pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: गदानां परिधाणां च कणपानां च क्षिप्यताम्। प्रासानां भिन्दिपालानां भुशुण्डीनां च सर्वशः॥ सम्पातं चानुपश्याम संग्रामे भृशदारुणे। शलभा इव सम्पेतुः समन्ताच्छरवृष्टयः॥
English: We saw the falling maces, Parighas, Kunapas, lances, and rockets discharged at one another in that terrible encounter. Dreadful showers of arrows shot through like locusts.
Sanskrit: नागान् नागा: समासाद्य व्यधमन्त परस्परम्। हया हयांश्च समरे रथिनो रशिनस्तथा॥ पत्तयः पत्तिसंघांश्च हयसंघांश्च पत्तयः। पत्तयो रथमातङ्गान् रथा हस्त्यश्वमेव च॥ नागाश्च समरे त्र्यङ्गं ममृदुः शीघ्रगा नृप।
English: Elephants struck elephants, horses routed horses and the car-warriors fought with carwarriors. There fought foot-soldiers with footsoldiers and the infantry with the cars and elephants and horsemen and elephants with the three other kinds of forces. They began to crush, O inonarch and grind one another. arrows
Sanskrit: वध्यतां तत्र शूराणां क्रोशतां च परस्परम्॥ घोरमायोधनं जज्ञे पशूनां वैशसं यथा।
English: On account of those combatants striking one another and shouting at the top of their voices, the battle-field became awful, resembling the slaughter ground of creatures.
Sanskrit: रुधिरेण समास्तीर्ण भाति भारत मेदिना॥ शक्रगोपगणाकीर्णा प्रावृषीव यथा धरा।
English: Covered with blood, the earth looked like a vast plain in the season of rains covered with red cochineal.
Sanskrit: यथा वा वाससी शुक्के महारञ्जनिञ्जिते॥ बिभृयाद् युवती श्यामा तद्वदासीद् वसुंधरा। मासंशोणितचित्रेव शातुकम्भमयीव च॥
English: The earth assumed, as it were, the form of youthful maiden of great beauty clad in white robes dyed with deep red. Variegated with flesh and blood the earth appeared as if decked with gold.
Sanskrit: भिन्नानां चोत्तमाङ्गानां बाहूनां चोरुभिः सह। कुण्डालानां प्रवृद्धानां भूषणानां च भारत॥ निष्काणामथ शूराणां शरीराणां च धन्विनाम्। चर्मणां सपताकानां संघास्तत्रापतन् भुवि॥
English: Large numbers of beads, cut-off from trunks and arms and thighs and ear-rings and other ornaments stripped off the bodies of the warriors, collars, cuirasses, bodies of brave bowmen, coats of mail and banners, lay scattered on the earth.
Sanskrit: गजा गजान् समासाद्य विषाणैरार्दयन् नृप। विषाणाभिहतास्तत्र भ्राजन्ते द्विरदास्तथा॥
English: O king, the elephants approaching other elephants tore one another with their tusks. Stuck with the tusks of assailing elephants they looked beautiful.
Sanskrit: रुधिरेणावसिक्ताङ्गा गैरिकप्रस्त्रवा इव। यथा भ्राजन्ति स्यन्दन्तः पर्वता धातुमण्डिताः॥
English: Bathed in blood those huge creatures looked resplendent like moving hills covered with metals and streams of liquid chalk.
Sanskrit: तोमरान् सादिभिर्मुक्तान् प्रतीपानास्थितान् बहून्। हस्तैर्विचेरुस्ते नागा बभञ्जुश्चापरे तथा॥
English: Many of them seized the lances hurled by horsemen whilst others broke and twisted them.
Sanskrit: नाराचैश्छिन्नवर्माणो भ्राजन्ति स्म गजोत्तमाः। हिमागमे यथा राजन् व्यभ्रा इव महीधराः॥
English: Many huge elephants, with their armours cut-off with arrows, looked like mountains divested of clouds at the approach of the winter.
