hearing names called, and by the Pandavas being named aloud, did we tell one another apart, those of us who fought without fear.

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Verse 41 (9.11.41)

तद्रजः पुरुषव्याघ्र । शोणितेन प्रशामितम् । दिशश्च विमला जज्ञु- । स्तस्मिन्रजसि शामिते ॥

tadrajaḥ puruṣavyāghra | śoṇitena praśāmitam | diśaśca vimalā jajñu- | stasminrajasi śāmite

That dust, O tiger among men, was laid by blood; and when the dust was laid, the quarters grew clear.

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Verse 42 (9.11.42)

तथा प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे । घोररूपे भयानके । तावकानां परेषां च । नासीत्कश्चित्पराङ्मुखः ॥

tathā pravṛtte saṃgrāme | ghorarūpe bhayānake | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca | nāsītkaścitparāṅmukhaḥ

As the battle thus went on, terrible in form and fearsome, not one of your men or of the enemy's turned his back.

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Verse 43 (9.11.43)

ब्रह्मलोकपरा भूत्वा । प्रार्थयन्तो जयं युधि । सुयुद्धेन पराक्रान्ता । नराः स्वर्गमभीप्सवः ॥

brahmalokaparā bhūtvā | prārthayanto jayaṃ yudhi | suyuddhena parākrāntā | narāḥ svargamabhīpsavaḥ

Set on the world of Brahma and seeking victory in battle, those men, valiant in noble combat and longing for heaven, fought on.

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Verse 44 (9.11.44)

भर्तृपिण्डविमोक्षार्थं । भर्तृकार्यविनिश्चिताः । स्वर्गसंसक्तमनसो । योधा युयुधिरे तदा ॥

bhartṛpiṇḍavimokṣārthaṃ | bhartṛkāryaviniścitāḥ | svargasaṃsaktamanaso | yodhā yuyudhire tadā

To repay the debt of their lord's bread, resolved upon their lord's cause, with their minds fixed on heaven, the warriors fought then.

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Verse 45 (9.11.45)

नानारूपाणि शस्त्राणि । विसृजन्तो महारथाः । अन्योन्यमभिगर्जन्तः । प्रहरन्तः परस्परम् ॥

nānārūpāṇi śastrāṇi | visṛjanto mahārathāḥ | anyonyamabhigarjantaḥ | praharantaḥ parasparam

Hurling weapons of every kind, the great chariot-warriors roared at one another and struck one another.

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Verse 46 (9.11.46)

हत विध्यत गृह्णीत । प्रहरध्वं निकृन्तत । इति स्म वाचः श्रूयन्ते । तव तेषां च वै बले ॥

hata vidhyata gṛhṇīta | praharadhvaṃ nikṛntata | iti sma vācaḥ śrūyante | tava teṣāṃ ca vai bale

"Kill! Pierce! Seize! Strike! Cut them down!" Such cries were heard in your army and in theirs.

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Verse 47 (9.11.47)

ततः शल्यो महाराज । धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणै- । र्हन्तुकामो महारथम् ॥

tataḥ śalyo mahārāja | dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram | vivyādha niśitairbāṇai- | rhantukāmo mahāratham

Then Shalya, O great king, eager to kill Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, a great chariot-warrior, pierced him with sharp arrows.

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Verse 48 (9.11.48)

तस्य पार्थो महाराज । नाराचान्वै चतुर्दश । मर्माण्युद्दिश्य मर्मज्ञो । निचखान हसन्निव ॥

tasya pārtho mahārāja | nārācānvai caturdaśa | marmāṇyuddiśya marmajño | nicakhāna hasanniva

Yudhishthira, son of Pritha, O great king, who knew the vital spots, aimed at his and smilingly planted fourteen iron arrows in them.

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Verse 49 (9.11.49)

तं वार्य पाण्डवं बाणै- । र्हन्तुकामो महायशाः । विव्याध समरे क्रुद्धो । बहुभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः ॥

taṃ vārya pāṇḍavaṃ bāṇai- | rhantukāmo mahāyaśāḥ | vivyādha samare kruddho | bahubhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ

Warding him off with arrows, the glorious Shalya, eager to kill the Pandava, pierced him in the battle in his rage with many heron-feathered arrows.

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Verse 50 (9.11.50)

अथ भूयो महाराज । शरेण नतपर्वणा । युधिष्ठिरं समाजघ्ने । सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः ॥

atha bhūyo mahārāja | śareṇa nataparvaṇā | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ samājaghne | sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ

Then again, O great king, he struck Yudhishthira with a smooth-jointed arrow, in the sight of the whole army.

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Verse 51 (9.11.51)

धर्मराजोऽपि संक्रुद्धो । मद्रराजं महायशाः । विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैः । कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः ॥

dharmarājo'pi saṃkruddho | madrarājaṃ mahāyaśāḥ | vivyādha niśitairbāṇaiḥ | kaṅkabarhiṇavājitaiḥ

Dharmaraja too, enraged, pierced the glorious king of Madra with sharp arrows winged with heron and peacock feathers.

