pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: विशालायतताम्राक्षैः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननैः। एषा भूः कीर्यते राज्ञां शिरोभिरपलायिनाम्॥
English: The earth is strewn with the heads of the kings who never come back from the battlefield, having expansive coppery eyes and faces like the full moon.
Sanskrit: एते सुपरिधाकाराः पुण्यगन्धानुलेपनाः। उद्यतायुधशौण्डानां पात्यन्ते सायुधा भुजाः॥
English: There are falling, the arms, resembling the spiked maces, with weapons and smeared with scents, of warriors taking delight in fight and contending with uplifted weapons.
Sanskrit: निरस्तनेत्रजिह्वाश्च वाजिनः सह सादिभिः। पतिताः पात्यमानाश्च क्षितौ क्षीणाश्च शेरते॥
English: Horses with eyes, tongues and entrails drawn out, with their riders and falling, fallen and lie dead on earth.
Sanskrit: एते पर्वतशृङ्गाणां तुल्यरूपा हता द्विपाः। संछिन्नभिन्नाः पार्थेन प्रपतन्त्यद्रयो यथा॥
English: Wounded, mangled and pierced by Partha, lifeless elephants, huge as mountain tops, are falling down like hills.
Sanskrit: गन्धर्वनगराकारा रथा हतनरेश्वराः। विमानानीव पुण्यानि स्वर्गिणी नियतन्त्यमी॥
English: The cars, resembling the cities of the Gandharvas, with the kings slain are falling down like the celestial cars, on the wane of the piety of the inhabitants of heaven.
Sanskrit: व्याकुलकृतमत्यर्थं पश्य सैन्यं किरीटिना। नानामृगसहस्राणां यूथं केसरिणा यथाय॥
English: Behold, the army has been greatly assailed by Kiritin as various animals are by a lion.
Sanskrit: जन्त्येते पार्थिवान् वीराः पाण्डवाः समभिद्रुताः। नागाश्वरथपत्योघांस्तावकान् समभिघ्नतः॥
English: Coming forward the heroic Pandavas are killing the kings, a good many elephants, horses, car-warriors and foot soldiers of your army engaged in battle.
Sanskrit: एष सूर्य इवाम्भोदैश्छन्नः पार्थो न दृश्यते। ध्वजायं दृश्यते त्वस्य ज्याशब्दश्चापि श्रूयते॥
English: Partha is not visible like the sun covered with clouds. The top of his car is being seen and the twang of his bow is being heard.
Sanskrit: अद्य द्रक्ष्यसि तं वीरं श्वेताश्चं कृष्णसारथिम्। निघ्नन्तं शात्रवान् संख्ये यं कर्ण परिपृच्छसि॥
English: You will see him today, O Karna, about whom you are inquiring-that hero, with white horses and Krishna as his driver engaged in killing the enemies in battle.
Sanskrit: अद्य तौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ लोहिताक्षौ परंतपौ। वासुदेवार्जुनौ कर्ण द्रष्टास्येकरथे स्थतौ॥
English: You will see today, O Karna, stationed on the same car in battle those two foremnost of men with coppery eyes-the subduers of enemies-Krishna and Arjuna.
Sanskrit: सारथिर्यस्य वार्ष्णेयो गाण्डीवं यस्य कार्मुकम्। तं चेद्धन्तासि राधेन त्वं नो राजा भविष्यसि॥
English: O son of Radha, you will be our king if you can slay him today who has Krishna for his driver and Gandiva for his bow.
Sanskrit: एष संशप्तकाहूतस्तानेवाभिमुखो गतः। करोति कदनं चैषां संग्रामे द्विषतां बली॥
English: Challenged by Samsaptakas Partha proceeds against them; the powerful warrior is making a great havoc of his enemies in battle.
