Shalya Holds the Five Pandava Chiefs at Bay

Verse 1 (9.12.1)

पीडिते धर्मराजे तु मद्रराजेन मारिष । सात्यकिर्भीमसेनश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ । परिवार्य रथैः शल्यं पीडयामासुराहवे ॥

pīḍite dharmarāje tu madrarājena māriṣa | sātyakirbhīmasenaśca mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau | parivārya rathaiḥ śalyaṃ pīḍayāmāsurāhave

When Dharmaraja had been hard pressed by the king of Madra, O lord, Satyaki, Bhimasena and the two sons of Madri, the Pandavas, surrounded Shalya with their chariots and attacked him in the battle.

Verse 2 (9.12.2)

तमेकं बहुभिर्दृष्ट्वा पीड्यमानं महारथैः । साधुवादो महाञ्जज्ञे सिद्धाश्चासन्प्रहर्षिताः ॥

tamekaṃ bahubhirdṛṣṭvā pīḍyamānaṃ mahārathaiḥ | sādhuvādo mahāñjajñe siddhāścāsanpraharṣitāḥ

Seeing him, one man alone, pressed hard by so many great chariot-warriors, a great cry of "Well done!" went up, and the Siddhas were filled with delight.

Note on the text: The critical edition has no separate match for this verse; it is lines 2a and 2c of the critical edition's three-line verse 9.12.2 (Wikisource verse 3 is its third line, 2e).

Verse 3 (9.12.3)

आश्चर्यमित्यभाषन्त मुनयश्चापि सङ्गताः ॥

āścaryamityabhāṣanta munayaścāpi saṅgatāḥ

The sages, who had gathered there as well, said, "This is a marvel!"

Note on the text: The Wikisource page prints this single line as a verse of its own (9-12-3a); it is line 2e, the third line, of the critical edition's verse 9.12.2 (see the preceding verse).

Verse 4 (9.12.4)

भीमसेनो रणे शल्यं शल्यभूतं पराक्रमे । एकेन विद्ध्वा बाणेन पुनर्विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥

bhīmaseno raṇe śalyaṃ śalyabhūtaṃ parākrame | ekena viddhvā bāṇena punarvivyādha saptabhiḥ

In the fight, Bhimasena pierced Shalya, who was a very spear in his prowess, with one arrow, and then again with seven.

Verse 5 (9.12.5)

सात्यकिश्च शतेनैनं धर्मपुत्रपरीप्सया । मद्रेश्वरमवाकीर्य सिंहनादमथानदत् ॥

sātyakiśca śatenainaṃ dharmaputraparīpsayā | madreśvaramavākīrya siṃhanādamathānadat

And Satyaki, wishing to protect the son of Dharma, showered the lord of Madra with a hundred arrows and let out a lion's roar.

Verse 6 (9.12.6)

नकुलः पञ्चभिश्चैनं सहदेवश्च पञ्चभिः । विद्ध्वा तं तु पुनस्तूर्णं ततो विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥

nakulaḥ pañcabhiścainaṃ sahadevaśca pañcabhiḥ | viddhvā taṃ tu punastūrṇaṃ tato vivyādha saptabhiḥ

Nakula struck him with five arrows, and Sahadeva also with five; and having pierced him, they quickly pierced him once more with seven.

Note on the text: Corrected प़ञ्चभिः → पञ्चभिः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray nukta under प; the critical edition reads pañcabhiḥ/saptabhiḥ here with a different word order, the Wikisource word order is kept).

Verse 7 (9.12.7)

स तु शूरो रणे यत्तः पीडितस्तैर्महारथैः । विकृष्य कार्मुकं घोरं भारघ्नं वेगवत्तरम् ॥

sa tu śūro raṇe yattaḥ pīḍitastairmahārathaiḥ | vikṛṣya kārmukaṃ ghoraṃ bhāraghnaṃ vegavattaram

Pressed hard by those great chariot-warriors, that brave warrior, intent in the battle, drew back his terrible bow, which could bear any strain and sped ever the faster.

Verse 8 (9.12.8)

सात्यकिं पञ्चविंशत्या शल्यो विव्याध मारिष । भीमसेनं तु सप्तत्या नकुलं सप्तभिस्तथा ॥

sātyakiṃ pañcaviṃśatyā śalyo vivyādha māriṣa | bhīmasenaṃ tu saptatyā nakulaṃ saptabhistathā

O lord, Shalya pierced Satyaki with twenty-five arrows, Bhimasena with seventy, and Nakula with seven.

