तान्यनीकानि सौभद्रो द्रावयामास भारत। तूलराशीनिवाकाशे मारुतः सर्वतो दिशम्
Saubhadra routed those divisions, O Bharata, as the wind scatters heaps of cotton in the sky in every direction.
तेन विद्राव्यमाणानि तव सैन्यानि भारत । त्रतारं नाध्यगच्छन्त पङ्क्ते मग्ना इव द्वीपाः
Driven back by him, your troops, O Bharata, found no protector, like islands submerged in a line.
विद्राव्य सर्वसैन्यानि तावकानि नरोत्तम । अभिमन्युः स्थितो राजन्विधूमोऽग्निरिव ज्वलन्
Having routed all your armies, O best of men, Abhimanyu stood like a smokeless blazing fire.
न चैनं तावका राजन्विषेहुररिघातिनम् । प्रदीप्तं पावकं यद्वत्पतङ्गाः कालचोदिताः
Nor could your men, O King, withstand the slayer of foes, just as moths, impelled by fate, cannot withstand blazing fire.
प्रहरन्सर्वशत्रुभ्यः पाण्डवानां महारथः । अदृश्यत महेष्वासः सवज्र इव वासवः
Striking all his enemies, the great-armed Pandava hero appeared like Indra himself, wielding the thunderbolt.
हेमपृष्ठं धनुश्चास्य ददृशे विचरद्दिशः । तोयदेषु यथा राजन्राजमाना शतह्रदा
His bow, with a golden back, was seen moving in all directions, like a resplendent, hundred-rayed cloud in the sky, O King.
शराश्च निशिताः पीता निश्चरन्ति स्म संयुगे । वनात्फुल्लद्रुमाद्राजन्भ्रमराणामिव व्रजाः
And sharp, yellow arrows flew forth in battle, O King, like swarms of bees from blossoming trees in the forest.
तथैव चरतस्तस्य सौभद्रस्य महात्मनः । रथेन काञ्चनाङ्गेन ददृशुर्नान्तरं जनाः
As the great-souled Saubhadra moved about in his chariot adorned with gold, people saw no gap in his movements.
मोहयित्वा कृपं द्रोणं द्रौणिं च सबृहद्बलम्। सैन्धवं च महेष्वासो व्यचरल्लघु सुष्ठु च
Having bewildered Kripa, Drona, Drona's son, Brihadbala, and the Sindhu king, the great archer moved lightly and skillfully.
मण्डलीकृतमेवास्य धनुः पश्याम भारत। सूर्यमण्डलसंकाशं दहतस्तव वाहिनीम्
We saw his bow, O Bharata, shaped in a circle and blazing like the sun's disk as he scorched your army.
तं दृष्ट्वा क्षत्रियाः शुराः प्रतपन्तं तरस्विनम् । द्विफल्गुनमिमं लोकं मेनिरे तस्य कर्मभिः
Seeing that valiant and fiery warrior blazing forth, the brave Kshatriyas thought him to be a second Arjuna by his deeds.
तेनार्दिता महाराज भारती सा महाचमूः । व्यभ्रमत्तत्रतत्रैव योषिन्मदवशादिव
By him, O King, the great Bharata host was struck and scattered here and there, like a woman maddened by passion.
द्रावयित्वा महासैन्यं कम्पयित्वा महारथान् । नन्दयामास सुहृदो मयं जित्वेव वासवः
Having routed the great army and shaken the mighty chariot-warriors, he delighted his friends as Indra does after victory.
तेन निद्राव्यमाणानि तव सैन्यानि संयुगे। चक्रुरार्तस्वनं घोरं पर्जन्यनिनदोपमम्
By him, as your troops were driven back in battle, they uttered a terrible cry of distress, like the roar of thunderclouds.
तं श्रुत्वा निनदं घोरं तव सैन्यस्य भारत। मारुतोद्धूतवेगस्य सागरस्येव पर्वणि
Hearing that terrible roar of your army, O Bhārata, which surged like the ocean whipped up by the wind at the time of the full moon,
दुर्योधनस्तदा राजन्नार्श्यशृङ्गिमभाषत। एष कार्ष्णिर्महाबाहो द्वितीय इव फल्गुनः
Then, O King, Duryodhana spoke to Rākṣasa Śṛṅgi: 'Here is Kārṣṇi, mighty-armed, like a second Phālguna.'
