pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: शिखण्डी तु महाराज भरताना पितामहम्॥ आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः।
English: Then, O mighty monarch, Shikhaindin inflamed with wrath struck the grandsire of the Bharatas on the breast with nine shafts of great sharpness.
Sanskrit: स तेनाभिहत: संख्ये भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः॥ नाकम्पत महाराज क्षितिकम्पे यथाचलः।
English: Then, O mighty monarch, Shikhandin inflamed with wrath struck the grandsire of the Bharatas on the breast with nine shafts of great sharpness.
Sanskrit: ततः प्रहस्य बीभत्सुर्व्याक्षिपन् गाण्डिवं धनुः॥ गाङ्गेयं पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समार्पयत्।
English: Then smiling and stretching his bow Gandiva, Vibhatsu wounded Ganga's son with twenty-five short thick shafts.
Sanskrit: पुनः पुनः शतैरेनं त्वरमाणो धनंजयः॥ सर्वगात्रेषु शंक्रुद्धः सर्वमर्मस्वताडयत्।
English: Then again under the influence of wrath, Dhananjaya pierced him quick on all parts of his body and to the vitals, with one hundred shafts more.
Sanskrit: एवमन्यैरपि भृशं विद्ध्यमानः सहस्रशः॥ तानप्याशु शरैर्भीष्मः प्रविव्याध महारथः।
English: Thus pierced by many other warriors with thousands of arrows, the mighty car-warrior Bhishma pierced them all in return quickly with his own arrows.
Sanskrit: तैश्च मुक्ताञ्छरान् भीष्मो युधि सत्यपराक्रमः॥ निवारयामास शरैः समं संनतपर्वभिः।
English: Then Bhishma of prowess unfailing, in battle, with his own shafts of depressed knots simultaneously baffled all these arrows shot by the hostile warriors.
Sanskrit: शिखण्डी तु रणे बाणान् यान् मुमोच महारथः॥ न चक्रुस्ते रुजं तस्य रुक्मपुङ्खाः शिलाशिताः।
English: Those arrows furnished with golden wings and whetted on stone that Shikhandin the mighty car-warrior shot at him could not produce any the slightest pain to him.
Sanskrit: ततः किरीटी संक्रुद्धो भीष्ममेवाभ्यवर्तत॥ शिखण्डिनं पुरस्कृत्य धनुश्चास्य समाच्छिनत्।
English: Thereupon inflamed with wrath the diademdecked Arjuna placing Shikhandin before him rushed at Bhishma and cut off the latter's bow.
Sanskrit: अथैनं नवभिर्विद्ध्वा ध्वजमेकेन चिच्छिदे॥ सारथिं विशिखैश्चास्य दशभिः समकम्पयत्।
English: Then he pierced Bhishma with ten arrows and with another cut down the latter's standard; then with ten other arrows he caused Bhishma's charioteer to tremble.
Sanskrit: सोऽन्यत् कार्मुकमादाय गाङ्गेयो बलवत्तरम्॥ तदप्यस्य शितैर्भल्लैस्त्रिधा त्रिभिरघातयत्। निमेषार्धन कौन्तेय आत्तमात्तं महारणे॥ एवमस्य धनूंष्याजौ चिच्छेद सुबहून्यथ।
English: Then that son of Ganga took up another bow of great toughness. Then in that battle, within a twinkling of the eye, Arjuna cut off with three sharp broad-headed arrows that bow as soon as it was taken up. Thus Arjuna cut off successively all the bows that the son of Ganga took up one after another.
Sanskrit: ततः शान्तनवो भीष्मो बीभत्सु नात्यवर्तत॥ अथैनं पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समाप्रयत्।
English: Thereupon Bhishma the son of Shantanu did no longer assail Vibhatsu; then the latter pierced the former with twenty-five small arrows.