Verse 9 (9.12.9)

ततः स विशिखं चापं सहदेवस्य धन्विनः । छित्त्वा भल्लेन समरे विव्याधैनं त्रिसप्तभिः ॥

tataḥ sa viśikhaṃ cāpaṃ sahadevasya dhanvinaḥ | chittvā bhallena samare vivyādhainaṃ trisaptabhiḥ

Then, in the battle, he cut down with a broad-headed arrow the bow of the archer Sahadeva, together with its arrow, and pierced him with twenty-one.

Verse 10 (9.12.10)

सहदेवस्तु समरे मातुलं भूरिवर्चसम् । सज्यमन्यद्धनुः कृत्वा पञ्चभिः समताडयत् । शरैराशीविषाकारैर्ज्वलज्ज्वलनसन्निभैः ॥

sahadevastu samare mātulaṃ bhūrivarcasam | sajyamanyaddhanuḥ kṛtvā pañcabhiḥ samatāḍayat | śarairāśīviṣākārairjvalajjvalanasannibhaiḥ

But Sahadeva, in the battle, strung another bow and struck his maternal uncle of great radiance with five arrows, arrows like venomous serpents and blazing like fire.

Verse 11 (9.12.11)

सारथिं चास्य समरे शरेणानतपर्वणा । विव्याध भृशसङ्क्रुद्धस्तं वै भूयस्त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

sārathiṃ cāsya samare śareṇānataparvaṇā | vivyādha bhṛśasaṅkruddhastaṃ vai bhūyastribhiḥ śaraiḥ

With a smooth-jointed arrow he also pierced Shalya's charioteer in the battle, and in great fury struck Shalya himself once more with three arrows.

Verse 12 (9.12.12)

भीमसेनस्तु सप्तत्या सात्यकिर्नवभिः शरैः । धर्मराजस्तथा षष्ट्या गात्रे शल्यं समार्पयत् ॥

bhīmasenastu saptatyā sātyakirnavabhiḥ śaraiḥ | dharmarājastathā ṣaṣṭyā gātre śalyaṃ samārpayat

Bhimasena struck Shalya's body with seventy arrows, Satyaki with nine, and Dharmaraja likewise with sixty.

Verse 13 (9.12.13)

ततः शल्यो महाराज निर्विद्धस्तैर्महारथैः । सुस्राव रुधिरं गात्रैर्गैरिकं पर्वतो यथा ॥

tataḥ śalyo mahārāja nirviddhastairmahārathaiḥ | susrāva rudhiraṃ gātrairgairikaṃ parvato yathā

Then, O great king, Shalya, pierced by those great chariot-warriors, bled from his limbs like a mountain streaming with red ochre.

Verse 14 (9.12.14)

तांश्च सर्वान्महेष्वासान्पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः । विव्याध तरसा राजंस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥

tāṃśca sarvānmaheṣvāsānpañcabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ | vivyādha tarasā rājaṃstadadbhutamivābhavat

And he pierced every one of those great archers with five arrows apiece, with speed, O king; it was a marvel.

Verse 15 (9.12.15)

ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन धर्मपुत्रस्य मारिष । धनुश्चिच्छेद समरे सज्यं स सुमहारथः ॥

tato'pareṇa bhallena dharmaputrasya māriṣa | dhanuściccheda samare sajyaṃ sa sumahārathaḥ

Then, O lord, that mighty chariot-warrior cut down the son of Dharma's bow in the battle with another broad-headed arrow, though it was strung.

Note on the text: Corrected सज्जयं → सज्यं (misprint in Wikisource; सज्य "strung" is the evident word and the critical edition reads sajyaṃ).

Verse 16 (9.12.16)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । साश्वसूतध्वजरथं शल्यं प्राच्छादयच्छरैः ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | sāśvasūtadhvajarathaṃ śalyaṃ prācchādayaccharaiḥ

Then Yudhishthira, son of Dharma, took up another bow and covered Shalya, with his horses, charioteer, banner and chariot, with arrows.

Verse 17 (9.12.17)

स च्छाद्यमानः समरे धर्मपुत्रस्य सायकैः । युधिष्ठिरमथाविध्यद्दशभिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥

sa cchādyamānaḥ samare dharmaputrasya sāyakaiḥ | yudhiṣṭhiramathāvidhyaddaśabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Covered in the battle by the arrows of Dharma's son, Shalya pierced Yudhishthira with ten sharp arrows.

