Satyaki Unchariots Kritavarman

Verse 1 (9.20.1)

तस्मिंस्तु निहते शूरे साल्वे समितिशोभने । तवाभज्यद्बलं वेगाद्वातेनेव महाद्रुमः ॥

tasmiṃstu nihate śūre sālve samitiśobhane | tavābhajyadbalaṃ vegādvāteneva mahādrumaḥ

With the hero Shalva, the glory of every battle, slain, your army broke apart in a rush, like a great tree before the wind.

Note on the text: Speaker: Sanjaya, as headed on the page (सञ्जय उवाच).

Verse 2 (9.20.2)

तत्प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा कृतवर्मा महारथः । दधार समरे शूरः शत्रुसैन्यं महाबलः ॥

tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ | dadhāra samare śūraḥ śatrusainyaṃ mahābalaḥ

Seeing that army broken, the great chariot-warrior Kritavarman, hero of great might, held back the enemy host in the battle.

Verse 3 (9.20.3)

सन्निवृत्तास्तु ते शूरा दृष्ट्वा सात्वतमाहवे । शैलोपमं स्थिरं राजन्कीर्यमाणं शरैर्युधि ॥

sannivṛttāstu te śūrā dṛṣṭvā sātvatamāhave | śailopamaṃ sthiraṃ rājankīryamāṇaṃ śarairyudhi

Seeing the Satvata Kritavarman standing firm in the fight like a mountain, O king, though showered with arrows, those heroes rallied.

Note on the text: Line 2 स्थिरम् for CE sthitam (recension variant, kept); the page glosses सात्वतम् as कृतवर्माणम्.

Verse 4 (9.20.4)

ततः प्रववृते युद्धं कुरूणां पाण्डवैः सह । निवृत्तानां महाराज मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम् ॥

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | nivṛttānāṃ mahārāja mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam

Then the battle of the Kurus with the Pandavas began afresh, O great king, with those who had rallied having made death itself their way of turning back.

Verse 5 (9.20.5)

तत्राश्चर्यमभूद्युद्धं सात्वतस्य परैः सह । यदेको वारयामास पाण्डुसेनां दुरासदाम् ॥

tatrāścaryamabhūdyuddhaṃ sātvatasya paraiḥ saha | yadeko vārayāmāsa pāṇḍusenāṃ durāsadām

There was a marvellous fight there between the Satvata and his foes, for he alone held back the unassailable Pandava army.

Note on the text: Corrected युद्वं → युद्धं (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; CE yuddhaṃ).

Verse 6 (9.20.6)

तेषामन्योन्यसुहृदां कृते कर्मणि दुष्करे । सिंहनादः प्रहृष्टानां दिविस्पृक्सुमहानभूत् ॥

teṣāmanyonyasuhṛdāṃ kṛte karmaṇi duṣkare | siṃhanādaḥ prahṛṣṭānāṃ divispṛksumahānabhūt

When that hard deed had been done, a mighty lion-roar of those exultant comrades, friends to one another, rose up and touched the sky.

Verse 7 (9.20.7)

तेन शब्देन वित्रस्तान्पाञ्चालान्भरतर्षभ । शिनेर्नप्ता महाबाहुरन्वपद्यत सात्यकिः ॥

tena śabdena vitrastānpāñcālānbharatarṣabha | śinernaptā mahābāhuranvapadyata sātyakiḥ

O bull of the Bharatas, Satyaki, the mighty-armed grandson of Shini, came after the Panchalas, who were alarmed by that sound.

Verse 8 (9.20.8)

स समासाद्य राजानं क्षेमधूर्तिं महाबलम् । सप्तभिर्निशितैर्बाणैरनयद्यमसादनम् ॥

sa samāsādya rājānaṃ kṣemadhūrtiṃ mahābalam | saptabhirniśitairbāṇairanayadyamasādanam

Meeting King Kshemadhurti, a man of great strength, he sent him to Yama's abode with seven sharp arrows.

