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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
संशप्तकः, पुं, समयात् संग्रामादनिवर्त्ती । इत्य- मरः ॥ समयात् कुलाचारात् शपथाद्वा संग्रामादनिवर्त्तिनोऽपराङ्मुखा अपलाय- मानाश्चाक्रोशन्ति ते संशप्तकाः । शपेर्भावे क्ते शप्तं सम्यक् सत्यं शप्तं येषां ते संशप्तकाः । इति भरतः ॥ नारायणीसेनाविशेषः । इति महाभारतम् ॥ (यथा, महाभारते । १ । १ । १८७ । “तदाश्रौषं चास्मदीयान् महारथान् व्यवस्थितानर्ज्जुनस्यान्तकाय । संशप्तकान् निहतानर्ज्जुनेन तदा नाशंसे विजयाय सञ्जय ॥” एतद्वधवृत्तान्तादिकं महाभारते द्रोणपर्व्वणि १७ अध्यायमारभ्य द्रष्टव्यम् ॥)
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
संशप्तक पुं।
शपतवशात्सङ्ग्रामादपरावर्तिः
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
संशप्तक¦ पु॰ सम्यक् शप्तमङ्गीकारो यस्य कप्। प्रतिज्ञायसंग्रामादनिवर्त्तिनि सैन्ये नारायणीये सैन्यभेदेच तेषां प्रतिज्ञा यथा
“ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पयित्वा च निष्क-न्दत्त्वा पृथक् पृथक्। गाश्च वासांसि च पुनः समा-भाव्य परस्परम्। प्रज्वाल्य कृष्णवर्त्मानमुपगम्य रणे व्र-तम्। तस्मिन्नग्नौ तदा चक्रुः प्रतिज्ञां दृडनिलयाः। [Page5180-a+ 38] शृण्वतां सर्वभूतानामुच्चैर्वाचोवभाषिरे। ते च चनञ्जय-वधे प्रतिज्ञाञ्चापि चक्रिरे। ये वै लोकाश्चानृतिनां येच वै ब्रह्मवातिनाम्। मद्यपस्व च लोका ये गुरु-दाररतस्य च। ब्रह्मस्वहारिञ्चश्चैव राजपिण्डापहा-रिणः। शरणागतं वा त्यजता याचमानं तथा घ्नतः। अ-गारदाहिनाञ्चैव ये च गां निघ्नतामपि। अपकारिणाञ्चये लोका ये च ब्रह्मद्विवामपि। स्वभार्य्यामृतुकालेषु योमोहान्नाभिगच्छति। श्राद्धर्मथुनिकानाञ्च ये चाप्यात्मापकारिणाम्। न्यासापहारिणां ये च श्रुतं नाशयताञ्चये। क्लीवेन युध्यमानानां ये च दीनानुसारिणाम्। ना-स्तिकानाञ्च लोका येऽग्निमातृपरित्यजाम्। ताना-प्नुयामहे लोकान् ये च पापकृतामपि। यद्यहत्वा वयंसर्वे निवर्त्तेम धनञ्जयम्। तेन चाभ्यर्दितास्त्रामुङ्खिबेमहि पराङ्मुखाः। यदि त्वमुकरं लोके कर्म कुर्य्यामसंयुगे। इष्टान् लोकान् प्राप्त याम वयमद्य न संशयः। एवमुक्त्रा ततो राजंस्तेऽम्यवर्त्तन्त संयुगे। आह्वयन्तो-ऽर्जुनं वीराः पितृजुष्टां दिशं प्रति” भा॰ द्रो॰
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
संशप्तक¦ m. (-कः)
1. A picked man or soldier, one of a select band sworn never to recede, and stationed to prevent the flight of the rest, a brother in arms.
2. A conspirator bound by oath to kill another. E. सम् with, together, शप्त sworn, कन् aff.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
संशप्तकः [saṃśaptakḥ], [सम्यक् शप्तमङ्गीकारो यस्य कप् Tv.]
A warrior sworn never to recede from a contest and kept to prevent the fight of others; संशप्तकान्निहतानर्जनेन तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय Mb.1.1.189.
A picked warrior.
A brother in arms.
A conspirator who has taken an oath to kill another.
