चोदयन्तो हयांस्तूर्णं पलायन्ते स्म तावकाः। सादिनो रथिनश्चैव पत्तयश्चार्जुनार्दिताः
Your horsemen, charioteers, and foot-soldiers, struck by Arjuna, urged their horses swiftly but fled.
पार्ष्ण्यङ्गुष्ठाङ्कुशैर्नागं चोदयन्तस्तथाऽपरे। शरैः सम्मोहिताश्चान्ये तमेवाभिमुखा ययुः
Others urged their elephants with heels, toes, and goads; some, bewildered by arrows, went straight ahead toward him.
तव योघ हतोत्साहा विभ्रान्तमनसस्तदा
At that time, your troops, their spirit crushed and minds confused, were routed.
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय हार्दिक्यः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः। कृत्वा विधनुषौ वीरौ शरवर्षैरवाकिरत्
Then Hārdikya, overcome with anger, took up another bow and, having broken the bows of the two heroes, covered them with a shower of arrows.
तावन्ये धनुषी सज्ये कृत्वा भोजं विजघ्नतुः। तेनान्तरेषु बीभत्सुर्विवेशामित्रवाहिनीम्
Those two, stringing other bows, struck Bhoja; in that interval, Bibhatsu entered the enemy ranks.
न लेभाते तु तौ द्वारं वारितौ कृतवर्मणा। धार्तराष्ट्रेष्वनीकेषु यतमानौ नरर्षभौ
But those two, though striving among the Dhartarashtra ranks, could not find an entrance, being blocked by Kritavarma.
अनीकान्यर्दयन्युद्धे त्वरितः श्वेतवाहनः। नावधीत्कृतवर्माणं प्राप्तमप्यरिसूदनः
Swiftly, the white-horsed one, shattering the divisions in battle, did not slay Kritavarma, even though the destroyer of foes had reached him.
तं दृष्ट्वा तु तथाऽऽयान्तंशूरो राजा श्रुतायुधः। अभ्यद्रवत्सुसङ्क्रुद्धो विधुन्वानो महद्धनुः
Seeing him thus advancing, the valiant king Shrutayudha, greatly enraged, rushed forward, brandishing his great bow.
स पार्थं त्रिभिरानर्च्छत्सप्तत्या च जनार्दनम्। क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन पार्थकेतुमताडयत्
He struck Partha with three arrows, and Janardana with seventy; then, with a razor-sharp arrow, he struck the banner of Partha.
ततोऽर्जुनो नवत्या तु शराणां नतपर्वणाम्। आजघान भृशं क्रुद्धस्तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपम्
Then Arjuna, greatly enraged, struck him with ninety well-feathered arrows, as an elephant is pierced by goads.
स तन्न ममृषे राजन्पाण्डवेयस्य विक्रमम्। अथैनं सप्तसप्तत्या नाराचानां समार्पयत्
He could not endure the valor of the son of Pandu, O King; then, in turn, he showered him with seventy-seven iron arrows.
तस्यार्जुनो धनुश्छित्त्वा शरावापं निकृत्य च। आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धः सप्तभिर्नतपर्वभिः
Arjuna, cutting his bow and severing his quiver, angrily struck him on the chest with seven well-feathered arrows.
अथान्यद्धनुरादाय स राजा क्रोधमूर्च्छितः। वासविं नवभिर्बाणैर्बाह्वोरुरसि चार्पयत्
Then, taking up another bow, that king, overcome with rage, struck Vasavi (Arjuna) on the arms and chest with nine arrows.
ततोऽर्जुनः स्मयन्नेव श्रुतायुधमरिन्दमः। शरैरनेकसाहस्रैः पीडयामास भारत
Then Arjuna, smiling, the subduer of enemies, harassed him with thousands of arrows, O Bharata.
अश्वांश्चास्यावधीत्तूर्णं सारथिं च महारथः। विव्याध चैनं सप्तत्या नाराचानां महाबलः
The mighty-armed hero swiftly killed his horses and his charioteer, and pierced him with seventy iron arrows.
हताश्वं रथमुत्सृज्य स तु राजा श्रुतायुधः। अभ्यद्रुवद्रुणे पार्थं गदामुद्यम्य वीर्यवान्
With his horses slain, King Shrutayudha abandoned his chariot and, raising his mace, bravely rushed at Partha.