Sanskrit: सोऽतिविद्धा महेष्वासो दुःशासनमभाषत॥ एष पार्थो रणे क्रुद्धः पाण्डवानां महारथः।
English: That mighty bowman thus deeply pierced addressing Dushasana said: 'This mighty carwarriot of the Pandava host, viz., Pritha's son Arjuna, inflamed with rage,
Sanskrit: शरैरनेकसाहौर्मामेवाभ्यहनन् रणे॥ ३. न चैष समरे शक्यो जेतुं बज्रभृता अपि।
English: Is afflicting me in battle with many thousands of arrows. This one is incapable of being conquered even by the wielder of the thunder bolt.
Sanskrit: न चापि सहिता वीरा देवदानवराक्षसाः॥ मां चापि शक्ता निर्जेतुं किमु मर्त्या महारथाः।
English: Regarding me, I may say that all the heroic celestial, Danavas and Rakshasas, united together, can not vanquish me in battle, what to speak of human car-warriors?"
Sanskrit: एवं तयोः संवदतोः फाल्गुनो निशितैः शरैः॥ शिखण्डिनं पुरस्कृत्य भीष्मं विव्याध संयुगे।
English: Thus when they were conversing with one another, Arjuna, placing Shikhandin before him, began to pierce Bhishma in battle with shafts of great sharpness.
Sanskrit: ततो दुःशासनं भूयः स्मयमान इवाब्रवीत्॥ अतिविद्धः शितैर्बाणैर्भृशं गाण्डीवधन्वना।
English: Thus pierced with sharp arrows by the wielder of the Gandiva, Bhishma once more addressing Dushasana smilingly said:
Sanskrit: वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शा अर्जुनेन शरा युधि॥ मुक्ताः सर्वेऽव्यवच्छिन्ना नेमे बाणाः शिखण्डिनः।
English: These arrows of touch resembling that of the thunder bolt, coming in an unbroken line towards me have been discharged by Arjuna. Surely they are not Shikhandin's.
Sanskrit: निकृन्तमाना मर्माणि दृढावरणभेदिनः॥ मुसला इव मे नन्ति नेमे बाणाः शिखण्डिनः। वज्रदण्डसमस्पर्शा वज्रवेगदुरासदाः॥ मम प्राणानारुजन्ति नेमे बाणा: शिखण्डिनः।
English: Eating into my very vitals, and penetrating even through my invulnerable armour, these arrows are striking like so many bludgeons. Surely they are not Shikhandin's. Of the touch like that of a Brahmana's rod, of velocity like that of the thunder bolt and incapable of being repulsed, these arrows are sucking out my vital energies. Surely they are not Shikhandin's.
Sanskrit: नाशयन्तीव मे प्राणान् यमदूता इवाहिताः॥ गदापरिघसंस्पर्शा नेमे बाणाः शिखण्डिनः।
English: Of touch heavy like that of a mace or a bludgeon these arrows are destroying my vital breaths like so many messengers of Death. Surely they are not Shikhandin's.
Sanskrit: भुजगा इव संक्रुद्धा लेलिहाना विषोल्बणाः॥ समाविशन्ति मर्माणि नेमे बाणाः शिखण्डिनः।
English: Like infuriate snakes of virulent venom with their tongues protruding out these arrows are penetrating into my very vitals. Surely these are not Shikhandin's.
Sanskrit: अर्जुनस्य इमे बाणा नेमे बाणाः शिखण्डिनः॥ कृन्तन्ति मम गात्राणि माघमां सेगवा इव।
English: These are the arrows of Arjuna and not of Shikhandin, arrows that are cutting me to the quick like the bleakness of winter cutting kine to the quick.
Sanskrit: सर्वे ह्यपि न मे दुःखं कुर्युरन्ये नराधिपाः॥ वीरं गाण्डीवधन्वानमृते जिष्णुं कपिध्वजम्।
English: Save and except the heroic wielder of the Gandiva bow, that owner of the standard marked with the device of an ape, viz., the ever victorious Arjuna, all the other monarchs united together can not afflict me."
