pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: शरैः शरांस्ततो द्रौणि: संवार्य युधि पाण्डवम्। ललाटेऽभ्यानद् राजन् नाराचेन स्मयन्निव॥
English: Then, O monarch, the son of Drona, having checked the course of his (antagonist's) shafts by his own arrows in the field of battle, smilingly struck the son of Pandu in the forehead with a dart.
Sanskrit: ललाटस्थं ततो बाणं धारयामासं पाण्डवः। यथा शृङ्गं वने दृप्तः खङ्गो धारयते नृप॥
English: Thereafter, O king, the son of (Pandu), carried the shafts, that was struck in his forehead; even as the proud rhinoceros in the forest bears his horn.
Sanskrit: ततो द्रौणि रणे भीमो यतमानं पराक्रमी। त्रिभिर्विव्याध नाराचैर्ललाटे विस्मयन्निव॥
English: Then Bhima of immense prowess smilingly pierced the son of Drona, who attempted very hard in the battle, in the forehead with three shafts.
Sanskrit: ललाटस्थैस्ततौ बाणैर्ब्राह्मणोऽसौ व्यशोभत। प्रावृषीव यथा सिक्तस्त्रिशृङ्गः पर्वतोत्तमः॥
English: Then this twice-born person looked most resplendent with the arrows struck in his forehead; even as the best of mountains, being washed (with water) during the rainy season, looks resplendent with its three peaks.
Sanskrit: ततः शरशतैद्रौणिरर्दयामास पाण्डवम्। न चैनं कम्पयामास मातरिश्वेव पर्वतम्॥
English: Thus the son of Drona afflicted the son of Pandu with hundreds of arrows, but he could not shake him; even as the wind cannot shake the mountain.
Sanskrit: तथैव पाण्डवो युद्धे द्रौणि शरशतैः शितैः। नाकम्पयत् संहृष्टो वार्योघ इव पर्वतम्॥
English: In the same way, the son of Pandu, highly gratified, could not shake the son of Drona, in the field of battle, with hundreds of his sharphanded arrows; even as the torrents of rain cannot shake the mountain.
Sanskrit: तावन्योन्यं शरैोरैश्छादयानौ महारथौ। रथवर्यगतौ वीरौ शुशुभाते बलोत्कटौ।॥
English: Those two mighty car-warriors, the two heroic warriors of terrible prowess, having covered each other with their dreadful shafts, looked very handsome, sitting upon their cars.
Sanskrit: आदित्याविव संदीप्तौ लोकक्षयकरावुभौ। स्वरश्मिभिरिवान्योन्यं तापयन्तौ शरोत्तमैः॥
English: Both (the heroes) looked resplendent like two suns and were destructive of men on each other's side. Moreover both of them burnt each other by their own excellent arrows, that resembled their own rays.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रतिकृते यत्नं कुर्वाणौ तौ महारणे। कृतप्रतिकृते यत्तौ शरसङ्घरभीतवत्॥
English: Thereupon, in that dreadful battle, those two heroic warriors made their best attempts in counteracting each other's deeds; and with the torrents of shafts they most fearlessly made efforts in challenging each other.
Sanskrit: व्याघ्राविव च संग्रामे चेरतुस्तौ नरोत्तमौ। शरदंष्ट्रौ दुराधर्षों चापवक्त्रौ भयंकरौ॥
English: Those two foremost of persons, those invincible and fierce heroes, whose teeth were constituted by the shafts and whose mouths were formed by the bows, roved about in the field of battle like two terrible tigers.
Sanskrit: अभूतां तावदृश्यौ च शरजालैः समन्ततः। मेघजालैरिव च्छन्नौ गगने चन्द्रभास्करौ॥
English: Both of them became invisible on account of the torrents of shafts in all sides; even as both the sun and the moon in the firmament become invisible, when they are covered over by the net-work of clouds.
Sanskrit: चकाशेते मुहूर्तेन ततस्तावष्यरिंदमौ। विमुक्तावभ्रजालेन अङ्गारकबुधाविव॥
English: Then the two smiters of foes appeared for a very short while and shone forth like Mars and Mercury, when they become wholly released from the cover of clouds.