Sanskrit: इति ब्रुवाणं मद्रेश कर्णः प्राहातिमन्युना। पश्य संशप्तकैः क्रुद्धैः सर्वतः समभिद्रुतः॥
English: Thereupon Karna in anger said to the king of Madras who had spoken thus. "See Partha is being assailed on all sides by the Samsaptakas.
Sanskrit: एष सूर्य इवाम्भोदैश्छन्नः पार्थो न दृश्यते। एतदन्तोऽर्जुनः शल्य निमग्नो योधसागरे॥
English: Like the sun covered by cloud Partha is no longer visible. Plunged into the deep of warriors O Shalya, Partha is sure to die."
Sanskrit: शल्य उवाच वरुणं कोऽम्भसा हन्यादिन्धनेन च पावकम्। को वानिलं निगृह्णीयात् पिबेद्वा को महार्णवम्।।७६
English: Shalya said Who is there who can slay the god of water with water and fire with fuel? Who is there who can get hold of the wind or drink off the ocean?
Sanskrit: ईदृग्रुपमहं मन्ये पार्थस्य युधि विग्रहम्। न हि शक्योऽर्जुनो जेतुं युधि सेन्द्रैः सुरासरैः॥
English: Methinks, to assail Partha is just like this. Even the very gods and demons united together with Indra at their head cannot discomfit Arjuna in battle.
Sanskrit: अथवा परितोषस्ते वाचोक्त्वा सुमना भव। न स शक्यो युधा जेतुमन्यं कुरु मनोरथम्॥
English: Better satisfy yourself and make your mind comfortable by saying this. Partha is not to be conquered in battle. Better fulfill some other object you may have in view.
Sanskrit: बाहुभ्यामुद्धरेद् भूमि दहेत् क्रुद्धः इमा प्रजाः। पातयेत् त्रिदिवाद् देवान् योऽर्जुनं समरे जयेत्॥
English: He who will lift up the earth on his two arms, or consume all creatures with his wrath of hurl down the gods from heaven, may defeat Arjuna in battle.
Sanskrit: पश्य कुन्तीसुतं वीरं भीममकिष्टकारिणम्। प्रभासन्तं महाबाहु स्थितं मेरुमिवापरम्॥
English: Behold Bhima, the other heroic son of Kunti who is never worn out with fatigue, shining in his native lustre, mighty armed and is like the second Meru.
Sanskrit: अमर्षी नित्यसंरब्धश्चिर वैरमनुस्मरन्। एष भीमो जयेप्रेप्सुर्युधि तिष्ठति वीर्यवान्॥
English: With his anger always burning, bent on wrecking revenge the highly energetic Bhima stands there with a view to acquire victory, remembering all his wrongs.
Sanskrit: एष धर्मभृताः श्रेष्ठो धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। तिष्ठत्यसुकरः संख्ये परैः परपुरञ्जयः॥
English: There stands the impartial king Yudhishthira, the foremost of the pious and the conqueror of enemies' cities. The enemies can never resist him in battle.
Sanskrit: एतौ च पुरुषव्याघ्रावश्विनाविव सोदरौ। नकुलः सहदेवश्च तिष्ठतो युधि दुर्जयौ॥
English: There stand the twins Nakula Sahadeva, the two Asvinis, the two foremost of men, invincible in battle.
Sanskrit: अमी स्थिता द्रौपदेयाः पञ्च पञ्चाचला इव। व्यवस्थिता योद्धुकामाः सर्वेऽर्जुनसमा युधि॥
English: There stand the five Vrishni heroes like five inountains desirous of lighting all equal to Arjuna in battle.
Sanskrit: एते दुपदपुत्राश्च धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः। स्फीताः सत्यजितो वीरास्तिष्ठन्ति परमौजसः॥
English: There stand the proud, beautiful heroic and highly energetic sons of Draupadi headed by Dhristadyumna.
Sanskrit: असाविन्द्र इवासह्यः सात्यकिः सात्वतां पुरः। युयुत्सुरुपयात्यस्मान् क्रुद्धान्तकसमः पुरः॥
English: There advances against us Satyaki, the foremost of the Satvatas, irresistible like Indra, with view to fight like Death himself in anger.