Sanskrit: इति ब्रुवञ्छान्तनवो दिधक्षुरिव पाण्डवान्॥ शक्तिं भीष्मः स पार्थाय ततश्चिक्षेप भारत।
English: Having thus spoken, the highly powerful Bhishma, as if desirous of consuming the Pandavas, hurled at Pritha's son a (terrible) lance.
Sanskrit: तामस्य विशिखैश्छित्त्वा त्रिधा त्रिभिरपातयत्॥ पश्यतां कुरुवीराणां सर्वेषां तव भारत।
English: Thereupon with three arrows cutting that lance into three pierces Arjuna felied it down on the ground, O Bharata, even before the very eyes of all the Kurus heroes.
Sanskrit: चर्माथादत्त गाड्यो जातरूपपरिष्कृतम्॥ खङ्गं चान्यतप्रेप्सुर्मृत्योरगे जयाय वा।
English: Thereafter Ganga's son grasped a buckler of the polish of gold, as also a resplendent sword, desirous of reaping either victory or death.
Sanskrit: तस्य तच्छतधा चर्म व्यधमत् सायकैस्तथा॥ रथादनवरूढस्य तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्।
English: But before he (Bhishma) could descend from his chariot, Arjuna with his shafts splintered that buckler into hundred fragments. Indeed that looked like something marvelous.
Sanskrit: ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा स्वान्यनीकान्यचोदयत्॥ अभिद्रवत गाङ्गेयं मा वोऽस्तु भयमण्वपि।
English: Thereupon, king Yudhishthira urged on his own division saying “Assail the son of Ganga. Entertain not the slightest fear."
Sanskrit: अथ ते तोमरैः प्रासैर्वाणौधैश्च समन्ततः॥ पट्टिशैश्च सुनिस्त्रिशैर्नाराचैश्च तथा शितैः।
English: Thereupon from all sides, those troops, with dares, lances, arrows, battle-axes, excellent swords, long shafts of great sharpness,
Sanskrit: वत्सदन्तैश्च भल्लैश्च तमेकमभिदुद्रुवुः॥ सिंहनादस्ततो घोरः पाण्डवानामभूत् तदा।
English: With Vatsadantas, and broad-headed arrows, rushed against that single warrior. Then loud was the sin of war-cries that rang through the Pandava ranks.
Sanskrit: तथैव तव पुत्राश्च नेदुर्भीष्मजयैषिणः॥ तमेकमभ्यरक्षन्त सिंहनादांश्च चक्रिरे।
English: Similarly, O king, your sons all desirous of seeing Bhishma victorious rushed forward for rescuing that single hero, and they also set up a mighty uproar caused by their yells and warcries.
Sanskrit: तत्रासीत् तुमुलं युद्धं तावकानां परैः सह॥ दशमेऽहनि राजेन्द्र भीष्मार्जुनसमागमे।
English: Then on that the tenth day when Bhishma and Arjuna contested with one another, fierce was the fight that regard between your soldiers and those of the enemy.
Sanskrit: आसीद् गाङ्ग इवावर्तो मुहूर्तमुदधेरिव॥ सैन्यानां युध्यमानानां निघ्नतामितरेतरम्।
English: Then at the spot where the hostile troops clashed and smote down one another an eddy seemed to stare up into existence like that occurring at the spot where Ganga meets the Ocean.
Sanskrit: असौम्यरूपा पृथिवी शोणिताक्ताभवत् तदा॥ समं च विषमं चैव न प्राज्ञायत किंचन।
English: Deluged with blood the earth then assumed a hideous aspect, and her undulations were lost to sight.
Sanskrit: योधानामयुतं हत्वा तस्मिन् स दशमेऽहनि॥ अतिष्ठदाहवे भीष्मो भिद्यमानेषु मर्मसु।
English: Having slain ten thousand warriors on that the tenth day of the fight, Bhishma stood on the field while his vitals were being pierced into by Arjuna.