Sanskrit: अथ तत्रैव संग्रामे वर्तमाने सुदारुणे। अपसव्यं ततश्चक्रे द्रौणिस्तत्र वृकोदरम्॥
English: Then at that moment, in that dreadful battle, the son of Drona made Vrikodara in the field occupy his right position.
Sanskrit: किरज्छरशतैरुपैराभिरिव पर्वतम्। न तु तन्ममृषे भीमः शत्रोर्विजयलक्षणम्॥
English: And he showered forth hundreds of terrible shafts, even as the masses of clouds drop down torrents of rain upon a mountain. This, indeed, namely the indication of his antagonist's victory Bhimasena could not like to tolerate.
Sanskrit: प्रतिचक्रे ततो राजन् पाण्डवोऽप्यपसव्यतः। मण्डलानां विभोगेषु गतप्रत्यागतेषु च॥
English: Thereupon, O monarch, the son of Pandu baffled his enemy's efforts from the position on his (antagonist's) right side; and they advanced or withdrew according to the divisions of their circular situations.
Sanskrit: बभूव तुमुलं युद्धं तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः। चरित्वा विविधान् मार्गान् मण्डलस्तथानमेव त॥
English: Thus there ensued a fierce battle between those two foremost of warriors, who roved about (in the field of battle) in several ways and circles.
Sanskrit: शरैः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैरन्योन्यमभिजघ्नतुः। अन्योन्यस्य वधे चैव चक्रतुर्यनमुत्तमम्॥
English: Both of them struck each other with the arrows shot from their bows stretched to their perfect length; and also they made the best efforts in slaying each other in the battle.
Sanskrit: ईषतुर्विरथ चैव कर्तुमन्योन्यमाहवे। ततो द्रौणिर्महास्त्रणि प्रादुश्चक्रे महारथः॥ तान्यस्त्रैरेव समरे प्रतिजघ्नेऽथ पाण्डवः।
English: Again, each of them wished to make the other carless in the field. Thereupon the son of Drona, that mighty car-warrior, imparted strength to the most powerful weapons, which, indeed the son of Pandu frustrated by the weapons of his own, in the battle.
Sanskrit: ततो घोरं महाराज अस्त्रयुद्धमवर्तत॥ ग्रहयुद्धं यथां घोरं प्रजासंहरणे ह्यभूत।
English: Then, O mighty king, there ensued a very dreadful battle of weapons, even as there had taken place a very terrible battle of the planets, during the time of destruction of creatures of the universe.
Sanskrit: ते बाणः समसज्जन्त मुक्तास्ताभ्यां तु भारत॥ द्यौतयन्तो दिशः सर्वास्तव सैन्यं समन्ततः।
English: O descendant of the Bharata race, those arrows, shot by both of them, struck one another, and thus illumined all the points of the i horizon, as well as the troops on your side, from all directions. even
Sanskrit: बाणसङ्घवृत घोरमाकाशं समपद्यत॥ उल्कापातावृतं युद्धं प्रजानां संक्षये नृप।
English: O king, the firmament looked very fearful as it was wholly covered by the showers of arrows, it appears during the destruction of the creatures of the universe, when it is entirely shrouded by the fall of the meteors.
Sanskrit: बाणभिघातात् संजज्ञे तत्र भारत पावकः॥ सविस्फुलिङ्गौदीप्तर्चिर्योऽदहद् वाहिनीद्वयम्।
English: O descendant of the Bharata race, there (in the field of battle) was produced a great fire by the counteraction of shafts from both the parties, which, viz. the fire was attended with sparks and blazing flames. It continued to burn both the hosts.
Sanskrit: तत्र सिद्धा महाराज सम्पतन्तोऽब्रुवन् वचः॥ युद्धानामति सर्वेषां युद्धमेतदिति प्रभो। सर्वयुद्धानि चैतस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्॥
English: O powerful monarch, the Siddhas, who covered about there in the battle, uttered these words-'O Lord, this battle, is the foremost of all the battles fought (in the days of yore). All the battles (of old) will not be worth the sixteenth part of this (battle).
