pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: अनाहता दुन्दुभयः प्रणदन्ति विशाम्पते। अयुक्ताश्च प्रवर्तन्ते क्षत्रियाणां महारथाः॥
English: O king, drums without being beaten give out sounds. The great cars of the Kshatriyas move, though no animals are yoked to them.
Sanskrit: कोकिलाः शतपत्राश्च चाषा भासाः शुकास्तथा। सारसाश्च मयूराश्च वाचो मुञ्चन्ति दारुणाः॥
English: Kokilas, wood packers, jaws, water cocks, parrots, crows, peacocks, all emit fearful cries,
Sanskrit: गृहीतशस्त्राः क्रोशन्ति चर्मिणो वाजिपृष्ठगाः। अरुणोदये प्रदृश्यन्ते शतशः शलभव्रजाः॥
English: Here and there everywhere horse men clad in armours and armed with weapons give out war cries. In the morning when the sun rises, hundreds of fights of insects are seen
Sanskrit: उभे संध्ये प्रकाशन्ते दिशां दाहसमन्विते। पर्जन्यः पांसुवर्षी च मांसवर्षी च भारत॥
English: O descendant of Bharata, in both the twilights, the four quarters appear to be ablaze. The clouds pour down dust and flesh.
Sanskrit: या चैषा विश्रुता राजंस्त्रैलोक्ये साधुसम्मता। अरुन्धती तयाप्येष वसिष्ठः पृष्ठतः कृतः॥
English: O king, she who is celebrated over the three worlds and who is praised by the pious men, en that Arundhati (constellation) keeps Vasishtha on her back.
Sanskrit: रोहिणी पीडयन्नेष स्थितो राजशनैश्चरः। व्यावृत्तं लक्ष्म सोमस्य भविष्यति महद् भयम्॥
English: O king, the planet Shani appears with (the constellation) Rohini. The sign of the dear in the moon has deviated from its original position, a great evil is foreboded by all this.
Sanskrit: अनभ्रे महाघोरः स्तनितः श्रूयते स्वनः। वाहनानां च रुदतां निपतन्त्यश्रुबिन्दवः॥
English: Even when the sky is cloudless, even then fearful roars are heard there. The animals are all weeping and tears are falling fast from their eyes.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच धन्या धन्या इति जनाः सर्वेऽस्मान् प्रवदन्त्युत। न दुःखिततरः कश्चित् पुमानस्माभिरस्ति ह॥
English: All men describe ourselves as highly fortunate. In sooth, however, there is no person more wretched than ourselves.
Sanskrit: लोकसम्भावितैर्दुःखं यत् प्राप्तं कुरुसत्तम। प्राप्य जाति मनुष्येषु देवैरपि पितामह॥ कदा वयं करिष्यामः संन्यासं दुःखसंज्ञकम्। दुःखमेतच्छरीराणां धारणं कुरुसत्तम॥
English: Though respected of all the world, O best of the Kurus, and though we have been born among men, O grandfather, having been begotten by the very gods, yet when so much sorrow has come to us, it appears, O reverened chief, that birth in an embodied form is the root of all sorrow! Alas, when shall we adopt a life of Renunciation which dissipates sorrow?
Sanskrit: विमुक्ताः सप्तदशभिर्हेतुभूतैश्च पञ्चभिः। इन्द्रियार्थैर्गुणैश्चैव अष्टाभिश्च पितामह॥ न गच्छन्ति पुनर्भावं मुनयः संशितव्रताः। कदा वयं गमिष्यामो राज्यं हित्वा परंतप॥
English: Sages of rigid vows freed from the seventeen (i.e., the five vital airs, mind, understanding, and the ten organs of knowledge and action), from the five shortcomings of Yoga (viz., desire, anger, covetousness, fear, and sleep), which form the chief causes (for subjugating man to repeated re-birth), and from the other eight, (viz., the five objects of the senses and the three qualities), have never to incur rebirth. When, O scorcher of enemies, shall we succeed in renouncing sovereignty for adopting a life of Renunciation.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच नास्त्यनन्तं महाराज सर्वं संख्यानगोचरः। पुनर्भावोऽपि विख्यातो नास्ति किंचिदिहाचलम्॥
English: Bhishma said Everything, O great king, has an end. Everything has limits assigned to it! Even rebirth, it is well known, has an end. In this world there is nothing unchangeable.
