Mahabharata · 1.218.40–41
॥
Devanāgarī
आगतांश् चैव तान् दृष्ट्वा देवान् एकैकशस् ततः ॥
न्यवारयेतां संक्रुद्धौ बाणैर् वज्रोपमैस् तदा ॥
असकृद् भग्नसंकल्पाः सुराश् च बहुशः कृताः ॥
भयाद् रणं परित्यज्य शक्रम् एवाभिशिश्रियुः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
āgatāṃś caiva tān dṛṣṭvā devān ekaikaśas tataḥ ||
nyavārayetāṃ saṃkruddhau bāṇair vajropamais tadā ||
asakṛd bhagnasaṃkalpāḥ surāś ca bahuśaḥ kṛtāḥ ||
bhayād raṇaṃ parityajya śakram evābhiśiśriyuḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
आगतान् च एव तान् दृष्ट्वा देवान् एकैकशः ततःāgatān ca eva tān dṛṣṭvā devān ekaikaśaḥ tataḥAnd seeing those gods advancing one after another,
न्यवारयेतां संक्रुद्धौ बाणैः वज्रोपमैः तदाnyavārayetāṃ saṃkruddhau bāṇaiḥ vajropamaiḥ tadāthe enraged two repelled them with arrows like thunderbolts;
असकृत् भग्नसंकल्पाः सुराः च बहुशः कृताःasakṛt bhagnasaṃkalpāḥ surāḥ ca bahuśaḥ kṛtāḥagain and again their resolve broken, repeatedly driven back, the gods,
भयात् रणं परित्यज्य शक्रम् एव अभिशिश्रियुःbhayāt raṇaṃ parityajya śakram eva abhiśiśriyuḥabandoning the battle out of fear, took refuge with Shakra himself;
आगतांश्āgatāṃśoriginal form "āgatāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एकैकशस्ekaikaśasoriginal form "ekaikaśas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बाणैर्bāṇairoriginal form "bāṇair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वज्रोपमैस्vajropamaisoriginal form "vajropamais", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
असकृद्asakṛdoriginal form "asakṛd", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुराश्surāśoriginal form "surāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भयाद्bhayādoriginal form "bhayād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवाभिशिश्रियुःevābhiśiśriyuḥoriginal form "evābhiśiśriyuḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
And seeing those gods advancing one after another, the enraged two repelled them with arrows like thunderbolts; again and again their resolve broken, repeatedly driven back, the gods, abandoning the battle out of fear, took refuge with Shakra himself.
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Here the gods, put to shame, flee for the protection of their king. Telling is it that the celestials, repelled, "abandon the battle out of fear": the whole pantheon could not stand before the Lord and His devotee. Thus it is revealed that there is no power that overcomes the Lord. Thus the text shows the defeat of the gods; and the greatness of the two is beyond doubt.