समतीत्य बहून्देशान्गिरींश्च बहुपादपान्। सरांसि सरितश्चैव मार्तिकावतमासदम्
Crossing many lands and mountains covered with many trees, and lakes and rivers, I reached Mārtikāvata.
तत्राश्रौषं नरव्याघ्र साल्वं सागरमन्तिकात्। प्रयान्तं सौभमास्थाय तमहं पृष्ठतोऽन्वगाम्
There, O tiger among men, I heard that Śālva, having boarded the Saubha, was moving near the ocean; I followed him from behind.
दृष्टवानस्मि राजेन्द्र साल्वराजमथान्तिके।' ततः सागरमासाद्य कुक्षौ तस्य महोर्मिणः। समुद्रनाभ्यां साल्वोऽभूत्सौभमास्थाय शत्रुहन्
I saw, O king, the king of Śālva close at hand; then, reaching the ocean with its great waves, Śālva, the slayer of enemies, boarded the Saubha at the ocean's navel.
स मामालोक्य सहसा सेनां स्वां प्राहिणोन्मृधे। मद्बाहुना च सेनायां शिष्टायां किंचिदेव च
Seeing me suddenly, he sent forth his army to battle; by my arms, only a small part of his army remained.
स समालोक्य सहसा स्मयन्निव युधिष्ठिर। आह्वयामास दुष्टात्मा युद्धायैव मुहुर्मुहुः
Seeing me thus, O Yudhiṣṭhira, he, wicked-minded, repeatedly challenged me to battle, as if smiling.
तस्य शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैर्बहुभिर्मर्मभेदिभिः। पुरं नासाद्यत शरैस्ततो मां रोष आविशत्
With many arrows released from the Śārṅga bow, piercing the vital points, I could not reach his city; then anger arose in me.
स चापि पापप्रकृतिर्दैतेयापशदो नृप। मय्यवर्षत दुर्धर्षः शरधाराः सहस्रशः
And he, of evil nature, a descendant of the Daityas, O king, that invincible one showered thousands of streams of arrows upon me.
सैनिकान्मम सूतं च हयांश्च स समाकिरत्। अचिन्तयन्तस्तु शरान्वयं युध्याम भारत
He covered my soldiers, my charioteer, and my horses with arrows; yet, disregarding the arrows, we continued to fight, O Bhārata.
ततः शतसहस्राणि शराणां नतपर्वणाम्। चिक्षिपुः समरे वीरा मयि साल्वपदानुगाः
Then, O son of Kunti, the warriors who followed Salva hurled hundreds of thousands of arrows with curved tips at me in battle.
ते हयांश्च रथं चैव ध्वजं दारुकमेव च। छादयामासुरसुरास्तैर्बाणैर्मर्मभेदिभिः
With those arrows that pierced the vital points, those mighty ones covered my horses, chariot, banner, and even Daruka.
न हया न रथो वीर न ध्वजो न च दारुकः। अदृश्यन्त शरैश्छन्नास्तथाऽहं सैनिकाश्च मे
Neither the horses, nor the chariot, nor the banner, nor Daruka, nor I, nor my soldiers could be seen, so thickly were we covered by arrows.
ततोऽहमपि कौन्तेय शराणामयुतान्बहून्। आमन्त्रितानां धनुषा दिव्येन विधिनाऽक्षिपम्
Then I too, O son of Kunti, using my divine bow according to the proper method, shot many tens of thousands of arrows at those who had challenged me.
न तत्रविषयस्त्वासीन्मम सैन्यस्य भारत। खे विषक्तं हि तत्सौभं क्रोशमात्र इवाभवत्
There was no place there for my army, O Bharata; for that Saubha, suspended in the sky, seemed to be only a shout's distance away.
ततस्ते प्रेक्षकाः सर्वे देवा वै दिवमास्थिताः। हर्षयामासुरुच्चैर्मां सिंहनादतलस्वनैः
Then all the gods, who were watching from heaven, cheered me loudly with lion-roars and the sounds of drums.
मत्कार्मुकविनिर्मुक्ता दानवानां महारणे। अङ्गेषु रुधिराक्तास्ते विविशुः शलभा इव
The arrows released from my bow entered the bodies of the Danavas in that great battle, stained with blood, just like locusts.
ततो हलहलाशब्दः सौभमध्ये व्यवर्धत। वध्यतां विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैः पततां च महार्णवे
Then, within Saubha, a tumultuous noise arose, as they were being struck down by sharp arrows and falling into the great ocean.
