तौ च फल्गुनबाणौघैर्विबाहुशिरसौ कृतौ। वसुधामन्वपद्येतां वातनुन्नाविव द्रुमौ
Those two, their arms and heads severed by Phalguna's arrows, fell to the earth like trees struck down by the wind.
श्रुतायुषश्च निधनं वधश्चेवाश्रुतायुषः। लोकविस्मापनमभूत्समुद्रस्येव शोषणम्
The death of Śrutāyus and the slaying of Aśrutāyus astonished the world, like the drying up of the ocean.
तयोः पदानुगान्हत्वा पुनः पञ्चशतं रथान्। प्रत्यगाद्भारतीं सेनां निघ्नन्पार्थो वरान्वरान्
After slaying their followers, another five hundred chariots, Arjuna returned to the Bhārata army, striking down the foremost warriors.
श्रुतायुषं च निहतं प्रेक्ष्य चैवाश्रुतायुषम्। नियतायुश्च सङ्क्रुद्धो दीर्घायुश्चैव भारत
Seeing Śrutāyus and Aśrutāyus slain, both Niyatāyu and Dīrghāyu, O Bhārata, grew enraged.
पुत्रौ तयोर्नरश्रेष्ठौ कौन्तेयं प्रति जग्मतुः। किरन्तौ विविधान्बाणान्पितृव्यसनकर्शितौ
Those two sons, foremost among men, advanced against Kunteya, scattering various arrows, afflicted by their father's calamity.
तावर्जुनो मुहूर्तेन शरैः सन्नतपर्वभिः। प्रैषयत्परमक्रुद्धो यमस्य सदनं प्रति
Arjuna, in a moment, sent both of them, with arrows whose joints were well-fitted, in utmost wrath, to the abode of Yama.
लोडयन्तमनीकानि द्विपं पद्मसरो यथा। नाशक्नुवन्वारयितुं पार्थं क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः
As an elephant stirs up lotus ponds, so did he agitate the troops; the foremost Kṣatriyas could not restrain Pārtha.
अङ्गास्तु गजसङ्घैश्च पाण्डवं पर्यवारयन्। क्रुद्धाः सहस्रशो राजञ्शिक्षिता हस्तिसादिनः
The Angas, with elephant battalions, surrounded the Pāṇḍava; thousands of trained elephant riders, O king, attacked in fury.
दुर्योधनसमादिष्टाः कुञ्जरैः पर्वतोपमैः। प्राच्याश्च दाक्षिणात्याश्च कलिङ्गप्रमुखा नृपाः
Commanded by Duryodhana, kings from the east and south, led by the Kaliṅgas, advanced with elephants resembling mountains.
तेषामापततां शीघ्रं गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः। निचकर्त शिरांस्युग्रो बाहूनपि सुभूषणान्
As they rushed swiftly, fierce Arjuna, with arrows from Gāṇḍīva, cut off their heads and even their well-adorned arms.
तैः शिरोभिर्मही कीर्णा बाहुभिश्च सहाङ्गदैः। बभौ कनकपाषाणा भुजगैरिव संवृता
The earth was strewn with their heads and arms, still bearing armlets, shining like golden rocks covered with serpents.
बाहवो विशिखैश्छिन्नाः शिरांस्युन्मथितानि च। पतमानान्यदृश्यन्त द्रुमेभ्य इव पक्षिणः
Arms severed by arrows and heads smashed were seen falling, like birds dropping from trees.
शरैः सहस्रशो विद्धा द्विपाः प्रसृतशोणिताः। अदृश्यन्ताद्रयः काले गैरिकाम्बुस्रवा इव
The elephants, pierced by thousands of arrows and streaming blood, appeared like mountains in the rainy season with torrents of red ochre water.
निहताः शेरते स्मान्ये बीभत्सोर्निशितैः शरैः। गजपृष्ठगता म्लेच्छा नानाविकृतदर्शनाः
Some, struck down by Bhīmasena’s sharp arrows, lay dead—foreigners of various terrifying appearances who had been riding on the elephants’ backs.
नानावेषधरा राजन्नानाशस्त्रौघसंवृताः। रुधिरेणानुलिप्ताङ्गा भान्ति चित्रैः शरैर्हताः
Wearing diverse garments, armed with many kinds of weapons, their bodies smeared with blood, they shone, struck down by the variegated arrows.
शोणितं निर्वमन्ति स्म द्विपाः पार्थशराहताः। सहस्रशश्छिन्नगात्राः सारोहाः सपदानुगाः
The elephants, struck by Arjuna’s arrows, vomited blood, their bodies cut in thousands, along with their riders and attendants.
चुक्रुशुश्च निपेतुश्च बभ्रमुश्चापरे दिशः। भृशं त्रस्ताश्च बहवः स्वानेव ममृदुर्गजाः
Some cried out, some fell, others wandered in all directions; many, greatly terrified, trampled their own elephants.
सोत्तरायुधिनश्चैव द्विपास्तीक्ष्णविषोपमाः। विदन्त्यसुरमायां ये सुघोरा घोरचक्षुषः
The elephants, with their armored riders, fierce as deadly poison, who practiced demonic magic and had terrifying eyes, attacked.
यवनाः पारदाश्चैव शकाश्च सह बाह्लिकैः। काकवर्णा दुराचाराः स्त्रीलोलाः कलहप्रियाः
The Yavanas, Pāradas, Śakas, and Bāhlikas—dark as crows, of evil conduct, lustful for women, and fond of quarrels—
द्राविडास्तत्र युध्यन्ते मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमाः। गोयोनिप्रभवा म्लेच्छाः कालकल्पाः प्रहारिणः
There, the Drāviḍas fought, with the strength of maddened elephants—foreigners born of cow-lineage, bringers of death, fierce in battle.
दार्वातिसारा दरदाः पुण्ड्राश्चैव सहस्रशः। ते न शक्याः स्म सङ्ख्यातुं व्राताः शतसहस्रशः
The Dārvā, Tisāra, Darada, and Puṇḍra tribes, in their thousands—those countless hordes, in hundreds of thousands, could not be numbered.
अभ्यवर्षन्त ते सर्वे पाण्डवं निशितैः शरैः। अवाकिरंश्च ते म्लेच्छा नानायुद्धविशारदाः
All of them showered sharp arrows upon the Pāṇḍava, and those foreigners, skilled in many kinds of warfare, covered him.
तेषामपि ससर्जाशु शरवृष्टिं धनञ्जयः। सृष्टिस्तथाविधा ह्यासीच्छलभानामिवायतिः
Against them, Dhanañjaya swiftly released a rain of arrows, as if a cloud were pouring down a swarm of locusts.
अभ्रच्छायामिव शरैः सैन्ये कृत्वा धनञ्जयः। मुण्डार्धमुण्डाञ्जटिलानशुचीञ्जटिलाननान्। म्लेच्छानशातयत्सर्वान्समेतानस्त्रतेजसा
Dhanañjaya made a shadow like a cloud over the army with his arrows, and with the brilliance of his weapons, he destroyed all the foreigners assembled there—shaven-headed, half-shaven, matted-haired, impure, and with tangled locks.
शरैश्च शतशो विद्धास्ते सङ्घा गिरिचारिणः। प्राद्रवन्त रणे भीता गिरिगह्वरवासिनः
Struck by hundreds of arrows, those bands of mountain-dwellers, terrified, fled the battlefield—those who lived in the mountain caves.
गजाश्वसादिम्लेच्छानां पतितानां शितैः शरैः। बकाः कङ्का वृका भूमावपिबन्रुधिरं मुदा
Cranes, herons, and wolves joyfully drank the blood on the ground of the fallen elephants, horses, and foreign warriors, struck down by sharp arrows.
पत्त्यश्वरथनागैश्च प्रच्छन्नकृतसङ्क्रमाम्। शरवर्षप्लवां घोरां केशशैवलशाद्वलाम्। प्रावर्तयन्नदीमुग्रां शोणितौघतरङ्गिणीम्
With foot soldiers, horsemen, chariots, and elephants, making their way through hidden paths, they created a dreadful river, flooded by a rain of arrows, its weeds and grass made of hair, its waves surging with streams of blood.
छिन्नाङ्गुलीक्षुद्रमत्स्यां युगान्ते कालसन्निभाम्। प्राकरोद्गजसम्बाधां नदीमुत्तरशोणिताम्
That river, crowded with elephants, filled with severed fingers and small fish, resembling Time at the end of an age, flowed northward with blood.
देहेभ्यो राजपुत्राणां नागाश्वरथसादिनाम्। यथा स्थलं च निम्नं च न स्याद्वर्षति वासवे। तथाऽऽसीत्पृथिवी सर्वा शोणितेन परिप्लुता
From the bodies of princes—riders of elephants, horses, and chariots—the earth was so flooded with blood, everywhere high and low, as if Indra had poured rain.
षट्सहस्रान्हयान्वीरान्पुनर्दशशतान्वरान्। प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय क्षत्रियान्क्षत्रियर्षभः
That bull among Kṣatriyas sent six thousand heroic horsemen and again a thousand excellent warriors to the realm of death.