pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: ततः स्वरथमारोप्य मद्राणामृषभं रणे॥ अपोवाह कृपः शल्यं तूर्णमायोधनादथ।
English: Then the powerful Kripa, taking up Shalya, that king of the Madras, on his own car, quickly took him away from the battle field.
Sanskrit: क्षीणवद् विह्वलत्वात् तु निमेषात् पुनरुत्थितः॥ भीमसेनो गदापाणि: समाह्वयत मद्रपम्।
English: Bhimasena, rising up, however, within the twinkling of an eye and still reeling as if drunk, challenged, with an uplifted mace, the king of the Madras.
Sanskrit: ततस्तु तावकाः शूरा नानाशस्त्रसमायुताः॥ नानावादित्रशब्देन पाण्डुसेनामयोधयन्।
English: Then your warriors, armed with various weapons, fought with the Pandavas, causing the blowing and beating of various musical instruments.
Sanskrit: भुजावुच्छ्रित्य शस्त्रं च शब्देन महता ततः॥ अभ्यद्रवन् महाराज दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः।
English: Raising up arms, taking weapons and making a loud noise, O king, your warriors, led by Duryodhana, rushed against the army of the Pandavas.
Sanskrit: तदनीकमभिप्रेक्ष्य ततस्ते पाण्डुनन्दनाः॥ प्रययुः सिंहनादेन दुर्योधनपुरोगमान्।
English: Beholding the Kauravas the sons of Pandu, sending up leonine shouts, rushed against those Warriors led by Duryodhana.
Sanskrit: तेषामापततां तूर्णं पुत्रस्ते भरतर्षभ॥ प्रासेन चेकितानं वै विव्याध हृदयं भृशम्।
English: Then your son, O foremost of Bharatas, aiming at Chekitana amongst them, cut him deeply with a lance in the chest.
Sanskrit: स पपात रथोपस्थे तव पुत्रेण ताडितः॥ रुधिरौघपरिस्किन्नः प्रविश्य विपुलं तमः।
English: Thus struck by our son, Chekitana dropped in a faint down on his car, bathed in blood.
Sanskrit: चेकितान् हतं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवेया महारथाः॥ असक्तमभ्यवर्षन्त शरवर्षाणि भागशः।
English: Seeing Chekitana slain, the great carwarriors among the Pandavas continually showered arrows (upon the Kauravas).
Sanskrit: तावकानामनीकेषु पाण्डवा जितकाशिनः॥ व्यचरन्त महाराज प्रेक्षणीयाः समन्ततः।
English: Indeed, the Pandavas, filled with the desire of victory, O king, moved about on all sides amongst your soldiers.
Sanskrit: कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च सौबलश्च महारथः॥ अयोधयन् धर्मराजं मद्रराजपुरस्कृताः।
English: Kripa and Kritavarman and the powerful son of Subala, placing the king of the Madras before them, fought with king Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: भारद्वाजस्य हन्तारं भूरिवीर्यपराक्रमम्॥ दुर्योधनो महाराज धृष्टद्युम्नमयोधयत्।
English: Duryodhana, O king, fought with heroic and powerful Dhrishtadyumna, the slayer of Bharadvaja's son.
Sanskrit: त्रिंसाहस्रास्तथा राजंस्तव पुत्रेण चोदिताः॥ अयोधयन्त विजयं द्रोणपुत्रपुरस्कृताः।
English: Three thousand cars, O king, dispatched by your son and headed by Drona's son, fought with Vijaya.
Sanskrit: विजये धृतसंकल्पाः समरे त्यक्तजीविताः॥ प्राविशंस्तावका राजन् हंसा इव महत् सरः।
English: All those warriors, O king, were bent upon winning victory even at the sacrifice of their lives. Indeed, O king, your warriors entered into the midst of the Pandava army like swans into a large lake.
