Shalya Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमायान्तं महेष्वासं दुष्प्रसहं दुरासदम्

English

here and there like broken clouds dropped from the skies. Elephant divisions, O monarch, slaughtered by high-souled warriors, dispersed in all directions like wind-tossed clouds. Those elephants, looking like clouds, fell down on the Earth, like mountains riven with thunder, O lord, on the occasion of the dissolution of the world at the end of the Yuga. Heaps upon heaps, looking like mountains, were seen, lying on the ground, of fallen steeds with their riders. A river appeared on the field of battle, flowing towards the other world. Blood formed its waters and cars its eddies. Standards formed its trees, and bones its pebbles. The arms (of combatants) were its alligators, bows its current, elephants its large rocks, and steeds its smaller ones. Fat and marrow formed its mire, umbrellas its swans, and maces its rafts. Abounding with armour and head-gears, banners constituted its beautiful trees. Teeming with wheels that formed its swarms of Chakravakas, it was covered with Trivenus and Dandas. Inspiring the brave with delight and enhancing the fears of the timid, that fierce river set in, whose shores abounded with Kurus and Srinjayas. Those brave warriors, with arms resembling spiked bludgeons, by the aid of their vehicles and animals serving the purposes of rafts and boats, crossed that awful river which ran towards the region of the dead. During the progress of that battle, O monarch, in which no consideration was shown by anybody for anyone, and which, fraught with awful destruction of the four kinds of forces, therefore, resembled the battle between the gods and the Asuras in days of old, some among the combatants, O scorcher of foes, loudly called upon their kinsmen and friends. Some, called upon by crying kinsmen, returned, afflicted with fear. During the progress of that fierce and awful battle, Arjuna and Bhimasena stupefied their foes. That vast host of thine, O ruler of men, thus slaughtered, swooned away on the field, like a woman under the influence of liquor. Having stupefied that army, Bhimasena and Dhananjaya blew their conchs and uttered leonine roars. As soon as they heard that loud peal, Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi, placing king Yudhishthira at their head, rushed against the ruler of the Madras. Exceedingly wonderful and terrible, O monarch, was the manner in which those heroes, unitedly and as separate bodies, then fought with Shalya. The two sons of Madri, endued with great activity, accomplished in weapons, and invincible in battle, proceeded with great speed against thy host, inspired with desire of victory. Then thy army, O bull of Bharata's race, mangled in diverse ways with shafts by the Pandavas eager for victory, began to fly away from the field. That host, thus struck and broken by firm bowmen, O monarch, fled away on all sides in the very sight of thy sons. Loud cries of "Oh!" and "Alas!" O Bharata, arose from among thy warriors, while some illustrious Kshatriyas among the routed combatants, desirous of victory, cried out saying, "Stop, stop!" For all that, those troops of thine, broken by the Pandavas, fled away, deserting on the field their dear sons and brothers and maternal, uncles and sister's sons and relatives by marriage and other kinsmen. Urging their steeds and elephants to greater speed, thousands of warriors fled away, O bull of Bharata's race, bent only upon their own safety.'"

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो मुहूर्तात् तेडपश्यन् रजो भीम॑ समुत्थितम्

English

Holding off those great chariot-warriors with great effort, your son fought the Pandava army.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तव दुर्मन्त्रिते राजन् सह पुत्रस्य भारत

English

The warriors who suddenly turned back, wishing their dear one, your son, well—when they had turned back, a very dreadful battle took place.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते समन्तात् परिवृता: पाण्डवा: पुरुषर्षभा:

English

It was like the war of gods and asuras, of yours and the enemy; none of the enemy or of your army was turned away.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सहितैश्नापि योद्धव्यमित्येष समय: कृत:

English

They fought by inference and by signs with one another; a great destruction took place among those fighting each other.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भग्नचक्रान् रथान् केचिदहरंस्तुरगा रणे

English

Then King Yudhishthira, filled with great anger, desiring victory over Dhritarashtra's sons and their kings in the battle,

