pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: भीमसेनस्य वा राजन्नुपायकुशलैनरैः। मृत्युर्विधीयतां छन्नैः स हि तेषां बलाधिकः॥
English: O king, let some clever spies, full of resources, go there and secretly bring about the death of Bhimasena, he is the strongest of them all.
Sanskrit: तमाश्रित्य हि कौन्तेयः पुरा चास्मान् न मन्यते। स हि तीक्ष्णाश्च शूरश्च तेषां चैव परायणम्॥
English: Relying on him the son of Kunti formerly disregarded us. He is fierce, brave and the main-stay of the Pandavas.
Sanskrit: तस्मिंस्त्वभिहते राजन् हतोत्साहा हतौजसः। यतिष्यन्ते न राज्याय स हि तेषां व्यपाश्रयः॥
English: O king, on his death all the others (the Pandavas) will be deprived of strength and energy. Deprived of him, who is their mainstay, they will not attempt to regain their kingdom.
Sanskrit: अजेयो ह्यर्जुनः संख्ये पृष्ठगोपे वृकोदरे। तमृते फाल्गुनो युद्धे राधेयस्य न पादभाक्॥
English: If Arjuna is supported from behind by Vrikodara (Bhima), he is invincible in battle. But if Bhima is not there, he (Arjuna) is not a match for even the forth part of the son of Radha (Karna).
Sanskrit: जानानास्तु दौर्बल्यं भीमसेनमृते महत्। अस्मान् बलवतो ज्ञात्वा न यतिष्यन्ति दुर्बलाः॥ ते
English: In consequence of the death of Bhimasena, they (the Pandavas) would know themselves weak and ourselves strong; and they will not attempt to recover the kingdom.
Sanskrit: इहागतेषु वा तेषु निदेशवशवर्तिषु। प्रवर्तिष्यामहे राजन् यथाशास्त्रं निबर्हणम्॥
English: O king, if coming here, they prove themselves docile and obedient to us, we would then try to repress them according to the Shastras (Political science).
Sanskrit: अथवा दर्शनीयाभिः प्रमदाभिर्विलोभ्यताम्। एकैकस्तत्र कौन्तेयस्ततः कृष्णा विरज्यताम्॥
English: We may tempt them with handsome girls; and on sceing which Krishna (Draupadi) will surely be annoyed with the sons of Kunti.
Sanskrit: प्रेष्यतां चैव राधेयस्तेषामागमनाय वै। तैस्तैः प्रकारैः संनीय पात्यन्तामाप्तकारिभिः॥
English: Or, O son of Radha, send messengers to bring them here, so that getting them here, we might kill them by some means or other.
Sanskrit: एतेषामप्युपायानां यस्ते निर्दोषवान् मतः। तस्य प्रयोगमातिष्ठ पुरा कालोऽतिवर्तते॥ यावद्ध्यकृतविश्वासा दुपदे पार्थिवर्षभे। तावदेव हि ते शक्या न शक्यास्तु ततः परम्॥
English: O father, employ any of these means which appear to you faultless. Time passes away, we should not make any further delay. So long their confidence in that best of kings Drupada is not established, we may succeed, but not after (when it has been established).
Sanskrit: एषा मम मतिस्तात निग्रहाय प्रवर्तते। साध्वी वा यदि वासाध्वी किं वा राधेय मन्यसे॥
English: O father, these are my views for their suppression. Judge whether they are good or bad. What, O son of Radha (Karna), do you think?
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच जामदग्न्येन रामेण पितृर्वधममृध्यता। राजा परशुना पूर्वं हैहयाधिपतिर्हतः॥ शतानि दश बाहूनां निकृत्तान्यर्जुनस्य वै। लोकस्याचरितो धर्मस्तेनाति किल दुश्चरः॥
English: Bhishma said: The king Haihayas was killed by (Parashu) Rama, the son of Jamadagni, with his battle axe from his anger at the death of his father. Cutting off one thousand arms of Arjuna (Haihayas), he achieved a most difficult feat in the world.
