Mahabharata
Dūta-prayoga (019) (The Search for Peace and the Sending of Envoys, Chapters 8–20)5.19.26-30
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Mahabharata · 5.19.26-30
Devanāgarī

इतश् चेतश् च सर्वेषां भूमिपानां महात्मनाम् ॥
तिस्रो ऽन्याः समवर्तन्त वाहिन्यो भरतर्षभ ॥
एवम् एकादशावृत्ताः सेना दुर्योधनस्य ताः ॥
युयुत्समानाः कौन्तेयान् नानाध्वजसमाकुलाः ॥
न हास्तिनपुरे राजन्न् अवकाशो ऽभवत् तदा ॥
राज्ञां सबलमुख्यानां प्राधान्येनापि भारत ॥
ततः पञ्चनदं चैव कृत्स्नं च कुरुजाङ्गलम् ॥
तथा रोहितकारण्यं मरुभूमिश् च केवला ॥
अहिच्छत्रं कालकूटं गङ्गाकूलं च भारत ॥
वारणा वाटधानं च यामुनश् चैव पर्वतः ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

itaś cetaś ca sarveṣāṃ bhūmipānāṃ mahātmanām ||
tisro 'nyāḥ samavartanta vāhinyo bharatarṣabha ||
evam ekādaśāvṛttāḥ senā duryodhanasya tāḥ ||
yuyutsamānāḥ kaunteyān nānādhvajasamākulāḥ ||
na hāstinapure rājann avakāśo 'bhavat tadā ||
rājñāṃ sabalamukhyānāṃ prādhānyenāpi bhārata ||
tataḥ pañcanadaṃ caiva kṛtsnaṃ ca kurujāṅgalam ||
tathā rohitakāraṇyaṃ marubhūmiś ca kevalā ||
ahicchatraṃ kālakūṭaṃ gaṅgākūlaṃ ca bhārata ||
vāraṇā vāṭadhānaṃ ca yāmunaś caiva parvataḥ ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
इतश्itaśfrom here; from this side
चेतश्cetaśfrom there; from that side
caand; also
सर्वेषांsarveṣāṃof all; of each
भूमिपानांbhūmipānāṃof the kings of the earth; of the rulers of the earth
महात्मनाम्mahātmanāmof the great souls; of the noble ones
तिस्रोtisrothree; three of them
ऽन्याः'nyāḥother; further
समवर्तन्तsamavartantagathered; formed
वाहिन्योvāhinyoarmies; hosts
भरतर्षभbharatarṣabhaO bull among the Bharatas; O best of the Bharatas
एवम्evamthus; even so
एकादशावृत्ताःekādaśāvṛttāḥnumbering eleven; consisting of eleven
सेनाsenāarmy; host
दुर्योधनस्यduryodhanasyaDuryodhana's; for Duryodhana
ताःtāḥthose; these
युयुत्समानाःyuyutsamānāḥeager to fight; desiring battle
कौन्तेयान्kaunteyānthe sons of Kunti; the Pandavas
नानाध्वजसमाकुलाःnānādhvajasamākulāḥfull of various banners; teeming with many flags
nanot; no
हास्तिनपुरेhāstinapurein Hastinapura; in the city of Hastinapura
राजन्न्rājannO king; sovereign
अवकाशोavakāśoroom; space
ऽभवत्'bhavatbecame; proved to be
तदाtadāthen; at that moment
राज्ञांrājñāṃfor the kings; for the lords
सबलमुख्यानांsabalamukhyānāṃtogether with their chief forces; with the leaders of the troops
प्राधान्येनापिprādhānyenāpieven for the foremost; by reason of precedence
भारतbhārataO Bharata; descendant of Bharata
ततःtataḥthen; after that
पञ्चनदंpañcanadaṃPanchanada; the Land of Five Rivers
चैवcaivaand also; and indeed
कृत्स्नंkṛtsnaṃthe whole; the entire
caand; also
कुरुजाङ्गलम्kurujāṅgalamKurujangala; the wooded region of Kuru
तथाtathāthus; in this way
रोहितकारण्यंrohitakāraṇyaṃthe forest of Rohitaka; the Rohitaka grove
मरुभूमिश्marubhūmiśthe desert land; the wilderness
caand; also
केवलाkevalāalone; entirely
अहिच्छत्रंahicchatraṃAhichchhatra; the city of Ahichchhatra
कालकूटंkālakūṭaṃKalakuta; the region of Kalakuta
गङ्गाकूलंgaṅgākūlaṃthe bank of the Ganga; the shore of the Ganga
caand; also
भारतbhārataO Bharata; descendant of Bharata
वारणाvāraṇāVarana; the region of Varana
वाटधानंvāṭadhānaṃVatadhana; the district of Vatadhana
caand; also
यामुनश्yāmunaśthe Yamuna region; that connected with the Yamuna
चैवcaivaand also; and indeed
पर्वतःparvataḥmountain; mountainous region
Translation

And from the renowned kings of other lands came, O best of the Bharata race, three further great hosts of troops. Thus Duryodhana's army numbered eleven akshauhinis, eager to fight the sons of Kunti and bristling with banners of every form. And, O descendant of Bharata, there was no longer room in the city of Hastinapura even for the chief commanders of Duryodhana's army. And for this reason the land of the five rivers, and the whole region called Kurujangala, and the forest of Rohitaka, equally wild, and Ahichchhatra, and Kalakuta, and the banks of the Ganga, and Varana, and Vatadhana, and the mountain ranges bordering the Yamuna — this whole vast territory, rich in grain and wealth, was entirely filled with the army of the Kauravas.

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