वरुणस्यत्मजो वीरः स तु राजा श्रुतायुधः। पर्णाशाजननी यस्य शीततोया महानदी
That valiant king Shrutayudha, son of Varuna, whose mother was the great river Shitatoya, the Parṇāśā, advanced.
तस्य माताऽब्रवीद्राजन्वरुणं पुत्रकारणात्। अवध्योऽयं भवेल्लोके शत्रूणां तनयो मम
For the sake of her son, his mother said to Varuna, 'Let my son be invulnerable in the world to his enemies.'
वरुणस्त्वब्रवीत्प्रीतो ददाम्यस्मै वरं हितम्। दिव्यमस्त्रं सुतस्तेऽयं येनावध्यो भविष्यति
Pleased, Varuna replied, 'I grant him a boon for his welfare: your son shall receive a divine weapon by which he will be invulnerable.'
नास्ति चाप्यमरत्वं वै मनुष्यस्य कथञ्चन। सर्वेणावश्यमर्तव्यं जातेन सरितां वरे
'But immortality is not possible for a human in any way; all who are born must surely die, O best of rivers.'
दुर्धर्षस्त्वेष शत्रूणां रणेषु भविता सदा। अस्त्रस्यास्य प्रभावाद्वै व्येतु ते मानसो ज्वरः
'Yet, by the power of this weapon, he will always be unconquerable by his enemies in battle; let your anxiety be dispelled.'
इत्युक्त्वा वरुणः प्रादाद्गदां मन्त्रपुरस्कृताम्। यामासाद्य दुराधर्षः सर्वलोके श्रुतायुधः
Having said this, Varuna gave him a mace empowered by mantras, by which Shrutayudha became invincible throughout the world.
उवाच चैनं भगवान्पुनरेव जलेश्वरः। अयुध्यति न मोक्तव्या सा त्वय्येव पतेदिति
And again, the blessed lord of waters said to him, 'It must not be hurled at one who is not fighting; if you do, it will fall back upon you.'
हन्यादेषा प्रतीपं हि प्रयोक्तारमपि प्रभो। न चाकरोत्स तद्वाक्यं प्राप्ते काले श्रुतायुधः
'If used wrongly, it will destroy even its wielder, O lord.' But when the time came, Shrutayudha did not heed that command.
स तया वीरघातिन्या जनार्दनमताडयत्। प्रतिजग्राह तां कृष्णः पीनेनांसेन वीर्यवान्। नाकम्पयत शौरिं सा विन्ध्यं गिरिमिवानिलः
With that deadly mace, he struck Janardana; but Krishna, strong-shouldered and mighty, caught it, and it did not shake the heroic Shauri, just as the wind cannot shake Mount Vindhya.
ततोऽर्जुनः क्षुरप्राभ्यां भुजौ परिघसन्निभौ। चिच्छेद पाण्डवः शीघ्रं जलेश्वरसुतस्य वै
Then Arjuna, with two razor-headed arrows, swiftly severed the arms of the son of the lord of waters, which were like iron clubs.
स ज्वलन्ती महोल्केव समासाद्य जनार्दनम्'। प्रत्यागता महावेगा कृत्येव दुरधिष्ठिता
Blazing like a great meteor, it rushed toward Janardana and then returned with tremendous speed, like a dire magical force sent back.
जघान चास्थितं वीरं श्रुतायुधममर्षणम्। `स पपात हतो भूमौ विशिरा विभुजो बली। सम्भग्न इव वातेन बहुशाखो वनस्पतिः
It struck the heroic Śrutāyudha, who stood firm and unyielding; he fell slain to the ground, headless and with arms outstretched, like a great tree with many branches broken by the wind.
सा विस्फुरन्ती ज्वलिता वज्रवेगसमा गदा'। हत्वा श्रुतायुधं वीरं धरणीमन्वपद्यत
That mace, flaming and quivering, equal in force to a thunderbolt, having slain the valiant Śrutāyudha, fell to the earth.
गदां निवर्तितां दृष्ट्वा निहतं च श्रुतायुधम्। हाहाकारो महांस्तत्र सैन्यानां समजायत। स्वेनास्त्रेण हतं दृष्ट्वा श्रुतायुधमरिन्दमम्
Seeing the mace returned and Śrutāyudha slain, a great outcry arose among the troops, for they saw the enemy-subduing Śrutāyudha killed by his own weapon.