हिन्दी अर्थ

अनाथा नाथमिच्छन्तो मृगा: सिंहार्दिता इव

English

piercing Sharadvata (Kripa) with three gold-feathered stone-whetted arrows, killed Kritavarman's four fine horses with four.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पांचाल और पाण्डव उनका पीछा करने लगे

English

Ashvatthaman carried the renowned Hardikya away; then Sharadvata pierced Yudhishthira in return with eight.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मद्रराजं हत॑ श्रुत्वा देवेरपि सुदुः:सहम्

English

Then King Duryodhana sent seven hundred chariots in the battle to where the king, the son of Dharma Yudhishthira, was.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तौ समेतौ महात्मानौ वाष्ष्णेयी वरवाजिनौ

English

Those chariots, manned by chariot-warriors, swift as mind and wind, rushed in the battle at the son of Kunti's chariot.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इषुभिर्विमलाभासैश्छादयन्तौ परस्परम्

English

They surrounded Yudhishthira on every side, O great king, and made him invisible with arrows, like clouds the sun.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चापमार्गबलोदधूतान् मार्गणान् वृष्णिसिंहयो:

English

The chariot-warriors led by Shikhandin, much enraged, could not bear it; they came with chariots of the fastest speed, covered with nets of little bells, protecting Kunti's son Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सात्यकिं दशभिर्विद्ध्वा हयांश्षास्य त्रिभि: शरै:

English

Then a dreadful battle began, with blood for water, of the Pandavas and the Kurus, increasing the realm of Yama.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तन्निकृत्तं धनुः श्रेष्ठमपास्य शिनिपुज्भव:

English

Having slain seven hundred chariots of the aggressor Kurus, the Pandavas with the Panchalas again held them back.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदादाय धनु: श्रेष्ठ वरिष्ठ: सर्वधन्विनाम्

English

There was a great battle of your son with the Pandavas; we have never seen nor heard the like.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो रथं युगेषां च च्छित्त्वा भल्लै: सुसंयतै:

English

While the battle went on thus without restraint on every side, with warriors being slain, yours and others,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततस्तं विरथं दृष्टवा कृप: शारद्वत: प्रभो

English

with the warriors roaring and excellent conches filled, shouted lion-roars and the roar of bowmen,

हिन्दी अर्थ

मद्रराजे हते राजन् विरथे कृतवर्मणि

English

with the battle at its height, vital parts being cut and warriors running eager for victory, O revered one,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तत् परे नान्वबुध्यन्त सैन्येन रजसा वृते

English

with destruction on every side, a cause of sorrow on earth, and the parting-lines of many noble women being cleared,

हिन्दी अर्थ

थी, वह नाना प्रकारके रक्तका स्रोत बहनेसे शान्त हो गयी है

English

while the unrestrained, most dreadful battle went on, terrible portents appeared for destruction; the earth with its mountains and forests shook with sound.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो दुर्योधनो दृष्टवा भग्नं स्वबलमन्तिकात्

English

Meteors with staffs and firebrands, O king, falling scattered on every side from the sky to earth, striking the sun's disc.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आक्रमण करनेवाले समस्त पाण्डवयोद्धाओंको अकेले ही रोका

English

Winds blew in all directions, raining gravel low; elephants shed tears and a trembling touched them hard.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाण्डवान् सरथान् दृष्टवा धृष्टद्युम्नं च पार्षतम्

English

Disregarding these dreadful, most terrible portents, the kshatriyas, conferring together, stood again undismayed for battle, desiring heaven on the lovely holy Kurukshetra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

त॑ परे नाभ्यवर्तन्त मर्त्या मृत्युमिवागतम्

English

Then Shakuni, son of the king of Gandhara, said, "Fight in front, while I kill the Pandavas from behind."

