Mahabharata · 4.50.1-2
॥
Devanāgarī
वैशंपायन उवाच
अपयाते तु राधेये दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः ॥
अनीकेन यथास्वेन शरैर् आर्च्छन्त पाण्डवम् ॥
बहुधा तस्य सैन्यस्य व्यूढस्यापततः शरैः ॥
अभियानीयम् आज्ञाय वैराटिर् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
apayāte tu rādheye duryodhanapurogamāḥ ||
anīkena yathāsvena śarair ārcchanta pāṇḍavam ||
bahudhā tasya sainyasya vyūḍhasyāpatataḥ śaraiḥ ||
abhiyānīyam ājñāya vairāṭir idam abravīt ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaVaishampayana
उवाचuvācasaid
अपयातेapayāteform apayāte
तुtuindeed, but
राधेयेrādheyeform rādheye
दुर्योधनपुरोगमाःduryodhanapurogamāḥDuryodhana, wealth
अनीकेनanīkenaform anīkena
यथास्वेनyathāsvenaform yathāsvena
शरैर्śarairarrow
आर्च्छन्तārcchantastrike, kill
पाण्डवम्pāṇḍavamPandava
बहुधाbahudhāform bahudhā
तस्यtasyahis, that
सैन्यस्यsainyasyaform sainyasya
व्यूढस्यापततःvyūḍhasyāpatataḥform vyūḍhasyāpatataḥ
शरैःśaraiḥarrow
अभियानीयम्abhiyānīyamform abhiyānīyam
आज्ञायājñāyato know
वैराटिर्vairāṭirform vairāṭir
इदम्idamthis
अब्रवीत्abravītsaid
Translation
Vaishampayana said: "When Radheya had withdrawn, those led by Duryodhana, each with his own division, assailed the Pandava with arrows. Seeing that it was time to advance, Vairati said this."
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After Karna's withdrawal the battle does not end: the whole weight of the Kurus now falls upon Arjuna alone. Uttara no longer flees, but asks for direction.