Sanskrit: ततो युद्धमभूद् घोरं परस्परवधैषिणाम्॥ अन्योन्यवधसंयुक्तमन्योन्यप्रीतिवर्धनम्।
English: A fierce encounter then took place between the Kurus and the Pandavas, the combatants being worked up with the desire of killing one another and deriving great pleasure from giving and receiving blows.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन् प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे राजन् वीरवरक्षये॥ अनिलेनेरितं घोरमुक्तस्थौ पार्थिवं रजः।
English: During the progress, O king, of that battle in which great heroes were killed a terrible dust was raised by the wind.
Sanskrit: श्रवणान्नामधेयानां पाण्डवानां च कीर्तनात्॥ परस्परं विजानीमो यदयुद्ध्यन्नभीतवत्।
English: From only the names we heard of the Pandava warriors) that were uttered during that battle and from those of the Kuru warriors) that were uttered by the Pandavas, we knew the heroes that fought with one another fearlessly.
Sanskrit: तद्रजः पुरुषव्याघ्र शोणितेन प्रशामितम्॥ दिशश्च विमला जातास्तस्मिंस्तमसि नाशिते।
English: That dust, however, O foremost of men, was soon dispelled by the blood that was shed and all the points of the horizon became once more clear.
Sanskrit: तथा प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे घोररूपे भयानके॥ तावकानां परेषां च नासीत् कश्चित् पराङ्मुखः।
English: Indeed, during that terrible and awful battle, no one, among either your warriors or those of the foc, took to his heels.
Sanskrit: ब्रह्मलोकपरा भूत्वा प्रार्थयन्तो जयं युधि॥ सुयुद्धेन पराक्रान्ता नराः स्वर्गमभीप्स्वः।
English: Desirous of going to the regions of Brahman and longing for victory by fair fight, the warriors displayed their prowess worked up with the hope of heaven.
Sanskrit: भर्तृपिण्डविमोक्षार्थं भर्तृकार्यविनिश्चिताः॥ स्वर्गसंसक्तमनसो योधा युयुधिरे तदा।
English: For paying off the debt they owed to their masters on account of the maintenance received or bent upon achieving the objects of their friends and allies, the warriors, desirous of going to heaven, fought with one another.
Sanskrit: नानारूपाणि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो महारथाः॥ अन्योन्यमभिगर्जन्तः प्रहरन्तः परस्परम्।
English: Discharging various weapons, great carwarriors roared at the struck one another.
Sanskrit: हत विध्यत गृह्णीत प्रहरध्वं निकृन्तत॥ इति स्म वाचः श्रूयन्ते तव तेषां च वै बले।
English: Slay, seize, strike, cut off-these were the words that were heard in that battle, ultered by your people and those of the enemy.
Sanskrit: ततः शल्यो महाराज धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्॥ विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैर्हन्तुकामो महारथम्।
English: Then Shalya, O king, desirous of killing him, struck king Yudhishthira, a mighty carwarrior, with many sharp arrows.
Sanskrit: तस्य पार्थो महाराज नाराचान् वै चतुर्दश॥ मर्माण्युद्दिश्य मर्मज्ञो निचखान हसन्निव।
English: Acquainted with the vital parts of the body, the son of Pritha, however, O king, struck the king of the Madras with fourteen cloth-yard shafts, aiming at the latter's vital parts.
Sanskrit: आवार्य पाण्डवं बाणैर्हन्तुकामो महाबलः॥ विव्याध समरे क्रुद्धो बहुभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः।
English: Resisting the son of Pandu with his arrows the illustrious Shalya, filled with ire and desirous of killing his antagonist, struck hiin in that battle with innumerable Kanka-feathered arrows.
Sanskrit: अथ भूयो महाराज शरेणानतपर्वणा॥ युधिष्ठिरं समाजम्ने सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः।
English: Again, O king, he struck Yudhishthura with a straight shaft in the very presences of all the troops.
Sanskrit: विव्याध निशितैर्बाणैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः। धर्मराजोऽपि संक्रुद्धो मद्रराजं महायशाः॥
English: King Yudhishthira, possessed of great renown and filled with range, cut the ruler of the Madras with many keen Kanka and peacock feathered arrows.