Sanskrit: पुनश्च धनुरादाय महास्त्राणि प्रमुञ्चता। निर्दग्धं क्षत्रमसकृद्रथेन जयता महीम्॥ एवमुचावचैरस्त्रैर्भार्गवेण महात्मना। त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी कृता निःक्षत्रिया पुरा॥
English: He set out on his car to conquer the world; and taking up his bow, he hurled his mighty weapons to exterminate the Kshatriyas. In olden time the illustrious descendant of the Bhrigu race, exterminated the Kshatriya race for twenty one times with his swift arrows.
Sanskrit: एवं निःक्षत्रिये लोके कृते तेन महर्षिणा। ततः संभूय सर्वाभिः क्षत्रियाभिः समन्ततः॥ उत्पादितान्यपत्यानि ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः। पाणिग्राहस्य तनय इति वेदेषु निश्चितम्॥
English: When the earth was thus in olden time made Kshatriya-less by that great Rishi, the Kshatriya women raised children by the Brahmanas, learned in the Vedas. They went to the Brahmanas not lustfully, but from virtuous motives. It is said in the Vedas that the son so raised belongs to him that had married the mother.
Sanskrit: धर्मं मनसि संस्थाप्य ब्राह्मणांस्ताः समभ्ययुः। लोकेऽप्याचरितो दृष्टः क्षत्रियाणां पुनर्भवः॥
English: Having established Dharma in mind those Brahmanas reached there. In this world we have seen rebirth of Kshatriyas.
Sanskrit: ततः पुनः समुदितं क्षत्रं समभवत्तदा। इमं चैवात्र वक्ष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम्॥
English: Thus it was that the Kshatriya race was again brought into existence all over the world. There is an old history in connection with this matter and I shall narrate it to you.
Sanskrit: अथोतथ्य इति ख्यात आसीद्धीमानृषिः पुरा। ममता नाम तस्यासीद्धार्या परमसंमता॥ उतथ्यस्य यवीयांस्तु पुरोधास्त्रिदिवौकसाम्। बृहस्पतिर्ब्रहत्तेजा ममतामन्वपद्यत॥
English: There was in the time of yore, a wise Rishi, named Utathya. He had a wife, name Mamata whom he dearly loved. One day Utathya's younger brother, the priest of the celestials, the greatly effulgent Brihaspati, proposed to Mamata.
Sanskrit: उवाच ममता तं तु देवरं वदतां वरम्। अन्तर्वन्ती त्वहं भ्रात्रा ज्येष्ठेनारम्यतामिति॥
English: Mamata said to her Devara (husband's younger brother), that best of eloquent men, “I am pregnant by your elder brother; therefore you should not seek me now.
Sanskrit: अयं च मे महाभाग कुक्षावेव बृहस्पते। औतथ्यो वेदमत्रापि षडङ्गं प्रत्यधीयत॥ अमोघरेतास्त्वं चापि द्वयोर्नास्त्यत्र संभवः। तस्मादेवंगते त्वद्य उपारमितुमर्हसि॥
English: O illustrious Brihaspati, the child, who is now in my womb, has studied there the Vedas with six Angas. Your seed is also infallible. How is it possible for two children to live there at the same time? Therefore, you should not desire me to-day.”
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तस्तदा सम्यग्बृहस्पतिरुदारधीः। कामात्मानं तदात्मानं न शशाक नियच्छितुम्॥
English: Having been thus addressed by her, Brihaspati, though greatly intelligent, could not suppress his desire.
Sanskrit: एवमात्थ वचस्तस्मात्तमो दीर्घ प्रवेक्ष्यसि। स वै दीर्घतमा नाम शापादृषिरजायत।॥ बृहस्पतेर्वृहत्कीर्तेर्वृहस्पतिरिवौजसा। जात्यन्धे वेदवित्प्राज्ञः पत्नी लेभे स विद्यया॥ तरुणी रूपसंपन्नां प्रद्वेषीं नाम ब्राह्मणीम्। स पुत्राञ्जनयामास गौतमादीन्महायशाः॥
English: From the curse of the Rishi Brihaspati, Utathy's son, as illustrious and as effulgent as Brihaspati, was born blind; and he was named Dirghatamas. The born-blind, Veda-knowing and greatly wise Rishi obtained for his wife by his learning a young and handsome Brahmana maiden, named Pradveshi.