Sanskrit: इति संवदतोरेव तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः। ते सेने समसज्जेतां गङ्गायमुनवद् भृशम्॥
English: While these two best of men were thus speaking to each other the two armies encountered in battle like the streams of Ganga and Yamuna. While these two best of men were thus speaking to each other the two armies encountered in battle like the streams of Ganga and Yamuna.
Sanskrit: वैशंपायन उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु कौन्तेया ब्राह्मणात् संशितव्रतात्। सर्वे चास्वस्थमनसो बभूवुस्ते महाबलाः॥
English: Vaishampayana said : Having heard this, son of Kunti appeared as if they were pieced with darts. Those mighty men lost their peace of mind.
Sanskrit: ततः कुन्ती सुतान् दृष्ट्वा सर्वास्तद्गतचेतसः। युधिष्ठिरमुवाचेदं वचनं सत्यवादिनी॥
English: Thereupon that truthful lady Kunti, seeing all his son's minds are in great anxiety, thus spoke to Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: कुन्त्युवाच चिररात्रोषिताः स्मेह ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने। रममाणाः पुरे रम्ये लब्धभैक्षा महात्मनः॥
English: Kunti said: We have now lived for many nights in the abode of this Brahmana; we have very pleasantly passed in this beautiful city, living on the alms of many high-souled men.
Sanskrit: यानीह रमणीयानि वनान्युपवनानि च। सर्वाणि तानि दृष्टानि पुनः पुनररिंदम॥
English: O chastiser of foes, we have seen again and again all the beautiful woods and forests in this part of the country.
Sanskrit: पुनर्द्रष्टुं हि तानीह प्रीणयन्ति न नस्तथा। भैक्षं च न तथा वीर लभ्यते कुरुनन्दन।॥
English: To see them again would give us no pleasure. O heroic descendant of Kuru, alms are not so easily obtainable now as before.
Sanskrit: ते वयं साधु पञ्चालान् गच्छाम यदि मन्यसे। अपूर्वदर्शनं वीर रमणीयं भविष्यति॥
English: O blessed one, if you wish to go to Panchala, let us go there. O hero, we have not seen it before it must be beautiful.
Sanskrit: सुभिक्षाश्चैव पञ्चालाः श्रूयन्ते शत्रुकर्शन। यज्ञसेनश्च राजासौ ब्रह्मण्य इति शुश्रुम॥
English: O destroyer of foes, we have heard that alms are easily obtainable in Panchala and the king Yajnasena is devoted to the Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: एकत्र चिरवासश्च क्षमो न च मतो मम। ते तत्र साधु गच्छामो यदि त्वं पुत्र मन्यसे॥
English: It is not my opinion that one should live long in one place. Therefore, O son, if you like it is well for us to go there.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच भवत्या यन्मतं कार्यं तदस्माकं परं हितम्। अनुजांस्तु न जानामि गच्छेयुर्नेति वा पुनः॥
English: Yudhishthira said: That which is your opinion and command is (always) to our great good. (But) I do not know whether my younger brothers are willing togo.
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः कुन्ती भीमसेनमर्जुनं यमजौ तथा। उवाच गमनं ते च तथेत्येवाब्रुवंस्तदा॥
English: Vaishampayana said : Thereupon Kunti spoke to Bhimasena, Arjuna and the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva) about the (proposed) journey and they said, “Be it so."
Sanskrit: तत आमन्त्र्य तं विप्रं कुन्ती राजन् सुतैः सह। प्रतस्थे नगरी रम्यां द्रुपदस्य महात्मनः॥
English: O king, then Kunti saluting the Brahmana started for the beautiful city of the illustrious Drupada. Thus ends hundred and sixty eighth chapter, the departure for the Panchala country, in the Chaitraratha of the Adi Parva.