Sanskrit: शरैः कनकपुडैश्च चित्रा रेजुर्गजोत्तमाः। उल्काभिः सम्प्रदीप्तायाः पर्वता इव भारत॥
English: Many leading elephants, struck with goldwinged arrows, looked beautiful, like mountains whose summits are lighted with torches.
Sanskrit: केचिदभ्याहता नागैर्नागा नगनिभोपमाः। विनेशुः समरे तस्मिन् पत्रवन्त इवाद्रयः॥
English: Struck by their antagonists some of those creatures, huge as hills, fell down in battle like winged mountains.
Sanskrit: अपरे प्राद्रवन् नागाः शल्यार्ता व्रणपीडिताः। प्रतिमानैश्च कुम्भैश्च पेतुरुवा॒ महाहवे॥
English: Others, afflicted with arrows and much pained by the wound, fell down on the earth in that dreadful encounter with their frontal globes or the parts between their tusks.
Sanskrit: विनेदुः सिंहवचान्ये नदन्तो भैरवान् रवान्। बभ्रमुर्बहवो राजंश्चक्रुशुश्चापरे गजाः॥
English: Others roared like lions. And many emitting terrible sounds ran hither and thither and many, O king, uttered cries of pain.
Sanskrit: हयाश्च निहता बाणैर्हेमभाण्डविभूषिताः। निषेदुश्चैव मम्लुश्च बभ्रमुश्च दिशो दश॥
English: Horses, adorned with golden trappings, kills by arrows, fell down or became weak or ran in all directions.
Sanskrit: अपरे कृष्यमाणाश्च विचेष्टन्तो महीतले। भावान् बहुविधांश्चक्रुस्ताडिताः शरतोमरैः॥
English: Others, wounded with arrows or dragged, fell down on the earth making diverse kinds of motion in agony.
Sanskrit: नरास्तु निहता भूमौ कूजन्तस्तत्र मारिष। दृष्ट्वा च बान्धवानन्ये पितॄनन्ये पितामहान्॥ धावमानान् परांश्चान्यान् दृष्टाऽन्ये तत्र भारत। गोत्रनामानि ख्यातानि शशंसुरितरेतरम्॥
English: Men also slain fell down on the earth uttering many cries. Many beholding their relatives, fathers, grand-fathers, while others, seeing their retreating enemies called one another by their own and their family names.
Sanskrit: तेषां छिन्ना महाराज भुजाः कनकभीषणाः। उद्वेष्टन्ते विचेष्टन्तेपतन्त चोत्पतन्ति च॥
English: Cut-off by enemies, the arms of many warriors adorned with golden ornaments fell down on the earth and writhed in agony.
Sanskrit: निपतन्ति तथैवान्ये स्फुरन्ति च सहस्रशः। वेगांश्चान्ये रणे चक्रुः पञ्चास्या इव पन्नगाः॥
English: Thousands of such arms fell down on the earth and sprang up and many seemed to dart forward like five-headed snakes.
Sanskrit: ते भुजा भोगिभोगाभाश्चन्दनाक्ता विशाम्पते। लोहितार्दा भृशं रेजुस्तपनयध्वजा इव॥
English: O king, those arms, resembling the bodies of serpents, pasted with gold and besmeared with blood, appeared like little mountains.
Sanskrit: वर्तमाने तथा घोरं संकुले सर्वतोदिशम्। अविज्ञाताः स्म युध्यन्ते विनिघ्नन्तः परस्परम्॥
English: When such a dreadful battle raged on all sides, people not know themselves killed one another.
Sanskrit: भौमेन रजसाऽऽकीर्णे शस्त्रसम्पातसंकुले। नैव स्वे न परे राजन् व्यज्ञायन्त तमोवृताः॥
English: When everything was covered with dust raised by the weapons, they, O king, could not recognise who were their own and who were their enemies.
Sanskrit: तथा तद्भवद् युद्धं घोररूपं भयानकम्। लोहितोदा महानद्यः प्रसस्रुस्तत्र चासकृत्॥
English: Then there took place a dreadful encounter and there flew a river of blood striking terror unto all.