Sanskrit: न चापि मन्यसे राजन्नेष दोषः प्रसङ्गतः। उद्योगादेव धर्मज्ञा कालेनैव गमिष्यथ।॥
English: You think, O king, that this portion is a fault. that it is not true, regarding our present subject of discussion. You, however, know virtue, and have readiness. It is certain, therefore, that you will go to the end of your sorrow in time.
Sanskrit: नरेशेऽयं सततं देही नृपते पुण्यपापयोः। तत एव समुत्थेन तमसा रुध्यतेऽपि च॥
English: Individual with body, O king, is not the author of his merits and demerits. On the other hand, he becomes covered with the Darkness that is begotten by his merits and demerits.
Sanskrit: यथाञ्जमनयो वायुः पुनर्मानःशिलं रजः। अनुप्रविश्य तद्वर्णो दृश्यते रञ्जयन् दिशः॥ तथा कर्मफलैर्देही रञ्जितस्तमसाऽऽवृतः। विवर्णो वर्णमाश्रित्य देहेषु परिवर्तते॥
English: As the wind (having no colour of its own) assumes the colour of the substances which it has seized and tinges the different points of the horizon, similarly Individual Soul, though himself colourless, assumes a colour on account of its being enveloped by Darkness and variegated by the fruits of action, and passes from body to body.
Sanskrit: ज्ञानेन हि यदा जन्तुरज्ञानप्रभवं तमः। व्यपोहति तदा ब्रह्म प्रकाशति सनातनम्॥
English: When Individual Soul succeeds in removing by means of Knowledge the Darkness which covers him in consequence of Ignorance, then immutable Brahma becomes manifest.
Sanskrit: अयत्नसाध्यं मुनयो वदन्ति ये चापि मुक्तास्त उपासितव्याः। त्वया च लोकेन च सामरेण तस्मान्नमस्यामि महर्षिसङ्घान्॥
English: The Sages say that return to Immutable Brahma cannot be attained by Acts. Yourself, others in the world, and the gods too, should respect them who have acquired Liberation. All the great Rishis never desist from culture of Brahma.
Sanskrit: अस्मिन्नर्थे पुरा गीतं शृणुष्वैकमना नृप। यथा दैत्येन वृत्रेण भ्रष्टैश्वर्येण चेष्टितम्॥
English: Regarding it is cited that discourse which was recited (by Shukra) in days of old. Listen, O king, with rapt attention to the course of conduct that was followed by the Daitya Vritra after he was shorn of all his prosperity.
Sanskrit: निर्जितेनासहायेन हृतराज्येन भारत। अशोचता शत्रुमध्ये बुद्धिमास्थाय केवलाम्॥
English: Depending only upon his intelligence, he did not grieve in the midst of his enemies, although he had been defeated, although he was friendless, and although he was deprived of sovereignty, O Bharata!
Sanskrit: भ्रष्टैश्वर्यं पुरा वृत्रमुशना वाक्यमब्रवीत्। काचित् पराजितस्याद्य न व्यथा तेऽस्ति दानव।१५।।
English: When in days of old Vritra was reft of sovereignty, (his preceptor) Ushanas said to him, I hope, O Danava, that on account of your defeat your cherish no grief.
Sanskrit: वृत्र उवाच सत्येन तपसा चैव विदित्वासंशयं ह्यहम्। न शोचामि न हृष्यामि भूतानामागतिं गतिम्॥
English: Vritra said Forsooth, having understood, by the help of truth and penances, the coming and going of all living creatures, I have ceased to grieve or joy.
