यत्पुरा न निगृह्णासि वार्यमाणो महात्मभिः । वैचित्रवीर्य तस्येदं फलं पश्य सुदारुणम्
What you did not restrain before, though urged by the great-hearted, O Vaicitravirya, see now its terrible result.
न हि पाण्डुसुता राजन्ससैन्याः सपदानुगाः । रक्षन्ति समरे प्राणान्कौरवा वापि संयुगे
Neither the sons of Pandu nor the Kauravas, with their armies and followers, protect their lives in battle, O king.
एतस्मात्कारणाद्धोरो वर्तते स्वजनक्षयः । दैवाद्वा पुरुषव्याघ्र तव चापनयान्नृप
For this reason, a dreadful destruction of kin occurs, O tiger among men, whether by fate or by your misdeeds, O king.
अर्जुनस्तान्नरव्याघ्रः सुशर्मानुचरान्नृपान् । अनयत्प्रेतराजस्य सदनं सायकैः शितैः
Arjuna, tiger among men, sent the kings who followed Suśarman to the abode of the lord of the dead with sharp arrows.
सुशर्मापि ततो बाणैः पार्थं विव्याध संयुगे। वासुदेवं च सप्तत्या पार्थं च नवभिः पुनः
Then Suśarman struck Partha with arrows in battle; he struck Vāsudeva with seventy, and Partha again with nine.
तं निवार्य शरौघेण सक्रुसूनुर्महारथः । सुशर्मणो रणे योधान्प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम्
The mighty son of Kuntī, warding him off with a shower of arrows, sent Suśarman’s warriors to defeat in battle.
ते वध्यमानाः पार्थेन कालेनेव युगक्षये। व्यद्रवन्त रणे राजन्भये जाते महारथाः
Those great warriors, being slain by Partha as if by Time at the end of an age, fled in fear upon the battlefield, O King.
उत्सृज्य तुरगान्केचिद्रथान्केचिच्च मारिष। गजानन्ये समुत्सृज्य प्राद्रवन्त दिशो दश
Some abandoned their horses, some their chariots, O Māriṣa; others left their elephants and fled in all ten directions.
अपरे तु तदादाय वाजिनागरथान्रणे । त्वरया परया युक्ताः प्राद्रवन्त विशांपते
Others, taking their horses, elephants, and chariots in battle, fled swiftly, O lord of the people.
पादाताश्चापि शस्त्राणि समुत्सृज्य महारणे । निरपेक्षा व्यधावन्त तेनतेन स्म भारत
Even the foot soldiers, casting aside their weapons in the great battle, ran without concern, here and there, O Bhārata.
वार्यमाणाः सुबहुशस्त्रैगर्तेन सुशर्मणा । तथान्यैः पार्थिवश्रेष्ठैर्न व्यतिष्ठन्त संयुगे
Though restrained by Suśarman in the pit with many weapons, and by other foremost kings, they did not stand firm in battle.
तद्बलं प्रद्रुतं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव। पुरस्कृत्य रणे भीष्मं सर्वसैन्यपुरस्कृतः
Seeing that force routed, your son Duryodhana, placing Bhīṣma at the front in battle, led all the troops.
सर्वोद्योगेन महता धनञ्जयमुपाद्रवत् । त्रिगर्ताधिपतेरर्थे जीवितस्य विशांपते
With great effort, he advanced upon Dhanañjaya for the sake of the Trigarta chief’s life, O lord of the people.
स एकः समरे तस्थौ किरन्बहुविधाञ्शरान्। भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैः शेषा हि प्रद्रुता नराः
He alone stood in battle, scattering many kinds of arrows, together with all his brothers, for the rest of the men had fled.
तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्सर्वोद्योगेन दंशिताः। प्रययुः फल्गुनार्थाय यत्र भीष्मो व्यतिष्ठत
Likewise, O King, the Pāṇḍavas, eager and with all their might, went for the sake of Phalguna, where Bhīṣma stood.