Sanskrit: ततः सेनामुखे तस्मिन् स्थितः पार्थो धनुर्धरः॥ मध्येन कुरुसैन्यानां द्रावयामास वाहिनीम्।
English: Then Partha, holding his bow and standing at the head of his divisions broke the Kuru ranks in the very centre of their array.
Sanskrit: वयं श्वेतहयाद् भीताः कुन्तीपुत्राद् धनंजयात्॥ पीड्यमानाः शितैः शस्त्रैः प्रद्रवाम रणे तदा।
English: Then afraid of that son of Kunti viz., Dhananjaya the owner of cream-coloured steeds and afflicted with his sharp arrows, we then began to fly away from the field of battle.
Sanskrit: सौवीराः कितवाः प्राच्याः प्रतीच्योदीच्यमालवाः॥ अभीषाहाः शूरसेनाः शिवयोऽथ वसातयः।
English: Then the Souviras, the Kitavas, the Westerners, the Northermers and the Malavas, the Abhishahas, the Shurasenas, the Shinis, the Vasatis,
Sanskrit: शाल्वाश्रयास्त्रिगर्ताश्च अम्बष्ठाः केकयैः सह॥ सर्व एते महात्मानः शरार्ता व्रणपीडिताः।
English: The Shalvas, Shakas, the Trigartas, the Ambashta, the Kaikeyas, all these illustrious warriors, afflicted with shafts, and pained with thcir cuts,
Sanskrit: संग्रामे न जहुर्भीष्मं युध्यमानं किरीटिना॥ ततस्तमेकं बहवः परिवार्य समन्ततः।
English: Did not abandon Bhishma in battle who had been fighting with the diadem-decked Arjuna. Then surrounding the single car-warrior *Bhishma, large numbers of the enemy,
Sanskrit: परिकाल्य कुरून् सर्वाशरवर्षैरवाकिरन्॥ निपातयत गृह्णीत युध्यध्वमवकृन्तत।
English: Covered him with arrows showers, having at first defeated the rest of the Kuru warriors. “Slay” “Seize” “Fight” “Cut into pieces,"
Sanskrit: इत्यासीत् तुमुल: शब्दो राजन् भीष्मरथं प्रति॥ निहत्य समरे राजशतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।
English: Such were the cries, O king, that were then heard round Bhishma's chariot. Bhishma then slaughtered his foes by hundreds and thousands.
Sanskrit: न तस्यासीदनिर्भिन्नं गात्रे व्यङ्गुलमन्तरम्॥ एवंभूतस्तव पिता शरैर्विशकलीकृतः। शिताचैः फाल्गुनेनाजौ प्राक्शिराः प्रापतद् रथात्॥ किंचिच्छेषे दिनकरे पुत्राणां तव पश्यताम्।
English: But then there was not even a space of two fingers in all his body that was not mangled with shafts. Thus then your father, mangled with keep-pointed dares shot by Phalguna, fail down from his car on the field with his head laid towards the East, a little before sunset before the very eyes of your sons.
Sanskrit: हाहेति दिवि देवानां पार्थिवानां च भारत॥ पतमाने बभूव सुमहास्वनः।
English: Then at the overthrow of Bhishma loud lamentations of “Alas" and "Oh" were heard,O Bharata, among the kings, and the celestial in the heaven.
Sanskrit: सम्पतन्तमभिप्रेक्ष्य महात्मानं पितामहम्॥ सह भीष्मेण सर्वेषां प्रापतन् हृदयानि नः।
English: Beholding the illustrious grandsire fall, we all became dejected and depressed at heart.
Sanskrit: स पपात महाबाहुर्वसुधामनुनादयन्॥ इन्द्रध्वज इवोत्सृष्टः केतुः सर्वधनुष्मताम्।
English: That foremost of all bowmen, that mightyarmed hero fell like an uprooted standard in honour of Indra, causing the earth tremble for the while.
