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Ghaṭotkaca-vadha-parva (droṇa-yudhiṣṭhira-astra-yuddha): The Battle of the Divine Astras of Droṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira7.132.30–32
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Mahabharata · 7.132.30–32
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क्षिप्तानि क्षिप्यमाणानि तानि चास्त्राणि धर्मजः ॥
जघानास्त्रैर् महाबाहुः कुम्भयोनेर् अवित्रसन् ॥
सत्यां चिकीर्षमाणस् तु प्रतिज्ञां कुम्भसंभवः ॥
प्रादुश्चक्रे ऽस्त्रम् ऐन्द्रं वै प्राजापत्यं च भारत ॥
जिघांसुर् धर्मतनयं तव पुत्रहिते रतः ॥
पतिः कुरूणां गजसिंहगामी; विशालवक्षाः पृथुलोहिताक्षः ॥
प्रादुश्चकारास्त्रम् अहीनतेजा; माहेन्द्रम् अन्यत् स जघान ते ऽस्त्रे ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kṣiptāni kṣipyamāṇāni tāni cāstrāṇi dharmajaḥ ||
jaghānāstrair mahābāhuḥ kumbhayoner avitrasan ||
satyāṃ cikīrṣamāṇas tu pratijñāṃ kumbhasaṃbhavaḥ ||
prāduścakre 'stram aindraṃ vai prājāpatyaṃ ca bhārata ||
jighāṃsur dharmatanayaṃ tava putrahite rataḥ ||
patiḥ kurūṇāṃ gajasiṃhagāmī; viśālavakṣāḥ pṛthulohitākṣaḥ ||
prāduścakārāstram ahīnatejā; māhendram anyat sa jaghāna te 'stre ||

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SanskritIASTMeaning
क्षिप्तानि क्षिप्यमाणानिkṣiptāni kṣipyamāṇānithe weapons cast, and being cast; the weapons, both cast and being cast
तानि च अस्त्राणि धर्मजःtāni ca astrāṇi dharmajaḥthose, the son of Dharma; those, the son of Dharma
जघान अस्त्रैः महाबाहुःjaghāna astraiḥ mahābāhuḥstruck down with weapons, the mighty-armed one; struck down with [his own] astras, the mighty-armed one
कुम्भयोनेः अवित्रसन्kumbhayoneḥ avitrasannot fearing the pot-born one [Drona]; not fearing the pot-born one [Drona]
सत्याम् चिकीर्षमाणः तुsatyām cikīrṣamāṇaḥ tuwishing to make true, indeed; wishing indeed to make true
प्रतिज्ञाम् कुम्भसंभवःpratijñām kumbhasaṃbhavaḥhis vow, the pot-born one; his vow, the pot-born one
प्रादुश्चक्रे अस्त्रम् ऐन्द्रम्prāduścakre astram aindramdisplayed the aindra weapon; displayed the aindra weapon
प्राजापत्यम् च भारतprājāpatyam ca bhārataand the prajapatya, O Bharata; and the prajapatya, O Bharata
पतिः कुरूणाम् गजसिंहगामीpatiḥ kurūṇām gajasiṃhagāmīthe lord of the Kurus, moving like elephant and lion; the lord of the Kurus, moving like elephant and lion
विशालवक्षाः पृथुलोहिताक्षःviśālavakṣāḥ pṛthulohitākṣaḥbroad-chested, with wide red eyes; broad-chested, with large red eyes
प्रादुश्चकार अस्त्रम् अहीनतेजाःprāduścakāra astram ahīnatejāḥdisplayed a weapon, of undiminished might; displayed a weapon, [he] of undiminished might
माहेन्द्रम् अन्यत्māhendram anyatthe mahendra, another [weapon]; and the mahendra, another [weapon]
सः जघान ते अस्त्रेsaḥ jaghāna te astrehe struck down your weapons; he struck down your astras
Translation

Those weapons, cast and being cast, the son of Dharma, mighty-armed, struck down with his own astras, unafraid of the pot-born Drona. Wishing to make his vow come true, the pot-born one displayed the aindra weapon and the prajapatya, O Bharata. The lord of the Kurus, moving like elephant and lion, broad-chested, with large red eyes, of undiminished might, displayed another weapon — the mahendra — and with it struck down your astras.

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