Mahabharata 5.197: saptanavatyadhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

5.197.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
tathaiva rājā kaunteyo dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhānvīrāṃścodayāmāsa bhārata || 1 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'Like Duryodhana, king Yudhishthira also, the son of Kunti and Dharma, ordered out, O Bharata, his heroic warriors headed by Dhrishtadyumna. Indeed, he ordered that slayer of foes and commander of force, that leader, steady in prowess, of the Chedis, the Kasis, and the Karushas, viz., Dhrishtaketu, as also Virata, and Drupada, and Yuyudhana, and Sikhandin, and those two mighty bowmen, those two princes of Panchala, viz., Yudhamanyu and Uttamaujas, to set out. Those brave warriors, cased in handsome coats of mail and decked with golden ear-rings, blazed forth like fires on the sacrificial altar when fed with clarified butter. Indeed, those mighty bowmen looked resplendent like the planets in the firmament. Then that bull among men king Yudhishthira, having duly honoured all his combatants, ordered them to march. And king Yudhishthira ordered excellent provisions of food for those high-souled kings with their troops consisting of infantry, and elephants and horses, and with all their followers, as also for all those that subsisted on mechanical arts. And the son of Pandu first ordered Abhimanyu, and Vrihanta, and the five sons of Draupadi, to march with Dhrishtadyumna at their head. And he then despatched Bhima, and Dhananjaya the son of Pandu, in the second division of his forces.

5.197.2

cedikāśikarūṣāṇāṃ netāraṃ dṛḍhavikramam |
senāpatimamitraghnaṃ dhṛṣṭaketumathādiśat || 2 ||

5.197.3

virāṭaṃ drupadaṃ caiva yuyudhānaṃ śikhaṇḍinam |
pāñcālyau ca maheṣvāsau yudhāmanyūttamaujasau || 3 ||

5.197.4

te śūrāścitravarmāṇastaptakuṇḍaladhāriṇaḥ |
ājyāvasiktā jvalitā dhiṣṇyeṣviva hutāśanāḥ |
aśobhanta maheṣvāsā grahāḥ prajvalitā iva || 4 ||

5.197.5

so'tha sainyaṃ yathāyogaṃ pūjayitvā nararṣabhaḥ |
dideśa tānyanīkāni prayāṇāya mahīpatiḥ || 5 ||

5.197.6

abhimanyuṃ bṛhantaṃ ca draupadeyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ |
dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhānetānprāhiṇotpāṇḍunandanaḥ || 6 ||

5.197.7

bhīmaṃ ca yuyudhānaṃ ca pāṇḍavaṃ ca dhanaṃjayam |
dvitīyaṃ preṣayāmāsa balaskandhaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 7 ||

5.197.8

bhāṇḍaṃ samāropayatāṃ caratāṃ saṃpradhāvatām |
hṛṣṭānāṃ tatra yodhānāṃ śabdo divamivāspṛśat || 8 ||

And the din made by the men moving and running about for harnessing their steeds and elephants and loading the cars with implements of battle, and the shouts of the cheerful combatants, seemed to touch the very heavens. And last of all, the king marched himself, accompanied by Virata and Drupada and the other monarchs (on his side). And that army of fierce bowmen commanded by Dhrishtadyumna, hitherto stationed in one place, but now extended into columns for marching, looked like the (impetuous) current of Ganga. The then intelligent Yudhishthira depending on his wisdom, disposed his divisions in a different order, confounding the sons of Dhritarashtra. And the son of Pandu ordered that those mighty bowmen, the (five) sons of Draupadi and Abhimanyu, and Nakula, and Sahadeva, and all the Prabhadrakas, and ten thousand horses, and two thousand elephants, and ten thousand foot-soldiers, and five hundred cars, constituting the first irresistible division of his army, should be placed under the command of Bhimasena. And he placed in the middle division of his army Virata and Jayatsena, and those two mighty car-warriors, viz., Yudhamanyu and Uttamauja, the two high-souled princes of Panchala, both endued with great prowess and both armed with mace and bow. And in this middle division marched Vasudeva and Dhananjaya. There were (placed) combatants highly accomplished in arms and burning with anger.