Sanskrit: जनमेजय उवाय तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु कुरुक्षेत्रे द्विजर्षभ। किमकुर्वश्च कुरवः कालेनाभिप्रचोदिताः॥
English: Janamejaya said The army having then been prepared in order for battle, O best among the Bharatas, what did the sons of Kuru, urged as they were by destiny itself, do?
Sanskrit: वैशम्पायन उवाच तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु यत्तेषु भरतर्षभ। धृतराष्ट्रो महाराज संजयं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
English: Vaishampayana said The army having been prepared in order for battle, 0 Bharata, the great king Dhritarashtra said these words to Sanjaya.
Sanskrit: एहि संजय सर्वं मे आचक्ष्वानवशेषतः। सेनानिवेशे यद् वृत्तं कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः॥
English: “Come, O Sanjaya, and tell me everything in detail of the steps taken in the matter of encamping the army of the Kurus and the Pandavas.
Sanskrit: दिष्टमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषं चाप्यनर्थकम्। यदहं बुद्ध्यमानोऽपियुद्धदोषान् क्षयोदयान्॥
English: In my opinion luck is the more important factor, manliness and prowess being vain and useless; since I though understanding the disadvantages of war which gives rise only to decay and ruin,
Sanskrit: तथापि निकृतिप्रज्ञं पुत्रं दुर्दूतदेविनम्। न शक्नोमि नियन्तुं वा कर्तुं वा हितमात्मनः॥
English: Can not yet retain my son who considers folly to be wisdom and who is addicted to gambling, and cannot thus effect my own good.
Sanskrit: भवत्येव हि मे सूत बुद्धिर्दोषानुदर्शिनी। दुर्योधनं समासाद्य पुनः सा परिवर्तते॥
English: My understanding is capable, O Suta, of finding out the disadvantage of a particular act but when I approach Duryodhana my understanding fails me.
Sanskrit: एवं गते वै यद् भावि तद् भविष्यति संजय। क्षत्रधर्मः किल रणे तनुत्यागो हि पूजितः॥
English: Such being the case, O Sanjaya, what will happen must happen (in spite of all that I can do to prevent it). Besides it is the honored duty of a Kshatriya to quit this life in battle."
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच त्वद्युक्तोऽयमनुप्रश्नो महाराज यथेच्छसि। न तु दुर्योधने दोषमिममाधातुमर्हसि॥
English: Sanjaya said This question, that you desire to put is worthy of you, O great king, but it is not proper that you should lay the fault entirely on Duryodhana.
Sanskrit: शृणुष्वानवशेषेण वदतो मम पार्थिवा य आत्मनो दुश्चरितादशुभं प्राप्नुयानरः। न स कालं न वा देवानेनसा गन्तुमर्हति॥
English: Listen to the end of my speech in detail regarding this matter; that man, who meets with disasters owing to his own bad acts, should not, properly speaking, lay the fault on time or luck nor on the gods.
Sanskrit: महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वमाचरेत्। स बध्यः सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन्॥
English: O great king, he, who behaves sinfully in every thing towards men, ought to be killed by the entire world owing to his sinful behaviour.
Sanskrit: निकारा मनुजश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवैस्त्वत्प्रतीक्षया। अनुभूताः सहामात्यैनिकृतैरधिदेवने॥
English: O foremost among the sons of Manu, the Pandavas, defeated at the game dice, were much persecuted but they bore up all that for they had confidence in you.
Sanskrit: हयानां च गजानां च राज्ञां चामिततेजसाम्। वैशसं समरे वृत्तं यत् तन्मे शृणु सर्वशः॥
English: Hear from me fully of the slaughter that is about to be perpetrated in the battle, of horses, elephants, and kings of immeasurable prowess.
Sanskrit: स्थिरो भूत्वा महाप्राज्ञ सर्वलोकक्षयोदयम्। यथाभूतं महायुद्धे श्रुत्वा चैकमना भव॥
English: Hearing patiently of the massacre of the entire world that is about to take place in the battle, O you of great wisdom, be decided in this point namely.