चमूं द्रावयते क्रोधाद्वृत्रो देवचमूमिव । तस्य चान्यत्र पश्यामि संयुगे भेषजं महत्
In his wrath, he is routing the army, as Vṛtra did the army of the gods; and I see no great remedy for him in battle except elsewhere.
ऋते त्वां राक्षसश्रेष्ठं सर्वविद्यासु पारगम् । स गत्वा त्वरितं वीरं जहि सौभद्रमाहवे
Except for you, best of Rākṣasas, master of all sciences, go swiftly and slay the heroic Saubhadra in battle.
वयं पार्थं हनिष्यामो भीष्मद्रोणपुरोगमाः । स एवमुक्तो बलवान्राक्षसेन्द्रः प्रतापवान्
We, with Bhīṣma and Droṇa at the forefront, will slay Pārtha; thus addressed, the powerful and valiant lord of the Rākṣasas,
प्रययौ समरे तूर्णं तव पुत्रस्य शासनात्। नर्दमानो महानादं प्रावृषीव बलाहकः
At your son's command, quickly advanced into battle, roaring a great sound like a thundercloud in the rainy season.
तस्य शब्देन महता पाण्डवानां बलं महत् । प्राचलत्सर्वतो राजन्वातोद्धूत इवार्णवः
At that mighty sound, O King, the great army of the Pāṇḍavas was shaken on all sides, like the ocean stirred by the wind.
बहवश्च महाराज तस्य नादेन भीषिताः। प्रियान्प्राणान्परित्यज्य निपेतुर्धरणीतले
And many, O King, terrified by that roar, abandoned their dear lives and fell to the ground.
कार्ष्णिश्चापि मुदा युक्तः प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुः । नृत्यन्निव रथोपस्थे तद्रक्षः समुपाद्रवत्
But Kārṣṇi, filled with joy, took up his bow with arrows, and, as if dancing on the chariot, advanced toward that Rākṣasa.
ततः स राक्षसः क्रुद्धः संप्राप्यैवार्जुनं रणे। नातिदूरे स्थितां तस्य द्रावयामास वै चमूम्
Then that enraged Rākṣasa, having reached Arjuna in battle, began to rout his army, which stood not far away.
तां वध्यमानां च तथा पाण्डवानां महाचमूम्। प्रत्यद्ययौ रणे रक्षो देवसेनां यथा बलः
And as the great army of the Pāṇḍavas was thus being slaughtered, that Rākṣasa advanced against them in battle, like Bala against the army of the gods.
विमर्दः सुमहानासीत्तस्य सैन्यस्य मारिष । रक्षसा घोररूपेण वध्यमानस्य संयुगे
Then there was a great clash, O Māriṣa, as that army was slaughtered in battle by the Rākṣasa of terrible form.
ततः शरसहस्त्रैस्तां पाण्डवानां महाचमूम्। व्यद्रावयद्रणे रक्षो दर्शयतत्स्वपराक्रमम्
Then, with thousands of arrows, the Rākṣasa routed the great army of the Pāṇḍavas in battle, displaying his own valor.
सा वध्यमाना च तथा पाण्डवानामनीकिनी । रक्षसा घोररूपेण प्रदुद्राव रणे भयात्
Thus, the division of the Pāṇḍavas, being slaughtered by the Rākṣasa of terrible form, fled in fear on the battlefield.
प्रमृद्य च रणे सेनां पद्मिनीं वारणो यथा। ततोऽभिद्रद्राव रणे द्रौपदेयान्महाबलान्
Crushing the army in battle as an elephant crushes a lotus pond, he then rushed upon the mighty sons of Draupadī in the fight.
ते तु क्रुद्धा महेष्वासा द्रौपदेयाः प्रहारिणः। राक्षसं दुद्रुवुः सङ्ख्ये ग्रहाः पञ्च रविं यथा
But the sons of Draupadī, great archers, enraged and fierce in fight, rushed at the Rākṣasa like five planets at the sun.