Sanskrit: कालसंचोदिता जीवा मज्जन्ति नरकेऽवशाः। परितुष्टानि सर्वाणि दिव्यान्याहुर्मनीषिणः॥
English: Urged by Times creatures sink helplessly in hell. Some again, the sages hold, go to heaven. All these pass their time happily.
Sanskrit: क्षपयित्वा तु तं कालं गणितं कालचोदिताः। सावशेषेण कालेन सम्भवन्ति पुनः पुनः॥
English: Passing their fixed time in heaven and hell, and with some portion of their merits and demerits unexhausted, they again and again take birth, moved by Time.
Sanskrit: तिर्यग्योनिसहस्राणि गत्वा नरकमेव च। निर्गच्छन्त्यवशा जीवाः कामबन्धनबन्धनाः॥
English: Fettered by the bonds of Desire, creatures pass through numberless intermediate lives and fall helplessly into hell.
Sanskrit: एवं संसरमाणानि जीवान्यहमदृष्टवान्। यथा कर्म तथ लाभ इति शास्त्रनिदर्शनम्॥
English: I have seen that creatures come and go even thus. The lesson taught in the Scriptures is that one's acquisitions tally with his acts.
Sanskrit: तिर्यग् गच्छन्ति नरकं मानुष्यं दैवमेव च। सुखदुःखे प्रिये द्वेष्ये चरित्वा पूर्वमेव ह॥ कृतान्तविधिसंयुक्तः सर्वो लोकः प्रपद्यते। गतं गच्छन्ति चाध्वानं सर्वभूतानि सर्वदा॥ कालसंख्यानसंख्यातं सृष्टिस्थितिपरायणम्। तं भाषमाणं भगवानुशना प्रत्यभाषत। धीमान् दुष्टप्रलापांस्त्वं तात कस्मात् प्रभाषसे॥
English: Creatures are born as men or as intermediate animals or as gods and go to hell. Having acted in pristine lives in such a way as to deserve them, all creatures subject to the ordinances of the Destroyer, experience happiness and misery, the agreeable and the disagreeable. Having enjoyed the measure of happiness or misery commensurate with their acts, creatures always return by the old path, which is measured by the measure of acts. Then the illustrious Ushanas said to the Asura Vritra who was thus talking of the highest refuge of the creation, saying,-0 intelligent Daitya, why, O child, do you utter such foolish rhapsodies?
Sanskrit: वृत्र उवाच प्रत्यक्षमेतद् भवतस्तथान्येषां मनीषिणाम्। मया यज्जयलुब्धेन पुरा तप्तं महत् तपः॥
English: Vritra said You and also other sages know full well the severe penances which I practised from greed of victory.
Sanskrit: गन्धानादाय भूतानां रसांश्च विविधानपि। अवर्धं त्रीन् समाक्रम्य लोकान् वै स्वेन तेजसा॥
English: Appropriating various scents and various sorts of tastes that other creatures had for enjoying, I swelled up with my own energy, assailing the three worlds.
Sanskrit: ज्वालामालापरिक्षिप्तो वैहायसचरस्तथा। अजेयः सर्वभूतानामासं नित्यमपेतभीः॥
English: Decked with numberless effulgent rays I used to pass through the skies incapable of being defeated by any creature and fearing none.
Sanskrit: ऐश्वर्यं तपसा प्राप्तं भ्रष्टं तच्च स्वकर्मभिः। धृतिमास्थाय भगवन् न शोचामि ततस्त्वहम्॥
English: I acquired great prosperity through my penenaces and lost it again through my own deeds. Depending on my fortitude, however, I do not grieve for this change.
