pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: तेऽर्जुनेन शरा मुक्ताः कङ्कपत्रास्तनुच्छिदः। शलभा इव सम्पेतुः संवृण्वाना दिशो दश॥
English: The arrows, sped by Arjuna, furnished with wings of Kanka feather and capable of piercing into every body, began to fall even like flights of locusts covering all the ten points of the compass.
Sanskrit: तुरंग रथिनं नागं पदातिमपि मारिष। विनिर्भिद्य क्षिति जग्मुर्वल्मीकमिव पन्नगाः॥
English: Those arrows, O sire, penetrating through horses, car-warriors, elephants and footsoldiers, entered the earth, like snakes entering their holes in ant-hills.
Sanskrit: न च द्वितीयं व्यसृजत् कुञ्जराश्वनरेषु सः। पृथगेकशरा रुग्णा निपेतुस्ते गतासवः॥
English: Arjuna did not shoot more than one arrow at any elephant, man or horse. Each of these, afflicted by one shaft only, began to fall down and give up the ghost on the field.
Sanskrit: हतैर्मनुष्यैर्द्विरदैश्च सर्वतः शराभिसृष्टैश्च हयैर्निपातितः। तदा श्वगोमायुबलाभिनादितं विचित्रमायोधशिरोबभूव तत्॥
English: Over-strewn with slain men and elephants and horses mangled with arrows and filled with the yells of dogs and jackals, the field of battle assumed an awful appearance.
Sanskrit: पिता सुतं त्यजति सुहृद्वरं सुहृत् तथैव पुत्रः पितरं शरातुरः। स्त्यजन्ति वाहानपि पार्थपीडिताः॥
English: Afflicted with arrows, then father deserted his son, friend forsook his friend and son abandoned his father. Then with their hearts intent on saying themselves, men even forsook their very vehicles, being pained by the arrows of Partha.
Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र उवाच तेष्वनीकेषु भग्नेषु पाण्डुपुत्रेण संजय। चलितानां द्रुतानां च कथमासीन्मनो हि चः॥
English: Dhritarashtra said What, O Sanjaya, was the state of your mind when my army was routed and crushed by Pandu's son and when you speedily fled away from the field?
Sanskrit: अनीकानां प्रभग्नानामवस्थानमपश्यताम्। दुष्करं प्रतिसंधानं तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय॥
English: The re-assembling of broken and routed troops is every difficult; tell me all about it, O Sanjaya.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच तथापि तव पुत्रस्य प्रियकामा विशाम्पते। यशः प्रवीरा लोकेषु रक्षन्तो द्रोणमन्वयुः॥
English: Sanjaya said In spite of all these, O ruler of men, many excellent heroes, desirous of doing good to your son and of keeping their reputation unsullied, followed Drona's track.
Sanskrit: समुद्यतेषु चास्त्रेषु समप्राप्ते च युधिष्ठिरे। अकुर्वन्नार्यकर्माणि भैरवे सत्यभीतवत्॥
English: During that fierce encounter, they dauntlessly followed their commander, achieving numerous feats of valour, with weapons upraised and with Yudhishthira within accessible distance.
Sanskrit: अन्तरं भीमसेनस्य प्रापतन्नमितौजसः। सात्यकेश्चैव वीरस्य धृष्टद्युम्नस्य वा विभो॥
English: Availing themselves of an error of the heroic Bhimasena, of Satyaki of immeasurable prowess and of the mighty Dhrishtadyumna, the Kuru leaders fell upon the Pandava divisions.
Sanskrit: द्रोणं द्रोणमिति क्रूराः पञ्चाला: समचोदयन्। मा द्रोणमिति पुत्रास्ते कुरून् सर्वानचोदयन्॥
English: The fierce Panchalas urged on their troops saying, “There is Drona, there is Drona," whilst your sons urged on the Kurus, saying, 'Let not Drona be slain'.