Verse 18 (9.12.18)

सात्यकिस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो धर्मपुत्रे शरार्दिते । मद्राणामधिपं शूरं शरैर्विव्याध पञ्चभिः ॥

sātyakistu tataḥ kruddho dharmaputre śarārdite | madrāṇāmadhipaṃ śūraṃ śarairvivyādha pañcabhiḥ

Then Satyaki, enraged to see the son of Dharma struck by arrows, pierced the valiant lord of the Madras with five arrows.

Verse 19 (9.12.19)

स सात्यकेः प्रचिच्छेद क्षुरप्रेण महद्धनुः । भीमसेनमुखांस्तांश्च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरताडयत् ॥

sa sātyakeḥ praciccheda kṣurapreṇa mahaddhanuḥ | bhīmasenamukhāṃstāṃśca tribhistribhiratāḍayat

Shalya cut Satyaki's great bow with a razor-headed arrow, and struck those warriors led by Bhimasena with three arrows each.

Verse 20 (9.12.20)

तस्य क्रुद्धो महाराज सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः । तोमरं प्रेषयामास स्वर्णदण्डं महारणे ॥

tasya kruddho mahārāja sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ | tomaraṃ preṣayāmāsa svarṇadaṇḍaṃ mahāraṇe

Then, O great king, Satyaki, true in valour, was enraged and hurled at him, in that great battle, a javelin with a golden shaft.

Verse 21 (9.12.21)

भीमसेनोऽथ नाराचं ज्वलन्तमिव पन्नगम् । नकुलः समरे शक्तिं सहदेवो गदां शुभाम् । धर्मराजः शतघ्नीं च जिघांसुः शल्यमाहवे ॥

bhīmaseno'tha nārācaṃ jvalantamiva pannagam | nakulaḥ samare śaktiṃ sahadevo gadāṃ śubhām | dharmarājaḥ śataghnīṃ ca jighāṃsuḥ śalyamāhave

Bhimasena hurled an iron arrow like a blazing serpent, Nakula a spear, Sahadeva a splendid mace, and Dharmaraja a shataghni, each wishing to slay Shalya in the battle.

Verse 22 (9.12.22)

तानापतत एवाशु पञ्चानां वै भुजच्युतान् । वारयामास समरे शस्त्रसङ्घैः स मद्रराट् ॥

tānāpatata evāśu pañcānāṃ vai bhujacyutān | vārayāmāsa samare śastrasaṅghaiḥ sa madrarāṭ

As those weapons, loosed from the arms of the five, came flying at him, the king of Madra swiftly warded them off in the battle with volleys of weapons.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 9.12.21a; line 2 is its star passage 9.12.21b*0074_01 (the critical edition's other line there, 21b*0075_01, is not in Wikisource). Not in the constituted text as a verse of its own.

Verse 23 (9.12.23)

सात्यकिप्रहितं शल्यो भल्लैश्चिच्छेद तोमरम् । प्रहितं भीमसेनेन शरं कनकभूषणम् ॥

sātyakiprahitaṃ śalyo bhallaiściccheda tomaram | prahitaṃ bhīmasenena śaraṃ kanakabhūṣaṇam

Shalya cut down with broad-headed arrows the javelin that Satyaki had hurled, and the gold-adorned arrow that Bhimasena had sent,

Note on the text: The two lines are lines 21c and 22a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides its verses into couplets differently).

Verse 24 (9.12.24)

द्विधा चिच्छेद समरे कृतहस्तः प्रतापवान् । नकुलप्रेषितां शक्तिं हेमदण्डां भयावहाम् ॥

dvidhā ciccheda samare kṛtahastaḥ pratāpavān | nakulapreṣitāṃ śaktiṃ hemadaṇḍāṃ bhayāvahām

splitting it in two in the battle, that mighty man of skilled hand; and he warded off the fearsome spear with its golden shaft that Nakula had sent,

Note on the text: The two lines are lines 22c and 23a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides its verses into couplets differently).

Verse 25 (9.12.25)

गदां च सहदेवेन शरौघैः समवारयत् । शराभ्यां च शतघ्नीं तां राज्ञश्चिच्छेद भारत ॥

gadāṃ ca sahadevena śaraughaiḥ samavārayat | śarābhyāṃ ca śataghnīṃ tāṃ rājñaściccheda bhārata

and Sahadeva's mace he stopped with floods of arrows; and with two arrows, O Bharata, he cut the king's shataghni in pieces.

