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स च अपि पापप्रकृतिः दैतेयापसदः नृप मयि अवर्षत दुर्धर्षः शरधाराः सहस्रशःsa ca api pāpaprakṛtiḥ daiteyāpasadaḥ nṛpa mayi avarṣata durdharṣaḥ śaradhārāḥ sahasraśaḥand that one of sinful nature, the vilest of the Daityas, O king, unassailable, rained thousands of showers of arrows upon me
सैनिकान् मम सूतम् च हयान् च समवाकिरत् अचिन्तयन्तः तु शरान् वयम् युध्याम भारतsainikān mama sūtam ca hayān ca samavākirat acintayantaḥ tu śarān vayam yudhyāma bhāratahe showered my soldiers, my charioteer, and my horses; but heedless of the arrows we kept fighting, O Bharata
ततः शतसहस्राणि शराणाम् नतपर्वणाम् चिक्षिपुः समरे वीराः मयि शाल्वपदानुगाःtataḥ śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇām nataparvaṇām cikṣipuḥ samare vīrāḥ mayi śālvapadānugāḥthen the heroes following in Shalva's train hurled at me in battle hundreds of thousands of arrows with bent joints
ते हयान् मे रथम् च एव तदा दारुकम् एव च छादयाम् आसुः असुराः बाणैः मर्मविभेदिभिःte hayān me ratham ca eva tadā dārukam eva ca chādayām āsuḥ asurāḥ bāṇaiḥ marmavibhedibhiḥthose asuras then covered my horses, my chariot, and Daruka with arrows piercing the vital parts
न हयाः न रथः वीर न यन्ता मम दारुकः अदृश्यन्त शरैः छन्नाः तथा अहम् सैनिकाः च मेna hayāḥ na rathaḥ vīra na yantā mama dārukaḥ adṛśyanta śaraiḥ channāḥ tathā aham sainikāḥ ca meneither the horses, nor the chariot, O hero, nor my charioteer Daruka could be seen, covered as they were with arrows; so too I and my soldiers
ततः अहम् अपि कौरव्य शराणाम् अयुतान् बहून् अभिमन्त्रितानाम् धनुषा दिव्येन विधिना अक्षिपम्tataḥ aham api kauravya śarāṇām ayutān bahūn abhimantritānām dhanuṣā divyena vidhinā akṣipamthen I too, O Kauravya, loosed many tens of thousands of arrows consecrated on the bow by divine rule
न तत्र विषयः तु आसीत् मम सैन्यस्य भारत खे विषक्तम् हि तत् सौभम् क्रोशमात्रः इव अभवत्na tatra viṣayaḥ tu āsīt mama sainyasya bhārata khe viṣaktam hi tat saubham krośamātraḥ iva abhavatmy army had no access there, O Bharata, for Saubha hung in the sky at about the distance of a krosha
ततः ते प्रेक्षकाः सर्वे रङ्गवाटः इव स्थिताः हर्षयाम् आसुः उच्चैः माम् सिंहनादतलस्वनैःtataḥ te prekṣakāḥ sarve raṅgavāṭaḥ iva sthitāḥ harṣayām āsuḥ uccaiḥ mām siṃhanādatalasvanaiḥthen all the onlookers, standing as if in a theater's circle, cheered me loudly with lion-roars and clapping
मत्कार्मुकविनिर्मुक्ताः दानवानाम् महारणे अङ्गेषु रुधिराक्ताः ते विविशुः शलभाः इवmatkārmukavinirmuktāḥ dānavānām mahāraṇe aṅgeṣu rudhirāktāḥ te viviśuḥ śalabhāḥ ivathe arrows loosed from my bow entered the limbs of the danavas in the great battle, blood-stained, like locusts
ततः हलहलाशब्दः सौभमध्ये व्यवर्धत वध्यताम् विशिखैः तीक्ष्णैः पतताम् च महार्णवेtataḥ halahalāśabdaḥ saubhamadhye vyavardhata vadhyatām viśikhaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ patatām ca mahārṇavethen within Saubha the tumultuous din grew louder, from those struck by sharp shafts and falling into the great ocean
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पापप्रकृतिर्pāpaprakṛtiroriginal form "pāpaprakṛtir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दैतेयापसदोdaiteyāpasadooriginal form "daiteyāpasado", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मय्य्mayyoriginal form "mayy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सूतंsūtaṃoriginal form "sūtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हयांश्hayāṃśoriginal form "hayāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अचिन्तयन्तस्acintayantasoriginal form "acintayantas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वयंvayaṃoriginal form "vayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शराणांśarāṇāṃoriginal form "śarāṇāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वीराvīrāoriginal form "vīrā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रथंrathaṃoriginal form "rathaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आसुर्āsuroriginal form "āsur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
असुराasurāoriginal form "asurā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बाणैर्bāṇairoriginal form "bāṇair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
हयाhayāoriginal form "hayā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रथोrathooriginal form "ratho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शरैश्śaraiśoriginal form "śaraiś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छन्नास्channāsoriginal form "channās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथाहंtathāhaṃoriginal form "tathāhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सैनिकाश्sainikāśoriginal form "sainikāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽहम्'hamoriginal form "'ham", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अभिमन्त्रितानांabhimantritānāṃoriginal form "abhimantritānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विधिनाक्षिपम्vidhinākṣipamoriginal form "vidhinākṣipam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विषयस्viṣayasoriginal form "viṣayas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आसीन्āsīnoriginal form "āsīn", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विषक्तंviṣaktaṃoriginal form "viṣaktaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सौभंsaubhaṃoriginal form "saubhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्रोशमात्रkrośamātraoriginal form "krośamātra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवाभवत्ivābhavatoriginal form "ivābhavat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततस्tatasoriginal form "tatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रङ्गवाटraṅgavāṭaoriginal form "raṅgavāṭa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आसुर्āsuroriginal form "āsur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उच्चैर्uccairoriginal form "uccair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मांmāṃoriginal form "māṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मत्कार्मुकविनिर्मुक्ताmatkārmukavinirmuktāoriginal form "matkārmukavinirmuktā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दानवानांdānavānāṃoriginal form "dānavānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रुधिराक्तास्rudhirāktāsoriginal form "rudhirāktās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शलभाśalabhāoriginal form "śalabhā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वध्यतांvadhyatāṃoriginal form "vadhyatāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विशिखैस्viśikhaisoriginal form "viśikhais", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पततांpatatāṃoriginal form "patatāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
The battle shifts into a space no ordinary army can reach. What remains there is Krishna's own resolve and the power of his weapons. It is an image of how the Lord reaches even that adharma which believes itself beyond reach.