Sanskrit: न ह्येव कर्ता पुरुषः कर्मणोः शुभपापयोः। अस्वतन्त्रो हि पुरुषः कार्यते दारुयन्त्रवत्॥
English: A man is not the doer of his virtuous or impious acts. In fact a man acts under compulsion like a wooden machine.
Sanskrit: केचिदीश्वरनिर्दिष्टाः केचिदेव यदृच्छया। पूर्वकर्मभिरष्यन्ये तेरैधमेतत् प्रदृश्यते। तस्मादनर्थमापन्नः स्थिरो भूत्वा निशामय॥
English: Some say that each act is made to be done by god himself; others say that action proceeds from our own free will, while others again say that they are the results three opinions held in this matter. Listen therefore patiently to the disaster that is close on us.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच तस्मिन् प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे गजवाजिनरक्षये। शकुनिः सौबलो राजन् सहदेवं समभ्ययात्॥
English: Sanjaya said During the course of that battle which was so destructive of men and horses and elephants, Subala's son Shakuni, O king, proceeded against Sahadeva.
Sanskrit: ततोऽस्यापततस्तूर्णं सहदेवः प्रतापवान्। शरौघान् प्रेषयामास पतङ्गानिव शीघ्रगान्॥ उलूकश्च रणे भीमं विव्याध दशभिः शरैः।
English: The valiant Sahadeva, as Shakuni rushed quickly towards him, discharged shower of quick-coursing arrows at that warrior like a swarm of insects. At that time Uluka also met Bhima and struck him with ten arrows.
Sanskrit: शकुनिश्च महाराजं भीमं विद्ध्वा त्रिभिः शरैः॥ सायकानां नवत्या वै सहदेवमवाकिरत्।
English: O king, having struck Bhima with three arrows, Shakuni, meanwhile, covered Sahadeva with ninety.
Sanskrit: ते शूराः समरे राजन् समासाद्य परस्परम्॥ विव्यधुनिशितैर्बाणैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः। स्वर्णपुजैः शिलाधौतेराकर्णप्रहितैः शरैः॥
English: Indeed, O king, encountering one another in that battle, those heroes, struck one another with many Kanka and peacock feathered keen arrows winged with gold, whetted on stone and shot off the bow-string drawn to their ears.
Sanskrit: तेषां चापभुजोत्सृष्टा शरवृष्टिविशाम्पते। आच्छादयद् दिशः सर्वा धारा इव पयोमुचः॥
English: Those showers of arrows discharged from their bows and arms, O monarch, covered all the points of the horizon like a thick downpour of rain poured from the clouds.
Sanskrit: ततः क्रुद्धो रणे भीमः सहदेवश्च भारत। चेरतुः कदनं संख्ये कुर्वन्तौ सुमहाबलौ॥
English: Then Bhima, worked up with rage and the brave Sahadeva, both very powerful, moved about in that battle making a great onslaught.
Sanskrit: ताभ्यां शरशतैश्छन्नं तद् बलं तव भारत। सान्धकारमिवाकाशमभवत् तत्र तत्र ह॥
English: That army, O Bharata, was shrouded with hundreds of arrows by those two warriors and the sky, on many parts of the field, was shrouded with darkness.
Sanskrit: अश्वैर्विपरिधावद्भिः शरच्छन्नैर्विशाम्पते। तत्र तत्र वृतो मार्गो विकर्षद्भिर्हतान् बहून्॥
English: The horses struck with arrows, dragging after them as they ran a large number of killed warriors the passage in the battle-field was entirely blocked up.
Sanskrit: निहतानां हयानां च सहैव हयसादिभिः। वर्मभिर्विनिकृत्तैश्च प्रासैश्छिन्नैश्च मारिष॥
English: Covered with horses slain with their riders, with broken shields and lances and with swords and darts and spears all around the earth appeared to have been strewn with flowers.