Sanskrit: शीर्षपाषाणसंछन्नाः केशशैवलशाद्वलाः। अस्तिमीनसमाकीर्णा धनुःशरगदोडुपाः॥
English: It was filled with heads forming the rocks. The hairs of the warriors formed the floating weeds and mosses. Bones formed the fishes; and bows, arrows and maces formed the rafts by which to cross them.
Sanskrit: मांसशोणितपकिन्यो घोररूपाः सुदारुणाः। नदी:प्रवर्तयामत्सुः शोणितौघविवर्धिनीः॥
English: Flesh and blood formed their mire. Thus dreadful and terrible rivers, with currents swelled by blood, were formed there.
Sanskrit: भीरुवित्रासकारिण्यः शूराणां हर्षवर्धनाः। ता नद्यो घोररूपास्तु नयन्त्यो यमसादनम्॥
English: They struck terror unto the timid and increased the joy of the brave. Those awful rivers led to the abode of Yama.
Sanskrit: अवगाढान् मजयन्त्यः क्षत्रस्याजनयन् भयम्। क्रव्यादानां नरव्याघ्र नर्दतां तत्र तत्र ह॥ घोरमायोधनं जज्ञे प्रेतराजपुरोपमम्।
English: And many plunged into those rivers striking terror unto the Kshatriyas and dies. O best of men, on account of many carnivorous animals emitting yells on all sides the battle-field became terrible, like the territory of the Regent of the Dead.
Sanskrit: उत्थितान्यगणेयानि कबन्धानि समन्ततः॥ नृत्यन्ति वै भूतगणाः सुतृप्ता मांसशोणितैः। पीत्वा च शौणितं तत्र वसां पीत्वा च भारत॥
English: And innumerable, headless trunks rose on all sides. And many terrible creatures eating flesh and drinking blood and fat began to dance around.
Sanskrit: मेदोमजावसामत्तास्तृप्त मांसस्य चैव ह। धावमानाः स्म दृश्यन्ते काकगृघ्रबकास्तथा॥
English: And gratified with fat, marrow and flesh crows, vultures and cranes were seen to move about in delight.
Sanskrit: शूरास्तु समरे राजन् भयं त्यक्त्वा सुदुस्त्यजम्। योघव्रतसमाख्याताश्चक्रुः कर्माण्यभीतवत्॥
English: The heroes, however, O king, shaking off fear and observing the warrior's warrior's vow, fearlessly did their duty.
Sanskrit: शरशक्तिसमाकीर्णे क्रव्यादगणसंकुले। व्यचरन्त रणे शूराः ख्यापयन्तः स्वपौरुषम्॥
English: On that field where innumerable arrows and darts passed through the air and where various carnivorous animals in large number and the brave warriors armed moved about displaying their powers.
Sanskrit: अन्योन्यं श्रावयन्ति स्म नामगोत्राणि भारत। पितृनामानि च रणे गोत्रनामानि वा विभो॥ श्रावयाणाश्च बहवस्तत्र योद्धा विशाम्पते। अन्योन्यमवमृद्नन्तः शक्तितोमरपट्टिशैः॥
English: They called out one another by their own and family names. And many taking the names of their fathers and families began to assail one another with darts, lances and battle axes.
Sanskrit: वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे घोररूपे सुदारुणे। व्यषीदत् कौरवी सेना भिन्ना नौरिव सागरे॥
English: In that-onset the Kuru army became divested of its strength and unable to stand any longer like a ship foundered on the bosom of the ocean.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे क्षत्रियाणां निमञ्जने। गाण्डीवस्य महाघोषः श्रूयते युधि मारिष॥
English: Sanjaya said While that war, destructive of the Kshatriyas, raged on, the dreadful twang of the Gandiva bow was heard, O Sire.
Sanskrit: संशप्तकानां कदनमकरोद् यत्र पाण्डवः। कोसलानां तथा राजन् नारायणबलस्य च॥
English: O king, there the son of Pandu brought about the destruction of the Samsaptakas, the Kosalas and the army of Narayana.