Sanskrit: चन्द्रसेनं च सप्तात्या सूतं च नवभिः शरैः॥ द्रुमसेनं चतुःषष्ट्या निजघान महारथः।
English: That nighty car-warrior then pierced Chandrasena with seventy arrows and Shalya's driver with nine and Drumasena with sixty four.
Sanskrit: चक्ररथे हते शल्यः पाण्डवेन महात्मना॥ निजघान ततो राजश्चेदीन् वै पञ्चविंशतिम्।
English: When the two protectors of his car-wheels were (thus) killed by the great son of Pandu, Shalya, O king, slew twenty five warriors among the Chedis.
Sanskrit: सात्यकिं पञ्चविशत्या भीमसेनं च पञ्चभिः॥ माद्रीपुत्रौ शतेनाजौ विव्याध निशितैः शरैः।
English: And he struck Satyaki with twenty five keen arrows and Bhimasena with seven and the two sons of Madri with a hundred, in the battle.
Sanskrit: एवं विचरतस्तस्य संग्रामे राजसत्तम॥ सम्प्रेषयच्छितान् पार्थः शरानाशीविषोपमान्।
English: While Shalya was thus fighting in that battle, that best of kings, the son of Pritha, shot at him many arrows that resembled snakes of virulent poison.
Sanskrit: ध्वजाग्रं चास्य समरे कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः॥ प्रमुखे वर्तमानस्य भल्लेनापाहरद् रथात्।
English: With a broad-headed arrow, Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, then cut off from his car the standard of his antagonist as the latter stood before him.
Sanskrit: पाण्डुपुत्रेण वै तस्य केतुं छिन्नं महात्मना॥ निपतन्तमपश्याम गिरिशृङ्गमिवाहतम्।
English: We saw the standard of Shalya, which was thus cut off by the son of Pandu in that great battle, drop down like a mountain summit.
Sanskrit: ध्वजं निपतितं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवं च व्यवस्थितम्॥ संक्रुद्धो मद्रराजोऽभूच्छरवर्षं मुमोच ह।
English: Seeing his standard fallen and observing the son of Pandu standing before him, the king of the Madras, worked up with range, shot a number of shafts.
Sanskrit: शल्य: सायकवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान्॥ अभ्यवर्षदमेयात्मा क्षत्रियान् क्षत्रियर्षभः।
English: That foremost of Kshatriyas, viz., Shalya of great energy poured over the Kshatriyas in that battle dense. showers of arrows like Indra pouring torrents of rain.
Sanskrit: सात्यकिं भीमसेनं च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ॥ एकैकं पञ्चभिर्विध्वा युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत्।
English: Piercing Satyaki and Bhimasena and the twin sons of Madri by Pandu, each with five arrows, he assailed Yudhishthira greatly.
Sanskrit: ततो बाणमयं जालं विततं पाण्डवोरसि॥ अपश्याम महाराज मेघजालमिवोद्गतम्।
English: We then, O king, beheld a net of arrows spread before the chest of Pandu's son like a mass of risen clouds.
Sanskrit: तस्य शल्यो रणे क्रुद्धः शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥ दिशः संछादयामास प्रदिशश्च महारथः।
English: The great car-warrior Shalya, in that battle, filled with rage, covered Yudhishthira with straight shafts.
Sanskrit: ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा बाणजालेन पीडितः। बभूवाद्भुतविक्रान्तो जम्भो वृत्रहणा यथा॥
English: At this, king Yudhishthira, afflicted with those arrows, felt himself deprived of his prowess, even as the Asura Jambha had become before the killer of Vritra.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच पीडिते धर्मराजे तु मद्रराजेन मारिष। सात्यकिर्भीमसेनश्च माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ॥
English: Sanjaya said When king Yudhishthira was thus assailed by the king of the Madras, Satyaki and Bhimasena and the two sons of Madri by Pandu, encircling Shalya with their cars, began to assail him in that battle.