Monier-Williams
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
संशप्तक/ सं- m. a soldier or warrior sworn with others not to fly or give up fighting (till some object is gained) , one bound by an oath to kill others( pl. a band of conspirators or confederates such as त्रि-गर्तand his brothers who had sworn to kill अर्जुनbut were killed themselves) MBh.
Purana Encyclopedia
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
Saṁśaptaka : m. (pl.): A general term to designate the group of five Trigarta brothers and their followers who together took the oath to kill Arjuna; their army in general, which included besides Trigartas also Mālavas and many other Janapadas, is also referred to as Saṁśaptaka; sometimes Nārāyaṇas and Gopālas also figure in the context of Saṁśaptakas.
A. Description: Heroic (vīra) 3. 240. 33; 7. 17. 30; 8. 12. 4; 8. 14. 18; brave (śūra) 8. 14. 5; 8. 40. 94; 8. 42. 3; tigers among men (naravyāghra) 7. 17. 2; skilled in the use of missiles (kṛtāstra) 6. 20. 15; fond of battles (yuddhaśaunḍa) 8. 31. 14; great chariot-fighters (māhāratha) 1. 1. 131; 7. 26. 10, 18; famous, widely known (prakhyāta) 3. 240. 22; (nāmalabdhānām viditānāṁ samantataḥ) 8. 40. 94.
B. Epic events:
(1) Saṁśaptakas took away Arjuna from the main battle-field; after Abhimanyu's death, Arjuna killed all the surviving Saṁśaptakas--these two chief points of the epic events mentioned while listing the contents of the Droṇaparvan in the Parvasaṁgrahaparvan 1. 2. 160, 163;
(2) Dānavas informed Duryodhana who was taken to Rāsātala by a kṛtyā that the Saṁśaptakas were Daityas and Rākṣasas in hundreds and thousands appointed to kill Arjuna and they would kill him; then Duryodhana felt assured that (Karṇa and) the Saṁśaptakas were meant to kill Arjuna and that they were capable of accomplishing the task; the mind of the Saṁśaptakas was under the spell of Rākṣasas and, overcome by the qualities rajas and tamas, they were eager to kill Arjuna (sāṁśaptakāś ca te vīrā rākṣasāviṣṭacetasaḥ/rajastamobhyāṁ ākrāntāḥ phalgunasya vadhaiṣiṇaḥ//) 3. 240. 22, 30, 33;
(3) Saṁjaya told Dhṛtarāṣṭra that in the ensuing war the five Kekaya brothers would take on the two chief Trigartas of the Saṁśaptakas (trigartānāṁ ca dvau mukhyau yau tau śaṁśaptakāv iti) 5. 56. 18;
(4) An ayuta of Saṁśaptaka chariot-fighters were meant to fight with Arjuna resulting either in the death or victory of Arjuna; they followed Arjuna wherever he went (saṁśaptakānām ayutaṁ rathānāṁ mṛtyur jayo vārjunasyeti sṛṣṭāḥ/yenārjunas tena…prayātā vai te) 6. 20. 15 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 6. 20. 15; yena yatra tena tatra);
(5) Śuśarman, king of Trigartas, and his five brothers Satyaratha, Satyadharman, Satyavarman, Satyeṣuḥ and Satyakarman together with their army of Trigartas, as well as Mālavas, Tuṇḍikeras, Mācellakas, Lalitthas, Madrakas and many other Janapadas took the oath (śapatha) to kill Arjuna 7. 16. 11, 15-21; the mode of oath, also called pratijñā, in which offerings were given in fire, described 7. 16. 22-37; in the description of the war, in the context of Saṁśaptakas, besides some of those groups of people mentioned above, also occur Nārāyaṇas, Gopālas (7. 17. 31; 7. 18. 7), and Yaudheyas (7. 18. 16);
