Shalya Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रविभज्य बल॑ सर्वमनीकेषु व्यवस्थिता:

English

"Sanjaya said, 'Beholding the fallen boxes of cars, as also the cars of high-souled warriors, and the elephants and foot-soldiers, O sire, slain in battle, seeing the field of battle assume an aspect as awful as that of the sporting ground of Rudra, observing the inglorious end obtained by hundreds and thousands of kings, witnessing also the prowess of Partha after the retreat of thy son with grief- stricken heart and when thy troops, filled with anxiety and fallen into great distress, O Bharata, were deliberating as to what they should next do, hearing also the loud wails of the Kaurava warriors that were being crushed, and marking the displayed and disordered tokens of great kings, the Kuru leader Kripa of great energy, possessed of years and good conduct and filled with compassion, and endued with eloquence, approached king Duryodhana, and angrily said these words unto him, "O Duryodhana, listen, O Bharata, to these words that I will say unto thee. Having heard them, O monarch, do thou act according to them, O sinless one, if it pleases thee. There is no path, O monarch, that is better than the duty of battle. Having recourse to that path, Kshatriyas, O bull of the Kshatriya order, engage in battle. He who lives in the observance of Kshatriya practices fights with son, sire, brother, sister's son, and maternal uncle, and relatives, and kinsmen. If he is slaughtered in battle, there is great merit in it. Similarly, there is great sin in it if he flies from the field. It is for this that the life of a person desirous of living by the adoption of Kshatriya duties is exceedingly terrible. Unto thee, as regards this, I will say a few beneficial words. After the fall of Bhishma and Drona and the mighty car-warrior Kama, after the slaughter of Jayadratha and thy brothers, O sinless one, and thy son Lakshmana, what is there now for us to do? They upon whom we had rested all burdens of sovereignty we had been enjoying, have all gone to regions of blessedness attainable by persons conversant with Brahma, casting off their bodies. As regards ourselves, deprived of those great car-warriors possessed of numerous accomplishments, we shall have to pass our time in grief, having caused numerous kings to perish. When all those heroes were alive, even then Vibhatsu could not be vanquished. Having Krishna, for his eyes, that mighty-armed hero is incapable of being defeated by the very gods. The vast (Kaurava) host, approaching his Ape-bearing standard that is lofty as an Indra's pole (set up in the season of spring) and that is effulgent as Indra's bow, hath always trembled in fear. At the leonine roars of Bhimasena and the blare of Panchajanya and the twang of Gandiva, our heart will die away within us. Moving like flashes of lightning, and blinding our eyes, Arjuna's Gandiva is seen to resemble a circle of fire. Decked with pure gold, that formidable bow as it is shaken, looks lightning's flash moving about on every side. Steeds white in hue and possessed of great speed and endued with the splendour of the Moon or the Kasa grass, and that run devouring the skies, are yoked unto his car. Urged on by Krishna, like the masses of clouds driven by the wind, and their limbs decked with gold, they bear Arjuna to battle. That foremost of all persons conversant with arms, Arjuna, burned that great force of thine like a swelling conflagration consuming dry grass in the forest in the season of winter. Possessed of the splendour of Indra himself, while penetrating into our ranks, we have seen Dhananjaya to look like an elephant with four tusks. While agitating thy army and inspiring the kings with fear, we have seen Dhananjaya to resemble an elephant agitating a lake overgrown with lotuses. While terrifying all the warriors with the twang of his bow, we

हिन्दी अर्थ

क्षयं मनुष्यदेहानां तथा नागाश्चवसंक्षयम्

English

With the cries and groans of foot-soldiers in the great battle, with horses fleeing in many ways, O great king,

हिन्दी अर्थ

हयानीकेन महता सौबलश्चापि संवृत:

English

with dreadful destruction having come, the slaughter of all embodied beings, with weapons of many kinds heaped, chariots and elephants entangled,

हिन्दी अर्थ

हते भीष्मे महेष्वासे द्रोणे कर्णे महारथे

English

with the joy of those eager for battle and the fear of the timid, with warriors plunging in, each wishing the other's death,

हिन्दी अर्थ

सृञ्जयै: सह राजेन्द्र घोरं देवासुरोपमम्

English

the taking of lives most dreadful going on, a gamble, the terrible battle that increased Yama's realm,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शक्तितोमरनाराचैनिजपघ्ने तत्र भारत

English

the Pandavas smote your army with sharp arrows, and likewise your warriors smote the Pandava soldiers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रणमध्ये व्यदृश्यन्त कुर्वन्तोी महदाकुलम्

English

While that fear-bringing battle for the timid went on, the forenoon having come, towards sunrise,

हिन्दी अर्थ

हंसा हिमवत: प्रस्थे पिबन्त इव मेदिनीम्

English

the enemy, having attained their aims and protected by the great soul, fought your force, having made death their return, O king.