Sanskrit: परिवार्य रथैः शल्यं पीडयामासुराहवे। तमेकं बहुभिर्दृष्ट्वा पीड्यमानं महारथैः॥ साधुवादो महाञ्जज्ञे सिद्धाश्चासन् प्रहर्षिताः। आश्चर्यमित्यभाषन्त मुनयश्चापि सङ्गताः॥
English: Beholding the helpless Shalya thus assailed by those great car-warriors loud sounds of applause were hcard and the Siddhas became filled with delight. The ascetics, assembled together, declared it wonderful.
Sanskrit: भीमसेनो रणे शल्यं शल्यभूतं पराक्रमे। एकेन विद्ध्वा बाणेन पुनर्विव्याध सप्तभिः॥
English: Then Bhimasena in that battle, having cut Shalya who had become irresistible with one arrow, next struck him with seven.
Sanskrit: सात्यकिश्च शतेनैनं धर्मपुत्रपरीप्सया। मद्रेश्वरमवाकीर्य सिंहनादमथानदत्॥
English: Satyaki, desirous of rescuing the son of Dharma, strucks Shalya with a hundred arrows and uttered a loud leonine roar.
Sanskrit: नकुलः पञ्चभिश्चैनं सहदेवश्च पञ्चभिः। विद्ध्वा तं तु पुनस्तूर्णं ततो विव्याध सप्तभिः॥
English: Nakula struck him with five arrows and Sahadeva with seven; the latter then once more struck him with as many.
Sanskrit: स तु शूरो रणे यत्तः पीडितस्तैर्महारथैः। विकृत्य कार्मुकं घोरं वेगनं भारसाधनम्॥ सात्यकिं पञ्चविंशत्या शल्यो विव्याध मारिष। भीमसेनं तु सप्तत्या नुकलं सप्तभिस्तथा॥
English: The heroic king of the Madras, struggling carefully in that battle, thus afflicted by those grcat car-warriors, drew a formidable and strong bow capable of imparting great force to the shafts shot from it and pierced Satyaki, with twenty-five arrows and Bhima with seventy-three and Nakula with seven.
Sanskrit: ततः सविशिखं चापं सहदेवस्य धन्विनः। छित्त्वा भल्लेन समरे विव्याधैनं त्रिसप्तभिः॥
English: Then cutting off with a broad-headed arrow the bow, with shaft fixed on the string, of Sahadeva, he struck Sahadeva himself in that battle, with seventy-arrows.
Sanskrit: सहदेवस्तु समरे मातुलं भूरिवर्चसम्। सज्यमन्यद् धनुः कृत्वाः पञ्चभिः समताडयत्॥
English: Sahadeva then, stringing another bow, pierced his maternal uncle with five arrows that resembled snakes of virulent poison or burning fire.
Sanskrit: शरैराशीविषाकारैर्ध्वलज्वलनसंनिभैः। सारथिं चास्य समरे शरेणानतपर्वणा॥ विव्याध भृशसंक्रुद्धस्तं वै भूयस्त्रिभिः शरैः।
English: Worked up with great ire, he then struck his antagonist's driver with a straight shaft in that battle and then Shałya himself once more with three.
Sanskrit: भीमसेनस्तु सप्तत्या सात्यकिर्नवभिः शरैः॥ धर्मराजस्तथा षष्ट्या गात्रे शल्यं समार्पयत्। ।
English: Then Bhimasena pierced the king of the Madras with seventy arrows and Satyaki pierced him with nine and king Yudhishthira with sixty.
Sanskrit: ततः शल्यो महाराज निर्विद्धस्तैर्महारथैः॥ सुस्राव रुधिरं गात्रैगैरिकं पर्वतो यथा।
English: Thus pierced, O king, by those mighty carwarriors, blood began to flow from Shalya's body, like red streams running down the breast of a mountain of red chalk.