Sanskrit: ऋषेरुतथ्यस्य तदा संतानकुलवृद्धये। धर्मात्मा च महात्मा च वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः॥ गोधर्मं सौरभेयाच सोऽधीत्य निखिलं मुनिः। प्रावर्तत तदा कर्तुं श्रद्धावांस्तमशङ्कया।॥
English: He begot on her Gautama and other sons in order to keep up the illustrious line of Utathya's race. But Gautama and others were all covetous and fools. The virtuous-minded, high souled and learned in the Vedas and Vedangas. (Dirghatamas) learnt from Surabhi's son the practices of the cow race and he began publicly to commit the vice.
Sanskrit: ततो वितथमर्यादं तं दृष्ट्वा मुनिसत्तमाः। क्रुद्धा मोहाभिभूतास्ते सर्वे तत्राश्रमौकसः॥ अहोऽयं भिन्नमर्यादो नाश्रमे वस्तुमर्हति। तस्मादेनं वयं सर्वे पापात्मानं त्यजामहे॥
English: The excellent Rishis, the dwellers of the same hermitage, became indignant to see him transgress all propriety. They said, “This man transgresses all propriety. He deserves not to live in the hermitage. We shall all renounce this sinful wretch."
Sanskrit: इत्यन्योऽन्यं समाभाष्य ते दीर्घतमसं मुनिम्। पुत्रलाभा च सा पत्नी न तुतोष पतिं तदा॥
English: They said many things else regarding the Rishi Dirghatamas. His wife also, having (already) obtained sons, was not pleased with him.
Sanskrit: प्रद्वेष्युवाच प्रद्विषन्तीं पतिर्भार्यां किं मां द्वेक्षीति चाब्रवीत्। भार्याया भरणाद्भर्ती पालनाच पतिः स्मृतः॥ अहं त्वद्भरणाशक्ता जात्यधं ससुतं तदा। नित्यकालं श्रमेणार्ता न भरेयं महातपः॥
English: Pradveshi said : The husband then addressing his wife Pradveshi said, "Why are you dissatisfied with me?" The husband is called Bhatri, because he supports his wife; he is called Pati, because he protects her, but you are neither to me. O great ascetic, as you are blind from your birth, it is I who have supported you and your children. But I shall do it no longer.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ऋषिः कोपसमन्वितः। प्रत्युवाच ततः पत्नी प्रद्वेषीं ससुतां तदा॥
English: Bhishma said: Having heard her words, the Rishi became angry and he said to his wife Pradveshi and her sons "Take me to the Kshatriyas (kings) and you will then be rich."
Sanskrit: पुरा यथा। वै॥ प्रद्वेष्युवाच नियतां क्षत्रियकुले धनार्थश्च भविष्यति। त्वया दत्तं धनं विप्र नेच्छेयं दुःखकारणम्॥
English: Pradveshi said : O Brahmana, I do not desire to possess the wealth, earned by you, which would always be the cause of misery. O best of Brahmanas, do what you like; I shall not support you as I did before.
Sanskrit: दीर्घतमा उवाच यथेष्टं कुरु विप्रेन्द्र न भरेयं अद्यप्रभृति मर्यादा मया लोके प्रतिष्ठिता॥ एक एव पतिर्नार्या यावजीवं परायणम्। मृते जीवति वा तस्मिन्नापरं प्राप्नुयान्नरम्॥ अभिगम्य परं नारी पतिष्यति न संशयः। आपतीनां तु नारीणामद्यप्रभृति पातकम्॥ यद्यस्ति चेद्धनं सर्वे वृथाभोगा भवन्तु ताः। अकीर्तिः परिवादाश्च नित्यं तासां भवन्तु
English: Dirghatamas said : From this day I make this rule among men that every woman shall stick to one husband only all through her life. Whether the husband is dead, or whether he is alive, she must not have connection with another man. She, who will have it, will be considered as fallen. A woman without a husband will always be liable to be sinful. Even if she is wealthy, she will not be able to enjoy it truly. Calumny and evil report will always follow her.