Sanskrit: द्रोणं द्रोणमिति ह्येके मा द्रोणमिति चापरे। कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च द्रोणद्यूतमवर्तत॥
English: Then one side saying "Fall upon Drona, fall upon Drona," and the other side saying, "Let not Drona be slain," a game of dice seemed to be played between the Kurus and the Pandavas, in which Drona was the stake.
Sanskrit: यं यं प्रमथते द्रोणः पञ्चलानां रथव्रजम्। तत्र तत्र तु पाञ्चाल्यो धृष्टद्युम्नोऽभ्यवर्तत॥
English: Dhrishtadyumna, the Panchala prince, proceeded to those spots where soever Drona sought to assail the car divisions of the Panchalas.
Sanskrit: तथा भागविपर्यासौः संग्रामे भैरवे सति। वीराः समासदन् वीरान् कुर्वन्तो भैरवं रवम्॥
English: Thus during that sanguinary engagement in which no rule for selection of antagonists was followed, heroes encountered heroes, uttering aloud their respective war-cries.
Sanskrit: अकम्पनीयाः शत्रूणां वभूवुस्तत्र पाण्डवाः। अकम्पयन्ननीकानि स्मरन्तः क्लेशमात्मनः॥
English: The Pandavas then became incapable of being shaken by their enemies, whilst they themselves, keeping alive the memory of all the wrongs they had to suffer, made the ranks of their foes tremble with fear before them.
Sanskrit: ते त्वमर्षवशं प्राप्ता ह्रीमन्तः सत्त्वचोदिताः। त्वक्त्वा प्राणान् न्यवर्तन्त घ्नन्तो द्रोणं महाहवे॥
English: Then in that fierce fight, the naturally modest Pandava warriors, under the influence of animosity and urged on by their energy, rushed to battle reckless of their lives and desirous of slaying Drona.
Sanskrit: अयसामिव सम्पातः शिलानामिव चाभवत्। दीव्यतां तुमुले युद्धे प्राणैरमिततेजसाम्॥
English: When those heroes of immeasurable energy played in that battle, as if in a game of dice, staking their very lives, there seemed to be a collision of iron against adamant. the army
Sanskrit: न तु स्मरन्ति संग्राममपि वृद्धास्तथाविधम्। दृष्टपूर्वे महाराज श्रुतपूर्वमथापि वा॥
English: Even the oldest men could not recollect, O monarch, of having seen or heard of such a battle before.
Sanskrit: प्राकम्पतेव पृथिवी तस्मिन् वीरावसादने। निवर्तता बलौघेन महता भारपीडिता॥
English: In that battle distinguished by the slaughter of heroes, the earth seemed to tremble, being oppressed with the burden of the living oceans that rushed against one another.
Sanskrit: घूर्णतोऽपि बलौघस्य दिवं स्तब्वेव निःस्वनः। अजातशत्रोस्तत्सैन्यमाविवेश सुभैरवः॥
English: The fierce yells uttered by your troops, tossed and agitated as they had been, filling the very heavens, seemed to penetrate even to the heart of the of the Ajatasatru Yudhishthira.
Sanskrit: समासाद्य तु पाण्डुनामनीकानि सहस्रशः। द्रोणेन चरता संख्ये प्रभग्नानि शितैः शरैः।॥
English: Meanwhile the Pandava hosts' having reached by thousands Drona who had been coursing through the field of battle became shattered and broken with the sharp shafts of the latter.
Sanskrit: तेषु प्रमथ्यमानेषु द्रोणेनाद्भुतकर्मणा। पयवारयदासाद्य द्रोणं सेनापतिः स्वयम्॥
English: When those troops were thus being crushed by Drona of marvelous achievements, the generalissimo of the Pandava hosts himself encountered Drona.
Sanskrit: तदद्भुतमभूद् युद्धं द्रोणपाञ्चालयोस्तथा। नैव तस्योपमा काचिदिति मे निश्चिता मतिः॥
English: Then we beheld the marvelous fight between Drona and the Panchala prince and my firm conviction is that battle had no parallel.
