Mahābhārata · 7.46.23–24
॥
Devanāgarī
बभञ्ज च सहस्राणि दश राजन् महात्मनाम् ॥
सृजताम् अशिवा वाचः खड्गकार्मुकधारिणाम् ॥
तथा बृहद्बलं हत्वा सौभद्रो व्यचरद् रणे ॥
विष्टम्भयन् महेष्वासान् योधांस् तव शराम्बुभिः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
babhañja ca sahasrāṇi daśa rājan mahātmanām ||
sṛjatām aśivā vācaḥ khaḍgakārmukadhāriṇām ||
tathā bṛhadbalaṃ hatvā saubhadro vyacarad raṇe ||
viṣṭambhayan maheṣvāsān yodhāṃs tava śarāmbubhiḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
बभञ्जbabhañjacrushed [broke]; crushed
चcaand; —
सहस्राणि दशsahasrāṇi daśaten thousand; ten thousand
राजन्rājanO king; O king
महात्मनाम्mahātmanāmof great [warriors]; great warriors
सृजताम्sṛjatāmhurling [uttering]; who were hurling
अशिवाः वाचःaśivāḥ vācaḥunkind words [abusive speech]; unkind words
खड्गकार्मुकधारिणाम्khaḍgakārmukadhāriṇāmbearing swords and bows; [bearing] swords and bows
तथाtathāthus [in this way]; thus
बृहद्बलम्bṛhadbalamBrihadbala; Brihadbala
हत्वाhatvāhaving slain [struck down]; having slain
सौभद्रःsaubhadraḥson of Subhadra [Abhimanyu]; son of Subhadra
व्यचरत्vyacaratranged [roamed]; roamed
रणेraṇein battle; in battle
विष्टम्भयन्viṣṭambhayanholding back [checking]; holding back
महेष्वासान्maheṣvāsāngreat archers; great archers
योधान्yodhānwarriors [fighters]; fighters
तवtavayour; your
शराम्बुभिःśarāmbubhiḥwith streams of arrows; with streams of arrows
Traducción
And he crushed, O king, ten thousand great warriors who were hurling unkind words, bearing swords and bows. Thus, having slain Brihadbala, the son of Subhadra roamed the battlefield, holding back your great archer-fighters with streams of arrows.
Versión
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Ten thousand warriors, ‘hurling unkind words,’ are crushed by the youth -- their taunts and threats availed them nothing, just as abuse avails nothing in a real contest. Thus is shown the vanity of slander: those who shouted curses fell without breaking the one they cursed. It is significant that the tradition notes their ‘unkind words’ -- as if pointing out that abuse precedes the defeat of the abusers. The verse teaches that slander and threats are powerless against true valor, and those who shout curses only betray their own weakness; that the matter is settled not by word but by deed, and those who reviled the youth fell by his hand; and that Abhimanyu, alone crushing ten thousand foul-mouthed men, shows how paltry abuse is before the silent strength of a spirit that answers not with words but with a striking arrow.