Sanskrit: इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणी भृशकोपिता। गङ्गायां नीयतामेष पुत्रा इत्येवमब्रवीत्॥
English: Bhishma said: Having heard these words, the Brahmana lady became exceedingly angry and said, “O sons, throw him into the Ganges.”
Sanskrit: लोभमोहाभिभूतास्ते पुत्रास्तं गौतमादयः। बध्वोडुपे परिक्षिप्य गङ्गायां समवासृजन्॥ कस्मादन्धश्च वृद्धश्च भर्तव्योऽयमिति स्म ते। चिन्तयित्वा ततः क्रूराः प्रतिजग्मुरथो गृहान्॥
English: Her avaricious and foolish sons, Gautama and his brothers, exclaimed, “Why should we support this blind old man?” Thus thinking, those wicked men tied him on a raft and threw him into the Ganges. They then returned home.
Sanskrit: सोऽनुस्रोतस्तदा विप्रः प्लवमानो यदृच्छया। जगाम सुबहून्देशानन्धस्तेनोडुपेन ह॥ तं तु राजा बलि म सर्वधर्मविदां वरः। अपश्यन्मजनगतः स्रोतसाभ्याशमागतम्॥
English: The Brahmana, drifting along the stream on that raft, passed through the territories of many kings. One day a king, named Bali, learned in all the precepts of religion, saw him (the blind Rishi) drifting along the stream and approaching near him.
Sanskrit: जग्राह चैनं धर्मात्मा बलिः सत्यपराक्रमः। ज्ञात्वा चैवं स वव्रेऽथ पुत्रार्थं भरतर्षभ।॥ सन्तानार्थं महाभाग भार्यासु मम मानद। पुत्रा-धर्मार्थकुशलानुत्पादयितुमर्हसि॥
English: O best of the Bharata race, the virtuousminded Bali, whose strength was truth, knowing who he was, took him up (from the stream) for the purpose of raising up offspring. He said. "O illustrious man, I have to raise up a few sons on my wife. Therefore, beget on her some virtuous and wise sons.'
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तः स तेजस्वी तं तथेत्युक्तवानृषिः। तस्मै स राजा स्वां भार्यां सुदेष्णां प्राहिणोत्तदा॥
English: Thus addressed, the greatly effulgent Rishi said to him, “Be it so.” Thereupon, that king sent his wife Sudeshna to him.
Sanskrit: अन्धं वृद्धं च तं मत्वा न सा देवी जगाम ह। स्वां तु धात्रेयिकां तस्मै वृद्धाय प्राहिणोत्तदा॥ तस्यां काक्षीवदादीन्स शूद्रयोनावृषिस्तदा। जनयामास धर्मात्मा पुत्रानेकादशैव तु॥
English: That lady, knowing him to be blind and old, did not go to him. She sent to him her old nurse. The virtuous-minded Rishi begot on that Shudra woman eleven sons.
Sanskrit: काक्षीवदादीन्पुत्रांस्तान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वानधीयतः। उवाच तमृषि राजा ममेम इति भारत॥
English: O descendant of the Bharata race, seeing all those sons, Kakshivata being their eldest, who studied all the Vedas, the king one day asked the Rishi, "Are these sons mine?”
Sanskrit: नेत्युवाच महर्षिस्तं ममेम इति चाब्रवीत्। शूद्रयोनौ मया हीमे जाता: काक्षीवदादयः॥
English: The great Rishi said to him, "No, they are mine. I have begotten Kakshivat and others on a Shudra woman.
