pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: अचिरेण महीं पार्थश्चकार रुधिरोत्तराम्। हतभूयिष्ठयोधं तत् कृत्वा तव बलं बली॥ आससाद दुराधर्षः सैन्धवं सत्यविक्रमः। बीभत्सुभीमसेनेन सात्वतेन च रक्षितः॥
English: Partha soon made the earth deluged with blood. The mighty and indomitable son of Pritha of prowess incapable of being baffled, spreading a terrible carnage in that host of yours, soon reached the ruler of the Sindhus. Protected by Bhimasena and by Satvata, Vibhatsu.
Sanskrit: प्रबभौ भरतश्रेष्ठ ज्वलन्निव हुताशनः। तं तथावस्थितं दृष्ट्वा त्वदीया वीर्यसम्पदा॥ नामृष्यन्त महेष्वासाः पाण्डवं पुरुषर्षभाः। दुर्योधनश्च कर्णश्च वृषसेनोऽथ मद्रराट्॥
English: O foremost of the Bharatas, appeared effulgent like a blazing fire. Then seeing Arjuna in that condition, all the fierce bowmen of your army, those foremost of men, possessed of the wealth of energy, could not brook him. Thereupon Duryodhana, Karna, Vrihasena, the ruler of the Madras.
Sanskrit: अश्वत्थाम कृपश्चैव स्वयमेव च सैन्धवः। संनद्धाः सैन्धवस्यार्थे समावृण्वन् किरीटिनम्॥
English: Ashvatthaman, Kripa and the ruler of the Sindhus surrounded the diadem-decked Arjuna on all sides.
Sanskrit: नृत्यन्तं रथमार्गेषु धनुर्ध्यातलनिःस्वनैः। संग्रामकोविदं पार्थ सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः॥ अभीताः पर्यवर्तन्त व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम्। सैन्धवं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा जिघांसन्तोऽच्युतार्जुनौ॥
English: Then all those combatants skilled in fighting, placing the ruler Sindhus at their back and impelled by a desire for slaying Arjuna and Krishna, dauntlessly surrounded Partha, that hero versed in all modes of warfare., who then appeared to dance in the terrace of this chariot, emitting fierce sounds, with his bow-string and his palms and resembling the Destroyer himself with mouth agape.
Sanskrit: सूर्यास्तमनमिच्छन्तो लोहितायति भास्करे। ते भुजैर्भोगिभोगाभै—yष्यानम्य सायकान्॥
English: Meanwhile the sun and the heavens had assumed a crimson hue. Desirous of the speedy setting of the sun, the Kaurava warriors bending their bows with arms resembling the tapering bodies of serpents.
Sanskrit: मुमुचः सूर्यरश्म्याभाञ्छतशः फाल्गुनं प्रति। ततस्तानस्यमानांश्च किरीटी युद्धदुर्मदः॥ द्विधा त्रिधाष्टधैकैकं छित्त्वा विव्याध तान् रथान्। ॥ सिंहलाडुलकेतुस्तु दर्शयन् वीर्यमात्मनः॥
English: Discharged their arrows by hundreds, towards Phalguna, arrows, that resembled the rays of the sun. Cutting off all those shafts thus sped towards him, into two, three or eight fragments, the diadem-decked Arjuna, indomitable in battle, pierced them all (with his arrows). Then Ashvatthaman owning the device of a lion's tail in his banner, displaying his might.
Sanskrit: शारद्वतीसूतो राजन्नर्जुनं प्रत्यवारयत्। स विदध्वा दशभिः पार्थ वासुदेवं च सप्तभिः॥
English: Began, O monarch, to resist Arjuna. Indeed the son of the daughter of Saradvata, piercing Partha with ten shafts and Krishna with seven.