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Verse 52 (9.11.52)

चन्द्रसेनं च सप्तत्या । सूतं च नवभिः शरैः । द्रुमसेनं चतुःषष्ट्या । निजघान महारथः ॥

candrasenaṃ ca saptatyā | sūtaṃ ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | drumasenaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā | nijaghāna mahārathaḥ

The great chariot-warrior struck down Candrasena with seventy arrows, the charioteer with nine, and Drumasena with sixty-four.

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Verse 53 (9.11.53)

चक्ररक्षे हते शल्यः । पाण्डवेन महात्मना । निजघान ततो राजं- । श्चेदीन्वै पञ्चविंशतिम् ॥

cakrarakṣe hate śalyaḥ | pāṇḍavena mahātmanā | nijaghāna tato rājaṃ- | ścedīnvai pañcaviṃśatim

When the wheel-guard had been slain by the great-souled Pandava, Shalya then, O king, slew twenty-five of the Chedis.

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Verse 54 (9.11.54)

सात्यकिं पञ्चविंशत्या । भीमसेनं च पञ्चभिः । माद्रीपुत्रौ शतेनाजौ । विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥

sātyakiṃ pañcaviṃśatyā | bhīmasenaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | mādrīputrau śatenājau | vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

He pierced Satyaki with twenty-five sharp arrows, Bhimasena with five, and the two sons of Madri with a hundred, in the battle.

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Verse 55 (9.11.55)

एवं विचरतस्तस्य । संग्रामे राजसत्तम । संप्रेषयच्छितान्पार्थः । शरानाशीविषोपमान् ॥

evaṃ vicaratastasya | saṃgrāme rājasattama | saṃpreṣayacchitānpārthaḥ | śarānāśīviṣopamān

As he thus ranged about in the battle, O best of kings, Yudhishthira, son of Pritha, sent sharp arrows at him, like venomous serpents.

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Verse 56 (9.11.56)

ध्वजाग्रं चास्य समरे । कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । प्रमुखे वर्तमानस्य । भल्लेनापहरद्रथात् ॥

dhvajāgraṃ cāsya samare | kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | pramukhe vartamānasya | bhallenāpaharadrathāt

And Yudhishthira, son of Kunti, struck the top of his standard from his chariot with a broad-headed arrow, as he stood in the front of the battle.

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Verse 57 (9.11.57)

पाण्डुपुत्रेण वै तस्य । केतुं छिन्नं महात्मना । निपतन्तमपश्याम । गिरिशृङ्गमिवाहतम् ॥

pāṇḍuputreṇa vai tasya | ketuṃ chinnaṃ mahātmanā | nipatantamapaśyāma | giriśṛṅgamivāhatam

We saw his banner, cut down by the great-souled son of Pandu, fall like a mountain peak that has been struck.

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Verse 58 (9.11.58)

ध्वजं निपतितं दृष्ट्वा । पाण्डवं च व्यवस्थितम् । संक्रुद्धो मद्रराजोऽभू- । च्छरवर्षं मुमोच ह ॥

dhvajaṃ nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā | pāṇḍavaṃ ca vyavasthitam | saṃkruddho madrarājo'bhū- | ccharavarṣaṃ mumoca ha

Seeing his banner fallen and the Pandava standing firm, the king of Madra grew furious and loosed a shower of arrows.

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Verse 59 (9.11.59)

शल्यः सायकवर्षेण । पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् । अभ्यवर्षदमेयात्मा । क्षत्रियं क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥

śalyaḥ sāyakavarṣeṇa | parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān | abhyavarṣadameyātmā | kṣatriyaṃ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ

Shalya, immeasurable in spirit, that bull among kshatriyas, like rain-laden Parjanya, rained a downpour of arrows on the kshatriya Yudhishthira.

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Verse 60 (9.11.60)

सात्यकिं भीमसेनं च । माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । एकैकं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा । युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् ॥

sātyakiṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca | mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | ekaikaṃ pañcabhirviddhvā | yudhiṣṭhiramapīḍayat

Having pierced Satyaki, Bhimasena and the two Pandava sons of Madri with five arrows each, he tormented Yudhishthira.

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Verse 61 (9.11.61)

ततो बाणमयं जालं । विततं पाण्डवोरसि । अपश्याम महाराज । मेघजालमिवोद्गतम् ॥

tato bāṇamayaṃ jālaṃ | vitataṃ pāṇḍavorasi | apaśyāma mahārāja | meghajālamivodgatam

Then, O great king, we saw a net of arrows spread over the Pandava's chest, like a mass of clouds risen up.

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Verse 62 (9.11.62)

तस्य शल्यो रणे क्रुद्धो । बाणैः संनतपर्वभिः । दिशः प्रच्छादयामास । प्रदिशश्च महारथः ॥

tasya śalyo raṇe kruddho | bāṇaiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ | diśaḥ pracchādayāmāsa | pradiśaśca mahārathaḥ

Raging in the battle, the great chariot-warrior Shalya veiled the quarters and the intermediate quarters around him with close-jointed arrows.

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Verse 63 (9.11.63)

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा । बाणजालेन पीडितः । बभूव हृतविक्रान्तो । जम्भो वृत्रहणा यथा ॥

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā | bāṇajālena pīḍitaḥ | babhūva hṛtavikrānto | jambho vṛtrahaṇā yathā

Then King Yudhishthira, tormented by the net of arrows, lost his strength, as Jambha did before the slayer of Vritra.

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