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.
अयुध्यमानाय ततः केशवाय नराधिप। क्षिप्ता श्रुतायुधेनाथ तस्मात्तमवधीद्गदा
Then, because Śrutāyudha had hurled his mace at Keśava, who was not fighting, that very mace killed him.
यथोक्तं वरुणेनाजौ तथा स निधनं गतः। व्यसुश्चाप्यपतद्भूमौ प्रेक्षतां सर्वधन्विनाम्
Just as Varuṇa had foretold in battle, so he met his end, and his life departed as he fell to the ground before the eyes of all the archers.
पतमानस्तु स बभौ पर्णाशायाः प्रियः सुतः। सम्भग्न इव वातेन बहुशाखो वनस्पतिः
As he fell, the beloved son of Parṇāśāyā shone, like a great tree with many branches broken by the wind.
ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि सेनामुख्याश्च सर्वशः। प्राद्रवन्त हतं दृष्ट्वा श्रुतायुधमरिन्दमम्
Then all the armies and their leaders fled in every direction, seeing the enemy-subduing Śrutāyudha slain.
ततः काम्भोजराजस्य पुत्रः शूरः सुदक्षिणः। अभ्ययाज्जवनैरश्वैः फल्गुनं शत्रुसूदनम्
Then Sudakṣiṇa, the valiant son of the king of the Kāmbojas, advanced swiftly with his fleet horses against Phālguna, the destroyer of foes.
तस्य पार्थः शरान्सप्त प्रेषयामास भारत। ते तं शूरं विनिर्भिद्य प्राविशन्धरणीतलम्
Pārtha sent seven arrows at him, O Bhārata; those arrows pierced the hero and entered the earth.
सोऽतिविद्धः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्गाण्डीवप्रेषितैर्मृधे। अर्जुनं प्रतिविव्याध दशभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः
Though struck with sharp arrows dispatched from Gāṇḍīva in battle, he retaliated against Arjuna with ten arrows tipped with vulture feathers.
वासुदेवं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनः पार्थं च पञ्चभिः। तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा केतुं चिच्छेद मारिष
He struck Vāsudeva with three arrows, and then Pārtha with five; but Pārtha cut down his bow and then his banner, O Māriṣa.
भल्लाभ्यां भृशतीक्ष्णाभ्यां तं च विव्याध पाण्डवः। स तु पार्थं त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा सिंहनादमथानदत्
With two very sharp broad-headed arrows, the Pāṇḍava wounded him; but Sudakṣiṇa, after striking Pārtha with three arrows, roared like a lion.
सर्वपारशवीं चैव शक्तिं शूरः सुदक्षिणः। सघण्टां प्राहिणोद्धोरां क्रुद्धो गाण्डीवधन्वने
The valiant Sudakṣiṇa, enraged, hurled his mighty spear adorned with bells, all made of iron, at the wielder of Gāṇḍīva.