ततो दुर्योधनो दृष्ट्वा दीनं सैन्यम् अवस्थितम् ॥
अब्रवीद् भरतश्रेष्ठ मद्रराजम् इदं वचः ॥
एष पाण्डुसुतो ज्येष्ठो जित्वा मातुल मामकान् ॥
पश्यतां नो महाबाहो सेनां द्रावयते बली ॥
तं वारय महाबाहो वेलेव मकरालयम् ॥
त्वं हि संश्रूयसे ऽत्यर्थम् असह्यबलविक्रमः ॥
पुत्रस्य तव तद् वाक्यं श्रुत्वा शल्यः प्रतापवान् ॥
प्रययौ रथवंशेन यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥
तद् आपतद् वै सहसा शल्यस्य सुमहद् बलम् ॥
महौघवेगं समरे वारयाम् आस पाण्डवः ॥
मद्रराजं च समरे धर्मराजो महारथः ॥
दशभिः सायकैस् तूर्णम् आजघान स्तनान्तरे ॥
नकुलः सहदेवश् च त्रिभिस् त्रिभिर् अजिह्मगैः ॥
मद्रराजो ऽपि तान् सर्वान् आजघान त्रिभिस् त्रिभिः ॥
युधिष्ठिरं पुनः षष्ट्या विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥
माद्रीपुत्रौ च संरब्धौ द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्याम् अताडयत् ॥
ततो भीमो महाबाहुर् दृष्ट्वा राजानम् आहवे ॥
मद्रराजवशं प्राप्तं मृत्योर् आस्यगतं यथा ॥
अभ्यद्रवत संग्रामे युधिष्ठिरम् अमित्रजित् ॥
ततो युद्धं महाघोरं प्रावर्तत सुदारुणम् ॥
अपरां दिशम् आस्थाय द्योतमाने दिवाकरे ॥
tato duryodhano dṛṣṭvā dīnaṃ sainyam avasthitam ||
abravīd bharataśreṣṭha madrarājam idaṃ vacaḥ ||
eṣa pāṇḍusuto jyeṣṭho jitvā mātula māmakān ||
paśyatāṃ no mahābāho senāṃ drāvayate balī ||
taṃ vāraya mahābāho veleva makarālayam ||
tvaṃ hi saṃśrūyase 'tyartham asahyabalavikramaḥ ||
putrasya tava tad vākyaṃ śrutvā śalyaḥ pratāpavān ||
prayayau rathavaṃśena yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
tad āpatad vai sahasā śalyasya sumahad balam ||
mahaughavegaṃ samare vārayām āsa pāṇḍavaḥ ||
madrarājaṃ ca samare dharmarājo mahārathaḥ ||
daśabhiḥ sāyakais tūrṇam ājaghāna stanāntare ||
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca tribhis tribhir ajihmagaiḥ ||
madrarājo 'pi tān sarvān ājaghāna tribhis tribhiḥ ||
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ punaḥ ṣaṣṭyā vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
mādrīputrau ca saṃrabdhau dvābhyāṃ dvābhyām atāḍayat ||
tato bhīmo mahābāhur dṛṣṭvā rājānam āhave ||
madrarājavaśaṃ prāptaṃ mṛtyor āsyagataṃ yathā ||
abhyadravata saṃgrāme yudhiṣṭhiram amitrajit ||
tato yuddhaṃ mahāghoraṃ prāvartata sudāruṇam ||
aparāṃ diśam āsthāya dyotamāne divākare ||
Then Duryodhana, seeing his army standing in dejection, said these words to the king of the Madras, O best of the Bharatas: 'This eldest son of Pandu, O uncle, having conquered our men before our very eyes, mighty-armed one, in his strength routs our army. Stop him, mighty-armed one, as the shore stops the abode of the makaras. For you are renowned far and wide for irresistible strength and valor.' Hearing these words of your son, the mighty Shalya advanced with a line of chariots to where King Yudhishthira stood. This sudden onslaught of Shalya's vast army, with the force of a great flood, the Pandava withstood in battle. Dharmaraja, the great chariot-warrior, swiftly struck the king of the Madras with ten arrows in the chest, while Nakula and Sahadeva struck him each with three straight-flying arrows. The king of the Madras in turn struck each of them with three arrows, then pierced Yudhishthira again with sixty sharp arrows, and struck the two furious sons of Madri with two arrows each. Then the mighty-armed Bhima, seeing in battle that King Yudhishthira had fallen under the power of the king of the Madras as if into the very jaws of death, the conqueror of foes rushed at him in the fight. Then a most terrible and dreadful battle began, as the sun, still shining, turned toward the western sky."
1f246a76be5e · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 9:55:41 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Duryodhana again seeks someone to stop Yudhishthira, and settles on Shalya. But Bhima's intervention shows the inner bond of the Pandavas: danger to the eldest brother at once becomes shared alarm and fresh cause for fury.