ततो भीमो रणे क्रुद्धो रभसश् च विशेषतः ॥
गजानीकं समासाद्य प्रेषयाम् आस मृत्यवे ॥
तत्र भारत भीमेन नाराचाभिहता गजाः ॥
पेतुः सेदुश् च नेदुश् च दिशश् च परिबभ्रमुः ॥
छिन्नहस्ता महानागाश् छिन्नपादाश् च मारिष ॥
क्रौञ्चवद् व्यनदन् भीताः पृथिवीम् अधिशिश्यिरे ॥
नकुलः सहदेवश् च हयानीकम् अभिद्रुतौ ॥
ते हयाः काञ्चनापीडा रुक्मभाण्डपरिच्छदाः ॥
वध्यमाना व्यदृश्यन्त शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
पतद्भिश् च हयै राजन् समास्तीर्यत मेदिनी ॥
निर्जिह्वैश् च श्वसद्भिश् च कूजद्भिश् च गतासुभिः ॥
हयैर् बभौ नरश्रेष्ठ नानारूपधरैर् धरा ॥
अर्जुनेन हतैः संख्ये तथा भारत वाजिभिः ॥
प्रबभौ वसुधा घोरा तत्र तत्र विशां पते ॥
रथैर् भग्नैर् ध्वजैश् छिन्नैश् छत्रैश् च सुमहाप्रभैः ॥
हारैर् निष्कैः सकेयूरैः शिरोभिश् च सकुण्डलैः ॥
उष्णीषैर् अपविद्धैश् च पताकाभिश् च सर्वषः ॥
अनुकर्षैः शुभै राजन् योक्त्रैश् चव्यसुरश्मिभिः ॥
संछन्ना वसुधा भाति वसन्ते कुसुमैर् इव ॥
एवम् एष क्षयो वृत्तः पाण्डूनाम् अपि भारत ॥
क्रुद्धे शांतनवे भीष्मे द्रोणे च रथसत्तमे ॥
अश्वत्थाम्नि कृपे चैव तथैव कृतवर्मणि ॥
तथेतरेषु क्रुद्धेषु तावकानाम् अपि क्षयः ॥
tato bhīmo raṇe kruddho rabhasaś ca viśeṣataḥ ||
gajānīkaṃ samāsādya preṣayām āsa mṛtyave ||
tatra bhārata bhīmena nārācābhihatā gajāḥ ||
petuḥ seduś ca neduś ca diśaś ca paribabhramuḥ ||
chinnahastā mahānāgāś chinnapādāś ca māriṣa ||
krauñcavad vyanadan bhītāḥ pṛthivīm adhiśiśyire ||
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca hayānīkam abhidrutau ||
te hayāḥ kāñcanāpīḍā rukmabhāṇḍaparicchadāḥ ||
vadhyamānā vyadṛśyanta śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
patadbhiś ca hayai rājan samāstīryata medinī ||
nirjihvaiś ca śvasadbhiś ca kūjadbhiś ca gatāsubhiḥ ||
hayair babhau naraśreṣṭha nānārūpadharair dharā ||
arjunena hataiḥ saṃkhye tathā bhārata vājibhiḥ ||
prababhau vasudhā ghorā tatra tatra viśāṃ pate ||
rathair bhagnair dhvajaiś chinnaiś chatraiś ca sumahāprabhaiḥ ||
hārair niṣkaiḥ sakeyūraiḥ śirobhiś ca sakuṇḍalaiḥ ||
uṣṇīṣair apaviddhaiś ca patākābhiś ca sarvaṣaḥ ||
anukarṣaiḥ śubhai rājan yoktraiś cavyasuraśmibhiḥ ||
saṃchannā vasudhā bhāti vasante kusumair iva ||
evam eṣa kṣayo vṛttaḥ pāṇḍūnām api bhārata ||
kruddhe śāṃtanave bhīṣme droṇe ca rathasattame ||
aśvatthāmni kṛpe caiva tathaiva kṛtavarmaṇi ||
tathetareṣu kruddheṣu tāvakānām api kṣayaḥ ||
Then enraged Bhima, especially fierce in the battle, reached the elephant division and began sending it to death. There, O Bharata, elephants struck down by Bhima's narachas fell, sank down, bellowed, and rushed about in every direction. Great elephants with severed trunks and legs, venerable one, cried out fearfully like birds and sank to the ground. Nakula and Sahadeva attacked the cavalry division. Those horses, with golden headbands, in golden harness and trappings, were seen struck down by the hundreds and thousands. The earth, O king, was strewn with fallen horses: tongueless, wheezing, moaning, and lifeless, they covered it with their manifold, mottled bodies, best of men. So too the earth, O Bharata, here and there shone terribly with horses slain by Arjuna, lord of the peoples; with broken chariots, severed banners, gleaming parasols, necklaces, golden ornaments, bracelets, and heads still wearing earrings; with cast-off turbans, standards, the fair frames of chariots, and the straps and reins of dead horses. Covered with all this, the earth shone as though with flowers in springtime. Thus was the destruction that befell the Pandavas too, O Bharata, when Bhishma, son of Shantanu, Drona, foremost of chariot-warriors, and also Ashvatthaman, Kripa, Kritavarman, and the rest grew enraged; and your men too suffered ruin.
5eb4851f8899 · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 9:46:25 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The image of the earth shining as though with flowers in spring is deliberately terrible here: the beauty of the form does not cancel its content, for this brilliance is made of bodies, weapons, and wreckage. War substitutes death for spring, and both sides pay for it.