Sanskrit: अतिष्ठद् रथमार्गेषु सैन्धवं प्रतिपालयन्। अथैनं कौरवश्रेष्ठाः सर्व एव महारथाः॥ महता रथवंशेन सर्वतः प्रत्यवारयन्। विस्फारयन्तश्चापानि विसृजन्तश्च सायकान्॥
English: Impeded the progress of Arjuna's chariot, with a view to protect the ruler of the Sindhus. Then many foremost one among the Kurus all great car-warriors, surrounded Arjuna on all sides with a large number of chariots, stretching their bows and discharging numerous arrows.
Sanskrit: सैन्धवं पर्यरक्षन्त शासनात् तनयस्य ते। ततः पार्थस्य शूरस्य बाह्वोर्बलमदृश्यत॥
English: They began to exert themselves for protecting the ruler of the Sindhus, at the command of your son. We then beheld the strength of the heroic Partha's arms.
Sanskrit: इषूणामक्षयत्वं च धनुषो गाण्डिवस्य च। अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य द्रौणेः शारद्वतस्य च॥
English: The inexhaustibility of his shafts and the strength also of his bow Gandiva. Repulsing with his own weapons, those of Drona's son and of Kripa.
Sanskrit: एकैकं दशभिबाणैः सर्वानेव समापर्यत्। तं द्रौणिः पञ्चविंशत्या वृषसेनश्च सप्तभिः॥
English: He pierced every one of your warriors with nine arrows. Thereupon Drona's son pierced him with twenty-five arrows and Vrishasena pierced him with seven.
Sanskrit: दुर्योधनस्तु विंशत्या कर्णशल्यौ त्रिभित्रिभिः। त एनमभिगर्जन्तो विध्यन्तश्च पुनः पुनः॥
English: Duryodhana pierced him with twenty, Karna with three shafts. And all of them roared at him and went on piercing him without remission.
Sanskrit: विधुन्वतश्च चापानि सर्वतः प्रत्यवारयन्। श्लिष्टं च सर्वतश्चक्रू रथमण्डलमाशु ते॥
English: Shaking their bows, they encompassed him on all sides and they also made their chariots to be drawn in a compact circle around him.
Sanskrit: सूर्यास्तमनमिच्छन्तस्त्वरमाणा महारथाः। त एनमभिनर्दन्तो विधुन्वाना धनूंषि च॥
English: Desirous of the speedy setting of the sun, those mighty fighters of the Kuru host possessed of great agility, began to roar at Arjuna and shaking their bows.
Sanskrit: सिषिचुर्मार्गणैस्तीक्ष्णैर्गिरिं मेघा इवाम्बुभिः। ते महास्त्राणि दिव्यानि तत्र राजन् व्यदर्शयन्॥ धनंजयस्य गात्रे तु शूराः परिघबाहवः। हतभूयिष्ठयोधं तत् कृत्वा तव बलं बली॥
English: Covered him with showers of sharp arrows like clouds pouring rain over the mountainbreast; those brave warriors, having arms like heavy bludgeons and showed on that occasion, 0 monarch, on Dhananjaya's body their celestials weapons. Having spread a great carnage in your army, your army, the mighty.
Sanskrit: आससाद दुराधर्षः सैन्धवं सत्यविक्रमः। तं कर्णः संयुगे राजन् प्रत्यवारयदाशुगैः॥
English: And indomitable Dhananjaya, of prowess incapable of being baffled, came upon the ruler of the Sindhus. Karna however, O king, with his arrows, resisted him in that battle.
Sanskrit: मिषतो भीमसेनस्य सात्वतस्य च भारत। तं पार्थो दशभिबाणैः प्रत्यविध्यद् रणाजिरे॥ सूतपुत्रं महाबाहुः सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः। सात्वतश्च त्रिभिर्बाणैः कर्ण विव्याध मारिष॥
English: Before the very eyes, 0 Bharata of Bhimasena and Satvata. The mighty armed son of Pritha in the very sight of all the troops pierced the son of Suta, in return, with ten arrows, on the field of battle. Then Satvata, O sire, pierced Karna with three arrows.