हिन्दी अर्थ

नारीके समान विचित्र शोभा धारण करती थी

English

By the strong, proud Pandavas who had attained their aims and were skilled strikers, your army sank, O Kaurava, like a doe surrounded by fire.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विभक्त करके भिन्न-भिन्न दलोंमें खड़े हुए

English

Seeing that army sinking like a weak cow in mud, Shalya, wishing to raise it, advanced against the Pandava host.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च द्रौणि: शल्योडथ सौबल:

English

The king of the Madras, enraged, taking his excellent bow, rushed in the battle at the Pandavas, the aggressors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न न एकेन योद्धव्यं कथज्चिदपि पाण्डवै:

English

And the Pandavas, O great king, victorious in the battle, reaching the king of the Madras, pierced him with sharp arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स पज्चभिर्भवेद् युक्त: पातकैश्नोपपातकै:

English

Then the mighty king of the Madras with hundreds of sharp arrows tormented that army in the sight of the king of dharma.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं ते समयं कृत्वा सर्वे तत्र महारथा:

English

Then, O king, many portents of various forms appeared, and the earth with its mountains trembled with a roar.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैव पाण्डवा राजन व्यूहा सैन्यं महारणे

English

Meteors with staffs and spears, blazing at the tips, fell scattering from the sky to earth, striking the sun's disc.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ओरसे युद्धके लिये उद्यत हो कौरवोंपर चढ़ आये

English

Deer, buffaloes and birds, O lord of men, circled the army to the left again and again.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तद् बल॑ भरतश्रेष्ठ क्षुब्धार्णवसमस्वनम्

English

Then that fight of the band-ranging warriors became very fierce; all the divisions met, O lord of men, and the Kauravas, O king, advanced on the Pandava army.

हिन्दी अर्थ

द्रोणस्य चैव भीष्मस्य राधेयस्य च मे श्रुतम्

English

Shalya, raining a shower of arrows like the thousand-eyed one, undaunted, showered the son of Kunti, Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कथं रणे हत: शल्यो धर्मराजेन संजय

English

He also showered Bhimasena with gold-feathered stone-whetted arrows, and the sons of Draupadi and both sons of Madri.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आशा बलवती राजन पुत्राणां ते5भवत्तदा

English

The mighty one pierced Dhrishtadyumna, Shaineya and Shikhandin, each with ten arrows, and then loosed a shower of arrows like Maghavan at the end of summer.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शल्य: पार्थान् रणे सर्वान् निहनिष्यति मारिष

English

Then thousands of Prabhadrakas and Somakas, O king, were seen fallen and falling from Shalya's arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मद्रराजं च समरे समाश्रित्य महारथम्

English

As swarms of bees, as flights of locusts, as hail from clouds, Shalya's arrows fell.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आपके पुत्रोंके मनमें बड़ा भारी भय समा गया

English

Elephants, horses, afflicted foot-soldiers and chariot-warriors fell, wandered and cried out from Shalya's arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तान् समाश्चास्य योधांस्तु मद्रराज: प्रतापवान्

English

As if possessed by wrath and manliness, the lord of the Madras covered his foes in the battle like Time-sent Death; roaring, the lord of the Madras, thunder-voiced and mighty.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्युद्ययौ रणे पार्थान् मद्रराज: प्रतापवान्

English

Slain by Shalya, the Pandava army rushed at Ajatashatru, Yudhishthira son of Kunti.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रथप्रवरमास्थाय सैन्धवाश्वंं महारथ:

English

Having overwhelmed it in the battle, light-handed, with sharp arrows and a great shower of arrows, he tormented Yudhishthira.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तेन संवृतो वीरो रथेनामित्रकर्षण:

English

As Shalya came on with foot-soldiers and horses, King Yudhishthira, enraged, held him back with sharp arrows, as one holds a rutting elephant with goads.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रयाणे मद्रराजो5भून्मुखं व्यूहस्य दंशित:

English

Shalya loosed at him a dreadful arrow like a venomous serpent; it pierced the great soul and fell swiftly to the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्व॒त्थामा पृष्ठतो5भूत् काम्बोजै: परिवारित:

English

Then Vrikodara, enraged, pierced Shalya with seven, Sahadeva with five, Nakula with ten arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पाण्डवाश्च महेष्वासा व्यूह्् सैन्यमरिंदमा:

English

The sons of Draupadi showered the glorious slayer of foes, the brave Artayani, with arrows like clouds on a mountain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धृष्टद्युम्न: शिखण्डी च सात्यकिश्व महारथ:

English

Then, seeing Shalya being harassed on all sides by the Parthas, Kritavarman and Kripa, enraged, rushed up.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्धस्थलमें शल्यकी सेनाका वध करनेके लिये उसपर धावा बोल दिया