Sanskrit: तांश्च सर्वान् महेष्वासान् पञ्चभिः पञ्चभिः शरैः॥ विव्याध तरसा राजस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्।
English: Shalya, however, quickly struck in return each of those great bowmen with five arrows, O king. Exceedingly wonderful was this feat.
Sanskrit: ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन धर्मपुत्रस्य मारिष॥ धनुश्चिच्छेद समरे सज्यं स सुमहारथः।
English: With another broad-headed arrow, that great car-warrio; then, O sire, cut off the stringed bow, of Dharma's son in that battle.
Sanskrit: अथान्यद् धनुरादाय धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः॥ साश्वसूतध्वजरथं शल्यं प्राच्छादयच्छरैः।
English: Taking up another bow, that great carwarrior, viz., the son of Dharma, covered Shalya, his horses and driver and standard and car, with many arrows.
Sanskrit: स च्छाद्यमानः समरे धर्मपुत्रस्य सायकैः॥ युधिष्ठिरमथाविध्यद् दशभिर्निशितैः शरैः।
English: Thus covered in that battle by the son of Dharma with his arrows Shalya struck the former with ten keen arrows.
Sanskrit: सात्यकिस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो दर्मपुत्रे शरार्दिते॥ मद्राणामधिपं शूरं शरैविव्याध पञ्चभिः।
English: Then Satyaki, enraged upon beholding the son of Dharma thus assailed with arrows, obstructed the heroic king of the Madras with clouds of arrows.
Sanskrit: स सात्यके प्रचिच्छेद क्षुरप्रेण महद् धनुः॥ भीमसेनमुखांस्तांश्च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरताडयत्।
English: At this, Shalya cut off with a razor-faced arrow the terrible bow of Satyaki and cut each of the other Pandava warriors with three arrows.
Sanskrit: तस्य क्रुद्धो महाराज सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः॥ तोमरं प्रेषयामास स्वर्णदण्डं महाधनम्।
English: Enraged, O king, the highly powerful Salyaki then discharge at Shalya a golden lance set with many jewels and gems.
Sanskrit: भीमसेनोऽथ नाराचं ज्वलन्तमिव पन्नगम्॥ नकुलः समरे शक्तिं सहदेवो गदां शुभाम्। धर्मराजः शतघ्नीं च जिघासुः शल्यमाहवे॥
English: Bhimasena shot at him a cloth-yard shaft that looked like a blazing snake; Nakula discharged at him a dart, Sahadeva an excellent mace and the son of Dharina a Sataghni, all actuated by the desire of killing him.
Sanskrit: तानापतत एवाशु पञ्चानां वै भुजच्युतान्। वारयामास समरे शस्त्रसङ्घः स मद्रराट्॥
English: The king of the Madras, however speedily counteracted in that battle all those weapons, shot off the arms of those five warriors at him, as these proceeded towards his car.
Sanskrit: सात्यकिप्रहितं शल्यो भल्लैश्चिच्छेद तोमरम्। प्रहितं भीमसेनेन शरं टनकभूषणम्॥
English: With a number of broad-headed arrows Shalya cut off the lance shot by Satyaki. Endued with valour and great lightness of hand, he cut off into two pieces the gold decked arrows shot at him by Bhima.
Sanskrit: द्विधा चिच्छेद समरे कृतहस्तः प्रतापवान्। नकुलप्रेषितां शक्तिं हेमदण्डां भयावहाम्॥
English: He then resisted with arrows the terrible gold-handled dart, that Nakula shot at hiin and the mace also that Sahadeva had hurled.
Sanskrit: गदां च सहदेवेन शरौघैः समवारयत्। शराभ्यां च शतघ्नीं तां राज्ञश्चिच्छेद भारत॥ पश्यतां पाण्डुपुत्राणां सिंहनादं ननाद च। नामृष्यत्तत्र शैनेयः शत्रोविजयमाहवे॥
English: With a couple of other arrows, O Bharata, he cut off the Shataghni shot at him by the king, in the very presence of the sons of Pandu and uttered a loud leonine roar. The grandson of Shini, however, could not bear the defeat of his weapon in that battle.