Note on the text: The two lines are lines 23c and 24a of the critical edition (Wikisource divides its verses into couplets differently).

Verse 26 (9.12.26)

पश्यतां पाण्डुपुत्राणां सिंहनादं ननाद च । नामृष्यत्तत्र शैनेयः शत्रोर्विजयमाहवे ॥

paśyatāṃ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca | nāmṛṣyattatra śaineyaḥ śatrorvijayamāhave

In full view of the sons of Pandu he roared a lion's roar. Satyaki could not bear that triumph of his enemy in the battle.

Note on the text: The two lines are lines 24c and 24e of the critical edition (Wikisource divides its verses into couplets differently).

Verse 27 (9.12.27)

अथान्यद्धनुरादाय सात्यकिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । द्वाभ्यां मद्रेश्वरं विद्ध्वा सारथिं च त्रिभिः शरैः ॥

athānyaddhanurādāya sātyakiḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | dvābhyāṃ madreśvaraṃ viddhvā sārathiṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ

Then Satyaki, benumbed with rage, took up another bow and pierced the lord of Madra with two arrows and his charioteer with three.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्वा → विद्ध्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped conjunct, the critical edition reads viddhvā).

Verse 28 (9.12.28)

ततः शल्यो रणे राजन्सर्वांस्तान्दशभिः शरैः । विव्याध भृशसङ्क्रुद्धस्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपान् ॥

tataḥ śalyo raṇe rājansarvāṃstāndaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | vivyādha bhṛśasaṅkruddhastotrairiva mahādvipān

Then, O king, Shalya in great fury pierced all of them with ten arrows, as one pricks great elephants with goads.

Verse 29 (9.12.29)

ते वार्यमाणाः समरे मद्रराज्ञा महारथाः । न शेकुः सम्मुखे स्थातुं तस्य शत्रुनिषूदनाः ॥

te vāryamāṇāḥ samare madrarājñā mahārathāḥ | na śekuḥ sammukhe sthātuṃ tasya śatruniṣūdanāḥ

Held back in the battle by the king of Madra, those great chariot-warriors, slayers of their foes, could not stand before him.

Verse 30 (9.12.30)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा दृष्ट्वा शल्यस्य विक्रमम् । निहतान्पाण्डवान्मेने पाञ्चालानथ सृञ्जयान् ॥

tato duryodhano rājā dṛṣṭvā śalyasya vikramam | nihatānpāṇḍavānmene pāñcālānatha sṛñjayān

Then King Duryodhana, seeing Shalya's prowess, believed that the Pandavas, the Panchalas and the Srinjayas were already slain.

Verse 31 (9.12.31)

तथाविधं महाराज मद्रराजस्य विक्रमम् । असह्यं मानवैर्युद्धे तद्बभूव नरर्षभ ॥

tathāvidhaṃ mahārāja madrarājasya vikramam | asahyaṃ mānavairyuddhe tadbabhūva nararṣabha

Such, O great king, was the prowess of the king of Madra, O best of men, that men could not withstand it in the battle.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as the star passage 9.12.28d*0076 (lines 01-02). Removed the wiki quote marks (a backtick before the first line and a quote mark and doubled danda after the second).

Verse 32 (9.12.32)

ततो राजन्महाबाहुर्भीमसेनः प्रतापवान् । सन्त्यज्य मनसा प्राणान्मद्राधिपमयोधयत् ॥

tato rājanmahābāhurbhīmasenaḥ pratāpavān | santyajya manasā prāṇānmadrādhipamayodhayat

Then, O king, the mighty-armed and valiant Bhimasena, giving up all thought of life, fought the ruler of Madra.

Verse 33 (9.12.33)

नकुलः सहदेवश्च सात्यकिश्च महारथः । परिवार्य तदा शल्यं समन्ताद्व्यकिरञ्शरैः ॥

nakulaḥ sahadevaśca sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ | parivārya tadā śalyaṃ samantādvyakirañśaraiḥ

Nakula, Sahadeva and the great chariot-warrior Satyaki then surrounded Shalya on every side and showered him with arrows.