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो युधिषिरो राजा त्वरमाणो महारथ:

English

Then, as we advanced, the mighty Madra warriors, delighted, raised a clamour, and others too.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विव्याध गौतमं चापि षड्भिर्भल्लै: सुतेजनै:

English

Meeting us again, unassailable, having attained their aims, shaking their bows, they covered us with showers of arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तमपोवाह हार्दिक्यं स्वरथेन युधिष्ठिरात्

English

Then the force of the king of the Madras was slain there by the enemy, and seeing it Duryodhana's army again turned away.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राजा युधिष्ठिरके पाससे दूर हटा ले गया

English

The king of Gandhara, strong, said again, "Turn back, you who do not know dharma! Fight; what is flight to you?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

घोड़ोंको भी घायल कर दिया

English

The king of Gandhara had a force of ten thousand horse, lancers with spotless lances, O best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शड्खानू् प्रदध्मुर्हतमीक्ष्य शल्यम्

English

With that force he showed valour while the slaughter went on and struck the Pandava army from behind with sharp arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहा भारते शल्यपर्वणि शल्यवधे सप्तदशोडथध्याय:

English

Tossed on all sides like a cloud by wind, the great Pandava force broke, O great king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रथा: सप्तशता वीरा निर्ययुर्महतो बलात्

English

Then Yudhishthira, seeing his force broken nearby, unflurried, urged the mighty Sahadeva:

हिन्दी अर्थ

छत्रेण प्रियमाणेन वीज्यमानश्न चामरै:

English

"There Subala's son, armoured, harassing our rear, slays the army; see, Pandava, the ill-minded one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

दुर्योधनेन ते वीरा वार्यमाणा: पुनः पुनः

English

Go, and the sons of Draupadi, and slay Shakuni son of Subala; I shall guard the chariot-force with the Panchalas, sinless one.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते तु शूरा महाराज कृतचित्ताश्न योधने

English

Let all the elephants go and the horses with you, and three thousand foot-soldiers; slay Shakuni son of Subala."

हिन्दी अर्थ

श्रुत्वा च निहतं शल्यं धर्मपुत्रं च पीडितम्

English

Then seven hundred elephants manned by bowmen, five thousand horses and the valiant Sahadeva,

हिन्दी अर्थ

आजगाम ततः: पार्थों गाण्डीवं विक्षिपन् धनु:

English

three thousand foot-soldiers and all the sons of Draupadi rushed at Shakuni, arrogant in battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो४्र्जुनश्व भीमश्न माद्रीपुत्री च पाण्डवी

English

Then Subala's son, O king, passing the Pandavas, the glorious, eager for victory, struck the army from behind.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धृष्टद्युम्न: शिखण्डी च पञ्चाला: सह सोमकै:

English

The enraged horsemen of the strong Pandavas entered the force of Subala's son, passing those chariots.

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षुब्ध करने लगे, जैसे मगर समुद्रको

English

Those brave horsemen there stood in the midst of the great force of Subala's son and covered them with showers of arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वृक्षानिव महावाता: कम्पयन्ति सम तावकान्

English

A great battle took place, with maces and lances raised, attended by the unwavering, O king, through your ill counsel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अक्षोभ्यत तदा राजन् पाण्डूनां ध्वजिनी ततः

English

The cries of victory ceased and the chariot-warriors became spectators, for no distinction was seen between their own and the enemy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बहवश्नुक्रुशुस्तत्र क्व स राजा युधिष्ठिर:

English

The Kurus and Pandavas saw the falling of darts hurled from the arms of the brave like falling of luminaries.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धृष्टद्युम्नो5थ शैनेयो द्रौपदेयाश्व॒ सर्वश:

English

With rishtis and bright swords falling here and there, O lord of men, the sky covered by them shone much.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं तान् वादिन: शूरान् द्रौपदेया महारथा:

English

The appearance of falling lances all around, O king, was like locusts in the sky, O best of the Bharatas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

चक्रैर्विमथितै: केचित् केचिच्छिन्नैर्महाध्वजै:

English

Horses with all limbs smeared with blood, their riders thrown, fell by hundreds and thousands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आलोक्य पाण्डवान् युद्धे योधा राजन् समन्तत:ः