Sanskrit: अथान्यद् धनुरादाय सात्यकिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः। द्वाभ्यां मद्रेश्वरं विद्ध्वा सारथिं च त्रिभिः शरैः॥
English: Beside himself with age Satyaki took up another bow and cut the king of the Madras with two arrows and his driver with three.
Sanskrit: ततः शल्यो रणे राजन् सर्वास्तान् दशभिः शरैः। विव्याध भृशसंक्रुद्धस्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपान्॥
English: At this, Shalya, O king, worked up with rage, deeply struck all of them with ten arrows, like persons piercing mighty elephants with sharp pointed lances.
Sanskrit: ते वार्यमाणाः समरे मद्रराज्ञा महारथाः। न शेकुः सम्मुखे स्थातुं तस्य शत्रुनिषूदनाः॥
English: Thus thwarted in that battle by the king of the Madras, O Bharata, those slayers of foes could not stand in front of Shalya.
Sanskrit: ततो दुर्योधनो राजा दृष्ट्वा शल्यस्य विक्रमम्। निहतान् पाण्डवान् मेने पञ्चालानथ सृञ्जयान्॥
English: Witnessing the prowess of Shalya, king Duryodhana considered the Pandavas, the Panchalas and the Srinjayas as already killed.
Sanskrit: ततो राजन् महाबाहुर्भीमसेनः प्रतापवान्। संत्यज्य मनसा प्राणान् मद्राधिपमयोधयत्॥
English: Then, O king, the mighty-armed Bhimasena, determined to kill him, encountered the king of the Madras.
Sanskrit: नकुलः सहदेवश्च सात्यकिश्च महारथः। परिवार्य तदा शल्यं समन्ताद व्यकिरशरैः॥
English: Nakula and Sahadeva and the powerful Satyaki, encompassing Shalya, shot their arrows at him from all sides.
Sanskrit: स चतुर्भिर्महेष्वासैः पाण्डवानां महारथैः। वृतस्तान् योधयामास मद्राराजः प्रतापवान्॥
English: Though surrounded by those four great bowmen and powerful car-warriors of the Pandavas, the valiant king of the Madras still fought with them.
Sanskrit: तस्य धर्मसुतो राजन् क्षुरप्रेण महाहवे। चक्ररक्षं जघानाशु मद्रराजस्य पार्थिवः॥
English: Then, O king, the son of Dharma, in that dreadful encounter, quickly cut off with a razor-headed arrow one of the guards of Shalya's car-wheels.
Sanskrit: तस्मिंस्तु निहते शूरे चक्ररक्षे महारथे। मद्रराजोऽपि बलवान् सैनिकानावृणोच्छरैः॥
English: When that brave and mighty car-warrior, the protector of Shalya's car-wheel, was thus killed, Shalya enshrouded the Pandava warriors with showers of arrows.
Sanskrit: समावृतांस्ततस्तांस्तु राजन् वीक्ष्य स्वसैनिकान्। चिन्तयामास समरे धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः॥ कथं नु समरे शक्यं तन्माधववचो महत्। न हि क्रुद्धो रणे राजा क्षपयेत बलं मम॥
English: Beholding his troops covered with arrows, O king, king Yudhishthira began to think Verily, how shall those weighty words of Madhava become true. I hope, the king the Madras, worked up with ire, will not destroy my army in battle.
Sanskrit: ततः सरथनागाश्वाः पाण्डवाः पाण्डुपूर्वज। मद्रराजं समासेदुः पीडयन्तः समन्ततः॥
English: Then the Pandavas, elder brother of Pandu, with cars and elephants and horses approached the king of the Madras and began to assail him from all sides.
Sanskrit: नानाशस्त्रौघबहुलां शस्त्रावृष्टिं समुद्यताम्। व्यधमत् समरे राजा महाभ्राणीव मारुतः॥
English: Like the wind scattering masses of clouds, the king of the Madras, in that battle, dispersed the shower of arrows and various other weapons.