Sanskrit: नेदृशं त पुनर्युद्धं भविष्यति कदाचन। अहो ज्ञानेन सम्पन्नाबुभौ ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियौ॥
English: Hardly, again, there will be a battle like this. 'O! these two personages, viz. this Brahmana and this Kshatriya are possessed of knowledge.
Sanskrit: अहो शौर्येण सम्पन्नावुभौ चोग्रपराक्रमौ। अहो भीमबलो भीम एतस्य च कृतास्त्रताः॥
English: O! both of them are endowed with heroism; and also they are of terrible prowess. 'O! Bhima is of fierce strength. O! what a great skill is possessed by the other.
Sanskrit: अहो वीर्यस्य सारत्वमहो सौष्ठवमेतयोः। स्थितावेतौ हि समरे कालान्तकयमोपमौ॥
English: O! what an essence of the energy of both. O! how great is their skill. Both persons are, indeed, waiting in the like two all-destroying Yamas at the end of time.
Sanskrit: रुद्रौ द्वाविव सम्भूतौ यथा द्वाविव भास्करौ। यमौ वा पुरुषव्याघ्रौ घौररूपावुभौ रणे॥
English: As if both of them are born like two Rudras, or like two light-giving suns. 'Both these foremost of persons of dreadful forms are standing in the battle like two Yamas.'
Sanskrit: इति वाचः स्म श्रूयन्ते सिद्धानां वै मुहुर्मुहुः। सिंहनादश्च संजज्ञे समेतानां दिवौकसाम्॥
English: These words of the Siddhas were, indeed, heard there every moment. Moreover there was generated a great leonine roar amongst the celestials who assembled there (in the field of battle).
Sanskrit: अद्भुतं चाप्यचिन्त्यं च दृष्ट्वा कर्म तयो रणे। सिद्धरचारणसंघाना विस्मयः समपद्यत॥
English: Having witnessed the extraordinary and inconceivable achievements of those two in the field of battle, the assemblage of the Siddhas and the Charanas were greatly astonished.
Sanskrit: प्रशंसन्ति तदा देवाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः। साधु द्रौणे महाबाहो साधु भीमेति चाब्रुवन्॥
English: Then the celestials, the Siddhas and the high-class sages (the Rishis) praised them both and uttered these words 'Excellent, O powerful-armed son of Drona! Most remarkable,O Bhima!
Sanskrit: तौ शूरौ समरे राजन् परस्परकृतागसौ। परस्परमुदीक्षेतां क्रोधादुद्दृत्य चक्षुषी॥
English: In the field of battle, O monarch, those two heroic warriors committed injuries to each other. They also looked upon each other.
Sanskrit: क्रोधरक्तेक्षणौ तौ तु क्रोधात् प्रस्फुरिताधरौ। क्रोधात् संदष्टदशनौ तथैव दशनच्छदौ॥
English: Due to angry those two heroic eyes became red. They had their lips quivering with wrath. Out of wrath, again, they grinded their teeth and in the same way their lips as well.
Sanskrit: अन्योन्यं छादयन्तौ स्म शरवृष्ट्या महारथौ। शराम्बुधारौ समरे शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ॥
English: Those two mighty car-warriors shrouded each other with the torrents of shafts. In the field of battle, they were like two masses of clouds, dropping dovin showers of arrows and sending forth lightning, that was formed by their weapons.
Sanskrit: तावन्योन्यं ध्वजं विद्ध्वा सारथिं च महारणे। अन्योन्यस्य हयान् विद्ध्वा बिभिदाते परस्परम्।। ३९
English: Those two warriors having penetrated each other's standards and also having pierced each other's drivers of cars and again, having pierced each other's horses, pierced each other in that dreadful battle.
Sanskrit: ततः क्रुद्धौ महाराज बाणौ गृह्य महाहवे। उभौ चिक्षिपतुस्तूर्णमन्योन्यस्य वधैषिणौ।॥
English: Thereupon, O powerful monarch, those two wrathful warriors, most desirous of slaying cach other, after having taken up two arrows, hurled at each other those shafts without any hesitation, in that dreadful encounter.