Sanskrit: युयुत्सुना महेन्द्रेण पुंसा सार्धं महात्मना। ततो मे भगवान् दृष्टो हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः॥ वैकुण्ठः पुरुषोऽनन्तः शुक्लो विष्णुः सनातनः। मुञ्जकेशो हरिश्मश्रुः सर्वभूतपितामहः॥
English: Desirous of fighting the great Indra, the great ruler of the celestial region, I beheld in that battle the illustrious Hari, the powerful Narayana, He who is called Vaikuntha, Purusha, Ananta, Shukla, Vishnu, Sanatana, Munjakesha, Harishmashru, and the Grandsire of all creatures.
Sanskrit: नूनं तु तस्य तपसः सावशेषमिहास्ति वै। यदहं प्रष्टुमिच्छामि भगवन् कर्मणः फलम्॥
English: Forsooth, there is still a residue of the rewards of that penance represented by a sight of the great Hari! On account of this unspent residue that I have become desirous of asking you, O illustrious one, about the fruits of action.
Sanskrit: ऐश्वर्यं वै महद् ब्रह्म वर्णे कस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितम्। निवर्तते चापि पुनः कथमैश्वर्यमुत्तमम्॥
English: Upon which order (of men) has been placed high Brahma prosperity? In what manner, again, does high prosperity fall off?
Sanskrit: कस्माद् भूतानि जीवन्ति प्रवर्तन्ते तथा पुनः। किंवा फलं परं प्राप्य जीवस्तिष्ठति शाश्वतः॥
English: From whom do creatures originate and live? Through whom again do they act? What is that great Fruit by acquiring which a creature succeeds in living for good as Brahma?
Sanskrit: केन वा कर्मणा शक्यमथ ज्ञानेन केन वा। तदवाप्तुं फलं विप्र तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि॥
English: By what Act or by what Knowledge can that fruit be acquired? You should, O learned Brahmana, expound these to me!
Sanskrit: इतीदमुक्तः स मुनिस्तदानीं प्रत्याह यत्तच्छृणु राजसिंह। मनन्यचित्तः सह सोदरीयैः॥
English: Described by me, O foremost of kings, listen, with rapt attention, O best of men, with all your brothers, to what the sage Ushanas then said after he had been thus addressed by that king of Danavas.
Sanskrit: हते सुदक्षिणे राजन् वीरे चैव श्रुतायुधे। जवेनाभ्यद्रवन् पार्थं कुपिताः सैनिकास्तव॥
English: Sanjaya said When king Sudakshina and the heroic Shrutayudha had been slain, your warriors inflamed with wrath, furiously rushed against the son of Pritha.
Sanskrit: अभीषाहाः शूरसेनाः शिबयोऽथ वसातयः। अभ्यवर्षेस्ततो राजशरवर्षेर्धनंजयम्॥
English: The Abhishahas, the Surasenas, the Shibis and the Vasatis, o king, then began to pour upon Dhananjaya a veritable shower of arrows.
Sanskrit: तेषां षष्टिशतानन्यान् प्रामथ्नात् पाण्डवः शरैः। ते स्म भीताः पलायन्ते व्याघ्रात् क्षुद्रमृगा इव॥
English: The of Pandu consumed sixty thousands of the these and other warriors, with his arrows; and then the rest greatly frightened, began to fly away like smaller animals flying away from the tiger.
Sanskrit: ते निवृत्ताः पुनः पार्थं सर्वतः पर्यवारयन्। रणे सपनान् निघ्नन्तं जिगीषन्तं परान् युधि॥
English: But soon turning back, they surrounded Partha on all sides, who was slaying his foes in battle and trying to obtain victory over them.
Sanskrit: तेषामापततां तूर्णं गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः। शिरांसि पातयामास बाहूंश्चापि धनंजयः॥
English: Then as they made quickly towards himself, Dhananjaya, with arrows shot from his Gandiva bow, began to cut down their heads and arms.
Sanskrit: शिरोभिः पातितैस्तत्र भूमिरासीनिरन्तरा। अभ्रच्छायेव चैवासीत् ध्वाक्षगृघ्रबलैयुधि॥
English: The field of battle was thickly strewn over with felled heads; and fights of vultures and crows and ravens formed its cloudy canopy.