Sanskrit: ततः कनकपुङ्खां तां शल्यक्षिप्तां वियद्गताम्। शरवृष्टिमपश्याम शलभानामिवायतिम्॥
English: We then saw the downpour of gold-winged arrows shot by Shalya, passing through welkin like as warm of locusts.
Sanskrit: ते शरा मद्रराजेन प्रेषिता रणमूर्धनि। समपतन्तः स्म दृश्यन्ते शलभानां व्रजा इव॥
English: Indeed, those arrows, discharged by the king of the Madras from the rear of the battle, were seen to fall like a flight of birds.
Sanskrit: मद्रराजधनुर्मुक्तैः शरैः कनकभूषणैः। निरन्तरमिवाकाशं सम्बभूव जनाधिप॥
English: With the golden shafts shot off the bow of the Madra king, the sky, O king, was so covered that there was not an inch of empty space.
Sanskrit: न पाण्डवानां नास्माकं तत्र किञ्चिद् व्यदृश्यत। बाणान्धकारे महति कृते तत्र महाहवे॥ मद्रराजेन बलिना लाघवाच्छरवृष्टिभिः।
English: Then a thick darkness was caused by the arrows shot by the powerful king of the Madras in that dreadful battle.
Sanskrit: चाल्यमानं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवानां बलार्णवम्॥ विस्मयं परमं जग्मुर्देवगन्धर्वदानवाः।
English: And when they saw the vest host of the Pandavas agitated by that hero, the gods and the Gandharvas were stricken with great wonder.
Sanskrit: स तु तान् सर्वतो यत्ताशरैः संछाद्य मारिप॥ धर्मराजमवच्छाद्य सिंहवद् व्यनदन्मुहुः।
English: Assailing vigorously all the Pandava heroes with his with his arrows from every side, O sire, Shalya covered king Yudhishthira and roared repeatedly like a lion.
Sanskrit: ते च्छन्नाः समरे तेन पाण्डवानां महारथाः॥ नाशक्नुवंस्तदा युद्धे प्रत्युद्यातुं महारथम्।
English: Thus covered by Shalya in that battle the great car-warriors of the Pandavas could not proceed against that great hero for fighting with him.
Sanskrit: धर्मराजपुरोगास्तु भीमसेनमुखा रथाः। न जहुः समरे शूरं शल्यमाहवशोभिनम्॥
English: Those amongst thein that were led by Bhimasena and king Yudhishthira did not fly away from the brave Shalya the ornament of battle.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच अर्जुनो द्रौणिना विद्धो युद्धे बहुभिरायसैः। तस्य चानुचरैः शूरैस्त्रिगर्तानां महारथैः॥ द्रौणिं विव्याध समरे त्रिभिरेव शिलीमुखैः। तथेतरान् महेष्वासान् द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां धनंजयः॥
English: Sanjaya said In the meantime Arjuna, in that battle, struck with many arrows by the son of Drona as also by the latter's followers the heroic and mighty car-warriors among the Trigartas, pierced Drona's son in return with three arrows and each of the others with two. Again, the mighty armed Dhananjaya covered his enemies with shower of arrows.
Sanskrit: भूयश्चैव महाराज शरवर्षैरवाकिरत्। शरकण्टकितास्ते तु तावका भरतर्षभ॥ न जहुः पार्थमासाद्य ताड्यमानाः शितैः शरैः।
English: Though struck with keen shafts and thought they looked like porcupines on account of those arrows sticking to their body still your soldiers, O foremost of Bharatas did not fly from Partha in that battle.
Sanskrit: अर्जुनं रथवंशेन द्रोणपुत्रपुरोगमाः॥ अयोधयन्त समरे परिवार्य महारथाः।
English: Led by Drona's son they surrounded that great car-warrior and fought with him discharging many arrows.