Sanskrit: भीमसेनस्रिभिश्चैव पुनः पार्थश्च सप्तभिः। तान् कर्णः प्रतिविव्याध षष्ट्या षष्ट्या महारथः॥
English: Bhimasena pierced him with three and Partha again with seven arrows. Then Karna that mighty car-warrior pierced each of them with sixty shafts.
Sanskrit: तद् युद्धमभवद् राजन् कर्णस्य बहुभिः सह। तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम सूतपुत्रस्य मारिष॥
English: O king, then a terrible battle raged between Karna on one side and the many on the other, then, O sire, we beheld the wonderful prowess of the son of Suta.
Sanskrit: यदेकः समरे क्रुद्धस्त्रीन् रथान् पर्यवारयत्। फाल्गुनस्तु महाबाहुः कर्ण वैकर्तनं रणे॥ सायकानां शतेनैव सर्वमर्मस्वताडयत्। रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्ग सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान्॥
English: In asmuchas single-handed, he succeeded in checking the three mighty warriors in battle; then the mighty armed Phalguna struck Karna on the vital limbs with a group of hundred arrows. Thereupon, the puissant son of Suta, steeped all over his body with blood.
Sanskrit: शरैः पञ्चाशता वीरः फाल्गुनं प्रत्यविध्यता तस्य तल्लाघ्वं दृष्ट्वा नामृष्यत रणेऽर्जुनः॥
English: Pierced the heroic Phalguna in return with fifty arrows. Beholding that lightness of hands displayed by him, Arjuna did not throok him.
Sanskrit: ततः पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा विव्याधैनं स्तनान्तरे। सायकैनवभिवीरस्त्वरमाणो धनंजयः॥
English: Then Pritha's son busting his bow open, pierced him on his chariot with nine arrows of depressed knots, with great speed.
Sanskrit: अथान्यद् धनुरादाय सूतपुत्रः प्रतापवान्। सायकैरष्टसाहस्रश्छादयामास पाण्डवम्॥
English: Then with great lightness at a time when lightness was necessary, Dhananjaya in order to slay Karna, sped at him an arrows of the effulgence of the solar rays.
Sanskrit: तां बाणवृष्टिमतुला कर्णचापसमुत्थिताम्। व्यधमत् सायकैः पार्थः शलभानिव मारुतः॥
English: As that arrows was coursing with vehemence through the sky, Drona's son with a sharp crescent-shaped arrow cut it off, thus cut down it fell down, on the ground.
Sanskrit: छादयामास च तदा सायकैरर्जुनो रणे। पश्यतां सर्वयोधानां दर्शयन् पाणिलाघवम्॥
English: Then the highly puissant son of Suta taking up another bow, covered Pandu's son with thousands of arrows.
Sanskrit: वधार्थ चास्य समरे सायकं सूर्यवर्चसम्। चिक्षेप त्वरया युक्तस्त्वराकाले धनंजयः॥
English: Then with his arrows, Fritha's son scattered the unrivaled shower of arrows that proceeded from Karna's bow, like the tempest scattering masses of clouds.
Sanskrit: तमापतन्तं वेगेन द्रौणिश्चिच्छेद सायकम्। अर्धचन्द्रेण तीक्ष्णेन स च्छिन्नः प्रापतद् भुवि॥
English: Then again Arjuna covered him with arrows, before the eyes of all warriors, displaying great lightness of hands.
Sanskrit: कर्णोऽपि द्विषतां हन्ता छादयामास फाल्गुनम्। सायकैर्बहुसाहस्रैः कृतप्रतिकृतेप्सया॥
English: Karna also that slayer of foes, desirous of counteracting the feats of his antagonist, covered Phalguna with thousands of arrows.
Sanskrit: तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ नरसिंहौ महारथौ। सायकैस्तु प्रतिच्छन्नं चक्रतुः खमजिह्मगैः॥
English: Roaring at each other like two bulls, those foremost of men, those two mighty carwarriors, covered the welkin with clouds of straight-going shafts.
Sanskrit: अदृश्यौ च शिरोघेस्तो निघ्नन्तावितरेतरम्। कर्ण पार्थोऽस्मि तिष्ठ त्वं कर्णोऽहं तिष्ठ फाल्गुन।।७६ इत्येवं तर्जयन्तौ तौ वाक्शल्यैस्तुदतां तदा। युध्येतां समरे वीरौ चित्रं लघु च सुष्ठु च॥
English: Each made invisible by the other's arrowy downpour, they went on striking each other; they roared at each other and wounded each other with their sharp arrows respectively saying, I am Partha wait or I am Karna, wait, O Phalguna. Indeed those two heroes fought with each wonderfully, displaying great skill and agility.
Sanskrit: प्रेक्षणीयौ चाभवतां सर्वयोधसमागमे। प्रशस्यमानो समरे सिद्धचारपपन्नगैः॥
English: The sight they then presented was such that all the other combatants became spectators of the battle. Then praised by the Siddhas and the Charanas and the Pannagas.
Sanskrit: अयुध्येतां महाराज परस्परवधैषिणौ। ततो दुर्योधनो राजस्तावकानभ्यभाषत॥
English: They fought on with each other desirous of slaying each other. Then Duryodhana addressing your warriors said
Sanskrit: यत्नाद् रक्षत राधेयं नाहत्वा समरेऽर्जुनम्। निवर्तिष्यति राधेय इति मामुक्तवान् वृषः॥
English: “Heedfully protect the son of Radha. Without slaying Arjuna in battle, he will not abstain. Even these words had Vrisha said to me.
Sanskrit: एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजन् दृष्ट्वा कर्णस्य विक्रमम्। आकर्णमुक्तैरिषुभिः कर्णस्य चतुरो हयान्॥ अनयत् प्रेतलोकाय चतुर्भिः श्वेतवाहनः। सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत्॥
English: In the meantime, o king, beholding the prowess of Karna, Arjuna of white horses, with four shafts shot from the bow-string drawn back to the ear, dispatched the four horses of Karna to the regions of Death. Then with a bhalla he felled Karna's charioteer from his niche in the car.
Sanskrit: छादयामास स शरैस्तव पुत्रस्य पश्यतः। संछाद्यमानः समरे हताश्वो हतसारथिः॥
English: Then he covered Karna himself with a network of arrows, even before the very eyes of your son. Thus covered with arrows, the steedless and driverless Karna.
Sanskrit: मोहितः शरजालेन कर्तव्यं नाभ्यपद्यता तं तथा विस्थं दृष्ट्वा रथमारोप्य तं तदा॥ अश्वत्थामां महाराज भूयोऽर्जुनमयोधयत्। मद्रराजश्च कौन्तेयमविध्यत् त्रिंशता शरैः॥
English: Confounded with arrowy showers was completely embraced. Beholding him made carless, Ashvatthaman, O monarch, caused him to ride on his own chariot and went on fightin with Arjuna. Then the king of the Madras pierced the son of Kunti with thirty arrows.
Sanskrit: शारद्वतस्तु विंशत्या वासुदेवं समार्पयत्। धनंजयं द्वादशभिराजघान शिलीमुखैः॥
English: The son of Saradvata pierced Vasudeva with twenty arrows; he then struck Dhananjaya with twelve arrows.
Sanskrit: चतुर्भिः सिन्धुराजश्च वृषसेनश्च सप्तभिः। पृथक् पृथङ्महाराज विव्यधुः कृष्णपाण्डवौ॥
English: The king of the Sindhus with four. Vrishasena with Karna, separately pierced 0 mighty monarch, Krishna and Pritha's son.
Sanskrit: तथैव तान् प्रत्यविध्यत् कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः। द्रोणपुत्रं चतुःषष्ट्या मद्रराजं शतेन च॥
English: Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti then in return pierced Drona's son with sixty-four and the ling of the Madras while hundred arrows.
Sanskrit: सैन्धवं दशभिर्गाणैर्वृषसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः। शारद्वतं च विंशत्या विद्ध्वा पार्थो ननाद ह॥
English: He pierced the Sindhu ruler with Vallas and Vrishasena with three arrows and then piercing the son of Saradvata, Pritha's son uttered a loud war-cry.
Sanskrit: ते प्रतिज्ञाप्रतीधातमिच्छन्त: सव्यसाचिनः। सहितास्तावकास्तूर्णमभिपेतुर्धनंजयम्॥
English: Then your troops desirous of baffling the fulfillment of Savayasachin's vow, quickly fell upon him, all inflamed with rage.
Sanskrit: अथार्जुनः सर्वतो वारुणास्रं प्रादुश्चके त्रासयन् धार्तराष्ट्रान्। तं प्रत्युदीयुः कुरवः पाण्डुपुत्रं स्थैर्महाहैः शरवर्षाण्यवर्षन्॥
English: Then striking terror into the hearts of the Dhritarastra's troops, Arjuna invoked into existence the Varuna weapon. Then Karna riding on his precious chariot, pouring showers of arrows, proceeded against the son of Pritha.
Sanskrit: ततस्तु तस्मिंस्तुमुले समुत्थिते। सुदारुणे भारत मोहनीये। नोऽमुह्यत प्राप्य स राजपुत्रः। किरीटमालीव्यसृजच्छरौघान्॥
English: But, O Bharata, as that fierce stupefying and terrible battle progressed, the diademdecked Arjuna reaching the Sindhu king did not loose his senses and sped his arrows continuously.
Sanskrit: राज्यप्रेप्सुः सव्यसाची कुरूणां स्मरन् क्लेशान् द्वादशवर्षवृत्तान्। गाण्डीवमुक्तैरिषुभिर्महात्मा। सर्वा दिशो व्यावृणोदप्रमेयः॥
English: Desirous of getting back the kingdom and keeping in mind all the wrongs inflicted by the Kurus on them during twelve years past, the high-souled Savyasachin of immeasurable prowess, shrouded all the points of the compass with shafts shot from the Gandiva.
Sanskrit: प्रदीप्तोल्कमभवचान्तरिक्ष मृतेषु देहेष्वपतन् वयांसि। यत् पिङ्गलज्येन किरीटमाली क्रुद्धो रिपूनाजगवेन हन्ति॥
English: The welkin then seemed to be illumined by blazing neteors; countless crows began to shoot down on the bodies of the troops. Meanwhile the diadem-decked Arjuna continued to slay the foe with his Gandiva of twany string like the wrathful Mahadeva slaying creatures with his Ajagara bow.
Sanskrit: ततः किरीट महता महायशाः शरासनेनास्य शराननीकजित्। हयप्रवेकोत्तमनागधूर्गतान् कुरुप्रवीरानिषुभिर्व्यपातयत्॥
English: Then the highly-renowned Arjuna that subduer of hostile troops, scattering away the arrows of the son Drona by means of those shot from his own bow, slew many foremost warriors of the Kurus. mounted on their excellent steeds and elephants.
Sanskrit: नसींश्च शक्तीश्च नराधिपाः। महान्ति शस्त्राणि च भीमदर्शनाः प्रगृह्य पार्थ सहसाभिदुद्रुवुः॥
English: Then numerous monarchs taking up heavy maces and clubs of iron and swords and darts and many other kinds of strong weapons and assuming frightful appearance, advanced furiously upon Partha in that battle.
Sanskrit: ततो युगान्ताभ्रसमखनं महन्महेन्द्रचापप्रतिमं च गाण्डिवम्। चकर्ष दोर्ध्या विहसन् भृशं ययौ दहंस्त्वदीयान् यमराष्ट्रवर्धनः॥
English: Arjuna bending his with the force of his arms, his terrible bow the Gandiva that resembled the bow of Indra and of which the twang was as loud as roar of clouds at the end of a Yuga, went on carnaging your soldiers and adding to the population of Death's domain.