Sanskrit: तेषु तूत्साद्यमानेषु क्रोधामर्षसमन्वितौ। श्रुतायुश्चाच्युतायुश्च धनंजयमयुध्यताम्॥
English: Beholding their troops thus extirpated by Arjuna, Shrutayusha and Achyutayush, excited with rage and fury, began to fight vigorously with the former.
Sanskrit: बलिनो स्पर्धिनौ वीरो कुलजौ बाहुशालिनौ। तावेनं शरवर्षाणि सव्यदक्षिणमस्यताम्॥
English: Those two heroes endued with prowess, pride and strength of arms and both born in noble families, began to scatter their arrows right and left.
Sanskrit: त्वरायुक्तौ महाराज प्रार्थयानौ महद् यशः। अर्जुनस्य वधप्रेप्सू पुत्रार्थ तव धन्विनौ॥
English: With great agility, O mighty monarch, desirous of winning great fame and slaying Arjuna and doing good to your son,
Sanskrit: तावर्जुनं सहस्रेण पत्रिणां नतपर्वणाम् । पूरयामासतुः क्रुद्धौ तटागं जलदौ यथा॥
English: Inflamed with rage, they covered Arjuna with a thousand winged shafts of depressed knots, like clouds filling a lake with torrents of rain.
Sanskrit: श्रुतायुश्च ततः क्रुद्धस्तोमरेण धनंजयम्। आजघान रथश्रेष्ठः पीतेन निशितेन च॥
English: Thereafter that foremost of car-warriors Shrutayusha excited with wrath, struck Dhananjaya with a well-tempered and wellsharpened lance.
Sanskrit: सोऽतिविद्धो बलवता शत्रुणा शत्रुकर्शनः। जगाम परमं मोहं मोहयन् केशवं रणे॥
English: Thus sorely wounded by his powerful adversary, that subduer of the foes viz., Arjuna was overwhelmed with a swoon, confounding thereby Keshava himself.
Sanskrit: एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सोऽच्युतायुर्महारथः। शूलेन भृशतीक्ष्णेन ताडयामास पाण्डवम्॥
English: At this crisis that mighty car-warrior Achyutayusha struck the son of Pandu with a trident of exceeding sharpness.
Sanskrit: क्षते क्षारं स हि ददौ पाण्डवस्य महात्मनः। पार्थोऽपि भृशंसंविद्धो ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रितः॥
English: Thus he seemed to pour acid upon the wounds of the illustrious son of Pandu; thus deeply pierced, Pritha's son caught hold of his flag-staff for supporting himself.
Sanskrit: ततः सर्वस्य सैन्यस्य तावकस्य विशाम्पते। सिंहनादो महानासीद्धतं मत्वा धनंजयम्॥
English: Thereupon, O ruler of men, a loud and deafening roar was uttered by all your troops, for they considered Dhananjaya to be slain.
Sanskrit: कृष्णश्च भृशसंतप्तो दृष्ट्वा पार्थं विचेतनम्। आश्वासयत् सुहृद्याभिर्वाग्भिस्तत्र धनंजयम्॥
English: Then seeing Partha losing consciousness, Krishna was very much distressed; and then he began to comfort Dhananjaya with words soothing and agreeable.
Sanskrit: ततस्तौ रथिनां श्रेष्ठौ लब्धलक्ष्यौ धनंजयम्। वासुदेवं च वार्ष्णेयं शरवर्षेः समन्ततः॥ सचक्रकूबररथं साश्वध्वजपताकिनम्। अदृश्यं चक्रतुर्युद्धे तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्॥
English: Then those foremost of car-warriors, Shrutayusha and Achyutayush of true aim, scattering their showers of arrows on all sides in that battle, made Dhananjaya and the son Vasudeva of the Vrishni race and their car, carwheels, Kuvaras, steeds, flag-staff and banner, disappear from the view. All this indeed seemed wonderful.