(6) On the twelfth day of the war, Droṇa planned a battle between Arjuna and the Saṁśaptaka troops and when Arjuna left the main battlefield to fight with them, he arranged his army in the Suparṇavyūha against Pāṇḍavas (vidhāya yogaṁ pārthena saṁśaptakagaṇaiḥ saha) 7. 19. 2-4; the Saṁśaptakas arranged their chariots on even ground in the vyūha called Candrārdha; they were delighted to see Arjuna approaching them for a fight; they roared loudly; Arjuna was surprised to find that they were delighted when actually they should have been grieved; or, he thought, perhaps, they were delighted because they would go to excellent worlds (after death) which were otherwise difficult to be obtained by bad people 7. 17. 1-6; hearing the sound of Devadatta conch blown by Arjuna, the army of Saṁśaptakas became motionless; regaining consciousness they started fighting with Arjuna by showering kaṅkapatrin arrows against him 7. 17. 9-11; the battle described in which Subāhu, Sudharman and Sudhanvan also participated 7. 17. 12-22; at the death of Sudhanvan, his followers, afraid, ran towards the army of Duryodhana 7. 17. 23; Suśarman, king of Trigartas, rebuked those who fled; he reminded them of their terrific oaths (śaptvā tu śapathān ghorān); the troops of Saṁśaptakas then blew their conches and returned to fight till death (mṛtyuṁ kṛtvā nivartanam//) 7. 17. 27-31; seeing that the troops of Saṁśaptakas were returning Arjuna asked Kṛṣṇa to drive his chariot towards them; he was determined to kill them 7. 18. 1-3; the Vāyavyāstra released by Arjuna to ward off the arrows of the opponents also blew away a large number of Saṁśaptakas along with their chariots, horses, elephants and weapons; Arjuna killed a large number of Saṁśaptakas; their condition as well as the condition of the battle-field described 7. 18. 22-37; Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Saṁjaya how Arjuna dealt with the army of Saṁśaptakas (saṁśaptakabalaṁ prati) and how did they encounter him 7. 25. 2; Arjuna left Saṁśaptakas for a while to fight with Bhagadatta who was routing the Pāṇḍava army; fourteen thousand Saṁśaptakas followed him and challenged him; Arjuna hesitated for a while whether to fight with Saṁśaptakas or go to help Yudhiṣṭhira; ultimately he decided to kill Saṁśaptakas (first) (abhavad bhuyasī buddhiḥ saṁśaptakavadhe sthirā); the great Saṁśaptaka chariot-fighters (saṁśaptakamahārathāḥ) discharged numerous smooth arrows (śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇāṁ) on Arjuna with the result that, covered with the arrows, neither Arjuna, nor Kṛṣṇa, nor his horses, nor chariot, could be seen; when Kṛṣṇa was deluded (moham anuprāptaḥ… janārdanaḥ) Arjuna killed Saṁśaptakas with Vajrāstra 7. 26. 10, 12-14, 18-20; the condition of Saṁśaptakas described 7. 26. 21-27; having killed Saṁśaptakas Arjuna asked Kṛṣṇa to drive his chariot towards Bhagadatta 7. 26. 29; but Suśarman and his Saṁśaptaka brothers followed Arjuna challenging him for a fight (yuddhārthī pṛṣthato 'nvayāt//…suśarmāhvayate 'cyuta//); Arjuna therefore was again in doubt-whether to kill Saṁśaptakas first or to go to the aid of his side 7. 27. 2-5; he asked Kṛṣṇa to turn back and started fighting with Suśarman; his battle with Saṁśaptaka brothers described in which Suśarman swooned 7. 27. 7-10; later, Arjuna continued to kill the surviving Saṁśaptakas and Nārāyaṇas on the southern side of the army (dakṣiṇena tu senāyāḥ kurute kadanaṁ bali/saṁśaptakāvaśeṣasya nārāyaṇabalasya ca//) 7. 30. 29; after killing the Saṁśaptakas, Arjuna returned to attack Droṇa and the Kaurava army 7. 31. 41-44;
(7) On the thirteenth day, when Droṇa reitereted the necessity of removing Arjuna from the main battle, Saṁśaptakas renewed their challenge to Arjuna and took him away to the south of the battlefield (āhvayann arjunaṁ saṁkhye dakṣiṇām abhito diśam) 7. 32. 15; towards the end of the day, Arjuna proceeded towards his camp after killing Saṁśaptakas 7. 50. 1-3; Yudhiṣṭhira, grieved over the death of Abhimanyu, told Arjuna that after he left to fight with the Saṁśaptaka army, Droṇa made a serious attempt to capture him 7. 51. 1;