Sanskrit: स तानुदीर्णान् सरथान् सवारणान् पदातिसङ्घांश्च महाधनुर्धरः। विपन्नसर्वायुधजीवितान् रणे चकार वीरो यमराष्ट्रवर्धनान्॥
English: Then that brave warrior caused those furious warriors with their cars and elephants and foot soldiers and bowmen supporting them, to be deprived of their arms and lives and thus considerable added to the population of Yama's kingdom.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच श्रुत्वा निनादं धनुषश्च तस्य विस्पष्टमुत्क्रुष्टमिवान्तकस्य। शक्राशनिस्फोटसमं सुधोरं विकृष्यमाणस्य धनंजयेन॥
English: Sanjaya said Hearing the twang of Dhananyaja's bow, that resembled the loud call of Death or the sonorous rumble of the thunder.
Sanskrit: त्रासोद्विग्नं तथोद्भान्तं त्वदीयं तद् बलं नृप। युगान्तवातसंक्षुब्धं चलद्वीचितरङ्गितम्॥ प्रलीनमीनमकरं सागराम्भ इवाभवत्। सरणे व्यचरत् पार्थः प्रेक्षमाणो धनंजयः॥
English: Your troops, O monarch, agitated with fear and greatly confounded, became like the waters of the sea, with the fishes and Makaras within them, ruffled into huge waves and lashed to fury by the storm that blows at the end of a Yoga. Then the handsome son of Pritha, by name Dhananjaya began to career on the field of battle.
Sanskrit: युगपद् दिक्षु सर्वासु सर्वाण्स्त्राणि दर्शयन्। आददातुं महाराज संदधानं च पाण्डवम्॥ उत्कर्षन्तं सृजन्तं च न स्म पश्याम लाघवात्। ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुरैन्द्रमस्रं दुरासदम्॥ प्रादुश्चक्रे महाराज त्रासयन् सर्वभारतान्। ततः शराः प्रादुरासन् दिव्यास्रप्रतिमन्त्रिताः॥ प्रदीप्ताश्च शिखिमुखा: शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। आकर्णपूर्णनिर्मुक्तैरग्न्याशुनिभैः शरैः॥
English: Displaying inighty weapons and simultaneously showing his presence in all the different directions. O mighty monarch, indeed we could not then discern when the son of Pandu took out his arrows, placed them on the bowstring, drew the string hack and let them off, so great was his lightness of hands. Thereafter the mighty-armed one, excited to the highest pitch of fury, invoked into existence the terrible Indra weapon and mighty monarch thereby inspired the Bharatas with terror. Hundreds and thousands of blazing arrows, of fiery heads and inspired with Mantras then began to start up into existence. Then with those shafts, shot from a string drawn back to the ear the resembling the rays of the sun or the flame of fire.
Sanskrit: नभोऽभवत् तद् दुष्प्रेक्ष्यमुल्काभिरिव संवृतम्। ततः शस्रान्धकारं तत् कौरवैः समुदीरितम्॥
English: The sky became incapable of being looked at, as if covered with flashing meteors. Thereupon the darkness that the Kauravas had created with their arrows.
Sanskrit: अशक्यं मनसाप्यनयैः पाण्डवः सम्भ्रमनिव। नाशयामास विक्रम्य शरैर्दिव्यास्रमन्त्रितैः॥
English: And that was incapable of being dispersed by other men even in their imagination. The son of Pandu, traversing the field and displaying his energy, dispelled by means of his arrows inspired by Mantras with the energy of celestial weapons.
Sanskrit: नैशं तमोऽशुभिः क्षिप्रं दिनादाविव भास्करः। ततस्तु तावकं सैन्यं दीप्तैः शरगभस्तिभिः॥ आक्षिपत् पल्वलाम्बूनि निदाघार्क इव प्रभुः। ततो दिव्यास्रविदुषा प्रहिताः सायकांशवः॥
English: Like the sun dispelling at day-break the darkness of night with his light-rays. The with those blazing arrowy rays of his, the puissant son of Pritha sucked the lives of your warriors, like the summer sun sucking with his scorching rays the waters of tanks and lakes. Then those arrows sped by him conversant in the use of celestial weapons.
