आवन्त्यौ तु महेष्वासौ महात्मानौ महाबलौ ॥
इरावन्तम् अभिप्रेक्ष्य समेयातां रणोत्कटौ ॥
तेषां प्रववृते युद्धं तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम् ॥
इरावांस् तु सुसंक्रुद्धो भ्रातरौ देवरूपिणौ ॥
विव्याध निशितैस् तूर्णं शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ॥
ताव् एनं प्रत्यविध्येतां समरे चित्रयोधिनौ ॥
युध्यतां हि तथा राजन् विशेषो न व्यदृश्यत ॥
यततां शत्रुनाशाय कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणाम् ॥
इरावांस् तु ततो राजन्न् अनुविन्दस्य सायकैः ॥
चतुर्भिश् चतुरो वाहान् अनयद् यमसादनम् ॥
भल्लाभ्यां च सुतीक्ष्णाभ्यां धनुः केतुं च मारिष ॥
चिच्छेद समरे राजंस् तद् अद्भुतम् इवाभवत् ॥
त्यक्त्वानुविन्दो ऽथ रथं विन्दस्य रथम् आस्थितः ॥
धनुर् गृहीत्वा नवमं भारसाधनम् उत्तमम् ॥
ताव् एकस्थौ रणे वीराव् आवन्त्यौ रथिनां वरौ ॥
शरान् मुमुचतुस् तूर्णम् इरावति महात्मनि ॥
ताभ्यां मुक्ता महावेगाः शराः काञ्चनभूषणाः ॥
दिवाकरपथं प्राप्य छादयाम् आसुर् अम्बरम् ॥
इरावांस् तु ततः क्रुद्धो भ्रातरौ तौ महारथौ ॥
ववर्ष शरवर्षेण सारथिं चाप्य् अपातयत् ॥
तस्मिन् निपतिते भूमौ गतसत्त्वे ऽथ सारथौ ॥
रथः प्रदुद्राव दिशः समुद्भ्रान्तहयस् ततः ॥
तौ स जित्वा महाराज नागराजसुतासुतः ॥
पौरुषं ख्यापयंस् तूर्णं व्यधमत् तव वाहिनीम् ॥
सा वध्यमाना समरे धार्तराष्ट्री महाचमूः ॥
वेगान् बहुविधांश् चक्रे विषं पीत्वेव मानवः ॥
āvantyau tu maheṣvāsau mahātmānau mahābalau ||
irāvantam abhiprekṣya sameyātāṃ raṇotkaṭau ||
teṣāṃ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam ||
irāvāṃs tu susaṃkruddho bhrātarau devarūpiṇau ||
vivyādha niśitais tūrṇaṃ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ ||
tāv enaṃ pratyavidhyetāṃ samare citrayodhinau ||
yudhyatāṃ hi tathā rājan viśeṣo na vyadṛśyata ||
yatatāṃ śatrunāśāya kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇām ||
irāvāṃs tu tato rājann anuvindasya sāyakaiḥ ||
caturbhiś caturo vāhān anayad yamasādanam ||
bhallābhyāṃ ca sutīkṣṇābhyāṃ dhanuḥ ketuṃ ca māriṣa ||
ciccheda samare rājaṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat ||
tyaktvānuvindo 'tha rathaṃ vindasya ratham āsthitaḥ ||
dhanur gṛhītvā navamaṃ bhārasādhanam uttamam ||
tāv ekasthau raṇe vīrāv āvantyau rathināṃ varau ||
śarān mumucatus tūrṇam irāvati mahātmani ||
tābhyāṃ muktā mahāvegāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ ||
divākarapathaṃ prāpya chādayām āsur ambaram ||
irāvāṃs tu tataḥ kruddho bhrātarau tau mahārathau ||
vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa sārathiṃ cāpy apātayat ||
tasmin nipatite bhūmau gatasattve 'tha sārathau ||
rathaḥ pradudrāva diśaḥ samudbhrāntahayas tataḥ ||
tau sa jitvā mahārāja nāgarājasutāsutaḥ ||
pauruṣaṃ khyāpayaṃs tūrṇaṃ vyadhamat tava vāhinīm ||
sā vadhyamānā samare dhārtarāṣṭrī mahācamūḥ ||
vegān bahuvidhāṃś cakre viṣaṃ pītveva mānavaḥ ||
The two great archers of Avanti, noble-hearted and mighty, upon seeing Iravant, closed with him, fierce in battle. Between them there began a tumultuous, hair-raising battle. Iravant, greatly enraged, swiftly pierced the two brothers, beautiful as gods, with sharp, well-fashioned arrows; and the two of them, skilled fighters, pierced him in return in the combat. As they fought thus, O king, no difference could be seen between them: each strove to destroy the enemy and to answer blow for blow. Then Iravant sent the four horses of Anuvinda to the abode of Yama with four arrows, and with two extremely sharp bhalla arrows, O honored one, he cut down his bow and banner in the battle -- it seemed like a marvel. Anuvinda abandoned his chariot, mounted the chariot of Vinda, and took up a new, excellent bow able to bear great strain. The two Avanti heroes, finest of charioteers, standing together upon a single chariot, swiftly loosed their arrows at noble-hearted Iravant. The swift arrows loosed by the two of them, adorned with gold, rose to the path of the sun and covered the sky. Then Iravant, enraged, showered the two brother-maharathas with a rain of arrows and struck down their charioteer as well. When the charioteer fell lifeless to the ground, the chariot, its horses maddened, bolted off in every direction. Having conquered the two of them, great king, the grandson of the king of the nagas swiftly displayed his valor and scattered your army. Battered in the battle, the great army of the Dhartarashtras reeled about in many convulsions, like a man who has drunk poison.
789b340a039e · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 9:38:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Iravant appears here as a warrior whose strength joins the human and the naga lines. His victory over the two Avanti princes is not merely a private success: it is felt at once throughout Dhritarashtra's whole army, which loses its footing like a body poisoned.