Sanskrit: तौ सायकौ महाराज द्यौतमानौ चमूमुखे। आजघ्नतुः समासाद्य वज्रवेगौ दुरासदौ॥
English: O mighty monarch, these two arrows that shone most brilliantly and that had the force of thunder and also that most unapproachable, came and struck them both who stood at the head of their respective hosts.
Sanskrit: तौ परस्परवेगाच शराभ्यां च भृशाहतौ। निपेततुर्महावीयौ रथोपस्थे तयोस्तदा॥
English: The two highly-energetic warriors, deeply struck with those two arrows by their respective forces, then fell down at the back of their cars.
Sanskrit: ततस्तु सारथिख़त्वा द्रोणपुत्रमचेतनम्। अपोवाह रणाद् राजन् सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः॥
English: Thereupon, O king, his driver having been conscious of the insensible condition of the son of Drona, carried him away from the field of battle in the presence of all his (the son of Drona) soldiers.
Sanskrit: तथैव पाण्डवं राजन् विह्वलन्तं मुहुर्मुहुः। अपोवाह रथेनाजौ सारथिः शत्रुतापनम्॥
English: In the same way, O monarch, the son of Pandu, that scorcher of enemies, who had fainted every moment, was carried away from the field of battle, in his car, by his driver. were
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच ततः समभवद् युद्धं शुक्राङ्गिरसवर्चसोः। नक्षत्रमभितो व्योम्नि शुक्राङ्गिरसयोरिव॥
English: Sanjaya said Thereupon the battle waged between them (Arjuna and Ashvatthaman) who were like the planets Sakra and Angirasa in splendour; even as there had taken place a battle between Sakra and Angirasa in the firmament for entering the constellation.
Sanskrit: संतापयन्तावन्योन्यं दीप्तैः शरगभस्तिभिः। लोकत्रासकरावास्तां विमार्गस्थौ ग्रहाविव॥
English: Those two warriors, who inspired the people of the world with fears, afflicted cach other with resplendent arrows, that were like their rays and resembled two planets, that had gone away from their proper paths.
Sanskrit: ततोऽविध्यद् ध्रुवोर्मध्ये नाराचेनार्जुनो भृशम्। स तेन विबभौ द्रौणिरूलरश्मिर्यथा रविः॥
English: Thereupon Arjuna deeply penetrated him (Ashvatthaman) in the midst of his eye-brows with a sharp arrow. Therewith the son of Drona blazed forth like the sun with his upward rays.
Sanskrit: अथ कृष्णौ शरशतैरश्वत्थाम्नार्दितौ भृशम्। स्वरश्मिजालविकचौ युगान्तार्काविवासतुः॥
English: Thus the two Krishnas (Arjuna and Keshava) having been greatly afflicted by Ashvatthaman with hundreds of keen arrows, stood (in the field), blazing forth, covered ever as they were by their own rays, like the two suns appearing at the end of the Yuga.
Sanskrit: मवासृजद् वासुदेवेऽभिभूते। र्वज्रग्निवैवस्वतदण्डकल्पैः॥
English: Thereupon when Vasudeva became invisible, Arjuna shot a weapon with sharp edges on all sides. He then slew the son of Drona with a large number of arrows, that were either like the thunder-bolt, or like the rod of Death.
Sanskrit: स केशवं चार्जुनं चातितेजा विव्याध मर्मस्वतिरौद्रकर्मा। राहतो मृत्युपरि व्यथेत॥
English: That one of immense strength, always performing the most difficult deeds, pierced both Keshava and Arjuna in the most vital part of their bodies with arrows, that were endued with fierce impetuosity. Even death, being struck by them, feels great pain.
Sanskrit: द्रौणेरिघुनर्जुनः संनिवार्य व्यायच्छतस्तविगुणैः सुपुङ्खः। मावृत्य संशप्तकसैन्यमार्च्छत्॥
English: After having restrained the arrows shot by the son of Drona, Arjuna shrouded him over with twice as many shafts, furnished with the wings. He then, having closed over that best hero, the unique of his class, along with his horses, the driver of his car and his standards, began to smite down the army of the Samsaptakas.
