ते निपेतुर्महाराज निहता दृढधन्विभिः । नागैरिव महानागा यथावद्गिरिगह्वरे
Those struck down by mighty bowmen fell, O king, just as great serpents are felled by nāgas in the mountain caves.
तेऽपि प्रासैः सुनिशितैः शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः । न्यकृन्तन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि विचरन्तो दिशो दश
They too, roaming in all ten directions, cut off heads with sharp spears and arrows whose shafts were well-bent.
अभ्याहता हयारोहा ऋष्टिभिर्भरतर्षभ । अत्यजन्नुत्तमाङ्गानि फलानीव महाद्रुमाः
The horsemen, struck by spears, O bull among the Bharatas, dropped their heads like great trees shedding their fruit.
समादिनो हया राजंस्तत्रतत्र निषूदिताः। पतिताः पात्यमानाश्च प्रत्यदृश्यन्त सर्वशः
The horses, their riders slain, were seen everywhere falling and collapsing in various places, O king.
वध्यमाना हयाश्चैव प्राद्रवन्त भयार्दिताः। यथा सिंहं समासाद्य मृगाः प्राणपरायणाः
And the horses, being slaughtered, fled in terror, just as deer, intent on their lives, flee upon encountering a lion.
पाण्डवाश्च महाराज जित्वा शत्रून्महामृधे । दध्मुः शङ्खांश्च भेरीश्च ताडयामासुराहवे
And the Pāṇḍavas, O great king, having conquered their enemies in that great battle, blew their conches and beat their drums in the fight.
ततो दुर्योधनो दीनो दृष्ट्वा सैन्यं पराजितम् । अब्रवीद्रतश्रेष्ठ मद्रराजमिदं वचः
Then Duryodhana, dejected upon seeing his army defeated, spoke these words to the foremost of chariot-warriors, the king of Madra.
एष पाण्डुसुतो ज्येष्ठो यमाभ्यां सहितो रणे । पश्यतां वो महाबाहो सेनां द्रावयति प्रभो
Here is the eldest son of Pāṇḍu, together with the two sons of Yamā, driving your army away in the sight of you all, O mighty-armed lord.
तं वारय महाबाहो वेलेव मकरालयम् । त्वं हि संश्रूयसेऽत्यर्थमसह्यबलविक्रमः
Restrain him, O mighty-armed one, as the shore restrains the ocean's tide, for you are renowned as possessing strength and valor that are truly unbearable.
पुत्रस्य तव तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा शल्यः प्रतापवान्। स ययौ रथवंशेन यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः
Hearing those words of your son, the valiant Śalya went forth with his chariot division to where King Yudhiṣṭhira was.
तदापतद्वै सहसा शल्यस्य सुमहद्बलम् । महौघवेगं समरे वारयामास पाण्डवः
Then, Śalya's great force suddenly advanced, but Pāṇḍava checked that flood-like onrush in battle.
मद्रराजं च समरे धर्मराजो महारथः। दशभिः सायकैस्तूर्णमाजघान स्तनान्तरे । नकुलः सहदेवश्च तं सप्तभिरजिह्नगैः
In battle, the righteous king, that great chariot-warrior, struck the king of Madra swiftly in the chest with ten arrows; and Nakula and Sahadeva struck him with seven straight-flying shafts.
मद्रराजोऽपि तान्सर्वानाजघान त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः । युधिष्ठिरं पुनः षष्ट्या विव्याध निशितैः शरैः
But the king of Madra struck all of them with three arrows each, and then pierced Yudhiṣṭhira again with sixty sharp arrows.
माद्रीपुत्रौ च संभ्रान्तौ द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामताडयत्। ततो भीमो महाबहुर्दृष्ट्वा राजनमाहवे
And the two sons of Mādrī, confused, he struck each with two arrows; then Bhīma, mighty-armed, seeing the king in battle—
मद्रराजवशं प्राप्तं मृत्योरास्यगतं यथा। अभ्यपद्यत संग्रामे युधिष्ठिरममित्रजित्
—saw the king of Madra as if delivered into the jaws of death, and so, in battle, Amītrajit Yudhiṣṭhira advanced upon him.
आपतन्नेव भीमस्तु मद्रराजमताडयत्।' सर्वपारशवैस्तीक्ष्णैर्नाराचैर्मर्मभेदिभिः
Even as he advanced, Bhīma struck the king of Madra with all his sharp, iron-tipped arrows that pierced the vital points.