Sanskrit: ततो नीलोऽनलप्रख्यो ददाह कुरुवाहिनीम्। शरस्फुलिङ्गश्चापार्चिर्दहन् कक्षमिवानलः॥
English: Then like fire burning down houses, Nila resembling a veritable fire, of which the arrows were the scintillation's, the bow the flames, began to consume the Kuru army.
Sanskrit: तं दहन्तमनीकानि द्रोणपुत्रः प्रतापवान्। पूर्वाभिभाषी सुश्लक्ष्णं स्मयमानोऽभ्यभाषत॥
English: Thereat seeing Nila consume the troops, the highly puissant son of Drona, who had long been desirous of fighting with the former, smilingly addressed these smooth words to him (Nila).
Sanskrit: नील किं बहुभिर्दग्धैःस्तव योधैः शरार्चिषा। मयैकेन हि युध्यस्व क्रुद्धः प्रहर चाशु माम्॥
English: What do you gain, O Nila, by consuming with your arrowy flame so many of my common soldiers? Fight with me single-handed as I am; and waxing worth, do you strike ma as you can.
Sanskrit: तं पद्मनिकराकारं पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणम्। व्याकोशपद्माभमुखो नीलो विव्याध सायकैः॥
English: Then Nila, possessed of a countenance beautiful like full-blown lotus, began to pierce with his arrows him whose body resembled a cluster of lotuses and whose eyes resembled lotus-petals.
Sanskrit: तेनापि विद्धः सहसा द्रौणिर्भल्लैः शितैस्त्रिभिः। धनुर्ध्वजं च छत्रं च द्विषतः स न्यकृन्तत॥
English: Thus pierced deeply by him, Drona's son, with ten whetted and broad-headed arrows, cut-off the bow, the standard and the umbrella of his adversary.
Sanskrit: स प्लुतः स्यन्दनात्तस्मान्नीलश्चर्मवरासिभृत्। द्रौणायनेः शिरः कायाद्धर्तुमैच्छत् पतत्रिवत्॥
English: Then jumping down from his car, Nila, armed with an excellent sword and buckler, desired to sever from Ashvatthaman's trunk his head, like a bird (bearing away its prey in its clutches).
Sanskrit: तस्तोन्नतांसं सुनसं शिरः कायात् सकुण्डलम्। भल्लेनापाहरद् द्रौणिः स्मयमान इवानघ॥
English: There at, O sinless one, Drona's son with a broad-headed shaft smilingly severed from Nila's trunk his head graced with a fine nose and decked with ear-rings and resting on elevated shoulders.
Sanskrit: सम्पूर्णचन्द्राभमुखः पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणः। प्रांशुरुत्पलपत्राभो निहतो न्यपतद् भुवि॥
English: Then Nila, whose countenance resembled in splendour the full moon, whose eyes were like petals of lotuses, whose stature was tall, whose complexion was like that of the lotus, thus slain, fell down on the earth.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रविष्यथे सेना पाण्डवी भृशमाकुला। आचार्यपुत्रेण हते नीले ज्वलिततेजसि॥
English: After Nila of furious energy had been thus slain by the preceptor's son, the host of the Pandavas, was greatly agitated with grief.
Sanskrit: अचिन्तयंश्च ते सर्वे पाण्डवानां महारथाः। कथं नो वासविस्त्रायाच्छत्रुभ्य इति मारिष॥
English: Then, O sire, all the mighty car-warriors of the Pandava host began to think, "How indeed, would the son of Vasava (Arjuna) be able to save us from our foes.