Sanskrit: धरणी न स पस्पर्श शरसंधैः समावृतः॥ रथाद् भीष्मे शरतल्पे महेष्वासं शयानं पुरुषर्षभम्।
English: Covered closely with arrows he did not then touch the earth's surface. Then as that mighty bowman, that foremost of all male beings lay prostrate on his arrows bed,
Sanskrit: रथात् प्रपतितं चैनं दिवियो भावः समाविशत्॥ अभ्यवर्षच्च पर्जन्यः प्राकम्पत च मेदिनी।
English: Being overthrown from his car, a divine inspiration took possession of him. The raincloud Parjanya then poured down its contents and the earth waked.
Sanskrit: पतन् स ददृशे चापि दक्षिणेन दिवाकरम्॥ संज्ञां चोपालभद् वीरः कालं संचिन्त्य भारत।
English: When falling Bhishma had marked the sun to be then on the Southern solstice and that hero considering that hour to be inauspicious for paying his debt to nature did not allow his senses to depart.
Sanskrit: अन्तरिक्षे च शुश्राव दिव्या वाचः समन्ततः॥ कथं महात्मा गाङ्गेयः सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरः।
English: He then also heard divine utterance in the heaven, viz., “Why should that foremost of all wielders of weapons, Oh, why should the illustrious son of Ganga,
Sanskrit: कालकर्ता नरव्याघ्रः सम्प्राप्ते दक्षिणायने॥ स्थितोऽस्मीति च गाङ्गेयस्तच्छ्रुत्वा वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
English: Why should that foremost of men give up his life when the sun is in the Southern solstice?" Hearing those words Ganga's son said "I am still alive."
Sanskrit: धारयामास च प्राणान् पतितोऽपि महीतले॥ उत्तरायणमन्विच्छन् भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः।
English: Then desirous of yielding his life up during the Northern solstice, the grandsire of the Kurus, viz., Bhishma though fallen on earth still retained his vital breaths.
Sanskrit: तस्य तन्मतमाज्ञाय गङ्गा हिमवतः सुता॥ महर्षीन् हंसरूपेण प्रेषयामास तत्र वै।
English: Ascertaining that to be his intention, Ganga, the daughter of the Himalayas sent great sages under the disguise of swans then to Bhishma. one,
Sanskrit: ततः सम्पातिनो हंसास्त्वरिता मानसौकसः॥ आजग्मुः सहिता द्रष्टुं भीष्मं कुरुपितामहम्।
English: Then those sages disguised under the forms of swans inhabiting the Manasa lake flew to the sky, and in a line came to see Bhishma, the grandsire of the Kurus,
Sanskrit: यत्र शेते नरश्रेष्ठः शरतल्पे पितामहः॥ ते तु भीष्मं समासाद्य ऋषयो हंसरूपिणः।
English: At the spot where that foremost of men was lying on his arrowy bed. Then coming to Bhishma those sages under the forms of swans,
Sanskrit: अपश्यञ्छरतल्पस्थं भीष्मं कुरुकुलोद्वहम्॥ ते तं दृष्ट्वा महात्मानं कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्।
English: Beheld that perpetuator of the Kuru race, viz., Bhishma laid on his bed of arrows. Then beholding that illustrious and circumbulating.
Sanskrit: गाङ्गेयं भरतश्रेष्ठं दक्षिणेन च भास्करम्॥ इतरेतरमामन्त्र्य प्राहुस्तत्र मनीषिणः।
English: That foremost of the Bharatas, that son of Ganga, the sages, knowing the sun to be then in the Southern solstice addressing one another said
Sanskrit: भीष्मः कथं महात्मा सन् संस्थाता दक्षिणायने॥ इत्युक्त्वा प्रस्थिता हंसा दक्षिणामभितो दिशम्।
English: “Why should the high-souled Bhishma pass away when the sun is in the Southern solstice." Having thus spoken, the swans flew towards the Southern directions.