Sanskrit: ऋष्टिभिः शक्तिभिश्चैव सासिप्रासपरश्वधैः। संछन्ना पृथिवी जज्ञे कुसुमैः शबला इव॥
English: The warriors, O king, meeting one another, moved about in battle exercised with wrath and killing one another.
Sanskrit: योधास्तत्र महाराज समासाद्य परस्परम्। व्यचरन्त रणे क्रुद्धा विनिघ्नन्तः परस्परम्॥
English: Soon the field was covered with heads, beautiful as the filaments of the lotus, bedecked with ear-rings and having faces set with eyes upturned in wrath and lips bit in rage.
Sanskrit: उत्तनयनै रोषात् संदष्टौष्ठपुटैर्मुखैः। सकुण्डलैर्मही च्छन्ना पद्मकिञ्जल्कसंनिभैः॥ भुजैश्छिन्नैर्महाराज नागराजकरोपमैः। साङ्गदैः सतनुत्रैश्च सासिप्रासपरश्वधैः॥ कबन्धैरुत्थितैश्छिन्नैर्नृत्यद्भिश्चापरैर्युधि। क्रव्यादगणसंछन्ना घोराभूत् पृथिवी विभो॥
English: Covered also, O king, with the arms of warriors resembling the trunks of huge elephants, that were bedecked with Angada and coated in leathern fences and that still held swords and lances and battle-axes and with headless bodies standing on their feet and bleeding and dancing on the field and abounding with various carnivorous animals, the earth, O king, appeared exceedingly terrific.
Sanskrit: अल्पावशिष्टे सैन्ये तु कौरवेयान् महाहवे। प्रहृष्टाः पाण्डवा भूत्वा निन्यिरे यमसादनम्॥
English: After the Bharata army had bcen reduced to a small number, the Pandavas, filled with delight in that dreadful battle, began to slay the Kauravas.
Sanskrit: एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शूरः सौबलेयः प्रतापवान्। प्रासेन सहदेवस्य शिरसि प्राहरद् भृशम्॥
English: Meanwhile the heroic and brave son of Subala forcibly struck Sahadeva in the head with a lance.
Sanskrit: स विह्वलो महाराज रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्।
English: Greatly exercised, O king, for that blow, Sahadeva sat down on the terrace of his car.
Sanskrit: सहदेवं तथा दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनः प्रतापवान्॥ सर्वसैन्यानि संक्रुद्धो वारयामास भारत।
English: Beholding Sahadeva in that condition the valiant Bhima, worked up with rage, O Bharata, obstructed the entire Kuru army.
Sanskrit: निर्बिभेद च नाराचैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥ विनिर्भिद्याकरोचैव सिंहनादमरिंदमः।
English: With his cloth-yard shafts he struck hundreds and thousands of hostilo warriors and having struck them so, that chastiser of foes sent up a leonine roar.
Sanskrit: तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ता: सर्वे सहयवारणाः॥ प्राद्रवन् सहसा भीताः शकुनेश्च पदानुगाः।
English: Terrified at that roar, all the followers of Shakuni, with their horses and elephants immediately fled away in fear.
Sanskrit: प्रभग्नानथ तान् दृष्ट्वा राजा दुर्योधनोऽब्रवीत्॥ निवर्तध्वमधर्मज्ञा युध्यध्वं किं सृतेन वः।
English: Seeing them routed, king Duryodhana said to them-"Stop, you immoral Kshatriyas! fight! What is the use of fight?
Sanskrit: इह कीर्ति समाधाय प्रेत्य लोकान् समश्नुते॥ प्राणाञ्जहाति यो धीरो युद्धे पृष्ठमदर्शयन्। एवमुक्तास्तु ते राज्ञा सौबलस्य पदानुगाः॥ पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तन्त मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम्।
English: That hero, who unretreatingly sacrifices his life in battle, achieves fame here and enjoyes blissful regions hereafter!"-Thus exhorted by the king, the followers of Subala's son once more proceeded against the Pandavas, determined upon ineeting with death.