Sanskrit: संशप्तकास्तु समरे शरवृष्टीः समन्ततः। अपातयन् पार्थमूर्ध्नि जयगृद्धाः प्रमन्यवः॥
English: The Samsaptakas too, desirous of acquiring victory and worked up with rage, made a downpour of their arrows from all sides on the head of Partha.
Sanskrit: ता वृष्टीः सहसा राजंस्तरसा धारयन् प्रभुः। व्यगाहत रणे पार्थो विनिनन् रथिनां वरान्॥
English: That shower of arrows, O king, the powerful Arjuna soon checked and plunging into battle destroyed many leading carwarriors.
Sanskrit: विगाह्य तद् स्थानीकं कङ्कपत्रैः शिलाशितैः। आससाद ततः पार्थः सुशर्माणं वरायुधम्॥
English: Having assailed the car-warriors with Kanka-feathered and sharp arrows, Partha approached the mighty car-warrior, Susharma.
Sanskrit: स तस्य शरवर्षाणि ववर्ष रथिनां वरः। तथा संशप्तकाश्चैव पार्थं बाणैः समार्पयन्॥
English: That foremost of car-Warriors made a downpour of arrows and the Samsaptakas too covered Partha with their shafts.
Sanskrit: सुशर्मा तु ततः पार्थं विद्ध्वा दशभिराशुगैः। जनार्दनं त्रिभिर्बाणैरहनद् दक्षिणे भुजे॥
English: Thereupon, Susharma having pierced Partha with ten quick-coursing arrows struck Janardana on his right arm with three arrows.
Sanskrit: ततोऽपरेण भल्लेन केतुं विव्याध मारिष। स वानरवरो राजन् विश्वकर्मकृतो महान्॥ ननाद सुमहानादं भीषयाणो जगर्ज च।
English: Then with another Bhalla he struck down his standard. That huge monkey, created by Vishvakarma, O king, being terrified emitted a tremendous roar.
Sanskrit: कपेस्तु निनदं श्रुत्वा संत्रस्ता तव वाहिनी॥ भयं विपुलमाधाय निश्चेष्टा समपद्यत।
English: Hearing the roar of the monkey, your army was agitated. And possessed by terrible fear they became inactive.
Sanskrit: तत: सा शुशुभे सेना निश्चेष्टावस्थिता नृप।॥ नानापुष्पसमाकीर्णं यथा चैत्ररथं वनम्।
English: Becoming inactive, O king, that army looked like the garden of Chitraratha filled with various flowers.
Sanskrit: प्रतिलभ्यं तत: संज्ञां योधास्ते कुरुसत्तम॥ अर्जुनं सिषिचुर्बाणैः पर्वतं जलदा इव।
English: Then regaining their consciousness, O foremost of Kurus, your soldiers made a downpour of arrows on Arjuna like clouds on a mountain.
Sanskrit: परिवब्रुस्ततः सर्वे पाण्डवस्य महारथम्॥ निगृह्य तं प्रचुक्रुशुर्वध्यामानां शितैः शरैः।
English: They, then, all surrounded the huge car of Pandava. And then assailing him with sharpened arrows they, desirous of killing him, began to emit terrific cries.
Sanskrit: ते हयान् रथचक्रे च रथेषां चापि मारिष॥ निग्रहीतुमुपाक्रामन् क्रोधाविष्टाः समन्ततः।
English: O king, then assailing with with great vehemence his horses, the wheels of his car and Ishadanda.
Sanskrit: निगृह्य तं रथं तस्य योधास्ते तु सहस्रशः॥ निगृह्य बलवत् सर्वे सिंहनादमथानदन्।
English: Thousand of soldiers seized his car and began to send up leonine roars.
Sanskrit: अपरे जगृहुश्चैव केशवस्य महाभुजौ॥ पार्थमन्ये महाराज रथस्थं जगृहुर्मुदा।
English: O sire, Some among them seized the long arins of Kesava and others seized Arjuna who was on his car.
Sanskrit: केशवस्तु ततो बाहू विधुन्वन् रणमूर्धनि॥ पातयामास तान् सर्वान् दुष्टहस्तीव हस्तिपान्।
English: Then shaking his arms on the field of battle Keshava struck down all of them like an elephant assailing other leading elephants.
