mahabharat: dron parv: shadh-viansh adhyay: shlok 38-57 ka hindi anuvad
tathpashchat raja bhagadatht ne soory ki kiranoan ke saman chamakile sat tomaroan dvara hathi par baithe hue shatru dasharnaraj ko, jisaka asan vichalit ho gaya tha, mar dala. (38)
tab yudhishthir ne raja bhagadatht ko apane banoan se ghayal karake vishal rath-sena ke dvara sab or se gher liya. (39)
jaise van ke bhitar parvat ke shikhar par davalan prajhvalit ho raha ho, usi prakar sab or rathiyoan se ghirakar hathi ki pith par baithe hue raja bhagadatht sushobhit ho rahe the. (40)
banoan ki varsha karate hue bhayankar dhanurdhar rathiyoan ka manhdal us hathi par sab or se akraman kar raha tha aur vah hathi charoan or chakhkar kat raha tha. (41)
us samay pragjyotishapur ke raja ne us mahan gajaraj ko sab or se kaboo karake sahasa sathyaki ke rath ki or badhaya. (42)
yuyudhan[1] apane rath ko chho dakar door hat gaye aur us mahan gajaraj ne shini-pautr sathyaki ke us rath ko sooan d se pak dakar b de veg se pheank diya. (43)
tadananhtar sarathi ne apane rath ke vishal siandhi gho doan ko uthakar kh da kiya aur kood kar rath par ja chadha. phir rath sahit sathyaki ke pas jakar kh da ho gaya. (44)
isi bich mean avasar pakar vah gajaraj b di utavali ke sath rathoan ke ghere se par nikal gaya aur samasht rajaoan ko utha-uthakar pheankane laga. (45)
us shighragami gajaraj se daraye hue narashreshhth naresh yuddhashthal mean us ek ko hi saik doan hathiyoan ke saman manane lage. (46)
us samay idhar-udhar bhagate hue paanchal sainikoan ke hathi-gho doan ka mahan bhayankar chithkar shabhd prakat hua. (48)
bhagadatt ke dvara samarabhoomi mean panhdav-sainikoan ke khade de jane par bhimasen kupit ho pun: pragjyotishapur ke shvami bhagadatht par chadh aye. (49)
us samay akraman karane vale bhimasen ke gho doan par us hathi ne sooan d se jal chho dakar unhhean bhayabhit kar diya. phir to ve gho de bhimasen ko lekar door bhag gaye. (50)
tab akritiputr ruchiparva ne turant hi us hathi par akraman kiya. vah rath par baithakar sakshat yamaraj ke saman jan p data tha. usane banoan ki varsha se us hathi ko gahari chot pahuanchayi. (51)
yah dekh jinake aango ki jo d sunhdar hai un parvataraj bhagadatht ne jhuki huee gaanth vale ban ke dvara ruchiparva ko yamalok pahuancha diya. (52)
us vir ke mare jane par abhimanhyu, draupadikumar, chekitan, dhrishhtaketu tatha yuyutsu ne bhi us hathi ko pi da dena aramhbh kiya. ye sab log us hathi ko mar dalane ki ichhchha se vikat garjana karate hue apane banoan ki dhara se sianchane lage, mano megh parvat ko jal ki dhara se nahala rahe hoan. (53-54)
tadananhtar vidvan raja bhagadatht ne apane pairoan ki ean di, aankush evan aangushhth se prerit karake hathi ko age badhaya. phir to apane kanoan ko kh de karake ek-tak aankhoan se dekhate hue sooan d phailakar us hathi ne shighratapoorvak dhava kiya aur yuyuthsu ke gho doan ko pairoan se dabakar unake sarathi ko mar dala. (55-56)
rajan! yuyuthsu b di utavali ke sath rath se utarakar door chale gaye the. tathpashchat panhdav yoddha us gajaraj ko shighratapoorvak mar dalane ki ichhchha se bhairav-garjana karate hue apane banoan ki varsha dvara use sianchane lage. (57)