Sanskrit: दक्षिणेन तु सेनायाः कुरुते कदनं वली। संशप्तकावशेषस्य नारायणबलस्य च॥
English: When that heroic and mighty warrior is engaged in the southern part of the field in crushing the enemies' troops and slaughtering the remnant of the Samshaptaka and the Narayana troops. in
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच प्रतिघातं तु सैन्यस्य नामृष्यत वृकोदरः। सोऽभ्याहनद् गुरुं षष्ट्या कर्णे च दशभिः शरैः॥
English: Sanjaya said Vrikodara could not tolerate that slaughter of his own troops. He therefore, wounded Balhika with sixty and Karna with ten shafts.
Sanskrit: तस्य द्रोण: शितैर्बाणैस्तीक्ष्णधारैरजिह्मगैः। जीवितान्तमभिप्रेष्सुर्मर्माण्याशु जघान ह॥
English: Thereupon Drona, desirous of taking his life out of him pierced him in all his vital parts, with whetted shafts of exceeding sharpness, all coursing in straight lines.
Sanskrit: रणे। आनन्तर्यमभिप्रेप्सुः षड्विंशत्या समार्पयत्। कर्णो द्वादशभिर्बाणैरश्वत्थामा च सप्तभिः॥
English: Once more, desirous of giving Bhima no respite, Drona stuck twenty-six arrows, all resembling fire in touch and venomous serpents in fierceness, on the former. Then again Karna pierced him with twelve and Ashvatthaman with seven arrows.
Sanskrit: षड्भिदुर्योधनो राजा तत एनमथाकिरत्। भीमसेनोऽपि तान् सर्वान् प्रत्यविध्यन्महाबलः॥
English: King Duryodhana also covered him with six arrows. The highly puissant Bhimasena also pierced them in return.
Sanskrit: द्रोणं पञ्चाशतेषूणां कर्णं च दशभिः शरैः। दुर्योधनं द्वादशभिद्रौणिमष्टाभिराशुगैः॥
English: He pierced Drona with fifty shafts and Karna with ten arrows and Duryodhana with twelve and Drona's son with eight swiftcoursing arrows.
Sanskrit: आरावं तुमुलं कुर्वन्नभ्यवर्तत तान् तस्मिन् संत्यजति प्राणान् मृत्युसाधारणीकृते॥ अजातशत्रुस्तान् योधान् भीमं त्रातेत्यचोदयत्। ते ययुर्भीमसेनस्य समीपममितौजसः॥
English: Then uttering a loud war-cry, he engaged himself in battle. In that fight in which the warriors fought heedless of their lives and in which death seemed to be the common lot of all. Ajatasatru (Yudhishthira) urged on his troops to the rescue of Bhima. Those troops then approached Bhimasena of infinite prowess.
Sanskrit: युयुधानप्रभृतयो माद्रीपुत्रौ च पाण्डवौ। ते समेत्य सुसंरब्धाः सहिताः पुरुषर्षभाः॥ महेष्वासवरैर्गुप्ता द्रोणानीकं बिभित्सवः। समापेतुर्महावीर्या भीमप्रभृतयो रथाः॥
English: The, Yuyudhana and others, the twin sons of Madri by Pandu and other car-warriors headed by Bhima, assembled and united together and wrought up with rage, all foremost of men, fell upon Drona's division protected by many foremost archers, desirous of breaking and shattering it.
Sanskrit: तान् प्रत्यगृह्णादव्यग्रो द्रोणोऽपि रथिनां वरः। महास्थानतिबलान् वीरान् समरयोधिनः॥
English: Then that foremost of car-warriors namely Drona, received unflinchingly those highly puissant heroic car-warriors, all masters in the art of fighting.
Sanskrit: बाह्यं मृत्यु भयं कृत्वा तावकान् पाण्डवा ययुः। सादिनः सादिनोऽभ्यघ्नंस्तथैव रथिनो रथान्॥
English: Then your troops, disregarding their kingdoms and the fear of death, encountered those of the Pandavas. Horse soldiers slew horse-soldiers and car-warriors slew warriors.
Sanskrit: आसीच्छक्त्यासिसम्पातो युद्धमासीत् परश्वधैः। प्रकृष्टमसियुद्धं च बभूव कटुकोदयम्॥
English: There were then veritable showers of lances and swords; and the battle was fought with battle-axes. Dreadful sword-fights producing great carnage were also fought.
Sanskrit: कुञ्जराणां च सम्पाते युद्धमासीत् सुदारुणम्। अपतत् कुञ्जरान्यो हयादन्यस्त्ववाशिराः॥
English: The battle was all the more dreadful in consequence of the tremendous rush of elephants against elephants. Some fell down from the backs of the elephants, some from the backs of the horses, topsy turvy.
Sanskrit: नरो बाणविनिर्भिन्नो रथादन्यश्च मारिष। तत्रान्यस्य च सम्म पतितस्य विवर्मणः॥
English: Others fell down, O sire, from their chariots, with hearts torn open with arrows. In that terrible crush as men fell down deprived of their armours.
Sanskrit: शिरः प्रध्वंसयामास वक्षस्याक्रम्य कुञ्जरः। अपरांश्चापरेऽमृद्नन् वारणाः पतितान् नरान्॥
English: Elephants crushed their heads having attacked them on the breast. Else-where might be seen elephants crushing other excellent prostrate warriors.
Sanskrit: विषाणैश्चावनिं गत्वा व्यभिन्दन् रथनो बहून्। नरान्त्रैः केचिदपरे विषाणालग्नसंश्रयैः॥
English: Many elephants (as they fell down) striking the earth with their tusks, were seen to mangle there with large bodies of car-warriors. With darts sticking to their trunks, many other.
Sanskrit: बभ्रमुः समरे नागा मृद्नन्तः शतशो नरान्। कार्णायसतनुत्राणान् नराश्वरथकुञ्जरान्॥ पतितान् पोथयाञ्चकुर्द्विपाः स्थूलनलानिव। गृघ्रपत्राधिवासांसि शयनानि नराधिपाः॥
English: Elephants careered through the field crushing men by hundreds. Some elephants again pressed and squeezed many fallen men, steeds, car-warriors and elephants, all furnished with iron armours, as if they were merely thick stalk or recds. On beds of arrows furnished with vulterine feathers, many rulers of men.
Sanskrit: ह्रीमन्तः कालसम्पर्कात् सुदुःखान्यनुशेरते। हन्ति स्मात्र पिता पुत्रं रथेनाभ्येत्य संयुगे॥
English: Endued with modesty, laid themselves down with pain, their hour having come. In that battle father rushing on his car, slew his own son,
Sanskrit: पुत्रश्च पितरं मोहान्निमर्यादमवर्तत। रथोभग्नोध्वजश्छिन्नश्छत्रमुर्त्यांनिपातितम्॥
English: Son also, out of confusion and disregardful of anything, fell upon his own father. Axels of cars were shattered, standards were torn to pieces, umbrellas were felled to the earth;
Sanskrit: युगाधु छिन्नमादाय प्रदुद्राव तथा हयः। सासिहुर्निपतितः शिरश्छिन्नं सकुण्डलम्॥
English: Dragging halves of broken yokes, horses began to ran away. Arms with swords in their grasps fell, as also heads graced with ear-rings.
Sanskrit: गजेनाक्षिप्य बलिना रथः संचूर्णितः क्षितौ। रथिना ताडितो नागो नाराचेनापतत् क्षितौ॥
English: Chariots, dashed against the earth by powerful elephants, became splintered into pieces. Wounded severely by elephants, steeds fell down with their riders.
Sanskrit: सारोहश्चापतद् वाजी गजेनाभ्याहतो भृशम्। निर्मर्यादं महद् युद्धमवर्तत सुदारुणम्॥
English: Then there raged a fierce and dreadful fight in which nobody paid any regard to others. "Alas! Oh father" Oh son! Where are you, o friend! stay! Where do you run to!
Sanskrit: हा तात हा पुत्र सखे क्वासि तिष्ठ क्व धावसि। प्रहराहर जह्येनं स्मितक्ष्वेडितगर्जितैः॥
English: Smite! Catch! Slay!" These and many other exclamations, mingled with loud laughter's, roars and war-cries, were uttered and heard there.
Sanskrit: इत्येवमुच्चरन्ति स्म श्रूयन्ते विविधा गिरः। नरस्याश्वस्य नागस्य समसज्जत शोणितम्॥
English: The blood of men and steeds and elephants mingled together, flowed in one current and caused the Earth's dust to disappear and inspired terror into the hearts of the cowards.
Sanskrit: उपाशाम्यद्रजो भौमं भीरून् कश्मलमाविशत्। चक्रेण चक्रमासाद्य वीरो वीरस्य संयुगे॥
English: In that fight one hero having his car-wheel entangled with that of another and being too near to use any other weapon, smashed the other's head with a mace.
Sanskrit: अतीतेषु पथे काले जहार गदया शिरः। आसीत् केशपरापर्थी मुष्टियुद्धं च दारुणम्॥
English: In that battle where there was no chance of safety, heroes, desirous of each other's safety, dragged one another by the head and fought with one another with blows, teeth and nails.
Sanskrit: नखैर्दन्तैश्च शूराणामद्वीपे द्वीपमिच्छताम्। तत्राच्छिद्यत शूरस्य सखङ्गो बाहुरुद्यतः॥
English: Upraised arms, with swords in grasp, of some heroes, were severed; the arms of others with bows or hook or arrows in grasp, were also lopped off.
Sanskrit: सधुनुश्चापरस्यापि सशरः साङ्कुशस्तथा। आक्रोशदन्यमन्योऽत्र तथान्यो विमुखोऽद्रवत्॥
English: Here warrior loudly challenged another, there, another turned away his face from the field. Another lopped off from the trunk the head of another who happened to encounter him.
Sanskrit: अन्यः प्राप्तस्य चान्यस्य शिरः कायादयाहरत्। सशब्दमद्रवच्चान्यः शब्दादन्योऽत्रसद् भृशम्॥
English: Some rushed to fight uttering fierce yells. Some became inspired with terror at the sound. Some slew with his sharp arrows a friend or a foe.
Sanskrit: स्वानन्योऽथ परानन्यो जघान निशितैः शरैः। गिरिशृङ्गोपमश्चात्र नाराचेन निपातितः॥
English: Here an elephant huge like the summit of a hill, slain by a lance, lay on the field, like a flat island in a river during the summer season.
Sanskrit: मातङ्गो न्यपतद् भूमौ नदीरोध इवोष्णगे। तथैव रथिनं नागः क्षरन् गिरिरिवारुजन्॥
English: There like a mountain with rellets flowing down its breasts, stood an elephant exuding the temporal juice, having crushed with its huge legs a car-warrior together with his steeds and charioteer.
Sanskrit: अभ्यतिष्ठत् पदा भूमौ सहाश्वं सहसारथिम्। शूरान् प्रहरतो दृष्ट्वा कृतास्त्रान् रुधिरोक्षितान्॥
English: Many weak-hearted cowards overwhelmed with swoons at the sight of heroes accomplished in the use of weapons fighting with one another, literally bathed in blood.
Sanskrit: बहूनप्याविशन्मोहो भीरून् हृदयदुर्बलान्। सर्वमाविग्नमभवन प्राज्ञायत किंचन॥
English: Everything rolled in confusion and nothing could be distinguished. Soldiers enveloped in dust fought on regardless of one another.
Sanskrit: सैन्येन रजसा ध्वस्तं निर्मर्यादमवर्तत। ततः सेनापतिः शीघ्रमयं काल इति ब्रुवन्॥
English: Then the generalissimo of the Pandava troops saying “This is the opportune moment" quickly led the Pandavas ever endowed with activity, to the battle.