Sanskrit: ततः क्रुद्धो रणे पार्थः संवृतस्तैर्महारथैः॥ निगृहीतं रथं दृष्ट्वा केशवं चाप्यभिद्रुतम्।
English: Surrounded by those mighty car-warriors and beholding his car assailed and thus Keshava attacked, Partha, boiling with rage, overthrew a large number of car-warriors and foot-soldiers.
Sanskrit: रथारूढांस्तु सुबहून् पदातींश्चाप्यपातयत्॥ आसन्नांश्च तथा योधान् शरैरासन्नयोधिभिः। छादयामास समरे केशवं चेदमब्रवीत्॥
English: He pushed down a number of infantry soldiers rode on his chariot while fighting, covered all Samsaptaka warriors stood nearby through volley of arrows useful for proxy war and said with vigour to lord Krishna in the battle-field.
Sanskrit: पश्य कृष्ण महाबाहो संशप्तकगणान् बहून्। कुर्वाणान् दारुणं कर्म वध्यमानान् सहस्रशः॥
English: “Behold, O Krishna, O you of long arms, those numberless Samsaptakas, bent upon a dreadful feat, are killed by thousands.
Sanskrit: रथबन्धमिमं घोरं पृथिव्यां नास्ति कश्चन। यः सहेत पुमाँल्लोके मदन्यो यदुपुङ्गव॥
English: O foremost of Yadus, there is none on earth, save myself who is capable of bearing such a close attack on his car."
Sanskrit: इत्येवमुक्त्वा बीभत्सुर्देवदत्तमथाधमत्। पाञ्चजन्यं च कृष्णोऽपि पूरयन्निव रोदसी॥
English: Having said this Vibhatsu blew his Devadatta conch and Krishna his Panchajanya filling the earth and sky with the blare.
Sanskrit: तं तु शङ्खस्वनं श्रुत्वा संशप्तकवरूथिनी। संचचाल महाराज वित्रस्ता चादवद् भृशम्॥
English: Hearing that sound the army of the Samsaptakas began to tremble and were filled with fear.
Sanskrit: पादबन्धं ततश्चक्रे पाण्डवः परवीरहा। नागमस्त्रं महाराज सम्प्रकीर्य मुहुर्मुहुः॥
English: O monarch, then repeatedly invoking the Naga weapon, Paridava, the slayers of hostile horses, tied down their legs.
Sanskrit: ते बद्धाः पादबन्धेन पाण्डवेन महात्मना। निश्चेष्टाश्चाभवन् राजन्नश्मसारमया इव॥
English: When they were thus bound down by the high-souled son of Pandu, O king, they became inactive like horses and dogs.
Sanskrit: निश्चेष्टास्तुं ततो योधानबधीत् पाण्डुनन्दनः। यथेन्द्रः समरे दैत्यांस्तारकस्य वधे पुरा॥
English: Then the son of Pandu began to slay all those inactive warriors as Indra killed the Asuras in the days of yore in his encounter with Taraka.
Sanskrit: ते वध्यमानाः समरे मुमुचुस्तं रथोत्तमम्। आयुधानि च सर्वाणि विस्त्रष्टुमुपचक्रमुः॥
English: They, thus being slaughtered in battle, began to leave the best of cars and throw off all their weapons.
Sanskrit: ते बद्धाःपादबधेन न शेकुश्चेष्टितुं नृप। ततस्तानवधीत् पार्थः शरैः संनतपर्वभिः॥
English: Having their legs bound down they could make no effort, O king. Then Partha slew them all with his straight arrows.
Sanskrit: सर्वयोधा हि समरे भुजगैर्वेष्टिताभवन्। यानुद्दिश्य रणे पार्थः पादबन्धं चकार ह॥
English: All those warriors, against whom Partha discharged his weapon of tying legs, were encircled by serpents in battle.
Sanskrit: ततः सुशर्मा राजेन्द्र गृहीतां वीक्ष्य वाहिनीम्। सौपर्णमस्त्रं त्वरित: प्रादुश्चके महारथः॥
English: Then beholding his army thus bound down, O king, the might car-warrior Susharma speedily invoked his Sauparna weapon.
Sanskrit: तत: सुपर्णाः सम्पेतुर्भक्षयन्तो भुजङ्गमान्। ते वै विदुद्रुवुर्नागा दृष्ट्वा तान् खचरानृप॥
English: Then numerous vultures began to come down and devour snakes. Then, O king, beholding those birds the serpents began to fly away.
Sanskrit: बभौ बलं तद्विमुक्तं पादबन्धाद् विशाम्पते। मेघवृन्दाद् यथा मुक्तो भास्करस्तापयन् प्रजाः॥
English: Freed from that foot-trapping weapon the Samsaptakas, O monarch, looked like the sun giving rays unto all creatures when freed from clouds.
Sanskrit: विप्रमुक्तास्तु ते योधाः फाल्गुनस्य रथं प्रति। ससृजुर्बाण संघाश्च शस्त्रसंघांश्च मारिष॥ विविधानि च शस्त्राणि प्रत्यविध्यन्त सर्वशः।
English: Thus freed, the warriors once more discharged their arrows and weapons at Arjuna's car. And all of them pierced Partha with numerous weapons
Sanskrit: तां महास्त्रमयीं वृष्टिं संछिद्य शरवृष्टिभिः॥ न्यवधीच ततो योधान् वासविः परवीरहा।
English: Cutting off with his own arrows the brightly weapons showered on him, Vasava's son, the slayer of hostile heroes, began to kill those warriors.
Sanskrit: सुशर्मा तु ततो राजन् बाणेनानतपर्वणा॥ अर्जुनं हृदये विद्ध्वा विव्याधान्यैस्त्रिभिः शरैः।
English: Thereupon Susharma, O king, struck Arjuna to his very vitals with arrows and three weapons.
Sanskrit: स गाढविद्धो व्यथितो रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्॥ तत उचुक्रुशुः सर्वे हतः पार्थ इति स्म हो ततः शङ्खनिनादाश्च भेरीशब्दाश्च पुष्कलाः॥ नानावादिनानिनदाः सिंहनादाश्च जज्ञिरे।
English: Deeply wounded and felling great pain Arjuna sunk down on the terrace of his car. Then all the soldiers cried aloud Partha is killed. Then there arose the blare of conch, the profuse sound of bugles and many other musical instruments and the leonine roars of the warriors.
Sanskrit: प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां श्वेतचाश्वः कृष्णसारथिः॥ ऐन्द्रमस्त्रममेयात्मा प्रादुश्चक्ते त्वरान्वितः।
English: Then regaining his consciousness the highly energetic Arjuna of white steeds and with Krishna for his charioteer, quickly discharged the Aindra weapon.
Sanskrit: ततो बाणसहस्राणि समुत्पन्नानि मारिष॥ सर्वदिक्षु व्यदृश्यन्त निघ्नन्ति तव वाहिनीम्।
English: Thereupon, thousands of arrows were seen on all sides which killed the kings and elephants.
Sanskrit: हयान् रथांश्च समरे शस्त्रैः शतसहस्रशः॥ वध्यमाने ततः सैन्ये भयं सुमहदाविशत्। संशप्तकगणानां च गोपालानां च भारत॥
English: Thousands of horses and cars were also destroyed by those weapons. The army being thus slaughtered they were possessed by terrible fear. O descendant of Bharata, there was no man amongst the Samsaptakas and Gopalas who could withstand Arjuna.
Sanskrit: न हि तत्र पुमान् कश्चिद योऽर्जुनं प्रत्यविध्यत। पश्यतां तत्र वीराणामहन्यत बलं तव॥
English: There in the very presence of all the heroes Arjuna began to destroy your army.
Sanskrit: हन्यमानमपश्यंश्च निश्चेष्टं स्म पराक्रमे। अयुतं तत्र योधानां हत्वा पाण्डुसुतो रणे॥ व्यभ्राजत महाराज विधूमोऽग्निरिव ज्वलन्।
English: Beholding that slaughter all of them were petrified and could not display their prowess. Having killed ten thousand warriors in that battle the son of Pandu shone like the blazing fire without smoke.