Sanskrit: तैस्तु क्षिप्ता: शरा राजन् कार्तस्वरविभूषिताः॥ अर्जुनस्य रथोपस्थं पूरयामासुरञ्जसा।
English: The gold-decked arrows, O king, shot by them, quickly filled Arjuna's car.
Sanskrit: तथा कृष्णौ महेष्वासौ वृषभौ सर्वधन्विनाम्॥ शरैर्वीक्ष्य विनुन्नाङ्गौ प्रहृष्टा युद्धदुर्मदाः।
English: Beholding those two great bowmen, those two foremost of all warriors, viz., the two Krishnas, covered with arrows, those invincible (Kaurava) warriors filled with joy.
Sanskrit: कूबरं रथचक्राणि ईषा योक्त्राणि वा विभो॥ युगं चैवानुकर्षं च शरभूतमभूत्तदा।
English: The Kubera, the wheels, the shaft, the terraces, the yoke and the Anukarsha of Arjuna's car, were covered with arrows.
Sanskrit: नैतादृशं दृष्टपूर्वं राजन् नैव च नस श्रुतम्॥ यादृशं तत्र पार्थस्य तावकाः सम्प्रचक्रिरे।
English: Never before, O king, had been either seen or heard the like of what your warriors then did unto Partha.
Sanskrit: स रथः सर्वतो भाति चित्रपुङ्खैः शितैः शरैः॥ उल्काशतैः सम्प्रदीप्तं विमानमिव भूतले।
English: That car shone with those keen arrows of beautiful wings like a celestial car, blazing with hundreds of torches dropped on the carth.
Sanskrit: ततोऽर्जुनो महाराज शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः॥ अवाकिरत्तां पृतनां मघो वृष्ट्येव पर्वतम्।
English: Then Arjuna, O king, covered his enemies with showers of straight arrows like a cloud pouring torrents of rain on a mountain.
Sanskrit: ते वध्यमानाः समरे पार्थनामाङ्कितैः शरैः॥ पार्थभूतममन्यन्त प्रेक्षमाणास्तथाविधम्।
English: Struck in that battle with arrows with Partha's name engraven on them those heroes regarded the battle field as full of Parthas.
Sanskrit: कोपोद्धृतशरज्वालो धनुःशब्दानिलो महान्॥ सैन्येन्धनं ददाहाशु तावकं पार्थपावकः।
English: Then the Partha-fire, having arrows for its wonderful flames and the loud twang of Gandiva for the wind that increased it, began to consume the fuel of your soldiers.
Sanskrit: चक्राणां पततां चापि युगानां च धरातले॥ तूणीराणां पताकानां ध्वजानां च रथैः सह। ईषाणामनुकर्षाणां त्रिवेणूनां च भारत॥ अक्षाणमथ योक्त्राणां प्रतोदानां च सर्वशः। शिरसां पततां चापि कुण्डलोष्णीषधारिणाम्॥ भुजानां च महाभाग स्कन्धानां च समन्ततः। छत्राणां व्यजनैः सार्धं मुकुटानां च राशयः॥ समदृश्यन्त पार्थस्य रथमार्गेषु भारत।
English: Then were seen along the tracks of Partha's car, O Bharata, number of broken wheels, yokes, quivers, banners, standards, with the cars themselves that bore them, of arrows, the Anukarshas, Trivenus, axles, traces and goads, heads of warriors decked with ear-rings and head-gears, arms, things in thousands of umbrellas along with fans and of diadems and crowns.
Sanskrit: तत: क्रुद्धस्य पार्थस्य रथमार्गे विशाम्पते॥ अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा। भीरूणां त्रासजननी शूराणां हर्षवर्धिनी॥ बभूव भरतश्रेष्ठ रुद्रस्याक्रीडनं यथा।
English: Along the track of the angry Partha's car, the ground, covered with muddy blood, became impassable, O chief of the Bharatas, like the sporting ground of Rudra. The spectacle filled the coward with fear and the brave with joy.