Sanskrit: अन्धं वृद्धं च मां दृष्ट्वा सुदेष्णा महिषी तव। अवमन्य ददौ मूढा शूद्रां धात्रेयिका मम॥
English: Your queen, Sudeshna, finding me old and blind, the foolish woman, insulted me (by not coming herself) and sent her nurse to me.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रसादयामास पुनस्तमृषिसत्तमम्। बलिः सुदेष्णाः स्वां भार्यां तस्मै स प्राहिणोत्पुनः।।५१
English: He (the king) then gratified the excellent Rishi and sent his wife, Sudeshna, again to him.
Sanskrit: तां स दीर्घतमाङ्गेषु स्पृष्ट्वा देवीमथाब्रवीत्। भविष्यन्ति कुमारास्ते तेजसादित्यवर्चसः॥
English: Dhirghatama touched that lady's body and told her, “You will give birth to sons, as effulgent as the sun.
Sanskrit: अङ्गो वङ्गः कलिङ्गश्च पुण्ड्रः सुह्यश्च ते सुताः। तेषां देशा: समाख्याताः स्वनाम कथिता भुवि॥
English: Namely, Anga, Vanga, Kalinga Pundra and Sunga. Five countries will be named on earth after their names,
Sanskrit: अङ्गस्याङ्गोऽभवद्देशो वङ्गो वङ्गस्य च स्मृतः। कलिङ्गविषयश्चैव कलिङ्गस्य च स स्मृतः॥ पुण्ड्रस्य पुण्ड्राः प्रख्याताः सुह्माः सुह्मस्य च स्मृताः। एवं बले: पुरा वंशः प्रख्यातो वै महर्षिजः॥
English: From Anga a country will be called Anga, from Banga one Banga, from Kalinga one Kalinga, from Pundra one Pundra and from Suhma one Sahma. It was thus the line of Bali was perpetuated by the Rishi.
Sanskrit: एवमन्ये महेष्वासा ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रिया भुवि। जाता: परमधर्मज्ञां वीर्यवन्तो महाबलाः। एतच्छ्रुत्वा त्वमप्यत्र मात: कुरु यथेप्सितम्॥
English: It was thus that many virtuous, greatly energetic and exceedingly strong bow-men, Kshatriyas, were born from the Brahmanas. Hearing this, O mother, do as you like in this matter. Q
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच अथान्यद् धनुरादाय बलवान् वेगवत्तरम्। युधिष्ठिरं मद्रपतिर्भित्वा सिंह इवानदत्॥
English: Sanjaya said Taking up another very strong bow the king of the Madras struck Yudhishthira and roared like a lion.
Sanskrit: ततः स शववर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान्। अभ्यवर्षदमेयात्मा क्षत्रियान् क्षत्रियर्षभः॥
English: Then that best of Kshatriyas, of great cnergy, poured upon all the Kshatriyas showers of arrows even like Indra pouring rain in torrents.
Sanskrit: सात्यकि दशभिर्विद्ध्वा भीमसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः। सहदेव त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत्॥
English: Piercing Satyaki with ten arrows and Bhima with three and Sahadeva with as many, he assailed Yudhishthira greatly.
Sanskrit: तांस्तानन्यान् महेष्वासान् साश्वान् सरथकूबरान्। अर्दयामास विशिखैरुल्काभिरिव कुञ्जरान्॥
English: And he assailed all the other great bowmen with their horses and cars and elephants with many arrows like hunters assailing elephants with burning rods.
Sanskrit: कुञ्जरान् कुञ्जरारोहानश्वानश्वप्रयायिनः। रथांश्च रथिनः सार्धं जघान रथिनां वरः॥
English: That foremost of car-warriors destroyed elephants and elephant-riders, horses and horse-men and cars and car-warriors,
Sanskrit: बाहूंश्चिच्छेद तरसा सायुधान् केतनानि च। चकार च महीं योधैस्तीर्णां वेदी कुशैरिव॥
English: And he cut off the arms of combatants holding weapons and the standards of cars and filled the earth with (slain) warriors like the sacrificial altar with blades of Kusha grass.