ततो भीष्मश्च द्रोणश्च सैन्येन महता वृतौ। राजानमभ्यपद्येतामञ्जसा शरवर्षिणौ
Then Bhishma and Drona, surrounded by a great army, swiftly approached the king, both pouring down a shower of arrows.
ततो युद्धं महाघोरं प्रावर्तत सुदारुणम्। अपरां दिशमास्थाय द्योतमाने दिवाकरे
Thereafter, a most terrible and dreadful battle commenced, as the sun shone brightly in the other direction.
ततः पिता तव क्रुद्धो निशितैः सायकोत्तमैः। आजघान रणे पार्थान्सहसेनान्समन्ततः
Then your father, enraged, struck the sons of Pritha and their troops all around in battle with sharp and excellent arrows.
भीमं द्वादशभिर्विद्ध्वा सात्यकिं नवभिः शरैः । नकुलं च त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा सहदेवं च सप्तभिः
He pierced Bhima with twelve arrows, Satyaki with nine, Nakula with three, and Sahadeva with seven.
युधिष्ठिरं द्वादशभिर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्। धृष्टद्युम्नं ततो विद्ध्वा ननाद सुमहाबलः
He struck Yudhishthira with twelve arrows on the arms and chest; then, after wounding Dhrishtadyumna, the mighty one roared loudly.
तं द्वादशाख्यैर्नकुलो माधवश्च त्रिभिः शरैः । धृष्टद्युम्नश्च सप्तत्या भीमसेनश्च सप्तभिः । युधिष्ठिरो द्वादशभिः प्रत्यविध्यत्पितामहम्
Nakula struck him with twelve arrows, Madhava with three, Dhrishtadyumna with seventy, Bhimasena with seven, and Yudhishthira with twelve—all at the grandsire.
द्रोणस्तु सात्यकिं विद्ध्वा भीमसेनमविध्यत । एकैकं पञ्चभिर्बाणैर्यमदण्डोपमैः शितैः
Drona, having struck Satyaki, then wounded Bhimasena, each with five sharp arrows like iron rods.
तौ च तं प्रत्यविध्येतां त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगैः । तोत्रैरिव महानागं द्रोणं ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवम्
Both of them, in turn, struck Drona, the foremost of Brahmanas, with three straight-flying arrows each, like goads upon a great elephant.
सौवीरा कितवाः प्राच्याः प्रतीच्योदीच्यमालवाः । अभीषाहाः शूरसेनाः शिबयोऽथ वसातयः। संग्रमे नाजहुर्भीष्मं वध्यमानाः शितैः शरैः
The Sauviras, Kitavas, Praciyas, Praticyas, Malavas, Abhishahas, Shurasenas, Shibis, and Vasatas did not withstand Bhishma in battle, being struck by his sharp arrows.
तथैवान्ये महीपाला नानादेशसमागताः । पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तन्त विविधायुधपाणयः । तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्परिवव्रुः पितामहम्
Likewise, other kings gathered from various regions advanced against the Pandavas, wielding diverse weapons; and in the same way, O King, the Pandavas surrounded the grandsire.
स समन्तात्परिवृतो रथौघैरपराजितः । गहनेऽग्निरिवोत्सृष्टः प्रजज्वाल दहन्परान्
Surrounded on all sides by waves of chariots, the undefeated one blazed forth, consuming his foes like a fire released in a thicket.
रथाग्न्यगारश्चापार्चिरसिशक्तिगजेन्धनः । शरस्फुलिङ्गो भीष्माग्निर्ददाह क्षत्रियर्षभान्
With his chariot as the fire-chamber, his bow as the flame, swords and spears as fuel, and arrows as sparks, Bhishma's fire burned the best of Kshatriyas.
यथा हि सुमहानग्निः कक्षे चरसि सानिलः ।' तथा भीष्मो महाराज दिव्यमस्त्रमुदीरयन्
Just as a great fire, fanned by the wind, moves through the underbrush, so did Bhishma, O great king, unleash his divine weapon.
सुवर्णपुङ्खैरिषुभिर्गार्ध्रपक्षैः सुतेजनैः । कर्णिनालीकनाराचैश्छादयामास तद्बलम्
With arrows having golden feathers, vulture wings, and excellent shafts, with karni, nalika, and naracha shafts, he covered that army.