Sanskrit: धनूंषि बाणनिषुधीर्धनाः पाणीन् भुजान् पाणिगतं च शस्त्रम्। छत्राणि केतूंस्तुरगान रथेषां वस्त्राणि माल्यान्यथ भूषणानि॥ चर्माणि वर्माणि मनोरमाणि प्रियाणि सर्वाणि शिरांसि चैव। र्बाणैः स्थितानामपराडमुखानाम्॥
English: Then the son of Pritha cut-off with his willshot arrows, the bows, the shafts, the quivers, the bow-strings, the hands, the arms, the weapons grasped in their hands, the umbrellas, the standards, swift horses, the shafts deposited in the cars, the clothes, the floral wreaths, the ornaments, the coats of mail, the shields, the heads, all of them most handsome and endearing, of the enemies, who stood in the field determined never to turn their backs towards their foes.
Sanskrit: सुकल्पिताः स्यन्दनवाजिनागा: समास्थिताः कृतयत्नकृतैर्नृवीरैः। स्तैरेव साधु नृवरा निपेतुः॥
English: The excellently ornamented cars, horses and elephants, that were ridden over by heroes among men, who were capable of fighting with the greatest care, were smitten down with hundreds of arrows shot by the son of Pritha. Along with these the foremost of heroes among men fell down.
Sanskrit: पद्मार्कपूर्णन्दुनिभाननानि किरीटमाल्याभरणोज्ज्वलानि। भल्लार्धचन्द्रक्षुरकर्तितानि प्रपेतुरुवा॒ नृशिरांस्यजस्त्रम॥
English: The heads of persons, furnished with faces resembling the lotus, the sun and the full moon in beauty and adorned with diadems, crowns of highest splendour and again, slain by the broad-headed, the crescent-shaped and razorlike arrows, fell down upon the earth without cessation.
Sanskrit: वारिदर्पापहमत्युदयम्। कलिङ्गवङ्गाङ्गनिषादवीरा जिघांसवः पाण्डवमभ्यधावन्॥
English: Thereupon the heroes, belonging to the races, called the Kalingas, the Bangas, the Angas and the Nishadhas, most desirous of slaying him, riding upon elephants as splendid as the elephant of the great enemy of the Daityas, proceeded most rapidly against the son of Pandu, who had checked the pride of the foes of the celestials.
Sanskrit: तेषां द्विपानां निचकर्त पार्थो वर्माणि चर्माणि करान् नियन्तृन्। र्वजाहतानीव गिरेः शिरांसि॥
English: The son of Pritha severed into fragments, the armour, the vital parts, the trunks, the riders, the standards and flags of those elephants, which then fell down upon the earth, even as the summits of mountains drop down on the ground, when smitten by the thunder.
Sanskrit: तेषु प्रभग्नेषु गुरोस्तनूजं बाणैः किरीटी नवसूर्यवर्णैः। र्वायुः समुद्यन्तमिवांशुमन्तम्॥
English: When that elephant force was entirely destroyed, the diadem-decked one (Arjuna) closed the son of his preceptor with arrows, having the color of the newly-risen sun; even as the wind wholly covers the risen sun with the net-work of vast masses of clouds.
Sanskrit: ततोऽर्जुनेषूनिषुभिर्निरस्य द्रौणि शितैरर्जुनवासुदेवौ। प्रच्छादयित्वा दिवि चन्द्रसूर्यो ननाद सोऽम्भोद इवातपान्त॥
English: Then having restrained the shafts of Arjuna with the arrows of his own, the son of Drona after closing both Arjuna and Vasudeva with innumerable shafts, roared most loudly; even as the vast mass of clouds, appearing in the firmament at the end of the summer season, after covering both the sun and the moon, makes a loud uproar.
Sanskrit: नभ्यर्दितस्तैरभिसृत्य शस्त्रैः। बाणान्धकारं सहसैव कृत्त्वा विव्याध सर्वानिषुभिः सुपुङ्खः ॥
English: Arjuna having been highly oppressed with those weapons and having dispelled the darkness (caused with the arrowy showers of Ashvaithaman), suddenly darkened all with the torrents of arrows and again and again pierced him (Ashvatthaman) and all those, belonging to your army, with arrows furnished with the excellent wings.