ते निकृत्तभुजस्कन्धाः कबन्धाकृतिदर्शनाः। नदन्तो भैरवान्नादान्निपतन्ति स्म दानवाः। पतितास्तेऽपि भक्ष्यन्ते समुद्रांभोनिवासिभिः
Those Danavas, with arms and shoulders severed, appearing as headless trunks, fell down making terrifying cries, and even as they fell, they were devoured by the dwellers of the ocean.
ततो गोक्षीरकुन्देन्दुमृणालरजतप्रभम्। जलजं पाञ्चजन्यं वै प्राणेनाहमपूरयम्
Then I filled the conch named Pancajanya, which was as bright as cow's milk, jasmine, the moon, lotus-fiber, and silver, with my breath.
तान्दृष्ट्वा पतितांस्तत्र साल्वः सौभपतिस्ततः। मायायुद्धेन महता योधयामास मां युधि
Seeing his followers fallen there, Salva, the lord of Saubha, then fought me in battle using great illusion.
ततो गदा हलाः प्रासाः शूलशक्तिपरश्चथाः। असयः शक्तिकुलिशपाशर्ष्टिकनपाः शराः। पट्टसाश्च भुशुण्ड्यश्च प्रपतन्त्यनिशं मयि
Then, maces, ploughs, spears, tridents, darts, swords, javelins, thunderbolts, nooses, clubs, arrows, broadswords, and slings continuously fell upon me.
तामहं माययैवाशु प्रतिगृह्य व्यनाशयम्। तस्यां हतायां मायायां गिरिशृङ्गैरयोधयत्
I quickly countered that illusion with my own illusion and destroyed it; when that illusion was vanquished, he attacked me with mountain peaks.
ततोऽभवत्तम इव प्रकाश इव चाभवत्। दुर्दिनं सुदिनं चैव शीतमुष्णं च भारत
Then there was darkness and then light, a bad day and a good day, cold and heat, O Bharata.
अङ्गारपांसुवर्षं च शस्त्रवर्षं च भारत। एवं मायां प्रकुर्वाणो योधयामास मां रिपुः
There was a rain of embers and a rain of weapons, O Bharata; thus, employing illusion, the enemy fought me.
विज्ञाय तदहं सर्वं माययैव व्यनाशयम्। यथाकालं तु युद्धेन व्यधमं सर्वतः शरैः
Recognizing all that, I dispelled it with my own illusion; and at the proper time, I struck everywhere with arrows in battle.
ततो हतायां च मया मायायां युधि दानवः। मायामन्यां महाराज चकार मतिमोहिनीम्
Then, O king, when I had destroyed that illusion in battle, the Danava created another illusion, bewildering the mind.
ततो व्योम महाराज शतसूर्यमिवाभवत्। शतचन्द्रं च कौन्तेय सहस्रायुततारकम्
Then, O king, the sky appeared as if it had a hundred suns, a hundred moons, and tens of thousands of stars, O son of Kunti.
ततो नाज्ञायत तदा दिवारात्रं तथा दिशः। ततोऽहं मोहमापन्नः प्रज्ञास्त्रं समयोजयम्
Then, day and night and the directions were no longer discernible; at that moment, I fell into confusion and employed the weapon of knowledge.
तदस्त्रमस्तमस्त्रेण विधूतं शरतूलवत्। तथा तदभवद्युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम्। लब्धालोकस्तु राजेन्द्र पुनः शत्रुमयोधयम्
That weapon was dispelled by a counter-weapon, scattered like autumnal cotton; thus, the battle became tumultuous and hair-raising. Regaining my sight, O king, I again fought the enemy.
एवं स पुरुषव्याघ्रः साल्वो राज्ञं महारिपुः। युध्यमानो मया सङ्ख्ये वियदभ्यगमत्पुनः
Thus, that tiger among men, Śālva, the great foe of kings, while fighting with me in battle, once more ascended into the sky.
ततः शतघ्नीश्च महागदाश्च दीप्ताश्च शूलान्मुसलानसींश्च। चिक्षेप रोषान्मयि मन्दबुद्धिः साल्वो महाराज जयाभिकाङ्क्षी
Then, O great king, Śālva, eager for victory and blinded by anger, hurled at me sataghnis, great maces, blazing spears, clubs, and swords.