Sanskrit: द्रवद्भिस्तत्र राजेन्द्र कृतः शब्दोऽतिदारुणः॥ क्षुब्धसागरसंकाशा: क्षुभिताः सर्वतोऽभवन्।
English: O monarch, the noise made by those rushing warriors was terrible and resembled that of the agitated ocean. Thereat the field of battle was agitated all around.
Sanskrit: तांस्तथा पुरतो दृष्ट्वा सौबलस्य पदानुगान्॥ प्रत्युद्ययुर्महाराज पाण्डवा विजयोद्यता:।
English: Beholding those followers of Subala's son thus proceeding to battle, the victorious Pandavas, O monarch rushed against them.
Sanskrit: प्रत्याश्वस्य च दुर्धर्षः सहदेवो विशाम्पते॥ शकुनि दशभिर्विद्ध्वा हयांश्चास्य त्रिभिः शरैः। धनुश्चिच्छेद च शरैः सौबलस्य हसन्निव॥
English: Relieved a little, the invincible Sahadeva, O monarch, struck Shakuni with ten arrows and his horses with three. He, without the slightest exertion, then cut off the bow of Subala's son with a number of other arrows.
Sanskrit: अथान्यद् धनुरादाय शकुनिर्युद्धदुर्मदः। विव्याध नकुलं षष्ट्या भीमसेनं च सप्तभिः॥
English: Invincible in battle, Shakuni, however, took up another bow and struck Nakula with sixty arrows and then Bhimasena with seven.
Sanskrit: उलूकोऽपि महाराज भीमं विव्याध सप्तभिः। सहदेवं च सप्तत्या परीप्सन् पितरं रणे॥
English: Uluka also, O king, desirous of rescuing his father in that battle, struck Bhima with seven arrows and Sahadeva with seventy.
Sanskrit: तं भीमसेनः समरे विव्याध नवभिः शरैः। शकुनि च चतुःषष्ट्या पार्श्वस्थांश्च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः॥
English: Bhimasena, in that battle, struck Uluka with many keen arrows and Shakuni with four and sixty and each of the other warriors who fought around them with three arrows.
Sanskrit: हन्यमाना भीमेन नाराचैस्तैलपायितैः। सहदेवं रणे क्रुद्धाश्छादयशरवृष्टिभिः॥ पर्वतं वारिधाराभिः सविद्युत इवाम्बुदाः।
English: Struck by Bhimasena with arrows steeped in oil, the Kauravas, exercised with rage in that battle, covered Sahadeva with showers of arrows like clouds accompanied with lightnings pursing rain on a mountain breast.
Sanskrit: ततोऽस्यापततः शूराः सहदेवः प्रतापवान्॥ उलूकस्य महाराज भल्लेनापाहरच्छिरः।
English: The heroic and brave Sahadeva then, O king, cut off, with a broad-headed arrow, the head of Uluka as the latter proceeded against him.
Sanskrit: स जगाम रथाद् भूमि सहदेवेन पातितः॥ रुधिराप्लुतसर्वाङ्गो नन्दयन् पाण्डवान् युधि।
English: Killed by Sahadeva, Uluka, cheering the Pandavas in that battle, dropped down on the earth from his car, covered with blood.
Sanskrit: पुत्रं तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा शकुनिस्तत्र भारत॥ साश्रुकण्ठो विनिःश्वस्य क्षत्तुर्वाक्यमनुस्मरन्।
English: Seeing his son slain, Shakuni, O Bharata, with voice suppressed in tears and sighing heavily, recollected the words of Vidura.
Sanskrit: चिन्तयित्वा मुहूर्तं स बाष्पपूर्णेक्षणः श्वसन्॥ सहदेवं समासाद्य त्रिभिर्विव्याध सायकैः।
English: Having thought for a moment with tearful eyes, Shakuni, breathing heavily, approached Sahadeva and struck him with three arrows.