Sanskrit: तथा तमरिसैन्यानि घ्नन्तं मृत्युमिवान्तकम्। परिवत्रु शं क्रुद्धाः पाण्डुपाञ्चालसोमकाः॥
English: Then the Pandus, the Panchalas and the Somakas, encompassed angrily that hero who was thus killing their soldiers like alldestroying Death.
Sanskrit: तं भीमसेनश्च शिनेश्च नप्ता मात्र्याश्च पुत्रौ पुरुषप्रवीरौ। समागतं भीमबलेन राज्ञा पर्याप्तमन्योन्यमथाह्वयन्त॥
English: Bhimasena and the grandson of Shini and those two foremost of men, the two sons of Madri surrounded that hero while he was fighting with the highly powerful (Pandava) king. Ana all of them challenged him to battle.
Sanskrit: ततस्तु शूराः समरे नरेन्द्र नरेश्वरं प्राप्य युधां वरिष्ठम्। आवार्य चैनं समरे नृवीरा जघ्नुः शरैः पत्रिभिरुग्रवेगैः॥
English: Then those heroes, O king, having obtained the king of the Madras, that best of warriors in battle, opposed that first of men in that encounter and began to strike him with powerful winged arrows.
Sanskrit: संरक्षितो भीमसेनेन राजा माद्रीसुताभ्यामथ माधवेन। मद्राधिपं पत्रिभिरुपवेगैः स्तनान्तरे धर्मसुतो निजघ्ने॥
English: Protected by Bhimasena and the two sons of Madri and Krishna the royal son of Dharma struck the king of the Madras on the chest with powerful winged arrows.
Sanskrit: ततो रणे तावकानां स्थौधाः समीक्ष्य मद्राधिपतिं शरार्तम्। पार्यवः प्रवरास्ते सुसज्जा दुर्योधनस्यानुमते पुरस्तात्॥
English: Then beholding the king of the Madras greatly wounded with arrows in that battle, the car-warriors and other combatants of your army, clad in mail and armed with weapons, surrounded him on all sides at Duryodhana's behest.
Sanskrit: ततो द्रुतं मद्रजनाधिपो रणे युधिष्ठिरं सप्तभिरभ्यविद्ध्यत्। विव्याध राजंस्तुमुले महात्मा॥
English: They king of the Madras at this time quickly struck Yudhishthira with seven arrows in that battle. The great son of Pritha. O king, in return, struck his foe with nine arrows in that dreadful battle.
Sanskrit: आकर्णपूर्णायतसम्प्रयुक्तैः शरैस्तदा संयति तैलधौतैः। अन्योन्यमाच्छादयतां महारथौ मद्राधिपश्चापि युधिष्ठिरश्च॥
English: Those two great car-warriors, viz., Shalya and Yudhishthira, began to cover each other with arrows bathed in oil and shot off bows drawn to their ears.
Sanskrit: ततस्तु तूर्णं समरे महारथौ परस्परस्यान्तरमीक्षमाणौ। शरैर्भृशं विव्यधतुर्नपोत्तमौ महाबलौ शत्रुभिरप्रधृष्यौ॥
English: Those two best of kings, both gifted with great strength, both incapable of being defeated by foes and both foremost of car-warriors looking at each other's loop-holes, quickly and deeply struck each other's shafts.
Sanskrit: तयोर्धनातलनिःस्वनो महान् महेन्द्रवज्राशनितुल्यनि:स्वनः। परस्परं बाणगणैर्महात्मनोः प्रवर्षतोर्मद्रपपाण्डुवीरयोः॥
English: The loud noise of their bows, bowstrings and palms, resembled that of Indra's thunder as those great car-warriors showered upon each other innumerable arrows.
Sanskrit: तौ चेरतुर्व्याघ्रशिशुप्रकाशौ महावनेष्वामिषगृद्धिनाविव। विषाणिनौ नागवराविवोभौ ततक्षतुः संयति जातदो॥
English: They moved about in the field of battle like two young tigers in the deep forest fighting for a piece of meat. Elated with the pride of prowess, they wounded each other like a couple of infuriate elephants of powerful tusks.
