Mahābhārata · 7.47.8–9
॥
Devanāgarī
मार्तिकावतकं भोजं ततः कुञ्जरकेतनम् ॥
क्षुरप्रेण समुन्मथ्य ननाद विसृजञ् शरान् ॥
तस्य दौःशासनिर् विद्ध्वा चतुर्भिश् चतुरो हयान् ॥
सूतम् एकेन विव्याध दशभिश् चार्जुनात्मजम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
mārtikāvatakaṃ bhojaṃ tataḥ kuñjaraketanam ||
kṣurapreṇa samunmathya nanāda visṛjañ śarān ||
tasya dauḥśāsanir viddhvā caturbhiś caturo hayān ||
sūtam ekena vivyādha daśabhiś cārjunātmajam ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
मार्तिकावतकम्mārtikāvatakamof Martikavata [from Martikavata]; of Martikavata
भोजम्bhojamBhoja; Bhoja
ततःtataḥthen; then
कुञ्जरकेतनम्kuñjaraketanamwith the elephant banner; [with] the elephant banner
क्षुरप्रेणkṣurapreṇawith [the] razor arrow; with the razor arrow
समुन्मथ्यsamunmathyahaving crushed [cut down]; having crushed
ननादnanādaroared [cried out]; roared
विसृजन्visṛjanreleasing [loosing]; releasing
शरान्śarānarrows; arrows
तस्यtasyahis [Abhimanyu's]; his
दौःशासनिःdauḥśāsaniḥthe son of Duhshasana; the son of Duhshasana
विद्ध्वाviddhvāhaving pierced [wounded]; having wounded
चतुर्भिःcaturbhiḥwith four [arrows]; with four
चतुरः हयान्caturaḥ hayānthe four horses; the four horses
सूतम्sūtamthe charioteer; the charioteer
एकेनekenawith one [arrow]; with one
विव्याधvivyādhapierced [wounded]; wounded
दशभिःdaśabhiḥwith ten [arrows]; with ten
चcaand; —
अर्जुनात्मजम्arjunātmajamthe son of Arjuna [Abhimanyu]; the son of Arjuna
Traducción
Then, having crushed the Bhoja of Martikavata with the elephant banner with a razor arrow, he roared, loosing arrows. Then the son of Duhshasana, having wounded his [Abhimanyu's] four horses with four arrows and the charioteer with one, pierced the son of Arjuna with ten arrows.
Versión
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Amid the multitude of foes appears the son of Duhshasana — the one destined in this chapter to become the instrument of the youth's death. The tradition introduces him plainly, among the rest, without yet marking his fateful role. It is telling that the destroyer does not appear at once as a destroyer, but as one among many. The verse teaches that the instrument of calamity often arrives unnoticed, in the ranks of the rest, before revealing its dark role; that fate prepares the outcome gradually, without disclosing it before its time; and that the tradition, introducing the son of Duhshasana without any special sign, will later expose all the more bitterly: here is one who, without surpassing the youth in battle, will finish him off unlawfully — for the coming crime will be accomplished not by valor, but by numbers and treachery.