Sanskrit: सम्प्रेक्ष्य वै महाबुद्धिश्चिन्तयित्वा च भारत॥ तानब्रवीच्छान्तनवो नहां गन्ता कथंचन।
English: Then that highly intelligent Bhishma beholding them and reflecting for a while said to them, "I shall not yield up my life,
Sanskrit: दक्षिणावर्त आदित्ये एतन्मे मनसि स्थितम्॥ गमिष्यामि स्वकं स्थानमासीद् यन्मे पुरातनम्।
English: As long as the sun will remain in the Southern solstice. This indeed is my determination, I shall repair to my own former abode,
Sanskrit: उदगायन आदित्ये हंसाः सत्यं ब्रवीमि वः॥ धारयिष्याम्यहं प्राणानुत्तरायणकाक्षया।
English: When the sun will be in the Northern solstice; this, O Swans. I tell you forsooth. I shall retain my vital breaths loO king anxiously forward for the Northern' solstice.
Sanskrit: ऐश्वर्यभूतः प्राणानामुत्सर्गो हि यतो मम॥ तस्मात् प्राणान् धारयिष्ये मुमूर्षुरदगायने।
English: In as much as my giving up of my life is under my thorough control, therefore shall I retain it desirous of dying during the Northern solstice.
Sanskrit: यश्च दत्तो वरो मह्यं पित्रा तेन महात्मना॥ छन्दतो मृत्युरित्येवं तस्य चास्तु वरस्तथा।
English: The boon that my illustrious father accorded me. viz.,; that I shall die at my own pleasure, let that boon be true.
Sanskrit: धारयिष्ये ततः प्राणानुस्सर्गे नियते सति॥ इत्युक्त्वा तांस्दा हंसान् स शेते शरतल्पगः।
English: As the yielding up of my vital breaths lies entirely with me, I shall retain them.” Having then thus spoken to the swans, he remained (motionless) on his arrowy bed.
Sanskrit: एवं कुरूणां पतिते शृङ्गे भीष्मे महौजसि॥ पाण्डवाः सुंजयाश्चैव सिंहनादं प्रचक्रिरे।
English: Thus when the crest of the Kurus, viz., the highly puissant Bhishma was over thrown the Pandavas and the Srinjayas set up a loud warcry.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन् हते महासत्त्वे भरतानां पितामहे॥ न किंचित् प्रत्यपद्यन्त पुत्रास्ते भरतर्षभ।
English: When that grandsire of the Bharatas, possessed of great strength was overthrown, O foremost of the Bharatas, your sons knew not what to do.
Sanskrit: सम्मोहश्चैव तुमुलः कुरूणामभवत् तदा॥ कृपदुर्योधनमुखा निःश्वस्य रुरुदुस्ततः।
English: Then the Kurus were totally confounded; and Kripa and Duryodhana and others began to wail aloud drawing long and heavy signs.
Sanskrit: विषादाच्च चिरं कालमतिष्ठन् विगतेन्द्रियाः॥ दध्युश्चैव महाराज न युद्धे दधिरे मनः।
English: With their senses deprived of their powers in consequence of grief, they remained inert and reflected for long and did not think of fighting.
Sanskrit: ऊरुग्राहगृहीताश्च नाभ्यधावन्त पाण्डवान्॥ अवध्ये शन्तनोः पुत्रे हते भीष्मे महौजसि।
English: They could not then rush against the Pandavas as if their thighs were locked and seized in a vice. When that unslayable son of Shantanu. viz., Bhishma endued with great prowess was overthrown,
Sanskrit: अभावः सहसा राजन् कुरुराजस्य तर्कितः॥ हतप्रवीरास्तु वयं निकृत्ताश्च शितैः शरैः।
English: O king, the destruction of the Kuru monarch became apparent. Mangled with sharp shafts and with our foremost heroes slain,
Sanskrit: कर्तव्यं नाभिजानीमो निर्जिताः सव्यसाचिना॥ पाण्डवाश्च जयं लब्ध्वा परत्र च परां गतिम्।
English: And crushed completely by Savyasachin (Arjuna), we did not then know what to do. Then obtaining victory, and a highly blessed state of existence (hereafter), the Pandavas,
Sanskrit: सर्वे दध्मुर्महाशङ्खाशूराः परिघबाहवः॥ सोमकाश्च सपञ्चालाः प्राहृष्यन्त जनेश्वर।
English: All endued with heroism and possessed of bludgeon-like arms, blew their mighty conchs and, O ruler of men, the Somakas together with the Panchalas then were filled with great delight.