Sanskrit: ततस्तु मद्राधिपतिर्महात्मा युधिष्ठिरं भीमबलं प्रसह्या विव्याध वीरं हृदयेऽतिवेगं शरेण सूर्याग्निसमप्रभेण॥
English: Displaying his vigor, then the illustrious king of the Madras struck the heroic Yudhishthira of terrible might in the chest with an arrow effulgent like the fire or the sun.
Sanskrit: ततोऽतिविद्धोऽथ युधिष्ठिरोऽपि सुसम्प्रयुक्तेन शरेण राजन्। जघान मद्राधिपतिं महात्मा मुदं च लेभे ऋषभः कुरूणाम्॥
English: Deeply struck, O king, that best of Kurus, the illustrious Yudhishthira, then struck the king of the Madras with a well aimed arrow and was filled with joy.
Sanskrit: ततो मुहूर्तादिव पार्थिवेन्द्रो लब्ध्वा संज्ञां क्रोधसंरक्तनेत्रः। शतेन पार्थं त्वरितो जघान सहस्रनेत्रप्रतिमप्रभावः॥
English: Regaining his consciousness within a moment that foremost of kings viz., Shalya, powerful like Indra with eyes reddened in wrath, quickly struck the son of Pritha with a hundred arrows.
Sanskrit: त्वरंस्ततो धर्मसुतो महात्मा शल्यस्य कोपान्नवभिः पृषत्कैः। भित्वा झुरस्तपनीयं च वर्म जघान षड्भिस्त्वपरैः पृषत्कैः॥
English: At this the illustrious son of Dharma, filled with rage, quickly struck Shalya's chest an then, without losing a moment, struck his golden mail with six arrows.
Sanskrit: ततस्तु मद्राधिपतिः प्रकृष्टं धनुविंकृष्य व्यसृजत् पृषत्कान्। श्चिच्छेद चापं कुरुपुङ्गवस्य॥
English: Filled with joy, the 1. ing of the Madras then, drawing his bow and having discharged many arrows, at last cut off, with a pair of razorfaced shafts, the bow of his royal foe.
Sanskrit: नवं ततोऽन्यत् समरे प्रगृह्य राजा धनुर्घोरतरं महात्मा। शल्यं विव्याध शरैः समन्ताद् यथा महेन्द्रो नमुचिं शिताप्रैः॥
English: The illustrious Yudhishthira then, taking a new and more powerful bow in that battle, struck Shalya with many keen pointed arrows from all sides like Indra striking the Asura Namuchi.
Sanskrit: (मस्य राज्ञश्च युधिष्ठिरस्य। निकृत्य रोक्मे पटुवर्मणी तयो विडदारयामास भुजौ महात्मा।॥
English: Cutting off the golden coats of mail of both Bhima and king Yudhishthira with nine arrows, the illustrious Shalya then struck the arins of both of them.
Sanskrit: ततोऽपरेण ज्वलनार्कतेजसा क्षुरेण राज्ञो धनुरुन्ममाथा कृपश्च तस्यैव जघान सूतं षड्भिः शरैः सोऽभिमुखः पपात॥
English: With another razor-faced arrow effulgent like the fire of the sun, he then cut off the bow of Yudhishthira. At this time Kripa, with six arrows, killed the king's driver who fell down in front of the car.
Sanskrit: मद्राधिपश्चापि युधिष्ठिरस्य शरैश्चतुर्भिर्निजघान वाहान्। वाहांश्च हत्वा व्यकरोन्महात्मा योधक्षयं धर्मसुतस्य राज्ञः॥
English: The king of the Madras then killed with four arrows the four horses of Yudhishthira. Having slain the horses of the king, the great Shalya then began to kill the soldiers of the royal son of Dharma.