Verse 9 (9.20.9)

तमायान्तं महाबाहुं प्रवपन्तं शिताञ्शरान् । जवेनाभ्यपतद्धीमान्हार्दिक्यः शिनिपुङ्गवम् ॥

tamāyāntaṃ mahābāhuṃ pravapantaṃ śitāñśarān | javenābhyapataddhīmānhārdikyaḥ śinipuṅgavam

As he came on, mighty-armed, pouring sharp arrows, the wise son of Hridika rushed swiftly upon that bull of the Shini line.

Note on the text: Corrected जवेनाभ्यपतद्वीमान् → जवेनाभ्यपतद्धीमान् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध, "wise"; CE javenābhyapatad dhīmān).

Verse 10 (9.20.10)

तौ सिंहाविव नर्दन्तौ धन्विनौ रथिनां वरौ । अन्योन्यमभिधावन्तौ शस्त्रप्रवरधारिणौ ॥

tau siṃhāviva nardantau dhanvinau rathināṃ varau | anyonyamabhidhāvantau śastrapravaradhāriṇau

Roaring like two lions, those two archers, best of chariot-warriors, wielders of the finest weapons, ran at each other.

Verse 11 (9.20.11)

पाण्डवाः सहपाञ्चाला योधाश्चान्ये नृपोत्तमाः । प्रेक्षकाः समपद्यन्त तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः ॥

pāṇḍavāḥ sahapāñcālā yodhāścānye nṛpottamāḥ | prekṣakāḥ samapadyanta tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ

The Pandavas with the Panchalas, and the other foremost kings and warriors, became spectators of those two lions among men.

Verse 12 (9.20.12)

नाराचैर्वत्सदन्तैश्च वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथौ । अभिजघ्नतुरन्योन्यं प्रहृष्टाविव कुञ्जरौ ॥

nārācairvatsadantaiśca vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathau | abhijaghnaturanyonyaṃ prahṛṣṭāviva kuñjarau

Those two great chariot-warriors of the Vrishnis and Andhakas struck each other with iron arrows and calf-tooth arrows, like two elephants in joyous mood.

Note on the text: Corrected कुञ्चरौ → कुञ्जरौ (misprint in Wikisource; च for ज, the elephants; CE kuñjarau).

Verse 13 (9.20.13)

चरन्तौ विविधान्मार्गान्हार्दिक्यशिनिपुङ्गवौ । मुहुरन्तर्दधाते तौ बाणवृष्ट्या परस्परम् ॥

carantau vividhānmārgānhārdikyaśinipuṅgavau | muhurantardadhāte tau bāṇavṛṣṭyā parasparam

Ranging through many manoeuvres, Hardikya and the bull of the Shinis kept hiding each other from sight in showers of arrows.

Verse 14 (9.20.14)

चापवेगबलोद्धूतान्मार्गणान्वृष्णिसिंहयोः । आकाशे समपश्याम पतङ्गानिव शीघ्रगान् ॥

cāpavegabaloddhūtānmārgaṇānvṛṣṇisiṃhayoḥ | ākāśe samapaśyāma pataṅgāniva śīghragān

In the sky we saw the arrows of the two Vrishni lions, flung by the force of their bows, like darting birds.

Note on the text: Corrected बलोद्वूतान् → बलोद्धूतान् (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; CE baloddhūtān).

Verse 15 (9.20.15)

तमेकं सत्यकर्माणमासाद्य हृदिकात्मजः । अविध्यन्निशितैर्बाणैश्चतुर्भिश्चतुरो हयान् ॥

tamekaṃ satyakarmāṇamāsādya hṛdikātmajaḥ | avidhyanniśitairbāṇaiścaturbhiścaturo hayān

Reaching that one man, true to his word and deed, the son of Hridika pierced his four horses with four sharp arrows.

Verse 16 (9.20.16)

स दीर्घबाहुः सङ्क्रुद्धस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विपः । अष्टभिः कृतवर्माणमविध्यत्परमेषुभिः ॥

sa dīrghabāhuḥ saṅkruddhastotrārdita iva dvipaḥ | aṣṭabhiḥ kṛtavarmāṇamavidhyatparameṣubhiḥ

Enraged, long-armed Satyaki, like an elephant pricked by the goad, pierced Kritavarman with eight excellent arrows.

Verse 17 (9.20.17)

ततः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैः कृतवर्मा शिलाशितैः । सात्यकिं त्रिभिराहत्य धनुरेकेन चिच्छिदे ॥

tataḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭaiḥ kṛtavarmā śilāśitaiḥ | sātyakiṃ tribhirāhatya dhanurekena cicchide

Then Kritavarman, with stone-whetted arrows drawn to the full and loosed, struck Satyaki with three and cut his bow with one.

Verse 18 (9.20.18)

निकृत्तं तद्धनुःश्रेष्ठमपास्य शिनिपुङ्गवः । अन्यदादत्त वेगेन शैनेयः सशरं धनुः ॥

nikṛttaṃ taddhanuḥśreṣṭhamapāsya śinipuṅgavaḥ | anyadādatta vegena śaineyaḥ saśaraṃ dhanuḥ

Casting aside that fine bow, severed, the bull of the Shinis, Shaineya, swiftly took up another bow and an arrow.

Verse 19 (9.20.19)

तदादाय धनुःश्रेष्ठं वरिष्ठः सर्वधन्विनाम् । आरोप्य च धनुः शीघ्रं महावीर्यो महाबलः ॥

tadādāya dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanvinām | āropya ca dhanuḥ śīghraṃ mahāvīryo mahābalaḥ

Having taken up that best of bows, he, foremost of all archers, mighty in valour and strength, quickly strung it,

Note on the text: Line 2 differs from CE 9.20.19c (āropya ca mahāvīryo mahābuddhir mahābalaḥ): Wikisource reads आरोप्य च धनुः शीघ्रं महावीर्यो महाबलः (recension variant, kept).

Verse 20 (9.20.20)

अमृष्यमाणो धनुषश्छेदनं कृतवर्मणा । कुपितोऽतिरथः शीघ्रं कृतवर्माणमभ्ययात् ॥

amṛṣyamāṇo dhanuṣaśchedanaṃ kṛtavarmaṇā | kupito'tirathaḥ śīghraṃ kṛtavarmāṇamabhyayāt

and, unable to bear that Kritavarman had cut his bow, the enraged atiratha quickly advanced on Kritavarman.

Verse 21 (9.20.21)

ततः सुनिशितैर्बाणैर्दशभिः शिनिपुङ्गवः । जघान सूतं चाश्वांश्च ध्वजं च कृतवर्मणः ॥

tataḥ suniśitairbāṇairdaśabhiḥ śinipuṅgavaḥ | jaghāna sūtaṃ cāśvāṃśca dhvajaṃ ca kṛtavarmaṇaḥ

Then with ten very sharp arrows the bull of the Shinis struck down Kritavarman's charioteer and horses and his banner.

Verse 22 (9.20.22)

ततो राजन्महेष्वासः कृतवर्मा महारथः । हताश्वसूतं सम्प्रेक्ष्य रथं हेमपरिष्कृतम् ॥

tato rājanmaheṣvāsaḥ kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ | hatāśvasūtaṃ samprekṣya rathaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam

Then, O king, the mighty archer Kritavarman, the great chariot-warrior, seeing his gold-adorned chariot with its horses and charioteer slain,

Verse 23 (9.20.23)

रोषेण महताऽऽविष्टः शूलमुद्यम्य मारिष । चिक्षेप भुजवेगेन जिघांसुः शिनिपुङ्गवम् ॥

roṣeṇa mahatā''viṣṭaḥ śūlamudyamya māriṣa | cikṣepa bhujavegena jighāṃsuḥ śinipuṅgavam

filled with great rage, lifted a spear, my lord, and hurled it with the force of his arm, longing to kill the bull of the Shinis.

Note on the text: Corrected शिनि पुङ्गवम् → शिनिपुङ्गवम् (misprint in Wikisource; stray space in the compound; CE śinipuṃgavam).

Verse 24 (9.20.24)

तच्छूलं सात्वतो ह्याजौ निर्भिद्य निशितैः शरैः । चूर्णितं पातयामास मोहयन्निव माधवम् । ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन हृद्येनं समताडयत् ॥

tacchūlaṃ sātvato hyājau nirbhidya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | cūrṇitaṃ pātayāmāsa mohayanniva mādhavam | tato'pareṇa bhallena hṛdyenaṃ samatāḍayat

In the fight the Satvata shattered that spear with sharp arrows and brought it down in pieces, as though bewildering the Madhava; and then with another broad-headed arrow he struck him in the chest.

Note on the text: Three lines = CE 9.20.24a,c,e.

Verse 25 (9.20.25)

सुयुद्धे युयुधानेन हताश्वो हतसारथिः । कृतवर्मा कृतास्त्रेण धरणीमन्वपद्यत ॥

suyuddhe yuyudhānena hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | kṛtavarmā kṛtāstreṇa dharaṇīmanvapadyata

In that fine fight, Kritavarman, his horses and charioteer slain by the weapon-skilled Yuyudhana, was left to take his stand on the ground.

Note on the text: Corrected सुयुद्वे → सुयुद्धे (misprint in Wikisource; व for ध; CE reads sa yuddhe, "in the fight", Wikisource's सुयुद्धे "in a fine fight" kept as a variant). Corrected धरमीम् → धरणीम् (misprint in Wikisource; म for ण; CE dharaṇīm anvapadyata).

Verse 26 (9.20.26)

तस्मिन्सात्यकिना वीरे द्वैरथे विरथीकृते । समपद्यत सर्वेषां सैन्यानां सुमहद्भयम् ॥

tasminsātyakinā vīre dvairathe virathīkṛte | samapadyata sarveṣāṃ sainyānāṃ sumahadbhayam

When the hero Kritavarman had been left without a chariot by Satyaki in that duel of chariot-warriors, a great terror seized all the armies.

Verse 27 (9.20.27)

पुत्राणां तव चात्यर्थं विषादः समजायत । हतसूते हताश्वे तु विरथे कृतवर्मणि ॥

putrāṇāṃ tava cātyarthaṃ viṣādaḥ samajāyata | hatasūte hatāśve tu virathe kṛtavarmaṇi

Great despondency came over your sons as well, when Kritavarman stood with his charioteer and horses slain and without a chariot.

Note on the text: पुत्राणां … समजायत for CE putrasya … samapadyata (recension variant, kept).

Verse 28 (9.20.28)

हताश्वं च समालक्ष्य हतसूतमरिन्दम । अभ्यधावत्कृपो राजञ्जिघांसुः शिनिपुङ्गवम् ॥

hatāśvaṃ ca samālakṣya hatasūtamarindama | abhyadhāvatkṛpo rājañjighāṃsuḥ śinipuṅgavam

Seeing him with horses and charioteer slain, O king, tamer of foes, Kripa ran at the bull of the Shinis, longing to kill him.

Verse 29 (9.20.29)

तमारोप्य रथोपस्थे मिषतां सर्वधन्विनाम् । अपोवाह महाबाहुं तूर्णमायोधनादपि ॥

tamāropya rathopasthe miṣatāṃ sarvadhanvinām | apovāha mahābāhuṃ tūrṇamāyodhanādapi

Placing the mighty-armed Kritavarman on the platform of his own chariot while all the bowmen looked on, Kripa swiftly carried him out of the battle.

Verse 30 (9.20.30)

शैनेयेऽधिष्ठिते राजन्विरथे कृतवर्मणि । दुर्योधनबलं सर्वं पुनरासीत्पराङ्मुखम् ॥

śaineye'dhiṣṭhite rājanvirathe kṛtavarmaṇi | duryodhanabalaṃ sarvaṃ punarāsītparāṅmukham

With Shaineya standing his ground, O king, and Kritavarman chariotless, Duryodhana's whole army once more turned its back.

Verse 31 (9.20.31)

तत्परे नान्वबुध्यन्त सैन्येन रजसा वृताः । तावकाः प्रद्रुता राजन्दुर्योधनमृते नृपम् ॥

tatpare nānvabudhyanta sainyena rajasā vṛtāḥ | tāvakāḥ pradrutā rājanduryodhanamṛte nṛpam

Then the enemy, wrapped in the dust of their own host, did not perceive it, while your men fled, O king, all but King Duryodhana.

Verse 32 (9.20.32)

दुर्योधनस्तु सम्प्रेक्ष्य भग्नं स्वबलमन्तिकात् । जवेनाभ्यपतत्तूर्णं सर्वांश्चैको न्यवारयत् ॥

duryodhanastu samprekṣya bhagnaṃ svabalamantikāt | javenābhyapatattūrṇaṃ sarvāṃścaiko nyavārayat

But Duryodhana, seeing his army broken close at hand, rushed swiftly forward and alone held them all back,

Verse 33 (9.20.33)

पाण्डूंश्च सर्वान्सङ्क्रुद्धो धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम् । शिखण्डिनं द्रौपदेयान्पाञ्चालानां च ये गणाः ॥

pāṇḍūṃśca sarvānsaṅkruddho dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam | śikhaṇḍinaṃ draupadeyānpāñcālānāṃ ca ye gaṇāḥ

all the Pandavas in his rage, Dhrishtadyumna the Parshata, Shikhandi, the sons of Draupadi, and the troops of the Panchalas,

Verse 34 (9.20.34)

केकयान्सोमकांश्चैव सृञ्जयांश्चैव मारिष । असम्भ्रमं दुराधर्षः शितैर्बाणैरवाकिरत् ॥

kekayānsomakāṃścaiva sṛñjayāṃścaiva māriṣa | asambhramaṃ durādharṣaḥ śitairbāṇairavākirat

the Kekayas, the Somakas, and the Srinjayas too, my lord; unshaken and unassailable, he covered them with sharp arrows.

Note on the text: Line 1 सृञ्जयांश्चैव for CE pāñcālāṃś caiva, and line 2 शितैर्बाणैरवाकिरत् for CE śitair astrair avārayat (recension variants, kept).

Verse 35 (9.20.35)

अतिष्ठदाहवे यत्तः पुत्रस्तव महाबलः । यथा यज्ञे महानग्निर्मन्त्रपूतः प्रकाशते । तथा दुर्योधनो राजा सङ्ग्रामे सर्वतोऽभवत् ॥

atiṣṭhadāhave yattaḥ putrastava mahābalaḥ | yathā yajñe mahānagnirmantrapūtaḥ prakāśate | tathā duryodhano rājā saṅgrāme sarvato'bhavat

Your mighty son stood fast in the battle, watchful. As a great fire at a sacrifice, purified by mantras, blazes forth, so King Duryodhana shone forth on every side in the fight.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment only because Wikisource joins the CE's verse with a star line: lines 1–2 = CE 9.20.35a,c (प्रकाशते for CE prakāśayan, variant); line 3 = the CE star line 9.20.35d*0116_01 (tathā duryodhano rājā saṃgrāme sarvato 'bhavat).

Verse 36 (9.20.36)

तं परे नाभ्यवर्तन्त मर्त्या मृत्युमिवाहवे । अथान्यं रथमास्थाय हार्दिक्यः समपद्यत ॥

taṃ pare nābhyavartanta martyā mṛtyumivāhave | athānyaṃ rathamāsthāya hārdikyaḥ samapadyata

His enemies could not face him, any more than mortals can face Death in battle. Then Hardikya, having mounted another chariot, rejoined the fight.

Note on the text: Last verse of the adhyaya; the page ends with the colophon of adhyaya 20.