Sanskrit: नाप्याददत् संदधन्नैव मुञ्चन् वाणान् रथेऽद्दश्यत सव्यसाची। रथांश्च नागांस्तुरगान् पदातीन् संस्यूतदेहान् दद्दशुर्हतांश्च॥
English: Savyasachin could not be seen while taking up the arrows, or aiming them, or shooting them. But only this could be seen that the elephants, the horses, the foot-soldiers and the cars (i.e. the car-warriors), with their bodies cut-off, were slain (with the arrows of Arjuna).
Sanskrit: संधाय नाराचवरान् दशाशु द्रौणिस्त्वरनेकमिवोत्ससर्ज। तेषां त पञ्चार्जुनमभ्यविध्यन् पञ्चाच्युतं निर्बिभिदुः सुपुङ्खाः॥
English: Then the son of Drona, after having immediately aimed ten foremost of arrows, shot them, as if one with great activity. Of these ten shafts, excellently shot, five pierced Arjuna and the remaining five deeply penetrated that Eternal One (Keshava).
Sanskrit: वसृक् स्त्रवन्तौ धनदेन्द्रकल्पौ। समाप्तविधेन तथाभिभूतौ हतौ रणे ताविति मेनिरेऽन्ये॥
English: All the people considered these two foremost of persons, resembling Kubera and Indra, who being struck with those arrows, were drenched in blood (i.e. blood having flowed down their limbs) and who were highly afflicted by that one, who had completed his education (in the science of arms), slain in the field of battle.
Sanskrit: अथार्जुनं प्राह दशार्हनाथः प्रमाद्यसे सिं जहि योधमेतम्। कुर्याद्धि दोषं समुपेक्षितोऽयं कष्टो भवेद् व्याधिरिवाक्रियावान्॥
English: Thereupon the king of the Dasharha race, said to Arjuna these words-Why do you make this mistake? Do you slay this heroic chief. This will, indeed, be committing a great fault, if this person be neglected, who will hereafter be the cause of great uneasiness, even as the disease, if neglected, becomes the cause of great woe.
Sanskrit: तथेति चोक्तवाच्युमप्रमादी द्रौणि प्रयत्नदिषुभिस्ततक्षा भुजौ वरौ चन्दनसारदिग्धौ वक्षः शिरोऽथाप्रतिमौ तथोरु॥ गाण्डीवमुक्तैः कुपितोऽविकणे द्रौणि शरैः संयति निर्बिभेद। छित्वा तु रश्मीस्तुरमानविध्यत् ते तं रणादूहुरतीव दूरम्॥
English: Unerring Arjuna, having said to the Eternal One-So be it, cut into minute fragments the son of Drona with the greatest care. Then, horses, again Arjuna having been filled with wrath with good care, pierced the son of Drona in the two arms, that were the best of their kind and also that were besmeared with the soft sandal and also of the chest, the head and the extraordinary thighs, with arrows furnished with heads like the ears of goats, excellently shot from his Gandiva bow. Moreover the son of Pandu, having severed the traces of his antagonist's pierced the horses themselves and also carried away his foe to a great distance from the field of battle.
Sanskrit: द्रौणिर्दढं पार्थशराभिभूतः। इयेष नावृत्य पुनस्तु योद्धं पार्थेन सार्धं मतिमान् विमृश्य। जानञ्जयं नियतं वृष्णिवीरे धनंजये चाङ्गिरसां वरिष्ठः॥
English: The son of Drona, who was thus carried away from the field, on those horses, as swift as the wind, became deeply afflicted with the arrows of the son of Pritha. Then that intelligent one (Ashvatthaman) having meditated for a while, liked not to return back with a view to fight with the son of Pritha. The most exalted one of the Angirasa's race, who was possessed of immense activity and who became destitute of all aspirations and who had all his arrows and weapons exhausted, after knowing that victory was ever with the chief of the Vrishni race and Dhananjaya, entered into the army of Karna.
Sanskrit: नियम्य सहयान द्रौणिः समाश्वास्य च मारिष। रथाश्वनरसम्बाधं कर्णस्य प्राविशद् बलम्॥
English: Then, indeed, O sire, the son of Drona, after having checked his horses and consoled himself entered the army of Karna, that was teemed with cars, horses and men.