Sanskrit: चतुर्दश सहस्राणि यानि शिष्टानि भारत॥ रथानामयुतं चैव त्रिसाहस्त्राश्च दन्तिनः।
English: O Bharata! there remained living as much as fourteen thousand infantry soldiers, ten thousand chariot riders and three thousand elephants with Samsaptakas (Kauravas) till then.
Sanskrit: तत: संशप्तका भूयः परिवर्धनंजयम्॥ मर्तव्यमिति निश्चित्य जयं वाप्यनिवर्तनम्।
English: Then the Samsaptakas surrounded Dhananjaya determined upon either gaining victory or meeting with death.
Sanskrit: तत्र युद्धं महवासीत् तावकानां विशाम्पते। शूरेण बलिना सार्धं पाण्डवेन किरीटिना॥
English: Then there took place a dreadful encounter between your army, O king and the heroic, diadem-decked son of Pandu.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच द्रौणियुधिष्ठिरं दृष्ट्वा शैनेयेनाभिरक्षितम्। द्रौपदेयैस्तथा शूरैरभ्यवर्तत हृष्टवतः॥ किरन्निषुगणान् घोरान् स्वर्णपुङ्खाशिलाशितान्। दर्शयन् विविधान् मार्गान् शिक्षाश्च लघुहस्तवत्॥
English: Sanjaya said Beholding Yudhishthira protected by Sini's son as well as by the war-like sons of Draupadi, the son of Drona, as if delighted, proceeded against him, scattering goldfeathered arrows, showing various ways of his light-handedness.
Sanskrit: ततः खं पूरयामास शरैर्दिव्यास्त्रमन्त्रितैः। युधिष्ठिरं च समरे परिवार्य महास्त्रवित्॥
English: Thereupon he filled the sky with arrows of the vigour of celestial weapons. That one, conversant with the use of weapons, withstood Yudhishthira in battle.
Sanskrit: द्रौणायनिशरच्छन्नं न प्राज्ञायत किञ्चन। बाणभूतमभूत् सर्वमायोधनशिरो महत्॥
English: When the sky was covered with the arrows of Drona's son nothing could be perceived. The space before the warriors was filled with arrows.
Sanskrit: बाणजालं दिविच्छन्नं स्वर्णजालविभूषितम्। शुशुभे भरतश्रेष्ठ वितानमिव धिष्ठितम्॥
English: The sky being covered with a net-work of golden arrows it appeared as if a canopy had been spread there.
Sanskrit: तेनच्छन्न नभो राजन् बाणजालेन भास्वता। अभ्रच्छायेव संजज्ञे बाणरुद्ध नभस्तले॥
English: O king, the sky being covered with a network of shining arrows a shadow appeared there like that of clouds.
Sanskrit: तत्राश्चर्यमपश्याम बाणभूते तथाविधे। न स्म सम्पतते भूतंकिंचिदेवान्तरिक्षगम्॥
English: When the sky was thus converted into one sheet of arrows it was a wonderful sight to look at. No creature could range in the sky at that time.
Sanskrit: सात्यकिर्यतमानस्तु धर्मराजश्च पाण्डवः। तथेतराणि सैन्यानि न स्म चक्रुः पराक्रमम्॥
English: Satyaki, although trying his very best, the pious son of Pandu and other warriors, could not display their prowess.
Sanskrit: लाघवं द्रोणपुत्रस्य दृष्ट्वा तत्र महारथाः। व्यस्मयन्त महाराज न चैनं प्रत्युदीक्षितुम्॥ शेकुस्ते सर्वराजानस्तपन्तमिव भास्करम्।
English: Beholding the light-handness of Drona's son, all the mighty car-warriors there, O king, were filled with wonder. All the kings could not look at him, as if shedding lustre of the sun.