(8) On the fourteenth day, at the instance of Duryodhana, the army of Kauravas, along with Saṁśaptakas, returned to fight with Sātyaki with great determination (te punaḥ saṁnyavartanta kṛtvā saṁśaptakān mithaḥ) 7. 97. 12; when Duḥśāsana was wounded by Sātyaki, Duryodhana asked Trigartas to fight with Sātyaki; Saṁśaptakas again made a determined effort to attack Sātyaki; Sātyaki killed their five hundred chief warriors, showering arrows on them, at the head of the army (agrānīke vyapothayat) 7. 99. 3-7; their condition described 7. 99. 8-11; ultimately they retreated in the direction of Droṇa 7. 99. 12;
(9) When Dhṛtarāṣṭra was told that on the sixteenth day, angry Arjuna attacked the Saṁśaptaka troops (saṁśaptakagaṇān 8. 9. 8) he wished to know the details of the fight between Saṁśaptakas and Arjuna; Arjuna entered the large ocean-like troops of Saṁśaptakas (saṁśaptakagaṇaṁ…arṇavasaṁnibham) and agitated it (vyakṣobhayat); the fight in which Arjuna cut off the hands and heads of his opponents with sharp arrows and killed elephants and horses along with their riders as well as chariot-fighters was hairraising (lomaharṣaṇam) 8. 12. 1, 3-13; at that point Aśvatthāman challenged Arjuna; hence he asked Kṛṣṇa whether he should continue killing Saṁśaptakas or accept the challenge of Aśvatthāman: Kṛṣṇa drove him to Aśvatthāman 8. 12. 21-22; after fighting with Aśvatthāman, Arjuna returned to Saṁśaptaka horse-riders, chariotfighters, elephant-riders and foot-soldiers (tataḥ saṁśaptakān bhūyaḥ sāśvasūtarathadvipān/dhvajapattigaṇān) 8. 12. 36; battle described in which Arjuna killed all kinds of his opponents (saṁśaptakamahārṇavam/ vyaśoṣayata duḥśoṣam…) and returned to fight with Aśvatthāman 8. 12. 37-43, 47; after fighting for a while with him, Arjuna came back to Saṁśaptakas; he cut off the hands, heads, weapons etc. of the opponents who did not turn back (aparāṅmukhānām) 8. 12. 54-58; after Arjuna's one more encounter with Aśvatthāman in which the latter was removed from the battle by his horses, Arjuna continued his battle with Saṁśaptakas 8. 12. 70-71; when there was loud noise to the north of the battle-field (8. 13. 1), Kṛṣṇa advised Arjuna to go there and first fight with Māgadha Daṇḍadhāra; he could later kill the Saṁśaptakas 8. 13. 4; accordingly, Arjuna first killed Daṇḍadhāra and his elephant and came back to Saṁśaptakas 8. 13. 25; in the battle that followed, Arjuna killed many Saṁśaptakas, while Kṛṣṇa drove his chariot in various roundabout ways (vakrānuvakragamanāt) 8. 14. 1; the battle described 8. 14. 2-21; at that moment Kṛṣṇa advised Arjuna not to while away his time with Saṁśaptakas; he should kill them without loss of time and hasten to kill Karṇa (kiṁ krīḍase 'nagha/saṁśaptakān pramathyaitāṁs tataḥ karṇavadhe tvara); Arjuna agreed and killed quickly the remaining Saṁśaptakas (kṣipraṁ śiṣṭān saṁśaptakāṁs tadā/ākṣipya śastreṇa balād… avadhīt) 8. 14. 22-23; Trigartas, along with Śālvas, Saṁśaptakas, and Nārāyaṇas, led by the king of Trigartas and his brothers, attacked Arjuna 8. 19. 2-4; the battle, in which Saṁśaptakas were killed by hundreds and thousands (śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ 8. 19. 19) and at one stage they surrounded Arjuna and showered him with weapons, described 8. 19. 5-34; in the end almost the entire Saṁśaptaka army turned back and did not stay to face Arjuna (prāyaśo vimukhaṁ sarvaṁ nāvatiṣṭhata saṁyuge); Arjuna thus won victory over many Saṁśaptaka troops (saṁśaptakagaṇān bahūn) 8. 19. 34-35;