Sanskrit: नित्याभित्वरितानेव त्वरयामास पाण्डवान्। कुर्वन्तः शासनं तस्य पाण्डवा बाहुशालिनः॥
English: At his command the mighty-armed Pandavas, like a flock of swans descending on the breast of a lake, came down upon Drona's car, spreading slaughter as they proceeded.
Sanskrit: सरो हंसा इवापेतुर्भ्रान्तो द्रोणरथं प्रति। गृह्णीताद्रवतान्योन्यं विभीता विनिकृन्तत॥
English: Then near the chariot of the invincible Drona, loud cries of “Seize," "Do not fly," "Be not afraid” “Cut to pieces" were heard.
Sanskrit: इत्यासीत् तुमुलः शब्दो दुर्धर्षस्य रथं प्रति। ततो द्रोणः कृपः कर्णो द्रौणी राजा जयद्रथः॥
English: Thereupon Drona, Kripa, Karna, Drona's son, king Jayadratha, the two princes from Avanti, viz., Vinda and Anuvinda and Shalya, checked that assault (of the Pandava troops).
Sanskrit: विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ शल्यश्चैतान् न्यवारयन्। ते त्वार्यधर्मसंरब्धा दुर्निवारा दुरासदाः॥
English: Those irresistible and invincible warriors, the Panchalas and the Pandavas, all inflamed with righteous indignation, did not avoid Drona, though afflicted with showers of arrows.
Sanskrit: शरार्ता न जहुर्दोणं पञ्चालाः पाण्डवैः सह। ततो द्रोणोऽतिसंक्रुद्धो विसृजञ्छतश: शरान्॥
English: Thereat Drona, excited to the highest pitch of fury, spread a great carnage among the ranks of the Chedis, the Panchalas and the Pandavas, by means of arrows which he discharged by hundreds.
Sanskrit: चेदिपञ्चालपाण्डूनामकरोत् कदनं महत्। तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषः शुश्रुवे दिक्षु मारिष॥
English: Then, O sire, the twang of his bow and the slap of his palms were heard in all the points of compass, resembling the rumble of thunder and inspiring terror into the hearts of many a man.
Sanskrit: वज्रसंहादसंकाशस्त्रासयन् मानवान् बहून्। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे जिष्णुर्जित्वा संशप्तकान् बहून्॥
English: At this juncture, the ever-victorious Arjuna, having vanquished the numerous host of the Samshaptakas, came to the spot where Drona had been crushing the Pandava ranks.
Sanskrit: अभ्ययात् तत्र यत्रासौ द्रोणः पाण्डून् प्रमर्दति। ताञ्छरौघान् महावर्तान् शोणितोदान् महाह्रदान्॥
English: Then Phalguna showed himself in that part of the field, after having vanquished and slain the Samshaptakas and crossed many a lake whose waters were constituted by gore and whose mighty eddies were constituted by the numerous shafts.
Sanskrit: तीर्णः संशप्तकान् हत्वा प्रत्यदृश्यत फाल्गुनः। तस्य कीर्तिमतो लक्ष्म सूर्यप्रतिमतेजसः॥
English: Then we beheld the standard, bearing the emblem of the ape, of that one of illustrious renown and equal to the sun in effulgence, shine on that part of the field.
Sanskrit: दीप्यमानमपश्याम तेजसा वानरध्वजम्। संशप्तकसमुद्र तमुच्छोष्यास्त्रगभस्तिभिः॥
English: Having dried up the Samshaptaka ocean with his weapons that constituted his rays, that son of Pandu then looking like the sun during the dissolution period at the end of a Yuga, began to scorch the Kaurava ranks.
Sanskrit: स पाण्डवयुगान्तार्कः कुरूनप्यभ्यतीतपत्। प्रददाह कुरून् सर्वानर्जुनः शस्त्रतेजसा॥
English: Like the comet risen at the end of a Yuga burning every creature. Arjuna then began to blast with the power of his weapons the Kuru hosts.
