तानभिद्रवतः शूरांस्तावका दृढविक्रमाः। सर्वतः प्रत्यगृह्णन्त तदभूद्रोमहर्षणम्
Your brave warriors, resolute in their valor, met those advancing heroes from every side; then there was a tumultuous clash.
शतमायस्तु शकुनिः सहदेवं समाद्रवत्। सनियन्तृध्वजरथं विव्याघ निशितैः शरैः
Shakuni, master of deceit, rushed at Sahadeva with a hundred illusions, attacking him, his charioteer, banner, and horses with sharp arrows.
तस्य माद्रीसुतः केतुं धनुः सूतं हयानपि। नातिक्रुद्धः शरैश्छित्त्वा षष्ठ्या विव्याध सौबलम्। `भित्त्वा च शरवर्षेण शकुनिं प्रत्यवारयत्
Then the son of Madri, not overly enraged, cut down his banner, bow, charioteer, and horses with arrows, and struck Saubala with sixty shafts; breaking through the shower of arrows, he repelled Shakuni.
गदां गृहीत्वा शकुनिः प्रचस्कन्द रथोत्तमात्। स तस्य गदया राजन्रथात्सूतमपातयत्
Seizing his mace, Shakuni leapt down from his excellent chariot and, O King, with his mace struck down the charioteer from Sahadeva's car.
ततस्तौ विरथौ राजन्गदाहस्तौ महाबलौ। चिक्रीडतू रणे शूरौ सशृङ्गाविव पर्वतौ
Then those two, dismounted and armed with maces, mighty and heroic, played in battle like two horned mountains.
द्रोणः पाञ्चालदायादं विव्याध निशितैः शरैः। तयोस्तत्र महाराज बाणवर्षैः प्रकाशितम्। खद्योतैरिव चाकाशं प्रदोषे पुरुषर्षभ
Drona struck the heir of the Panchalas with sharp arrows; there, O King, the rain of arrows from both sides shone like fireflies in the sky at dusk, O best of men.
विविंशतिं भीमसेनो विंशत्या निशितैः शरैः। विद्ध्वा नाकम्पयद्वीरस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्
Bhimasena, the hero, struck Vivingsati with twenty sharp arrows, yet did not shake him; that was truly astonishing.
विविंशतिस्तु सहसा व्यश्वकेतुशरासनम्। भीमं चक्रे महाराज ततः सैन्यान्यपूजयन्
Vivingsati, suddenly breaking his bow and arrows, attacked Bhima, O King, and the armies honored him for it.
स तन्न ममृषे वीरः शत्रोर्विक्रममाहवे। ततोऽस्य गदया दान्तान्हयात्सर्वानपातयत्
The hero could not tolerate the enemy's valor in battle; then, with his mace, he struck down all the horses of his foe.
हताश्वात्स रथाद्राजन्गृह्य चर्म महाबलः। अभ्ययाद्भीमसेनं तु मत्तो मत्तमिव द्विपम्
Deprived of his horses, the mighty one took up a shield and, descending from his chariot, rushed at Bhimasena like a maddened elephant toward another.
शल्यस्तु नकुलं वीरः स्वस्रीयं प्रियमात्मनः। विव्याध प्रहसन्बाणैर्लालयन्कोपयन्निव
The valiant Shalya, smiling, struck Nakula—his dear sister’s son—with arrows, as if both caressing and provoking him.
तस्याश्वानातपत्रं च ध्वजं सूतमथो धनुः। निपात्य नकुलः सङ्ख्ये शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्
Nakula, resolute in battle, brought down Shalya’s horses, parasol, banner, charioteer, and bow, then sounded his conch with great pride.
धृष्टकेतुः कृपेणास्ताञ्छित्त्वा बहुविधाञ्छरान्। कृपं विव्याध सप्तत्या ध्वजं चास्य त्रिभिः शरैः
Dhṛṣṭaketu, having cut down Kripa’s many arrows, pierced Kripa with seventy shafts and struck his banner with three more.
तं कृपः शरवर्षेण महता समवारयत्। विव्याध च रणे विप्रो धृष्टकेतुममर्षणम्
Kripa countered with a great shower of arrows and, enraged, wounded Dhṛṣṭaketu in battle.