5.197.9

svayameva tataḥ paścādvirāṭadrupadānvitaḥ |
tathānyaiḥ pṛthivīpālaiḥ saha prāyānmahīpatiḥ || 9 ||

5.197.10

bhīmadhanvāyanī senā dhṛṣṭadyumnapuraskṛtā |
gaṅgeva pūrṇā stimitā syandamānā vyadṛśyata || 10 ||

5.197.11

tataḥ punaranīkāni vyayojayata buddhimān |
mohayandhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇāṃ buddhinisravam || 11 ||

5.197.12

draupadeyānmaheṣvāsānabhimanyuṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ |
nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca sarvāṃścaiva prabhadrakān || 12 ||

5.197.13

daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi dvisāhasraṃ ca dantinaḥ |
ayutaṃ ca padātīnāṃ rathāḥ pañcaśatāstathā || 13 ||

5.197.14

bhīmasenaṃ ca durdharṣaṃ prathamaṃ prādiśadbalam |
madhyame tu virāṭaṃ ca jayatsenaṃ ca māgadham || 14 ||

5.197.15

mahārathau ca pāñcālyau yudhāmanyūttamaujasau |
vīryavantau mahātmānau gadākārmukadhāriṇau |
anvayātāṃ tato madhye vāsudevadhanaṃjayau || 15 ||

5.197.16

babhūvuratisaṃrabdhāḥ kṛtapraharaṇā narāḥ |
teṣāṃ viṃśatisāhasrā dhvajāḥ śūrairadhiṣṭhitāḥ || 16 ||

Amongst them were steeds ridden by brave warriors, and five thousand elephants, and crowds of cars all around. And foot-soldiers in thousands, that were all brave and armed with bows, swords, and maces, marched behind them, as thousand marched before them. And in that part of that sea of troops, where Yudhishthira himself was, there were stationed numerous lords of earth. And there also were thousands of elephants, and steeds by ten thousands, and cars and foot-soldiers also by thousands. And there also marched, O bull among kings, Chekitana with his own large force, and king Dhrishtaketu, the leader of the Chedis. And there also was that mighty bowman, Satyaki, the foremost car-warrior of the Vrishnis, that mighty combatant, surrounded by hundreds and thousands of cars and leading (them to battle)! And those bulls among men, Kshatrahan and Kshatradeva, mounted on their cars, marched behind, protecting the rear. And there (in the rear) were the waggons, stalls, uniforms, vehicles and draft animals. There also were thousands of elephants and horses by tens of thousands. And taking all the invalids and women, and all that were emaciated and weak, and all the animals carrying his treasures, and all his granaries, with the aid of his elephant-divisions, Yudhishthira marched slowly.

5.197.17

pañca nāgasahasrāṇi rathavaṃśāśca sarvaśaḥ |
padātayaśca ye śūrāḥ kārmukāsigadādharāḥ |
sahasraśo'nvayuḥ paścādagrataśca sahasraśaḥ || 17 ||

5.197.18

yudhiṣṭhiro yatra sainye svayameva balārṇave |
tatra te pṛthivīpālā bhūyiṣṭhaṃ paryavasthitāḥ || 18 ||

5.197.19

tatra nāgasahasrāṇi hayānāmayutāni ca |
tathā rathasahasrāṇi padātīnāṃ ca bhārata |
yadāśrityābhiyuyudhe dhārtarāṣṭraṃ suyodhanam || 19 ||

'Thus was arrayed that terrible force of the intelligent son of Kunti. And relying upon that force he battled with Suyodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra. Besides those already named, other men by hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands, in divisions numbering by thousands, followed (the Pandava army), roaring loudly. And the warriors by thousands and ten thousands, filled with joy, beat their drums by thousands and blew conchs by tens of thousands!'"

5.197.20

tato'nye śataśaḥ paścātsahasrāyutaśo narāḥ |
nadantaḥ prayayusteṣāmanīkāni sahasraśaḥ || 20 ||

5.197.21

tatra bherīsahasrāṇi śaṅkhānāmayutāni ca |
vādayanti sma saṃhṛṣṭāḥ sahasrāyutaśo narāḥ || 21 ||