ततः समभवद् युद्धं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम् ॥
राक्षसानां च मुख्यस्य दुर्योधनबलस्य च ॥
धनुषां कूजतां शब्दः सर्वतस् तुमुलो ऽभवत् ॥
अश्रूयत महाराज वंशानां दह्यताम् इव ॥
शस्त्राणां पात्यमानानां कवचेषु शरीरिणाम् ॥
शब्दः समभवद् राजन्न् अद्रीणाम् इव दीर्यताम् ॥
वीरबाहुविसृष्टानां तोमराणां विशां पते ॥
रूपम् आसीद् वियत्स्थानां सर्पाणां सर्पताम् इव ॥
ततः परमसंक्रुद्धो विस्फार्य सुमहद् धनुः ॥
राक्षसेन्द्रो महाबाहुर् विनदन् भैरवं रवम् ॥
आचार्यस्यार्धचन्द्रेण क्रुद्धश् चिच्छेद कार्मुकम् ॥
सोमदत्तस्य भल्लेन ध्वजम् उन्मथ्य चानदत् ॥
बाह्लिकं च त्रिभिर् बाणैर् अभ्यविध्यत् स्तनान्तरे ॥
कृपम् एकेन विव्याध चित्रसेनं त्रिभिः शरैः ॥
पूर्णायतविसृष्टेन सम्यक् प्रणिहितेन च ॥
जत्रुदेशे समासाद्य विकर्णं समताडयत् ॥
न्यषीदत् स रथोपस्थे शोणितेन परिप्लुतः ॥
ततः पुनर् अमेयात्मा नाराचान् दश पञ्च च ॥
भूरिश्रवसि संक्रुद्धः प्राहिणोद् भरतर्षभ ॥
ते वर्म भित्त्वा तस्याशु प्राविशन् मेदिनीतलम् ॥
विविंशतेश् च द्रौणेश् च यन्तारौ समताडयत् ॥
तौ पेततू रथोपस्थे रश्मीन् उत्सृज्य वाजिनाम् ॥
सिन्धुराज्ञो ऽर्धचन्द्रेण वाराहं स्वर्णभूषितम् ॥
उन्ममाथ महाराज द्वितीयेनाच्छिनद् धनुः ॥
चतुर्भिर् अथ नाराचैर् आवन्त्यस्य महात्मनः ॥
जघान चतुरो वाहान् क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः ॥
पूर्णायतविसृष्टेन पीतेन निशितेन च ॥
निर्बिभेद महाराज राजपुत्रं बृहद्बलम् ॥
स गाढविद्धो व्यथितो रथोपस्थ उपाविशत् ॥
भृशं क्रोधेन चाविष्टो रथस्थो राक्षसाधिपः ॥
चिक्षेप निशितांस् तीक्ष्णाञ् शरान् आशीविषोपमान् ॥
बिभिदुस् ते महाराज शल्यं युद्धविशारदम् ॥
tataḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam ||
rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya duryodhanabalasya ca ||
dhanuṣāṃ kūjatāṃ śabdaḥ sarvatas tumulo 'bhavat ||
aśrūyata mahārāja vaṃśānāṃ dahyatām iva ||
śastrāṇāṃ pātyamānānāṃ kavaceṣu śarīriṇām ||
śabdaḥ samabhavad rājann adrīṇām iva dīryatām ||
vīrabāhuvisṛṣṭānāṃ tomarāṇāṃ viśāṃ pate ||
rūpam āsīd viyatsthānāṃ sarpāṇāṃ sarpatām iva ||
tataḥ paramasaṃkruddho visphārya sumahad dhanuḥ ||
rākṣasendro mahābāhur vinadan bhairavaṃ ravam ||
ācāryasyārdhacandreṇa kruddhaś ciccheda kārmukam ||
somadattasya bhallena dhvajam unmathya cānadat ||
bāhlikaṃ ca tribhir bāṇair abhyavidhyat stanāntare ||
kṛpam ekena vivyādha citrasenaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
pūrṇāyatavisṛṣṭena samyak praṇihitena ca ||
jatrudeśe samāsādya vikarṇaṃ samatāḍayat ||
nyaṣīdat sa rathopasthe śoṇitena pariplutaḥ ||
tataḥ punar ameyātmā nārācān daśa pañca ca ||
bhūriśravasi saṃkruddhaḥ prāhiṇod bharatarṣabha ||
te varma bhittvā tasyāśu prāviśan medinītalam ||
viviṃśateś ca drauṇeś ca yantārau samatāḍayat ||
tau petatū rathopasthe raśmīn utsṛjya vājinām ||
sindhurājño 'rdhacandreṇa vārāhaṃ svarṇabhūṣitam ||
unmamātha mahārāja dvitīyenācchinad dhanuḥ ||
caturbhir atha nārācair āvantyasya mahātmanaḥ ||
jaghāna caturo vāhān krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ ||
pūrṇāyatavisṛṣṭena pītena niśitena ca ||
nirbibheda mahārāja rājaputraṃ bṛhadbalam ||
sa gāḍhaviddho vyathito rathopastha upāviśat ||
bhṛśaṃ krodhena cāviṣṭo rathastho rākṣasādhipaḥ ||
cikṣepa niśitāṃs tīkṣṇāñ śarān āśīviṣopamān ||
bibhidus te mahārāja śalyaṃ yuddhaviśāradam ||
After this a tumultuous, hair-raising battle broke out between the chief of the rakshasas and Duryodhana's army. On every side rose the tumultuous sound of twanging bows, great king, like burning bamboo. The sound of weapons striking against the warriors' armor arose, O king, as though mountains were splitting apart. The sight of tomaras loosed by heroic arms and flying through the air, lord of the people, was like crawling serpents. Then the mighty-armed lord of the rakshasas, in the utmost fury, drew his huge bow and, uttering a fearsome roar, in rage cut through the teacher Drona's bow with a crescent-headed arrow. With a broad-headed shaft he felled Somadatta's banner and roared. He pierced Bahlika with three arrows in the chest, wounded Kripa with one, and struck Chitrasena with three. With an arrow loosed from a full draw and precisely aimed, he struck Vikarna in the collarbone; drenched in blood, he sank down onto the platform of his chariot. Then the great-souled Ghatotkacha, enraged once more, sent fifteen naracas at Bhurishravas, best of the Bharatas; they pierced through his armor and swiftly plunged into the ground. He struck down the charioteers of Vivimshati and Ashvatthaman; the two of them, releasing the reins of their horses, fell upon the platforms of their chariots. With a crescent-headed arrow he tore down the gold-adorned boar emblem of the king of Sindhu, great king, and with a second arrow cut his bow. Then, with four naracas, red-eyed with rage, he killed the four horses of the great-souled king of Avanti. With an arrow loosed from a full draw, golden and sharp, he pierced through the prince Brihadbala, great king; deeply wounded and in anguish, he sank down onto the platform of his chariot. The lord of the rakshasas, standing on his chariot and wholly seized by fury, hurled sharp, honed arrows like venomous serpents; they struck Shalya, skilled in battle, great king.
51aa0051f3a8 · publicado 17 jul 2026, 21:46:25 UTC
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Here Ghatotkacha does more than frighten the army: he methodically disables the pillar warriors of the Kauravas -- bows, banners, charioteers, horses, bodies. His assault destroys not only men but the very structure of military confidence surrounding Duryodhana.