Sanskrit: ततस्तूर्यसहस्रेषु नदत्सु स महाबलः॥ आस्फोटयामास भृशं भीमसेनो ननाद च।
English: Then when thousands of drums were struck up, the highly powerful Bhimasena uttered his fierce war-cries and slapped his arms.
Sanskrit: सेनयोरुभयोश्चापि गाङ्गेये निहते विभौ॥ संन्यस्य वीराः शस्त्राणि प्राध्यायन्त समन्ततः।
English: On the fall of that illustrious son of Ganga, the heroic combatants of the two armies laying down their weapons, fell to thinking.
Sanskrit: प्राक्रोशन् प्राद्रवंश्चान्ये जग्मुर्मोहः तथापरे॥ क्षत्रं चान्येऽभ्यनिन्दन्त भीष्मं चान्येऽभ्यपूजयन्।
English: Some wept aloud, some ran wildly, some were overwhelmed with swoon; some then censured the life of a Kshatriya and some worshipped Bhishma.
Sanskrit: ऋषयः पितरश्चैव प्रशशंसुर्महाव्रतम्।१२०॥ भरतानां च ये पूर्वे ते चैनं प्रशशंसिरे।
English: The sages and the Patriarchs all applauded Bhishma. The ancestral manes of the Bharata race also began to praise him.
Sanskrit: महोपनिषदं चैव योगमास्थाय वीर्यवान्॥ जपशान्तनवो धीमान् कालाकाक्षी स्थितोऽभवत्।।
English: Then the highly intelligent son of Shantanu, viz., Bhishma endued with great prowess, be taking himself to the Yoga taught in the Upanishadas and reiterating prayers in his mind, remained quite, anxiously loO king forward for his last hour.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच समारोप्य महच्चापमभिवाद्य पितामहम्। नेत्राभ्यामश्रुपूर्णाभ्यामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
English: Sanjaya said Then Arjuna, fixing the string on his mighty bow and saluting the grandsire and with his eyes overflowing with tears thus spoke.
Sanskrit: आज्ञापय कुरुश्रेष्ठ सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वर। प्रेष्योऽहं तव दुर्धर्ष क्रियतां किं पितामह॥
English: Command me, O foremost of the Kurus, O chief of all wielders of weapons. I am your slave, O invincible one. What, O grandsire, shall I do for you.
Sanskrit: तमब्रवीच्छान्तनवः शिरो मे तात लम्बते। उपधानं कुरुश्रेष्ठ फाल्गुनोपदधत्स्व मे॥
English: The son of Shantanu then thus replied to him saying "My head, O sire, is hanging down. Fetch me, O foremost of the Kurus, Phalguna, a pillow,
Sanskrit: शयनस्यानुरूपं वै शीघ्रं वीर प्रयच्छ मे। त्वं हि पार्थ समर्थो वै श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम्॥४।
English: That will be suitable to my bed, and O hero, give that to me soon. You only, O Partha, are equal to the task, you are the foremost of all the bowmen;
Sanskrit: क्षत्रधर्मस्य वेत्ता च बुद्धिसत्त्वगुणान्वितः। फाल्गुनोऽपि तथेत्युक्त्वा व्यवसायमरोचयत्॥
English: You are conversant with the duties of a Kshatriya and endowed with keep intelligence and modesty and bravery.” Then Phalguna of great might saying yea to his words, prepared to do what Bhishma bade him do.