English

Crushed together, meeting one another, unwounded they were seen vomiting blood from their mouths.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो गान्धारराजस्य पुत्र: शकुनिरब्रवीत्

English

Then a dreadful darkness came, the army covered with dust; I saw those tamers of foes retreating from that place, horses and men, with the dust covering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि नः सम्प्रेक्षमाणानां मद्राणां हन्यते बलम्

English

Others fell on the ground vomiting much blood; hair tangled in hair, men could not move.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वार्यमाणा मया पूर्व नैते चक्रुर्वचो मम

English

Dragging each other from horses' backs, strong ones like wrestlers meeting struck each other; many were dragged by horses there, lifeless.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न भर्तु: शासन वीरा रणे कुर्वन्त्यमर्षिता:

English

Many others, wishing victory, fell on the ground; men thinking themselves heroes were seen here and there.

हिन्दी अर्थ

याम: सर्वे च सम्भूय सवाजिरथकुज्जरा:

English

The earth was seen strewn by hundreds and thousands with blood-smeared bodies, severed arms and dragged hair.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवमुक्तस्तदा राजा बलेन महता वृत:

English

One could not go far there on any horse, the ground being covered with slain horses and horsemen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हत विद्धयत गृह्नीत प्रहरध्व॑ं निकृन्तत

English

With blood-smeared armour, taking weapons, raising them, with dreadful weapons of many kinds, wishing each other's death, closely engaged, the soldiers mostly slain in the battle,

हिन्दी अर्थ

(सेना)-का आश्रय ले उनका सामना किया

English

after fighting a moment, Subala's son, O lord of men, withdrew with six thousand surviving horses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो नः सम्प्रयातानां हता मद्रास्तरस्विन:

English

Likewise the Pandava force, drenched in blood, withdrew with six thousand surviving horses, their mounts weary.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उत्थितानि कबन्धानि समदृश्यन्त सर्वश:

English

The Pandava horsemen, smeared with blood, closely engaged in battle and mostly given up life, said:

हिन्दी अर्थ

रथैर्भग्नैर्युगाक्षैश्न निहतैश्वन महारथै:

English

"It is not possible here to fight with chariots, how then with great elephants? Let chariots go only against chariots and elephants against elephants.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वातायमानैस्तुरगैर्युगासक्तैस्ततस्तत:

English

Shakuni has returned and stands by his own force; Subala's king will not come to battle again."

हिन्दी अर्थ

गगनात् प्रच्युता: सिद्धा: पुण्यानामिव संक्षये

English

Then the sons of Draupadi and those rutting great elephants went to where the Panchala Dhrishtadyumna, the great chariot-warrior, was.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्मानापततकश्चापि दृष्टवा पार्था महारथा:

English

Sahadeva too, O Kaurava, as the cloud of dust rose, went alone to where King Yudhishthira was.

हिन्दी अर्थ

बाणशब्दरवान् कृत्वा विमिश्रान् शड्खनि:स्वनै:

English

When they had gone, Shakuni, Subala's son, enraged, again struck Dhrishtadyumna's force from the side.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शरासनानि धुन्वाना: सिंहनादान प्रचुक्तुशु:

English

That again became a tumultuous battle, with yours and the enemy abandoning life, each wishing the other's death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनुष हिलाते हुए जोर-जोरसे सिंहनाद करने लगे

English

They looked at one another in that meeting of heroes; warriors fell, O king, by hundreds and thousands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मद्रराजं च समरे दृष्टवा शूरं निपातितम्

English

As heads were cut by swords, at the destruction of the world a great sound arose like palms falling.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहा भारते शल्यपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे अष्टादशो5ध्याय:

English

Of bodies released, split and falling to the ground, with weapons, of arms and thighs, O lord of men, there was a clattering sound, very great and hair-raising.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तावकास्तव पुत्राश्च प्रायशो विमुखाभवन्

English

Striking brothers, sons and friends with sharp weapons, warriors fell like birds for meat.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और पुत्र प्राय: संग्रामसे विमुख हो गये

