Mahabharat
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[वै] तस्याभिवर्षतॊ वारि पाण्डवः परत्यवारयत शरवर्षेण बीभत्सुर उत्तमास्त्राणि दर्शयन ॥ १-२१८-१ ॥
'Vaisampayana said, 'Then Arjuna, the son of Pandu, invoking his excellent weapons, countered Indra's shower of rain with a shower of his own weapons.'' ॥ 1-218-1 ॥
english translation
[vai] tasyAbhivarSatò vAri pANDavaH paratyavArayata zaravarSeNa bIbhatsura uttamAstrANi darzayana ॥ 1-218-1 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptशरैः समन्ततः सर्वं खाण्डवं चापि पाण्डवः छादयाम आस तद वर्षम अपकृष्य ततॊ वनात ॥ १-२१८-२ ॥
'And Arjuna of immeasurable soul soon covered the forest of Khandava with innumerable arrows like the moon covering the atmosphere with a thick fog.' ॥ 1-218-2 ॥
english translation
zaraiH samantataH sarvaM khANDavaM cApi pANDavaH chAdayAma Asa tada varSama apakRSya tatò vanAta ॥ 1-218-2 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptन च सम किं चिच छक्नॊति भूतं निश्चरितं ततः संछाद्यमाने खगमैर अस्यता सव्यसाचिना ॥ १-२१८-३ ॥
'When the sky above that forest was thus covered with the arrows of Arjuna no living creature could then escape from below.' ॥ 1-218-3 ॥
english translation
na ca sama kiM cica chaknòti bhUtaM nizcaritaM tataH saMchAdyamAne khagamaira asyatA savyasAcinA ॥ 1-218-3 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptतक्षकस तु न तत्रासीत सर्पराजॊ महाबलः दह्यमाने वने तस्मिन कुरुक्षेत्रे ऽभवत तदा ॥ १-२१८-४ ॥
'And during the burning of that forest, Takshaka, the chief of the Nagas, was absent, having gone to the battlefield of Kurukshetra at that time.' ॥ 1-218-4 ॥
english translation
takSakasa tu na tatrAsIta sarparAjò mahAbalaH dahyamAne vane tasmina kurukSetre 'bhavata tadA ॥ 1-218-4 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअश्वसेनस तु तत्रासीत तक्षकस्य सुतॊ बली स यत्नम अकरॊत तीव्रं मॊक्षार्थं हव्यवाहनात ॥ १-२१८-५ ॥
'But Ashvasena, the powerful son of Takshaka, was present. Despite his great efforts to escape the fire, he was unable to find a way out, hindered by Arjuna's arrows.' ॥ 1-218-5 ॥
english translation
azvasenasa tu tatrAsIta takSakasya sutò balI sa yatnama akaròta tIvraM mòkSArthaM havyavAhanAta ॥ 1-218-5 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript