The Last of the Army Destroyed

Verse 1 (9.28.1)

ततः क्रुद्धा महाराज सौबलस्य पदानुगाः । त्यक्त्वा जीवितमाक्रन्दे पाण्डवान्पर्यवारयन् ॥

tataḥ kruddhā mahārāja saubalasya padānugāḥ | tyaktvā jīvitamākrande pāṇḍavānparyavārayan

Then, O great king, Saubala's followers, enraged, abandoning their lives in the din of battle, surrounded the Pandavas.

Verse 2 (9.28.2)

तानर्जुनः प्रत्यगृह्णात्सहदेवजये धृतः । भीमसेनश्च तेजस्वी क्रुद्धाशीविषदर्शनः ॥

tānarjunaḥ pratyagṛhṇātsahadevajaye dhṛtaḥ | bhīmasenaśca tejasvī kruddhāśīviṣadarśanaḥ

Arjuna, resolved on Sahadeva's victory, met them, and so did the splendid Bhimasena, his gaze like that of an enraged viper.

Verse 3 (9.28.3)

शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासहस्तानां सहदेवं जिघांसताम् । सङ्कल्पमकरोन्मोघं गाण्डीवेन धनञ्जयः ॥

śaktyṛṣṭiprāsahastānāṃ sahadevaṃ jighāṃsatām | saṅkalpamakaronmoghaṃ gāṇḍīvena dhanañjayaḥ

Of those with darts, spears and lances in hand who sought to kill Sahadeva, Dhananjaya with his Gandiva made the purpose vain.

Note on the text: Removed stray hyphen in शक्त्यृ-ष्टिप्रासहस्तानाम् → शक्त्यृष्टिप्रासहस्तानाम् (wiki marking inside the word; CE śaktyṛṣṭiprāsahastānāṃ).

Verse 4 (9.28.4)

सङ्गृहीतायुधान्बाहून्योधानामभिधावताम् । भल्लैश्चिच्छेद बीभत्सुः शिरांस्यपि हयानपि ॥

saṅgṛhītāyudhānbāhūnyodhānāmabhidhāvatām | bhallaiściccheda bībhatsuḥ śirāṃsyapi hayānapi

With broad-headed arrows Bibhatsu cut off the weapon-gripping arms of the warriors as they rushed on, and their heads, and their horses as well.

Verse 5 (9.28.5)

ते हयाः प्रत्यपद्यन्त वसुधां विगतासवः । चरता लोकवीरेण प्रहताः सव्यसाचिना ॥

te hayāḥ pratyapadyanta vasudhāṃ vigatāsavaḥ | caratā lokavīreṇa prahatāḥ savyasācinā

Those horses, their life gone, fell to the earth, struck down by the world's champion, Savyasachin, as he ranged about the field.

Verse 6 (9.28.6)

ततो दुर्योधनो राजा दृष्ट्वा स्वबलसङ्क्षयम् । हतशेषान्समानीय क्रुद्धो रथगणान्बहून् ॥

tato duryodhano rājā dṛṣṭvā svabalasaṅkṣayam | hataśeṣānsamānīya kruddho rathagaṇānbahūn

Then King Duryodhana, seeing the destruction of his own army, gathered together the survivors, many bands of chariots, in his anger,

Verse 7 (9.28.7)

कुञ्जरांश्च हयांश्चैव पादातांश्च समन्ततः । उवाच दुःखितान्सर्वान्धार्तराष्ट्र इदं वचः ॥

kuñjarāṃśca hayāṃścaiva pādātāṃśca samantataḥ | uvāca duḥkhitānsarvāndhārtarāṣṭra idaṃ vacaḥ

and elephants, horses and foot-soldiers from all around; and Dhritarashtra's son spoke these words to them all, who were afflicted:

Verse 8 (9.28.8)

समासाद्य रणे सर्वान्पाण्डवान्ससुहृद्गणान् । पाञ्चाल्यं चापि सबलं हत्वा शीघ्रं निवर्तत ॥

samāsādya raṇe sarvānpāṇḍavānsasuhṛdgaṇān | pāñcālyaṃ cāpi sabalaṃ hatvā śīghraṃ nivartata

"Close with all the Pandavas and their band of friends in battle, and with the Panchala prince and his force too; slay them and come back quickly."

Note on the text: Corrected न्यवर्तत → निवर्तत (misprint in Wikisource; the sense is Duryodhana's command "return", an imperative; CE nivartata). Speaker given to Duryodhana: the whole verse is his direct speech, printed without its own heading (the page heads the adhyaya with Sanjaya).

Verse 9 (9.28.9)

तस्य ते शिरसा गृह्य वचनं युद्धदुर्मदाः । अभ्युद्ययू रणे पार्थांस्तव पुत्रस्य शासनात् ॥

tasya te śirasā gṛhya vacanaṃ yuddhadurmadāḥ | abhyudyayū raṇe pārthāṃstava putrasya śāsanāt

Taking his command on their heads, those warriors, mad for battle, rushed upon the sons of Pritha in the fight at your son's bidding.

Verse 10 (9.28.10)

तानभ्यापततः शीघ्रं हतशेषान्महारणे । शरैराशीविषाकारैः पाण्डवाः समवाकिरन् ॥

tānabhyāpatataḥ śīghraṃ hataśeṣānmahāraṇe | śarairāśīviṣākāraiḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samavākiran

As those survivors rushed upon them in the great battle, the Pandavas showered them with arrows like venomous serpents.

Verse 11 (9.28.11)

तत्सैन्यं भरतश्रेष्ठ मुहूर्तेन महात्मभिः । अवध्यत रणं प्राप्य त्रातारं नाभ्यविन्दत ॥

tatsainyaṃ bharataśreṣṭha muhūrtena mahātmabhiḥ | avadhyata raṇaṃ prāpya trātāraṃ nābhyavindata

That army, O best of the Bharatas, was struck down in a moment by those great-souled men in the battle, and found no protector.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: lines 1-2 are lines a and c of the three-line CE verse 9.28.11 (tat sainyaṃ bharataśreṣṭha muhūrtena mahātmabhiḥ / avadhyata raṇaṃ prāpya trātāraṃ nābhyavindata).

Verse 12 (9.28.12)

पलायमानं तु भयान्नावतिष्ठति दंशितम् । अश्वैर्विपरिधावद्भिः सैन्येन रजसा वृते ॥

palāyamānaṃ tu bhayānnāvatiṣṭhati daṃśitam | aśvairviparidhāvadbhiḥ sainyena rajasā vṛte

Armoured though they were, the fleeing men in their terror did not stand their ground, while horses ran in all directions and everything was wrapped in the dust of the host.

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: line 1 is the CE's third line 9.28.11e (pratiṣṭhamānaṃ tu bhayān nāvatiṣṭhata daṃśitam; Wikisource has पलायमानं for pratiṣṭhamānaṃ); line 2 is CE 9.28.12a (aśvair viparidhāvadbhiḥ sainyena rajasā vṛte).

Verse 13 (9.28.13)

न प्राज्ञायन्त समरे दिशः सप्रदिशस्तथा । ततस्तु पाण्डवानीकान्निःसृत्य बहवो जनाः ॥

na prājñāyanta samare diśaḥ sapradiśastathā | tatastu pāṇḍavānīkānniḥsṛtya bahavo janāḥ

In the battle the directions and the intermediate directions could not be made out. Then many men came out from the Pandava ranks

Note on the text: Not matched by the automatic alignment: line 1 is CE 9.28.12c (na prājñāyanta samare diśaś ca pradiśas tathā); line 2 is CE 9.28.13a (tatas tu pāṇḍavānīkān niḥsṛtya bahavo janāḥ).

Verse 14 (9.28.14)

अभ्यघ्नंस्तावकान्युद्धे मुहूर्तादिव भारत । ततो निःशेषमभवत्तत्सैन्यं तव भारत ॥

abhyaghnaṃstāvakānyuddhe muhūrtādiva bhārata | tato niḥśeṣamabhavattatsainyaṃ tava bhārata

and, in a moment as it were, O Bharata, struck down your men in the battle. Thus that army of yours, O Bharata, was wholly destroyed.

Note on the text: Corrected तत्सन्यं → तत्सैन्यं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ऐ; CE tat sainyaṃ). Not matched by the automatic alignment: line 1 is CE 9.28.13c (abhyaghnaṃs tāvakān yuddhe muhūrtād iva bhārata); line 2 is CE 9.28.13e (tato niḥśeṣam abhavat tat sainyaṃ tava bhārata).

Verse 15 (9.28.15)

अक्षौहिण्यः समेतास्तु तव पुत्रस्य भारत । एकादश हता युद्धे ताः प्रभो पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः ॥

akṣauhiṇyaḥ sametāstu tava putrasya bhārata | ekādaśa hatā yuddhe tāḥ prabho pāṇḍusṛñjayaiḥ

The eleven akshauhinis assembled for your son, O Bharata, were slain in the battle, O lord, by the Pandavas and the Srinjayas.

Verse 16 (9.28.16)

तेषु राजसहस्रेषु तावकेषु महात्मसु । एको दुर्योधनो राजन्नदृश्यत भृशं क्षतः ॥

teṣu rājasahasreṣu tāvakeṣu mahātmasu | eko duryodhano rājannadṛśyata bhṛśaṃ kṣataḥ

Among those thousands of your kings, great-souled men all, only Duryodhana was seen, O king, gravely wounded.

Verse 17 (9.28.17)

ततो वीक्ष्य दिशः सर्वा दृष्ट्वा शून्यां च मेदिनीम् । विहीनः सर्वयोधैश्च पाण्डवान्वीक्ष्य संयुगे ॥

tato vīkṣya diśaḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā śūnyāṃ ca medinīm | vihīnaḥ sarvayodhaiśca pāṇḍavānvīkṣya saṃyuge

Then, looking in all directions, seeing the earth empty, deprived of all his warriors, and looking at the Pandavas in the battle,

Note on the text: Corrected वीक्ष्यं → वीक्ष्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara on the gerund; CE vīkṣya).

Verse 18 (9.28.18)

मुदितान्सर्वतः सिद्धान्नर्दमानान्समन्ततः । बाणशब्दरवांश्चैव श्रुत्वा तेषां महात्मनाम् ॥

muditānsarvataḥ siddhānnardamānānsamantataḥ | bāṇaśabdaravāṃścaiva śrutvā teṣāṃ mahātmanām

joyful on every side, successful and roaring all around, and hearing the sounds of the arrows and the cries of those great-souled men,

Verse 19 (9.28.19)

दुर्योधनो महाराज कश्मलेनाभिसंवृतः । अपयाने मनश्चक्रे विहीनबलवाहनः ॥

duryodhano mahārāja kaśmalenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ | apayāne manaścakre vihīnabalavāhanaḥ

Duryodhana, O great king, overcome by dejection and bereft of troops and conveyances, set his mind on flight.

Note on the text: Corrected अपयो → अपयाने (misprint in Wikisource; truncated word, "set his mind on flight"; CE apayāne).