Sanskrit: प्रत्याश्वस्तस्तु बीभत्सुः शनकैरिव भारत। प्रेतराजपुरं प्राप्य पुनः प्रत्यागतो यथा॥१९
English: Then, O Bharata, recovering slowly, like one coming back from a visit to the regions of Death, Vibhatsu.
Sanskrit: संछन्नं शरजालेन रथं दृष्ट्वा सकेशवम्। शत्रु चाभिमुखौ दृष्ट्वा दीप्यमानाविवानलौ॥
English: Saw his chariot and Keshava shrouded with a net-work of arrows; then beholding his two opponents standing before him like two blazing fires.
Sanskrit: प्रादुश्चक्रे ततः पार्थः शाक्रमस्त्रं महारथः। तस्मादासन् सहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम्॥
English: The mighty car-warrior Partha invoked into existence the terrible Shakra weapon. From that weapon issued out thousands of arrows.
Sanskrit: ते जघ्नुस्तौ महेष्वासौ ताभ्यां मुक्तांश्च सायकान्। विचेरुराकाशगताः पार्थबाणविदारिताः॥
English: Those arrows then struck those two fierce bowmen Shrutayusha and Achyutayush; and the arrows shot by these latter, being cut-off by those of Partha, began to drop down through the sky.
Sanskrit: प्रतिहत्य शरांस्तूर्णं शरवेगेन पाण्डवः। प्रतस्थे तत्र तत्रैव योधयन् वै महारथान्॥
English: Then Pandu's son checking the force of all arrows directed towards him with that of his own shafts, began to run hither and thither over the field encountering mighty car-warriors.
Sanskrit: तौ च फाल्गुनबाणौधैर्विबाहुशिरसौ कृतौ। वसुधामन्वपद्येतां वातनुन्नाविव दुभौ॥
English: Then those two heroes deprived of their arms and heads, by the arrows of Arjuna, fell down on the carth like mighty trees broken down by the wind.
Sanskrit: श्रुतायुषश्च निधनं वधश्चैवाच्युतायुषः। लोकविस्मापनमभूत् समुद्रस्येव शोषणम्॥
English: The slaughter of Shrutayusha and Achyutayush caused a surprise like to what men would fell if the ocean be dried up.
Sanskrit: ततयोः पदानुगान् हत्वा पुनः पञ्चाशतं रथान्। प्रत्यगाद् भारती सेनां निघ्नन् पार्थो वरान् वरान्॥
English: Then, having slain fifty car-warriors, the followers of those two princes, Pritha's son plunged into the army of the Bharatas, crushing down numerous elephants and warriors (at each step).
Sanskrit: श्रुतायुषं च निहतं प्रेक्ष्य चैवाच्युतायुषम्। नियतायुश्च संक्रुद्धो दीर्घायुश्चैव भारत॥ पुत्रौ तयोर्नरश्रेष्ठौ कौन्तेयं प्रतिजग्मतुः। किरन्तोविविधान् बाणान् पितृव्यसनकर्शितौ॥
English: Beholding Shrutayusha slain, O Bharata, the enraged Niyutayush and Dirghayusha, the sons of the former two heroes both foremost of men, assaulted the son of Kunti, afflicted with calamity that had befallen their sires they proceeded, scattering arrows of diverse description.
Sanskrit: तावर्जुनो मुहूर्तेन शरैः संनतपर्वभिः। प्रेषयत् परमकुद्धो यमस्य सदनं प्रति॥
English: But Arjuna now excited to the highest pitch of fury, with his arrows of depressed knots, sent them instantly to the abode of Death.
Sanskrit: लोडयन्तमनीकानि द्विपं पद्मसरो यथा। नाशक्नुवन् वारयितुं पार्थं क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः॥
English: Then the foremost Kshatriyas of your army were not able to oppose Pritha's son who had been agitating the troops like an elephant agitating a lake over-grown with lotuses.