ज्ञायमाना रणे वीर्यं घोरं गाण्डीवधन्वनः। हाहाकारकृतोत्साहा भीष्मं जग्मुः समन्ततः
Recognizing the fierce valor of the wielder of Gāṇḍīva in battle, they raised cries of ‘ha-ha!’ and surrounded Bhīṣma on all sides.
ततस्तालध्वजः शूरः पाण्डवानां वरूथिनीम्। छादयामास समरे शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः
Then the hero with the palm-banner covered the array of the Pāṇḍavas in battle with arrows whose shafts were well-fashioned.
एकीभूतास्ततः सर्वे कुरवः सह पाण्डवैः । अयुध्यन्त महाराज मध्यं प्राप्ते दिवाकरे
Then all the Kurus, united with the Pāṇḍavas, fought, O King, when the sun had reached its zenith.
सात्यकिः कृतवर्माणं विद्ध्वा पञ्चभिराशुगैः । अतिष्ठदाहवे शूरः किरन्बाणान्सहस्रशः
Sātyaki struck Kṛtavarman with five swift arrows, and stood in the fight as a hero, scattering thousands of arrows.
तथैव द्रुपदो राजा द्रोणं विद्ध्वा शितैः शरैः । पुनर्विव्याध सप्तत्या सारथिं चास्य पञ्चभिः
Likewise King Drupada struck Droṇa with sharp arrows, then struck him again with seventy, and his charioteer with five.
भीमसेनस्तु राजानं बाह्लीकं प्रपितामहम् । विद्ध्वा नदन्महानादं शार्दूल इव कानने
Bhīmasena struck King Bāhlīka, the great-grandfather, and roared a mighty roar like a tiger in the forest.
आर्जुनिश्चित्रसेनेन विद्धो बहुभिरशुगैः । अतिष्ठदाहवे शूरः किरन्बाणान्सहस्रशः। चित्रसेनं त्रिभिर्बाणैर्विव्याध समरे भृशम्
Arjuna, struck by Citraseṇa with many swift arrows, stood in the fight as a hero, scattering thousands of arrows; he struck Citraseṇa fiercely in battle with three arrows.
समागतौ तौ तु रणे महामात्रौ व्यरोचताम्। यथा दिवि महाघोरौ राजन्बुधशनैश्चरौ
Those two mighty warriors, having come together in battle, shone brilliantly, O King, like the fierce planets Mercury and Saturn meeting in the sky.
तस्याश्वांश्चतुरो हत्वा सूतं च नवभिः शरैः। ननाद बलवान्नादं सौभद्रः परवीरहा
Having slain his four horses and his charioteer with nine arrows, the powerful Saubhadra, destroyer of enemy heroes, let out a mighty roar.
हताश्वात्तु रथात्तूर्णं सोऽवप्लुत्य महारथः । आरुरोह रथं तूर्णं दुर्मुखस्य विशांपते
Then, that great chariot-warrior, quickly leaping down from his chariot whose horses had been killed, swiftly mounted the chariot of Durmukha, O lord of the people.
द्रोणश्च द्रुपदं भित्त्वा शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः। सारथिं चास्य विव्याध त्वरमाणः पराक्रमी
Drona, piercing Drupada with arrows whose shafts were well-bent, also struck his charioteer, acting swiftly and with valor.
पीड्यमानस्ततो राजा द्रुपदो वाहिनीमुखे। अपायाज्जवनैरश्वैः पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन्
Then King Drupada, oppressed at the front of the army, sped away with swift horses, recalling his former enmity.
भीमसेनस्तु राजानं मुहूर्तादिव बाह्लिकम् । व्यश्वसूतरथं चक्रे सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः
But Bhimasena, in a moment, made King Bahlika lose his horses, charioteer, and chariot, as all the army looked on.
ससंभ्रमो महाराज संशयं परमं गतः
Great confusion arose, O King, and he was plunged into utmost peril.
अवप्लुत्य ततो वाहाद्बाह्लीकः पुरुषोत्तमः। आरुरह रथं तूर्णं लक्ष्मणस्य महारणे
Then Bahlika, best of men, leapt down from his vehicle and swiftly mounted the chariot of Lakshmana in the great battle.