Sanskrit: वध्यमाने ततः सैन्ये द्रौपदेया महारथाः॥ सात्यकिधर्मराजश्च पञ्चालाश्चाप संगताः। त्यक्त्वा मृत्युभयं घोरं द्रौणायनिमुपाद्रवन्॥
English: Thereupon, when their soldiers were being thus slaughtered, the mighty car-warriors, the son of Draupadi, Satyaki, the pious king Yudhishthira and the Panchalas, all united, giving up the dreadful fear of death, rushed towards the son of Drona.
Sanskrit: सात्यकिः सप्तविंशत्या द्रौणि विद्ध्वा शिलीमुखैः। पुनर्विव्याध नाराचैः सप्तभिः स्वर्णभूषितैः॥
English: Piercing the son of Drona with twenty seven arrows he again pierced him with seven gold-plated winged arrows.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिरस्त्रिसप्ततया प्रतिबिध्यश्च सप्तभिः। श्रुतकर्मा त्रिभिर्बाणैः श्रुतकीर्तिश्च सप्तभि॥ सुतसोमस्तु नवभिः शतानीकश्च सप्तभिः। अन्ये च बहवः शूरा विव्यधुस्तं समन्ततः॥
English: Yudhishthira struck him with seventy three arrows and Prativinda with seven, Shrutakarma cut him with three arrows and Shrutakirti with seven. Sutasoma struck him with nine arrows and Satanika with seven. And many other warrior struck him from all sides with a number of shafts.
Sanskrit: स तु क्रुद्धस्ततो राजन्नाशीविष इव श्वसन्। सात्यकिं पञ्चविंशत्या प्रत्यविध्यच्छिलीमुखैः॥
English: Thereupon worked up with rage, O king, he, sighing like a deadly serpent, struck Satyaki with twenty five sharpened arrows.
Sanskrit: श्रुतकीर्ति च नवभिः सुतसोमं च पञ्चभिः। अष्टभिः श्रुतकर्माणं प्रतिविध्यं त्रिभिः शरैः॥ शतानीकं च नवभिर्धर्मपुत्रं च पञ्चभिः। तथेतरांस्ततः : शूरान् द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामताडयत्॥ श्रुतकीर्तेस्तथा चापं चिच्छेद निशितैः शरैः।
English: And he struck Srutakirti with nine arrows and Sutasoma with five; and Prativindhya with three arrows and Srutakarma with eight. And he. struck Raja Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, with five arrows and Satanika with nine. And then he struck other warriors with two shafts each and cut into pieces the bow of Srutakirti with very sharp pointed arrows.
Sanskrit: अथान्यद् धनुरादाय श्रुतिकीर्तिर्महारथः॥ द्रौणानि त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा विव्याधान्यैः शितैः शरैः।
English: After this Shrutakirti took up another fresh bow and at once struck Drona's son with three a arrows and began to shower on him numerous sharp-pointed arrows.
Sanskrit: ततो द्रौणिर्महाराज शरवर्षेण मारिष॥ छादयामास तत् सैन्यं समन्ताद् भरतर्षभ।
English: Then, O monarch, O great sire of the Bharata race, the son of Drona covered the Pandava army with showers of arrows.
Sanskrit: ततः पुनरमेयात्मा धर्मराजस्य कार्मुकम्॥ द्रौणिश्चिच्छेद विहसन् विव्याध च शरैस्त्रिभिः।
English: Just after this the highly spirited son of Drona, casting smiling look upon Yudhishthira, simultaneously cut-off his bow and struck him with three arrows.
Sanskrit: ततो धर्मसुतो राजन् प्रगृह्यान्यन्महद् धनुः॥ द्रौणिं विव्याधं सप्तत्या बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्।
English: Upon that, О king, the son of Dharma took up a very big bow and darted, one after another, seventy shafts, piercing the arms and breast of the son of Drona.
Sanskrit: सात्यकिस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो द्रौणेः प्रहरतो रणे॥ अर्धचन्द्रेण तीक्ष्णेन धनुश्छित्त्वानदद् भृशम्।
English: Then Satyaki, filled with anger, roared aloud and broke down in that very battle the bow of that terrible afflicter, Drona's son, with the same-circular and sharp arrow of his own.