Sanskrit: अङ्गास्तु गजवारेण पाण्डवं पर्यवारयन्। क्रुद्धाः सहस्रशो राजशिक्षिता हस्तिसादिनः॥
English: Then thousands of well-trained elephant riders belonging to the divisions of the Angas, excited with rage, O king, surrounded the son of Pandu, with their elephant forces.
Sanskrit: दुर्योधनसमादिष्टाः कुञ्जरैः पर्वतोपमैः। प्राच्याश्च दाक्षिणात्याश्च कलिङ्गप्रमुखा नृपाः॥
English: Commanded by Duryodhana, the easterners, the southerners and other kings hearded by the ruler of the Kalingas surrounded Arjuna with their elephants huge as hills.
Sanskrit: तेषामापततां शीघ्रं गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः। निचकर्त शिरांस्युग्रो बाहूनपि सुभूषणान्॥
English: But with the arrows shot from his Gandiva bow, Aruna quickly cut-off their heads and arms decked with ornaments, as they were rushing against him.
Sanskrit: तैः शिरोभिर्मही कीर्णा बाहुभिश्च सहाङ्गदैः। वभौ कनकपाषाणा भुजगैरिव संवृतां॥
English: Strewn over with their heads and arms decked with Angadas, the Earth appeared as if covered with golden stones and numerous snakes.
Sanskrit: बाहवोविशिखैश्छिन्नाः शिरांस्युन्मथितानि च। पतमानान्यदृश्यन्त दुमेभ्य इव पक्षिणः॥
English: Arms severed by means of arrows and heads lying crushed, appeared like birds shot down from the top trees.
Sanskrit: शरैः सहस्रशो विद्धा द्विपाः प्रसृतशोणिताः। अदृश्यन्ताद्रयः काले गौरिकाम्बुस्रवा इव॥
English: Pierced with thousands of shafts and covered with profuse blood, elephants looked like mountains during the rainy season, with red-chalk solution streaming down their sides.
Sanskrit: निहताः शेरते स्मान्ये बीभत्सोर्निशितैः शरैः। गजपृष्ठगता म्लेच्छा नानाविकृतदर्शनाः॥
English: Others slain by the whetted arrows of Vibhatsu, lay prostrate on the field of battle. Numerous Mlechhas, riding on the backs of elephants, of ugly appearances.
Sanskrit: नानावेषधरा राजन् नानाशस्त्रौघसंवृताः। रुधिरेणानुलिप्ताङ्गा भान्ति चित्रैः शरैर्हताः॥
English: Attired in various kinds of garments and, O king, armed with numerous weapons and weltering in blood, appeared beautiful, as they lay on the ground deprived of life by means of various kinds of shafts.
Sanskrit: शोणितं निर्वमन्ति स्म द्विपाः पार्थशराहताः। सहस्रशश्छिन्नगात्राः सारोहाः सपदानुगाः॥
English: Thousands of elephants with their bodies mangled and their riders and those who followed them, having been struck with the arrows of Pritha's son, vomitted blood.
Sanskrit: चुक्रुशुश्च निपेतुश्च बभ्रमुश्चापरे दिशः। भृशं त्रस्ताश्व बहवः स्वानेव प्रमृदुर्गजाः॥
English: Or uttered yells of agony, or fell down or careered wildly in all directions. Numerous other elephants greatly frightened, crushed their own ranks.
Sanskrit: सान्तरायुधिनश्चैव द्विपास्तीक्ष्णविषोपमाः। विदन्त्यसुरमायां ये सुघोरा घोरचक्षुषः॥ यवनाः पारदाश्चैव शकाश्च सह बाह्निकैः। काकवर्णा दुराचाराः स्त्रीलोकाः कलहप्रियाः॥ द्राविडास्तत्र युध्यन्ते मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमाः। गोयोनिप्रभवाम्लेच्छा: कालकल्पाः प्रहारिणः॥
English: Many other elephants armed with weapons and fierce like snakes of virulent poison, also did the same. Numerous furious Yavanas, Paradas, Shakas, Balhikas and Mlechhas born of the cow (of Vasishtha) possessed of fearful eyes, accomplished in smitting, looking like emissaries of Death, all versed in the use of illusive powers of the Asuras.
