महाभारतम् — ५.१८२

भीष्म उवाच ।

समागतस्य रामेण पुनरेवातिदारुणम् ।
अन्येद्युस्तुमुलं युद्धं तदा भरतसत्तम ॥

M N Dutt Bhishma said O best among the Bharatas, the next day a hard and terrible fight took place with Rama who had come back.

५.१८२.२

ततो दिव्यास्त्रविच्छूरो दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्यनेकशः ।
अयोजयत धर्मात्मा दिवसे दिवसे विभुः ॥

M N Dutt On that occasion did that virtuous souled hero, conversant with celestial weapons, hurl at me, day by day, many celestial weapons.

५.१८२.३

तान्यहं तत्प्रतीघातैरस्त्रैरस्त्राणि भारत ।
व्यधमं तुमुले युद्धे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा सुदुस्त्यजान् ॥

M N Dutt Those weapons I met by weapons capable of meeting them, o Bharata, in that terrific struggle, casting off hopes of life which is so hard to sacrifice.

५.१८२.४

अस्त्रैरस्त्रेषु बहुधा हतेष्वथ च भार्गवः ।
अक्रुध्यत महातेजास्त्यक्तप्राणः स संयुगे ॥

M N Dutt When in this way many weapons were neutralized and baffled by other weapons, O Bharata, Rama, of great energy, fought in that battle with me, casting off hopes of life.

५.१८२.५

ततः शक्तिं प्राहिणोद्घोररूपा
मस्त्रै रुद्धो जामदग्न्यो महात्मा ।
कालोत्सृष्टां प्रज्वलितामिवोल्कां
संदीप्ताग्रां तेजसावृत्य लोकान् ॥

M N Dutt Seeing his weapons thus baffled then did the great-souled son of Jamadagni hurl at me the fire weapon called Shakti with its extremely ablaze and shining like a meteor which came to have been shot by Death himself and which pervaded the earth with its effulgence.

५.१८२.६

ततोऽहं तामिषुभिर्दीप्यमानैः
समायान्तीमन्तकालार्कदीप्ताम् ।
छित्त्वा त्रिधा पातयामास भूमौ
ततो ववौ पवनः पुण्यगन्धिः ॥

M N Dutt I too cut asunder that blazing weapon which was coming against me like the blazing sun at the time of the destruction of the universe and felled it to the earth cut up into three pieces by my felled it to the earth cut of into three pieces by my arrows: then did sweetsmelling breeze blow about me.

५.१८२.७

तस्यां छिन्नायां क्रोधदीप्तोऽथ रामः
शक्तीर्घोराः प्राहिणोद्द्वादशान्याः ।
तासां रूपं भारत नोत शक्यं
तेजस्वित्वाल्लाघवाच्चैव वक्तुम् ॥

M N Dutt That one being cut asunder, Rama excited with wrath, hurled twelve other fierce weapons at me. Their appearance, O Bharata, I cannot describe owing to their effulgence and speed.

५.१८२.८

किं त्वेवाहं विह्वलः संप्रदृश्य
दिग्भ्यः सर्वास्ता महोल्का इवाग्नेः ।
नानारूपास्तेजसोग्रेण दीप्ता
यथादित्या द्वादश लोकसंक्षये ॥

M N Dutt How indeed can I do so? I was struck with fear at seeing all those arrows flying towards me from diverse directions and assuming diverse forms and blazing with effulgence as the twelve suns that rise at the time of the destruction of the universe.

५.१८२.९

ततो जालं बाणमयं विवृत्य; संदृश्य भित्त्वा शरजालेन राजन् । द्वादशेषून्प्राहिणवं रणेऽहं; ततः शक्तीर्व्यधमं घोररूपाः ॥

M N Dutt Seeing myself surrounded by a net of arrows, I neutralized them by another net of arrows from myself, O king and then in that battle, I shot twelve arrows by which I neutralized even those terrible looking arrows.

५.१८२.१०

ततोऽपरा जामदग्न्यो महात्मा
शक्तीर्घोराः प्राक्षिपद्धेमदण्डाः ।
विचित्रिताः काञ्चनपट्टनद्धा
यथा महोल्का ज्वलितास्तथा ताः ॥

M N Dutt Then did the great souled of Jamadagni, O king, hurl at me fierce arrows having golden handles which were variegated and furnished with golden wings. They were blazing like great meteors.

५.१८२.११

ताश्चाप्युग्राश्चर्मणा वारयित्वा
खड्गेनाजौ पातिता मे नरेन्द्र ।
बाणैर्दिव्यैर्जामदग्न्यस्य संख्ये
दिव्यांश्चाश्वानभ्यवर्षं ससूतान् ॥

M N Dutt These too, O chief among men, I caused to fall to the ground with the heel of my sword and shield and then shot forth celestial arrows at the celestial horses of Rama and his charioteer in that battle.

५.१८२.१२

निर्मुक्तानां पन्नगानां सरूपा
दृष्ट्वा शक्तीर्हेमचित्रा निकृत्ताः ।
प्रादुश्चक्रे दिव्यमस्त्रं महात्मा
क्रोधाविष्टो हैहयेशप्रमाथी ॥

M N Dutt son Seeing those arrows, decked with gold, flying at him like serpents let loose from their holes, the great-souled smiter of the lord of the Haihayas became excited with wrath and again brought forth celestial weapons.

५.१८२.१३

ततः श्रेण्यः शलभानामिवोग्राः
समापेतुर्विशिखानां प्रदीप्ताः ।
समाचिनोच्चापि भृशं शरीरं
हयान्सूतं सरथं चैव मह्यम् ॥

M N Dutt Then did a cluster of blazing and fierce arrows looking like a swarm of locusts completely overwhelm my body and my horses and chariot.

५.१८२.१४

रथः शरैर्मे निचितः सर्वतोऽभू;त्तथा हयाः सारथिश्चैव राजन् । युगं रथेषा च तथैव चक्रे; तथैवाक्षः शरकृत्तोऽथ भग्नः ॥

M N Dutt By those arrows were my chariot, and all the horses and the charioteer completely covered. The yoke, shaft, wheels and wheel spoken were all broken by the force of that downpour of arrows.

५.१८२.१५

ततस्तस्मिन्बाणवर्षे व्यतीते; शरौघेण प्रत्यवर्षं गुरुं तम् । स विक्षतो मार्गणैर्ब्रह्मराशि;र्देहादजस्रं मुमुचे भूरि रक्तम् ॥

M N Dutt That down pour of arrows having been finished, I too showered arrows on my preceptor. The mass of Brahmic merit pierced with the shower of arrows began to give forth copious discharges of blood.

५.१८२.१६

यथा रामो बाणजालाभितप्त
स्तथैवाहं सुभृशं गाढविद्धः ।
ततो युद्धं व्यरमच्चापराह्णे
भानावस्तं प्रार्थयाने महीध्रम् ॥

M N Dutt But in the same measure as Rama was overwhelmed with my arrows, was I also pierced hard with his. When the sun set in the afternoon behind the hills in the west, our combat came to an end.

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