Sanskrit: तथा कृते राजनि भीमसेनो मद्राधिपस्याथ ततो महात्मा। छित्त्वा धनुर्वेगवता शरेण द्वाभ्यामविध्यत् सुभृशं नरेन्द्रम्॥
English: When the (Pandava) king had been reduced to that plight, the great Bhimasena, quickly cutting off the bow of the Madra king with an arrow of great force, struck the king himself with a couple of arrows,
Sanskrit: तथापरेणास्य जहार यन्तुः कायाच्छिरः संहननीयमध्यात्। जधान चाश्वांश्चतुरः सुशीघ्रं तथा भृशं कुपितो भीमसेनः॥
English: With another arrow he cut off the head of Shalya's driver from his trunk the middle of which was encased in mail. Beside himself with anger, Bhimasena next killed without a moment's delay, the four horses of his enemy.
Sanskrit: मेकं चरन्तं समरेऽतिवेगम्। भीमः शतेन व्यकिरच्छराणां माद्रीपुत्रः सहदेवस्तथैव॥ तैः सायकैर्मोहितं वीक्ष्य शल्यं भीमः शरैरस्य चकर्त वर्म।
English: That foremost of all bowmen, viz., Bhima, then covered with a hundred arrows that hero who, gifted with great energy, was moving about alone in the field. Sahadeva, the son of Madri, did the same. Beholding Shalya stupefied with those arrows, Bhima cut off his armour with other arrows.
Sanskrit: स भीमसेनेन निकृत्तवर्मा मद्राधिपश्चर्म सहस्रतारम्॥ प्रगृह्य खड्गं च रथान्महात्मा प्रस्कन्ध कुन्तीसुतमभ्यधावत्। छित्त्वा रथेषां नकुलस्य सोऽथ युधिष्ठिरं भीमबलोऽभ्यधावत्॥
English: His armour having been cut off by Bhimasena, the great king of Madras, taking up a sword and a shield adorned with a thousand stars, leaped down from his car and rushed towards the son of Kunti. Cutting off the shaft of Nakula's car, the powerful Shalya rushed towards Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: तं चापि राजानमथोत्पतन्तं क्रुद्धं यथैवान्तकमापतन्तम्। धृष्टद्युम्नो द्रौपदेयाः शिखण्डी शिनेश्च नप्ता सहसा परीयुः॥
English: Beholding him rushing with great force towards the king even like the Destroyer himself rushing in anger, Dhristadyumna and Sikhandin and the (five) sons of Draupadi and the grandson of Sini suddenly advanced towards him.
Sanskrit: अथास्य चर्माप्रतिमं न्यकृन्त भीमो महात्मा नवभिः पृषत्कैः। खड्गं च भल्लैर्निचकर्त मुष्टौ नदन् प्रहृष्टस्तव सैन्यमध्ये॥
English: Then the illustrious Bhima cut off the ten arrows the matchless shield of that hero. With another broad-headed arrow he cut off the sword also of that warrior. Filled with joy at this, he cried aloud in the midst of the army.
Sanskrit: स्ते पाण्डवानां प्रवरां रथौघाः। नादं च चक्रुर्भृशमुत्स्मयन्तः शङ्खांश्च दध्मुः शसिसंनिकाशान्॥
English: Beholding that feat of Bhima, all the foremost car-warriors among the Pandavas were filled with joy. Laughing aloud, they uttered terrible roars and blew their moonwhite conchs.
Sanskrit: तेनाथ शब्देन विभीषणेन तथाभितप्तं बलमप्रधृष्यम्। कांदिग्भूतं रुधिरेणोक्षिताङ्गं विसंज्ञकल्पं च तदा विषण्णम्॥
English: At that terrible noise the army, protected by your warriors, were depressed, covered with sweat, bathed in blood, exceedingly melancholy and dispirited.
Sanskrit: स मद्रराजः सहसा विकीर्णो भीमाग्रगैः पाण्डवयोधमुख्यैः। युधिष्ठिरस्याभिमुखं जवेन सिंहो यथा मृगहेतोः प्रयातः॥
English: Assailed by those foremost of Pandava warriors headed by Bhimasena, the king of the Madras proceeded towards Yudhishthira, like a lion going to catch a deer.