Sanskrit: युगान्ते सर्वभूतानि धूमकेतुरिवोत्थितः। तेन बाणसहस्रौधैर्गजाश्वरथयोधिनः॥
English: Pierced by him with thousands of shafts, elephant-riders, horse-soldiers and warriors, fell down on the earth, with hair dishevelled and bodies mangled with arrowwounds.
Sanskrit: ताड्यमानाः क्षितिं जग्मुर्मुक्तकेशाः शरार्दिताः। केचिदार्तस्वनं चक्रुर्विनेशुरपरे पुनः॥
English: Some uttered distressful cries, some emitted loud roars; others again struck by the shafts of Pritha's son, fell down deprived of life.
Sanskrit: पार्थबाणहताः केचिनिपेतुर्विगतासवः। तेषामुत्पतितान् कांश्चित् पतितांश्च पराङ्मुखान्॥
English: Remembering the duties of a warrior, Arjuna then desisted from slaying those among the hostile warrior who were falling or fallen or those who turned away from the field of battle.
Sanskrit: न जघानार्जुनो योधान योधव्रतमनुस्मरन्। ते विकीर्णरथाश्चित्राः प्रायश्च पराङ्मुखाः॥
English: The Kuru warriors then, deprived of their cars and filled with wonder and with their faces turned away from the field of battle, began to utter cries of “Oh”! and "Alas" and called upon Karna saying "O Karna, O Karna."
Sanskrit: कुरवः कर्ण कर्णेति हाहेति च विचुक्रुशुः। तमाधिरथिराक्रन्दं विज्ञाय शरणैषिणाम्॥
English: The son of Adhiratha then hearing those distressful cries of those who deserved his help, proceeded to face Arjuna, saying at the same time, “Be not afraid, Owarriors."
Sanskrit: मा भैष्टेति प्रतिश्रुत्य ययावभिमुखोऽर्जुनम्। स भारतस्थश्रेष्ठः सर्वभारतहर्षणः॥
English: Then that foremost of the Bharata combatants, that delighter of all the Bharata heroes, viz., Karna, that foremost of all conversant with the use of weapons, invoked into existence the Agneya weapon.
Sanskrit: प्रादुश्चक्रे तदाग्नेयमस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वरः। तस्य दीप्तशरौघस्य दीप्तचापधरस्य च॥
English: Dhananjaya however with the network of arrows woven by himself, repulsed the arrowy downpour of that hero (Karna) of bright shafts and effulgent bow.
Sanskrit: शरौघाञ्छरजालेन विदुधाव धनंजयः। तथैचाधिरथिस्तस्य बाणाज्वलिततेजसः॥
English: Similarly the son of Adhiratha repulsed the arrows of Arjuna of blazing energy. Thereafter the former repulsing the weapons of the latter with his own weapons and discharging myriad's of shafts, uttered loud roars.
Sanskrit: अस्त्रमस्त्रेण संवार्य प्राणदद् विसृजञ्छरान्। धृष्टद्युम्नश्च भीमश्च सात्यविश्च महारथः॥
English: Meanwhile Dhrishtadyumna, Bhima and Satyaki, these mighty car-warriors, having approached Karna, pierced him each with three straight-flying arrows.
Sanskrit: विव्यधुः कर्णमासाद्य त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः। अर्जुनास्त्रं तु राधेयः संवार्य शरवृष्टिभिः॥
English: Thereupon Radha's son, having at first resisted Arjuna's weapons by his arrowy showers, cut-off the bow of those three warriors with three darts.
Sanskrit: तेषां त्रयाणां चापानिचिच्छेद विशिखैस्त्रिभिः। ते निकृत्तायुधाः शूरा निर्विषा भुजगा इव॥
English: Then with their bows severed, those warriors with three darts appeared like serpents without venom. Then from their respctive cars, hurling lances at the foe, they uttered loud warcries.