Verse 34 (9.12.34)

स चतुर्भिर्महेष्वासैः पाण्डवानां महारथः । वृतस्तान्योधयामास मद्रराजः प्रतापवान् ॥

sa caturbhirmaheṣvāsaiḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathaḥ | vṛtastānyodhayāmāsa madrarājaḥ pratāpavān

Surrounded by those four great archers, the great chariot-warriors of the Pandavas, the valiant king of Madra fought them all.

Verse 35 (9.12.35)

तस्य धर्मसुतो राजन्क्षुरप्रेण महाहवे । चक्ररक्षं जघानाशु मद्रराजस्य पार्थिवः ॥

tasya dharmasuto rājankṣurapreṇa mahāhave | cakrarakṣaṃ jaghānāśu madrarājasya pārthivaḥ

Then, O king, the son of Dharma swiftly slew, with a razor-headed arrow in that great battle, the wheel-guard of the king of Madra, O sovereign.

Verse 36 (9.12.36)

तस्मिंस्तु निहते शूरे चक्ररक्षे महारथे । मद्रराजोऽपि बलवान्सैनिकानावृणोच्छरैः ॥

tasmiṃstu nihate śūre cakrarakṣe mahārathe | madrarājo'pi balavānsainikānāvṛṇoccharaiḥ

When that brave chariot-warrior, his wheel-guard, had been slain, the mighty king of Madra too covered the soldiers with arrows.

Verse 37 (9.12.37)

समावृतांस्ततस्तांस्तु राजन्वीक्ष्य स्वसैनिकान् । चिन्तयामास समरे धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥

samāvṛtāṃstatastāṃstu rājanvīkṣya svasainikān | cintayāmāsa samare dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Seeing his own soldiers thus covered over, O king, Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, reflected in the midst of the battle.

Verse 38 (9.12.38)

कथं नु न भवेत्सत्यं तन्माधववचो महत् । अपि क्रुद्धो रणे राजन्क्षपयेत बलं मम ॥

kathaṃ nu na bhavetsatyaṃ tanmādhavavaco mahat | api kruddho raṇe rājankṣapayeta balaṃ mama

"How could that great word of Madhava fail to prove true? Yet, if he is enraged in battle, O king, he may destroy my army."

Verse 39 (9.12.39)

अहं मद्भ्रातरश्चैव सात्यकिश्च महारथः । पाञ्चालाः सृञ्जयाश्चैव न शक्तास्म हि मद्रपम् ॥

ahaṃ madbhrātaraścaiva sātyakiśca mahārathaḥ | pāñcālāḥ sṛñjayāścaiva na śaktāsma hi madrapam

"I, my brothers, the great chariot-warrior Satyaki, and the Panchalas and Srinjayas are not able to stand against the king of Madra.

Note on the text: Corrected मद्धातरश्चैव → मद्भ्रातरश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; ध printed for the conjunct भ्र, मद्भ्रातरः "my brothers" is the evident word and the critical edition reads madbhrātaraḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as the star passage 9.12.35d*0077 (lines 01-02). Removed the stray backtick before the first line. Yudhishthira's unspoken thought, so the narrator Sanjaya remains the speaker.

Verse 40 (9.12.40)

निहनिष्यति चैवाद्य मातुलोऽस्मान्महाबलः । गोविन्दवचनं सत्यं कथं भवति किन्त्विदम् ॥

nihaniṣyati caivādya mātulo'smānmahābalaḥ | govindavacanaṃ satyaṃ kathaṃ bhavati kintvidam

And my mighty uncle will slay us today. How, then, can Govinda's word prove true?"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records these lines in its apparatus as the star passage 9.12.35d*0077 (lines 03-04, with the variant mahāyaśāḥ for mahābalaḥ). Yudhishthira's unspoken thought, so the narrator Sanjaya remains the speaker.

Verse 41 (9.12.41)

ततः सरथनागाश्वाः पाण्डवाः पाण्डुपूर्वज । मद्रराजं समासेदुः पीडयन्तः समन्ततः ॥

tataḥ sarathanāgāśvāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ pāṇḍupūrvaja | madrarājaṃ samāseduḥ pīḍayantaḥ samantataḥ

Then the Pandavas, with chariots, elephants and horses, O elder of Pandu's line, closed in on the king of Madra, pressing him on every side.

Note on the text: Corrected सरथनागाश्वा → सरथनागाश्वाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, agreeing with पाण्डवाः, the critical edition reads sarathanāgāśvāḥ).