Sanskrit: समाप्लवन् द्विषत्सैन्यं लोकं मानोरिवांशवः। अथापरे समुत्सृष्टा विशिखास्तिग्मतेजसः॥
English: Covered over the hostile troops, like the rays of the sun covering over the earth. Similarly other arrows of fierce energy shot by Arjuna.
Sanskrit: हृदयान्याशु वीराणां विविशुः प्रियबन्धुवत्। य एनमीयुः समरे त्वद्योधाः शूरमानिनः॥
English: Entered into the hearts of heroes, as if they were their intimate friends. Those of then ventured to encounter Arjuna.
Sanskrit: शलभा इव ते दीप्तमग्निं प्राप्य ययुः क्षयम्। एवं स मृद्गशत्रूणां जीवितानि यशांसि च॥
English: Were destroyed like so many insects falling upon a blazing lamp flame. Thus crushing the lives and fame of his enemies.
Sanskrit: पार्थश्चचार संग्रामे मृत्युर्विग्रहवानिव। सकिरीटानि वक्त्राणि साङ्गदान् विपुलान् भुजान्॥१५
English: Pritha's son careered on the field like Death incarnate. Heads decked with diadems,, huge arms adorned with Angadas.
Sanskrit: सकुण्डलयुगान् कर्णान् केषांचिदहरज्छरैः। सतोमरान् गजस्थानां सप्रासान् हयसादिनाम्॥
English: And ears graced with pairs of ear-rings, of his enemies, Pritha's son cut-off with his shafts. The arms of elephant-riders, with Tomaras; those of horsemen, with Prasas;
Sanskrit: सचर्मणः पदातीनां रथीनां च सधन्वनः सप्रतोदान् नियन्तॄणां बाहूंश्चिच्छेद पाण्डवः॥
English: Those of foot-soldiers with shields; those of car-warriors with bows; and those drivers, with whips and hooks, the son of Pandu then cut-. off.
Sanskrit: प्रदीप्तोग्रशरार्चिष्मान् बभौ तत्र धनंजयः। सविस्फुलिङ्गाग्रशिखो ज्वलन्निव हुताशनः॥
English: Dhananjaya then shone resplendent with his arrows of glittering tips that seemed to constitute his rays, like a blazing fire with incessant scintillations and raging flames.
Sanskrit: तं देवराजप्रतिमं सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम्। युगपद् दिक्षु सर्वासु रथस्थं पुरुषर्षभम्॥ निक्षिपन्तं महास्त्राणि प्रेक्षणीयं धनंजयम्। नृत्यन्तं रथमार्गेषु धनुातलनादिनम्॥ निरीक्षितुं न शेकुस्ते यत्नवन्तोऽपि पार्थिवाः। मध्यंदिनगतं सूर्य प्रतपन्तमिवाम्बरे॥
English: The hostile kings then inspite of all their endeavours, could not even secure a sight of the handsome Dhananjaya, that foremost of all wielders of weapons, that hero equal to the king of the celestials, that best of men, seen at the same time in all directions on his chariot, shooting his terrible weapons, dancing in the terrace of his car and producing deafening sounds with his bow-string and palms and resembling the mid-day sun of burning rays in the heavens.
Sanskrit: दीप्तोग्रसम्भृतशरः किरीट विरराज ह। वर्षास्विवोदीर्णजल: सेन्द्रधन्वाम्बुदो महान्॥
English: The diadem-decked Arjuna, armed with arrows of glittering tips shone resplendent like a mighty mass of cloud swelling with rain and bearing the rainbow on its bosom.
Sanskrit: महास्रसम्पल्वे तस्मिञ्जिष्णुना सम्प्रवर्तिते। सुदुस्तरे महाघोरे ममज्युर्योधपुङ्गवाः॥
English: Then when that veritable flood of mighty weapons was created by Jishnu, many foremost warriors sank in that dreadful and uncrossable sea of weapons.