सात्यकिः कृतवर्माणं नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे। विद्ध्वा विव्याध सप्तत्या पुनरन्यैः स्मयन्निव
Sātyaki struck Kṛtavarman in the chest with a broad-headed arrow, and, as if smiling, pierced him again with seventy more.
तं भोजः सप्तसप्तत्या विद्ध्वाऽऽशु निशितैः शरैः। नाकम्पयत शैनेयं शीघ्रो वायुरिवाचलम्
The Bhoja prince swiftly struck Sātyaki with seventy-seven sharp arrows, yet could not shake him, as the wind cannot move a mountain.
सेनापतिः सुशर्माणं भृशं मर्मस्वताडयत्। स चापि तं तोमरेण जत्रुदेशेऽभ्यताडयत्
The commander attacked Suśarmā fiercely at his vital points, and Suśarmā in turn struck him in the chest with a spear.
वैकर्तनं तु समरे विराटः प्रत्यवारयत्। सह मत्स्यैर्महावीर्यैस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्
Virāṭa, together with his mighty Matsya warriors, confronted Karṇa in battle; it was a wondrous sight.
तत्पौरुषमभूत्तत्र सूतपुत्रस्य दारुणम्। यत्सैन्यं वारयामास शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः
There, the fierce valor of Karṇa, the charioteer’s son, was displayed as he held back the enemy army with his well-feathered arrows.
द्रुपदस्तु स्वयं राजा भगदत्तेन सङ्गतः। तयोर्युद्धं महाराज चित्ररूपमिवाभवत्
King Drupada himself engaged Bhagadatta in battle, and their duel, O King, was a spectacle of many forms.
भगदत्तस्तु राजानं द्रुपदं नतपर्वभिः। सनियन्तृध्वजरथं विव्याध पुरुषर्षभः
Bhagadatta, the best of men, struck King Drupada, along with his charioteer, banner, and chariot, with curved arrows.
द्रुपदस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो भगदत्तं महारथम्। आजघानोरसि क्षिप्रं शरेणानतपर्वणा
Then Drupada, enraged, swiftly struck the great chariot-warrior Bhagadatta on the chest with a straight-flying arrow.
युद्धं योधवरौ लोके सौमदत्तिशिखण्डिनौ। भूतानां त्रासजननं चक्रातेऽस्त्रविशारदौ
Saumadatti and Śikhaṇḍin, both masters of weapons, fought a battle that inspired terror among all beings.
भूरिश्रवा रणे राजन्याज्ञसेनिं महारथम्। महता सायकौघेन च्छादयामास वीर्यवान्
In battle, the valiant Bhūriśravā covered the great chariot-warrior Yājñaseni with a mighty torrent of arrows.
शिखण्डी तु ततः क्रुद्धः सौमदत्तिं विशाम्पते। नवत्या सायकानां तु कम्पयामास भारत
Then Śikhaṇḍin, enraged, shook Saumadatti with ninety arrows, O Bhārata.
राक्षसौ रौद्रकर्माणौ हेडिम्बालम्बुसावुभौ। चक्रातेऽत्युद्भुतं युद्धं परस्परजयैषिणौ
The two fierce Rākṣasas, Hidimba’s son and Alambusa, both eager for victory, fought an extraordinary duel.
मायाशतसृजौ दृप्तौ मायाभिरितरेतरम्। अन्तर्हितौ चेरतुस्तौ भृशं विस्मयकारिणौ
Proud and conjuring hundreds of illusions, they moved about, each hidden from the other, astonishing all who beheld them.
चेकितानोऽनुविन्देन युयुधे चातिभैरवम्। यथा देवासुरे युद्धे बलशक्रौ महाबलौ
Cekitāna fought Anuvinda in a most dreadful battle, like mighty Indra and Bali in the war between gods and demons.
लक्ष्मणः क्षत्रदेवेन विमर्दमकरोद्भृशम्। यथा विष्णुः पुरा राजन्हिरण्याक्षेण संयुगे
Lakshmana fiercely engaged in combat with the warrior king, just as Vishnu once did with Hiranyaksha in battle, O King.
ततः प्रचलिताश्वेन विधिवत्कल्पितेन च। रथेनाभ्यपतद्राजन्सौभद्रं पौरवो पौरवो नदन्
Then, with a properly yoked and moving horse, the Paurava, roaring, rushed toward Saubhadra in his chariot, O King.