Sanskrit: गृह्यानुमन्त्र्य गाण्डीवं शरान् संनतपर्वणः। अनुमान्य महात्मानं भरतानां महारथम्॥
English: Then taking up the Gandiva bow and shafts of close knots, and purifying them with are Mantras and obtaining the permission of that illustrious car-warrior of the Bharatas, Arjuna,
Sanskrit: त्रिभिस्तीक्ष्णैर्महावेगैरन्वगृह्णच्छिरः शरैः। अभिप्राये तु विदिते धर्मात्मा सव्यसाचिना॥ अतुष्यद् भरतश्रेष्ठो भीष्मो धर्मार्थततत्ववित्। उपधानेन दत्तेन प्रत्यनन्दद् धनंजयम्॥
English: With those sharp arrows charged with great velocity supported Bhishma's head. Then, O foremost of the Bharatas, seeing that Savyasachin had rightly divined his thought, Bhishma of illustrious soul conversant with the essence of all things became gratified with Arjuna; and then greatly praised Dhananjaya for having given him that pillow.
Sanskrit: प्राह सर्वान् समुद्वीक्ष्य भरतान् भारतं प्रति। कुन्तीपुत्रं युधां श्रेष्ठं सुहृदां प्रीतिवर्धनम्॥
English: Then casting his glances on the Bharatas present there, Bhishma said to that descendant of the Bharatas, namely Kunti's son, that foremost of all warriors, and that enhancer of the delight of his friends.
Sanskrit: शयनस्यानुरूपं मे पाण्डवोपहितं त्वया। यद्यन्यथा प्रपद्येथाः शपेयं त्वामहं रूषा॥
English: O son of Pandu, you have indeed fetched me a pillow becoming my bed. Had you fetched me something else, I would have cursed you
Sanskrit: एवमेव महाबाहो धर्मेषु परितिष्ठता। स्वप्तव्यं क्षत्रियेणाजो शरतल्पगतेन वै॥
English: O mighty-armed hero this indeed is the way in which a Kshatriya not transgressing his duties, should sleep on the battle-field lying on an arrowy bed.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्त्वा तु बीभत्सुं सर्वास्तानब्रवीद् वचः। राज्ञश्च राजपुत्रांश्च पाण्डवानभिसंस्थितान्॥
English: Having thus spoken to Vibhatsu' he said to all the kings and princes present there, the following words. in rage.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच पश्यध्वमुपधानं मे पाण्डवेनाभिसंधितम्। शिश्येऽहमस्यां शय्यायां यावदावर्तनं रवेः॥
English: Bhishma said Behold you all, the son of Pandu has supplied me with! I shall lie on this bed until the sun rolls back to the Northern solstice.
Sanskrit: ये तदा मां गमिष्यन्ति ते च प्रेक्ष्यन्ति मां नृपाः। दिशं वैश्रवणाक्रान्तां यदाऽऽगन्ता दिवाकरः॥ नूनं सप्ताश्वयुक्तेन रथेनोत्तमतेजसा। विमोक्ष्येऽहं तदा प्राणान् सुहृदः सुप्रियानिव॥
English: Those kings that will then come to me shall see me (give up my life). When the maker of the day (sun), on his swift moving car yoked with seven horses, will proceed towards the point of the compass occupied by Vaisravana, then shall I yield up my vital breaths, like a friend, bidding adieu to his dear friend.
Sanskrit: परिखा खन्यतामत्र ममावसदने नृपाः। उपासिष्ये विवस्वन्तमेवं शरशताचितः॥ उपारमध्वं संग्रामाद् वैरमुत्सृज्य पार्थिवाः।
English: O kings, dig up an entrenchment around here; mangled with hundreds of arrows as I am I will offer my homage's to the sun. You, O kings, do desist from the battle, vanquishing all thoughts of hostility.
Sanskrit: संजय उवाच उपातिष्ठन्नथो वैद्याः शल्योद्धरणकोविदाः॥ सर्वोपरकरणैर्युक्ताः कुशलैः साधु शिक्षिताः।
English: Sanjaya said Thereafter there came several practitioners of the healing are, all well-trained and skillful in drawing out shafts, carrying with them all the necessary balms and appliances.