Sanskrit: उत्कृत्तवदनैर्दैहैः शरीरैः कृत्तबाहुभिः। भुजैश्च पाणिनिर्मुक्तैः पाणिभिर्व्यङ्गुलीकृतैः॥
English: Strewn over with mangled faces and bodies and limbs, with lacerated arms, with arms deprived of palms and palms deprived of fingers.
Sanskrit: कृत्ताग्रहस्तैः करिभिः कृत्तदन्तैर्मदोत्कटैः। हयैश्च विधुरग्रीवै रथैश्च शकलीकृतैः॥
English: With infuriate elephants having trunks and tusks severed and broken respectively, with horses deprived of riders and necks; with shattered chariots.
Sanskrit: निकृत्तान्त्रैः कृत्तपादैस्तथान्यैः कृत्तसंधिभिः। निश्चेष्टैर्विस्फुरद्भिश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
English: With bodies having entrails drawn out, legs cut-off and severed remaining still or moving unconsciously and with hundreds and thousands of corpses and car-casses.
Sanskrit: मृत्योराघातललितं तत्पार्थायोधानं महत्। अपश्याम महीपाल भीरूणां भयवर्धनम्॥
English: The field where Partha fought was seen by us to resemble an area ravaged by Death and to enhance, O ruler of men, the fears of the cowards.
Sanskrit: आक्रीडमिव रुद्रस्य पुराभ्यर्दयतः पशून्। गजानां क्षुरनिर्मुक्तैः करैः सभुजगेव भूः॥
English: Or it then appeared like the sporting ground of Rudra where he slew creatures in days gone by. Portions of the field covered over with trunks of elephants, severed by Kshurapras, appeared as if covered by snakes.
Sanskrit: क्वचिद् बभौ स्रग्विणीव वक्त्रपझैः समाचिता। विचित्रोष्णीषमुकुटैः केयूराङ्गदकुण्डलैः॥
English: Portions again strewn over with the heads of warriors graced with lotus like countenances, looked as if covered with garlands of flower. With beautiful head gears and crowns, with Keyuras, Angadas and Kundalas.
Sanskrit: स्वर्णचित्रतनुत्रैश्च भाण्डैश्च गजवाजिनाम्। किरीटशतसंकीर्णा तत्र तत्र समाचिता॥
English: With armours decked with gold, with the caparisons and trappings of elephants and horses and with hundreds of diadems, strewn all over with these things.
Sanskrit: विरराज भृशं चित्रा मही नववधूरिव। मञ्जामेदःकर्दमिनी शोणितौघतरङ्गिणीम्॥
English: The earth, highly beautified, appeared like a newly married bride. Having the marrow and fat (of slain creatures) for its mire, having blood for its current.
Sanskrit: मर्मास्थिभिरगाधां च केशशैवलशाद्वलाम्। शिरोबाहूपलतटां रुग्णक्रोडास्थिसंकटाम्॥
English: Full of limbs and bones and fathomless in death, having the hair of creatures for its moss and weeds and heads and arms for stones on its shore;
Sanskrit: चित्रध्वजपताकाढ्यां छत्रचापोर्मिमालिनीम्। विगतासुमहाकायां गजदेहाभिसंकुलाम्॥
English: Decked with variegated standards and banners; having umbrellas and bows for its huge waves; stagnant with the huge carcasses of elephants.
Sanskrit: रथोडुपशताकीर्णा हयसंघातरोधसम्। रथचक्रयुगेपाक्षकूबरैरतिदुर्गमाम्॥
English: Having innumerable cars for rafts to cross it; infested with the dead bodies of horses; rendered unfordable with car wheels, yokes, axels and Kuvaras;
Sanskrit: प्रासासिशक्तिपरशुविशिखाहिदुरासदाम्। बलकङ्कमहानक्रां गोमायुमकरोत्कटाम्॥
English: Infested with snakes constituted by lances, darts, axes and arrows; having crows and Kankas for its sharks and jackals for its Makaras.