English

Uluka, Patri, Shakuni son of Subala, and Ashvatthaman the great chariot-warrior, smiling, slowly, and your sons all together protected Shalya in the battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा स्वेनानीकेन संवृत:

English

Kritavarman, having pierced Bhimasena with three arrows, held him back with a great arrow-shower, enraged in form.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हार्दिक्यं च महेष्वासमर्जुन: शत्रुसैन्यहा

English

Kripa, enraged, tormented Dhrishtadyumna with arrows; Shakuni attacked the sons of Draupadi and Drona's son the twins.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेगसे आक्रमण किया

English

Duryodhana, of fierce splendour, attacked in the battle Keshava and Arjuna, best of warriors, and the strong one struck them with arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौतम॑ं भीमसेनो वै सोमकाश्ष महारथा:

English

Thus hundreds of duels took place between yours and theirs, dreadful and varied, here and there, O lord of men.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कृपाचार्यपर धावा बोल दिया

English

Bhoja killed Bhima's brown horses in the battle; descending from the chariot seat, his horses slain, the son of Pandu, mace in hand, fought, raising it like Death's rod.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माद्रीपुत्रो तु शकुनिमुलूकं च महारथम्

English

In front of Sahadeva the king of the Madras killed his horses; then Sahadeva killed Shalya's son with his sword.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैवायुतशो योधास्तावका: पाण्डवान् रणे

English

Again the preceptor Gautama fought Dhrishtadyumna, calm against calm, effortful against more effortful.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुसंरब्धेषु पार्थेषु पराक्रान्तेषु संजय

English

The preceptor's son pierced the heroic sons of Draupadi, each with ten arrows, smiling as if not much angered.

हिन्दी अर्थ

यथा वयं परे राजन् युद्धाय समुपस्थिता:

English

Shalya too, O king, enraged, slaying the Somakas and Pandavas, again tormented Yudhishthira with sharp arrows.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकादश सहस्राणि रथानां भरतर्षभ

English

Bhima, enraged in the battle, his lips bitten between his teeth, resolving on his destruction, valiant, took up his mace.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पूर्णे शतसहस्रे द्वे हयानां तत्र भारत

English

Like Death's rod, like the Night of Time raised up, the ender of lives of elephants, horses and men,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतद् बल॑ पाण्डवानाम भवच्छेषमाहवे

English

bound with plates of gold, like a blazing meteor, like a dreadful she-serpent in a net, like a thunderbolt, made of iron,

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं विभज्य राजेन्द्र मद्रराजवशे स्थिता:

English

smeared with sandal and aguru paste, like a woman desired, smeared with fat, marrow and flesh, like Vaivasvata's tongue,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तथैव पाण्डवा: शूरा: समरे जितकाशिन:

English

with hundreds of loud bells' sounds, like Indra's thunderbolt, like a shed serpent's coil, mingled with elephants' rut,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इमे ते च बलौघेन परस्परवधैषिण:

English

terrifying to enemy armies, delighting his own army, renowned in the world of men, splitting mountain peaks,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तावकानां परेषां च निध्नतामितरेतरम्

English

with which the strong son of Kunti, at Kailasa, challenged the enraged lord of Alaka, friend of Maheshvara,

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्रीमहा भारते शल्यपर्वणि व्यूहनिर्माणे5ष्टमो5ध्याय:

English

with which, enraged, the mighty one slew many proud illusion-working guhyakas in Dhanada's abode, for the sake of the mandara flower, doing Draupadi's pleasure though held back by many.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गया, जो देवासुर-संग्रामके समान भय बढ़ानेवाला था

English

Raising that mace, eight-edged, jewelled and heavy as a thunderbolt, the mighty-armed one rushed at Shalya in the battle.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्रूयत यथा काले जलदानां नभस्तले

English

Skilled in battle with the mace, with that dreadfully sounding mace he crushed Shalya's four very swift horses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वीर उनसे खदेड़े जाकर इधर-उधर भागने लगे

English

Then Shalya, enraged in the battle, drove a javelin into his broad chest, roaring, and piercing his armour it went in.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विचरन्तो रणेभ्यघ्नन् प्रासशक्त्यृष्टिभिस्तथा

English

Vrikodara, our brother, pulling out that very javelin, pierced the charioteer of the king of the Madras in the heart with it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उनपर प्रास, शक्ति तथा ऋष्टियोंका प्रहार करने लगे

English

With his armour split, vomiting blood, his mind terrified, the charioteer fell facing him, and the king of the Madras withdrew, dejected.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सान्तरायोधिन जष्नुर्द्रवमाणं महारथम्

English

Seeing the act repaid with a return, Shalya, astonished in mind, taking his mace, the steadfast one, looked at his enemy.

हिन्दी अर्थ

युद्ध करनेवाले भागते हुए महारथीको मार डालते थे

English

Then the Parthas, glad at heart, honoured Bhimasena, seeing that dreadful deed of the unwearied-working one in the battle.