English

Enraged at one another, meeting each other, "I first! I first!" they struck by thousands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपारे पतिमच्छन्तो हते शूरे महात्मना

English

With heaps of horsemen thrown from their seats and lifeless, horses fell by hundreds and thousands.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मध्यद्ले प्रत्यपायाम निर्जिताजातशत्रुणा

English

Of the crushed, quivering, swift-running horses and the groaning armoured men, O lord of men,

हिन्दी अर्थ

आसीदू् बुद्धि्हते शल्ये भूयो योधस्य कस्यचित्

English

a tumultuous noise of darts, rishtis and lances arose, splitting vitals, O king, through your ill counsel.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यद् दुःखं तव योधानां भयं चासीद् विशाम्पते

English

Overcome with fatigue, enraged, their mounts weary, thirsty and wounded by sharp weapons, yours advanced.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हमारे सामने उपस्थित हुआ

English

Many there, intoxicated by the smell of blood and senseless, killed enemy and their own, whoever was nearest.

हिन्दी अर्थ

निराशाश्न जये तस्मिन् हते शल्ये महारथे

English

Many kshatriyas eager for victory, their breath gone, fell on the ground, O king, covered with showers of arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मद्रराजे हते राजन् योधास्ते प्राद्रवन्ू भयात्

English

On that tumultuous, joyful day for wolves, vultures and jackals, a dreadful destruction of the force took place in your son's sight.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आरुहा जवसम्पन्ना: पादाता: प्राद्रवंस्तथा

English

The earth was covered with bodies of men and horses, O lord of men, variegated with floods of blood, increasing the fear of the timid.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धावतश्चाप्यपश्याम श्वसमानान् शराहतान्

English

Being hewed again and again by swords and pattishas of the brave, yours and the Pandavas did not retreat, O Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वे बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत हो हाँफते हुए दौड़े जा रहे हैं

English

Striking according to their strength, so long as life was held, warriors fell, vomiting blood from their wounds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभ्यवर्तन्त पज्चाला: पाण्डवाश्ष जयैषिण:

English

A headless trunk was seen holding a head by its hair, raising a sharp sword smeared with blood.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आवाज बड़ी भयानक जान पड़ती थी

English

Then when many trunks had risen, O lord of men, and from the smell of blood, the warriors fell into stupor.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्य दुर्योधनो हीनो दीप्ताया नृपतिश्रिय:

English

Then, when the sound had grown faint, Subala's son advanced against the great Pandava force with the few remaining horses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विह्वल: पतितो भूमौ किल्बिषं प्रतिपद्यताम्

English

Then the Pandavas, quickly, eager for victory, foot-soldiers, elephants and horsemen with weapons raised, rushed at him.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्यात्मानं च दुर्मेधा गर्हयिष्यति पापकृत्

English

Surrounding him on all sides as in a pen, they struck him with weapons of many kinds, wishing to cross the farther shore of the battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्यप्रभृति पार्थ च प्रेष्पभूत इवाचरन्

English

Seeing them rushing on every side, yours with horses, foot-soldiers, elephants and chariots rushed at the Pandavas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तरह समझ लें कि “पाण्डवोंने पहले कितना कष्ट उठाया था?”

English

Some foot-soldiers, brave in battle, struck each other with feet and fists, their weapons spent, and then fell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अद्य कृष्णस्य माहात्म्यं विजानातु महीपति:

English

Chariot-warriors fell from chariots, elephant-riders from elephants, like siddhas fallen from celestial cars when their merit is exhausted.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अस्त्राणां च बलं॑ सर्व बाह्दोश्न बलमाहवे

English

Thus, exerting themselves, warriors slew in the great battle fathers, brothers, friends and sons.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नान्य: कर्तास्ति लोके5स्मिनृते भीमान्महाबलात्

English

Thus the unrestrained battle went on, O best of the Bharatas, in the most dreadful mire of lances, swords and arrows.