Sanskrit: तानपास्य शरान् मुक्ताशरसंधैः प्रतापवान्॥ सहदेवो महाराज धनुश्चिच्छेद संयुगे।
English: Counteracting those arrows shot by Subala's son with another downpour the brave Sahadeva, O king, sundered his antagonist's blow in that battle.
Sanskrit: छिन्ने धनुषि राजेन्द्र शकुनिः सौबलस्तदा॥ प्रगृह्य विपुलं खड़ सहदेवाय प्राहिणोत्।
English: Seeing his bow sundered, O king, Shakuni, the son of Subala, took up a formidable scimitar and discharged it at Sahadeva.
Sanskrit: तमापतन्तं सहसा घोररूपं विशाम्पते।॥ द्विधा चिच्छेद समरे सौबलस्य हसन्निव।
English: The latter, however, O king, easily cut off in twain that terrible scimitar of Subala's son as it went towards him in that skirmish.
Sanskrit: असिं दृष्ट्वा तथा च्छिन्नं प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम्॥ प्राहिणोत् सहदेवाय सा मोघा न्यपतद् भुवि।
English: Beholding his sword cut in two parts Shakuni took up a dreadful mace and discharged it at Sahadeva. That mace also dropped down on the earth unsuccessful.
Sanskrit: ततः शक्तिं महाघोरां कालरात्रीमिवोद्यताम्॥ प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धः पाण्डवं प्रति सौबलः।
English: After this, Subala's son, worked up with rage threw at the son of Pandu a dreadful dart resembling an imminent death-night.
Sanskrit: तामापतन्तीं सहसा शरैः कनकभूषणैः॥ त्रिधा चिच्छेद समरे सहदेवो हसन्निव।
English: With great facility Sahadeva, in that battle, cut off, with his golden arrows, that dart into three pieces as it went swiftly towards him.
Sanskrit: सा पपात त्रिधा च्छिन्ना भूमौ कनकभूषणा॥ शीर्यमाणा यथा दीप्ता गगनाद् वै शतह्रदा।
English: Cut off into piece that golden dart fell down on the earth like a burning thunder-bolt from the sky sending forth many flashes.
Sanskrit: शक्ति विनिहतां दृष्ट्वा सौबलं च भयार्दितम्॥ दुद्रुवुस्तावका: सर्वे भये जाते ससौबलाः।
English: Seeing that dart unsuccessful and Subala's so possessed by fear, all your soldiers fled away. Subala's son also joined them.
Sanskrit: अथोत्क्रुष्टं महचासीत् पाण्डवैर्जितकाशिभिः॥ धार्तराष्ट्रास्ततः सर्वे प्रायशो विमुखाभवन्।
English: The Pandavas then, anger for victory, sent up loud war-cries. As regards the Dhartarashtras, almost all of them fled away from the field.
Sanskrit: तान् वै विमनसो दृष्ट्वा माद्रीपुत्रः प्रतापवान्॥ शरैरनेकसाहस्रर्वारयामास संयुगे।
English: Seeing them so dispirited the brave son of Madri, with many thousand arrows, opposed them in that battle.
Sanskrit: ततो गान्धारकैर्गुप्तं पुष्टैरश्वैर्जये धृतम्॥ आससाद रणे यान्तं सहदेवोऽथ सौबलम्।
English: Then Sahadeva attacked Subala's son as the latter, who was still sanguine of success, was flying away guarded by the picked cavalry of the Gandharas.
Sanskrit: स्वमंशमवशिष्टं तं संस्मृत्य शकुनि नृप॥ रथेन काञ्चनाङ्गेन सहदेवः समभ्ययात्।
English: Recollecting, O king, that Shakuni, who had to be slain by him, was still alive, Sahadeva, on his car adorned with gold, pursued that warrior.