Sanskrit: प्रतीपकारिणी रणादश्वत्थाम्नि हते हयैः। मन्त्रौषधीक्रियायोगैाधौ देहादिवाहते॥
English: When Ashvatthaman, who was their bitterest enemy, had been carried away by the horses from the field of battle, even as the disease is driven away from the body by incantations, medicines and efficacious means.
Sanskrit: संशप्तकानभिमुखौ प्रयातौ केशवार्जुनौ। वातोद्भूतपताकेन स्यन्दनेनौघनादिना॥
English: Both Keshava and Arjuna, riding upon cars, with flags waved by the wind and whose rattle was like the loud roar of the clouds, advanced towards the front of the army of the Samsaptakas. disease is driven away from the body by incantations, medicines and efficacious means.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच अथोत्तरेण पाण्डूनां सेनायां ध्वनिरुत्थितः। रथनागाश्वपत्तीनां दण्डधारेण वध्यताम्॥
English: Sanjaya said Then there had arisen a great uproar, towards the northern part of the Pandava army, amongst the cars, the elephants, the horses and the infantry, as they were being slaughtered by Dandadhara.
Sanskrit: निवर्तयित्वा तु रथं केशवोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत्। वाहयन्नेव तुरगान् गरुडानिलरंहसः॥
English: Having turned the course of his car, but not having restrained his horses, that were as swift as either the Gaurda (the chief of the birds) or the wind, Keshava addressed Arjuna, saying
Sanskrit: मागधौऽप्यतिविक्रान्तो द्विरदेन प्रमाथिना। भगदत्तादनवरः शिक्षया च बलेन च॥
English: "The king of the Magadhas of unequalled prowess, who was accompanied by his elephant crushing (his enemies), was not at all inferior to Bhagadatta, either in learning or energy.
Sanskrit: एनं हत्वा निहन्तासि पुनः संशप्तकानिति। वाक्यान्ते प्रापयत् पार्थं दण्डधारान्तिकं प्रति॥
English: Having slaughtered him (the chief of the Magadhas) at first, do you slay, again the army of the Samsaptakas." Having uttered these words, Keshava carried the son of Pritha to the front of Dandadhara.
Sanskrit: स मागधानां प्रवरोऽङ्कुशग्रहे ग्रहेऽप्रसह्योविकचो यथा ग्रहः। सपत्नसेनां प्रममाथ दारुणो महीं समयां विकचो यथा ग्रहः॥
English: That foremost of the Magadha race, who, like the calamitous planet Ketu amongst all the Planets, was unbearable in managing the elephant-hook, destroyed the army on the side of the antagonist; even as the most dreadful comet destroys the entire earth.
Sanskrit: सुकल्पितं दानवनागसंनिभं महाभ्रनि दममित्रमर्दनम्। रथाश्वमातङ्गगणान् सहस्रशः समास्थितो हन्ति शरैर्नरानपि॥
English: Having ridden on his elephant, that was furnished with all its equipment's and that was like the Danava with the face and form of an elephant and also that roared like the vast mass of congregated clouds and that had the power of crushing the antagonists, Dandadhara slaughtered thousands of cars, horses and elephants, as well as warriors.
Sanskrit: स्थानधिष्ठाय सवाजिसारथीन् नरांश्च पादैर्द्विरदो व्यपोथयत्। द्विपाश्च पद्भ्यां ममृदे करेण द्विपोत्तमो हन्ति च कालचक्रवत्॥
English: That elephant, also, having trumpled upon the cars, crushed down upon the earth innumerable men, along with their horses and drivers, by his feet. That best of elephants, that resembled the wheel of Time, crushed with his two feet a large number of several other elephants and also had slain them with his trunk.
Sanskrit: नरास्तु कार्णायसवर्मभूषणान् निपात्य साश्वानपि पत्तिभिः सह। व्यपोथयद् दन्तिवरेण शुष्मिणा स शब्दवत् स्थूलनलं यथा तथा॥
English: Having slaughtered the men, who were adorned with the coats of mail made of iron, along with their horses and infantry, he (the chief of the Magadhas) crushed down upon the ground these people by the best and the mightiest of the elephants; even as one crushes the reeds with a sort of crackling sound.