Sanskrit: दातिसारा दरदाः पुण्ड्राश्चैव सहस्रशः। तेन शक्याः स्म संख्यातुं व्रात्याः शतसहस्रशः॥
English: Many other Dravatisaras, Daradas, Pundras, thousands in number in bands of hundreds and thousands and together forming a force that was innumerable.
Sanskrit: अभ्यवर्षन्त ते सर्वे पाण्डवं निशितैः शरैः। अवाकिरंश्च के म्लेच्छा नानायुद्धविशारदाः॥
English: Began to pour on the son of Pandu their sharp arrows. Those Mlechhas also versed in all modes of war, began to shower on Arjuna their countless shafts.
Sanskrit: तेषामपि ससर्जाशु शरवृष्टिं धनंजयः। सृष्टिस्तथाविधा ह्यासीच्छलभानामिवायतिः॥
English: Dhananjaya also poured his arrows or them in quick succession, and the arrows discharged from the Gandiva bow appeared like fights of locusts, as they flew through the air.
Sanskrit: अभ्रच्छायामिव शरैः सैन्ये कृत्वा धनंजयः। मुण्डार्धमुण्डाञ्जटिलानशुचीञ्जटिलाननान्॥ म्लेच्छानशातयत् सर्वान् समेतानस्त्रतेजसा।
English: Having with his arrows created shade of over the troops like to that of the clouds, Dhananjaya slew, by the dint of his weapons, all the Mlechchas, having heads completely shaved or partially shaved of cover with matted hair, filthy in their mode of living and of malicious countenances.
Sanskrit: शरैश्च शतशो विद्धास्ते संघा गिरिचारिणः। प्राद्रवन्त रणे भीता गिरिगह्वरवासिनः॥
English: Pierced with hundreds of shafts, those rangers of the mountains. Those dwellers of caves, began to fly away from the field of battle out of sheer fear.
Sanskrit: गजाश्वसादिम्लेच्छानां पतितानां शितैः शरैः। बलाः कंका वृका भूमावपिबन् रुधिरं मुदा॥
English: Ravens, Kankas, birds and wolves, with great delight, then began to drink the blood of the elephants, horses and their Mlechchas riders, as they lay postrate on the field being cut down by the sharp arrows of Pritha's son.
Sanskrit: पत्त्यश्वरथनागैश्च प्रच्छन्नकृतसंक्रमाम्। शरवर्षप्लवां घोरां केशशैवलशाद्वलाम्। प्रावर्तयन्नदीमुग्रां शोणितौघतरङ्गिणीम्॥ छिन्नाङ्गुलीक्षुद्रमत्स्यां युगान्ते कालसंनिभाम्। प्राकरोद् गजसम्बाधां नदीमुत्तरशोणिताम्॥ देहेभ्यो राजपुत्राणां नागाश्वरथसादिनाम्।
English: Arjuna then caused a river to flow on the field of battle, of which (slain) foot-soldiers, car-warriors, horses and elephants formed and embankments; shower of shafts formed the rafts (wherewith to cross it); hair of (slain) combatants formed the moss and the weed floating on the moss and the weed floating on the surface; and blood formed its surging billows; and that river was dreadful and fierce to look at. The fingers cut-off from the arms of warriors constituted its smaller fishes; it was as dreadful as the Destroyer himself at the end of a Yuga; the bodies of (slain) elephants chocked its flow and that river of blood proceeded towards the kingdom of Yama. The carth was deluged with the blood flowing from the bodies of slain princes, elephants horses, car-warriors and horsemen.