Verse 42 (9.12.42)

नानाशस्त्रौघबहुलां शस्त्रवृष्टिं समुद्यताम् । व्यधमत्समरे राजा महाभ्राणीव मारुतः ॥

nānāśastraughabahulāṃ śastravṛṣṭiṃ samudyatām | vyadhamatsamare rājā mahābhrāṇīva mārutaḥ

That king, in the battle, scattered the rising storm of weapons, thick with floods of arms of every kind, as the wind scatters great clouds.

Verse 43 (9.12.43)

ततः कनकपुङ्खां तां शल्यक्षिप्तां वियद्गताम् । शरवृष्टिमपश्याम शलभानामिवायतिम् ॥

tataḥ kanakapuṅkhāṃ tāṃ śalyakṣiptāṃ viyadgatām | śaravṛṣṭimapaśyāma śalabhānāmivāyatim

Then we saw that shower of golden-feathered arrows shot by Shalya, flying through the sky like a coming swarm of locusts.

Verse 44 (9.12.44)

ते शरा मद्रराजेन प्रेषिता रणमूर्धनि । सम्पतन्तः स्म दृश्यन्ते शलभानां व्रजा इव ॥

te śarā madrarājena preṣitā raṇamūrdhani | sampatantaḥ sma dṛśyante śalabhānāṃ vrajā iva

Those arrows sent by the king of Madra at the head of the battle were seen falling like flights of locusts.

Verse 45 (9.12.45)

मद्रराजधनुर्मुक्तैः शरैः कनकभूषणैः । निरन्तरमिवाकाशं सम्बभूव जनाधिप ॥

madrarājadhanurmuktaiḥ śaraiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ | nirantaramivākāśaṃ sambabhūva janādhipa

O lord of men, with the gold-adorned arrows loosed from the bow of the king of Madra, the sky became as if without a gap.

Verse 46 (9.12.46)

न पाण्डवानां नास्माकं तत्र किञ्चिद्व्यदृश्यत । बाणान्धकारे महति कृते तत्र महाहवे ॥

na pāṇḍavānāṃ nāsmākaṃ tatra kiñcidvyadṛśyata | bāṇāndhakāre mahati kṛte tatra mahāhave

In the great darkness of arrows made there in that great battle, nothing could be seen, either of the Pandavas or of our men.

Verse 47 (9.12.47)

मद्रराजेन बलिना लाघवाच्छरवृष्टिभिः । चाल्यमानं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवानां बलार्णवम् । विस्मयं परमं जग्मुर्देवगन्धर्वदानवाः ॥

madrarājena balinā lāghavāccharavṛṣṭibhiḥ | cālyamānaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavānāṃ balārṇavam | vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmurdevagandharvadānavāḥ

Seeing the Pandava ocean of troops tossed about by the mighty king of Madra with his swift showers of arrows, the gods, Gandharvas and Danavas fell into utmost amazement.

Verse 48 (9.12.48)

स तु तान्सर्वतो यत्ताञ्शरैः सञ्छाद्य मारिष । धर्मराजमवच्छाद्य सिंहवद्व्यनदन्मुहुः ॥

sa tu tānsarvato yattāñśaraiḥ sañchādya māriṣa | dharmarājamavacchādya siṃhavadvyanadanmuhuḥ

Having covered with arrows all those who pressed upon him on every side, O lord, and having covered Dharmaraja as well, he roared again and again like a lion.

Verse 49 (9.12.49)

ते च्छन्नाः समरे तेन पाण्डवानां महारथाः । नाशक्नुवंस्तदा युद्धे प्रत्युद्यातुं महारथम् ॥

te cchannāḥ samare tena pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ | nāśaknuvaṃstadā yuddhe pratyudyātuṃ mahāratham

Covered over in the battle by him, those great chariot-warriors of the Pandavas could not then come against that great warrior in the fight.

Verse 50 (9.12.50)

धर्मराजपुरोगास्तु भीमसेनमुखा रथाः । निजघ्नुः समरे शूरं शल्यमाहवशोभिनम् ॥

dharmarājapurogāstu bhīmasenamukhā rathāḥ | nijaghnuḥ samare śūraṃ śalyamāhavaśobhinam

The chariots led by Dharmaraja, with Bhimasena at their head, struck at Shalya in the battle, the hero who shone in combat.

Note on the text: Corrected शूरंशल्य → शूरं शल्य (misprint in Wikisource; the words शूरं and शल्यम् were run together without a space, the critical edition reads śūraṃ śalyam).