(10) On the seventeenth day, thirtyfour thausand chariot-fighters of Śaṁśaptakas determined to fight to the end stood on the left side of the Bārhaspatyavyūha of Kauravas (catustriṁśatsahasrāṇi rathānām anivartinām/saṁśaptakā… vāmaṁ pārśvam apālayan…bārhaspatyaḥ …mahāvyūhaḥ) 8. 31. 14, 26; Śalya drew attention of Karṇa to Saṁśaptakas who had challenged Arjuna; in response, they were being attacked and killed by Arjuna; angered Saṁśaptakas covered him on all sides making Arjuna invisible (saṁśaptakaiḥ kruddhaiḥ…channaḥ pārtho na dṛśyate) 8. 31. 56-57; Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Saṁjaya to describe to him the battle between Arjuna and Saṁśaptakas; Saṁjaya told him that when the armies were arrayed (atha vyūḍheṣv anīkeṣu), Arjuna attacked Saṁśaptakas; wishing to kill Arjuna and determined to win victory not minding death (vijaye kṛtasaṁkalpā mṛtyuṁ kṛtvā nivartanam) they rushed towards Arjuna; their army consisted of many horses, elephants, chariotfighters and foot-soldiers; a fierce battle then took place; Arjuna cut off their hands, holding different weapons, as well as their heads; thinking Arjuna's chariot was drowned in the large army, Saṁśaptakas delightfully raised a roar (tasmin sainye mahāvarte…/nimagnaṁ taṁ rathaṁ matvā neduḥ saṁśaptakā mudā/) 8. 32. 1-13; at the site where Arjuna was killing Saṁśaptakas a loud sound of Gāṇḍīva was heard; very much angered Saṁśaptakas, coveting victory (jayagṛddhāḥ pramanyavaḥ) showered arrows on Arjuna; Arjuna braved their attack and reached Suśarman; when Arjuna started showering arrows on Suśarman, Saṁśaptakas responded the same way; hearing the roar of the monkey on Arjuna's chariot, the army of Saṁśaptakas was much terrified and became motionless; regaining consciousness, the warriors showered arrows on Arjuna and covered his chariot; they held firmly the horses, the wheels and the shaft of Arjuna's chariot and roared loudly (te hayān rathacakre ca ratheṣāś cāpi bhārata/nigṛhya balavat); some mounted on Arjuna's chariot and held him and Kṛṣṇa; shaking his hands Kṛṣṇa felled them down; Arjuna saw Saṁśaptaka great chariot-fighters encircling him and holding his chariot and Kṛṣṇa; he felled many of them down who had mounted the chariot and other foot-soldiers who were close to him by shooting arrows which went short distances (apātayat/āsannāṁś ca tato yodhāñ śarair āsannayodhibhiḥ); he made the rest run away; Arjuna pointed out to Kṛṣṇa that he had killed thousands of Saṁśaptakas who had achieved the difficult task of checking his chariot (kurvāṇān dāruṇaṁ karma…rathabandhaṁ imaṁ/ ghoraṁ); Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa blew Devadatta and Pāñcajanya conches respy.; hearing that sound, the Saṁśaptaka army shook and became very much afraid (saṁcacāla…vitrastā cābhavad bhṛśam); Arjuna then bound their feet by releasing nāgāstra; he killed them in that condition; when they were being killed, they gave up fighting with Arjuna and threw down their weapons; then Suśarman released them from their bonds by using sauparṇāstra; once free, they showered arrows and weapons on Arjuna (sasṛjur bāṇasaṁghāṁś ca śastrasaṁghāṁś ca); Arjuna cut off the missiles with arrows and killed many elephants, horses and chariot-fighters by using aindrāstra; the troops of Saṁśaptakas and Nārāyaṇas were then very much afraid; no one was able to fight back Arjuna (na hi kaścit pumāṁs tatra yo 'rjunaṁ pratyavidhyata); Arjuna then killed an ayuta of the opposing warriors; fourteen thousand (foot) warriors, an ayuta of chariotfighters, and three thousand elephantriders of Saṁśaptakas who survived (yāni śiṣṭāni) once again surrounded Arjuna determined either to return with victory or die (martavayam iti niścitya jayaṁ vāpi nivartanam); a fierce fighting then was fought between them and Arjuna (8. 37. 1-38); Arjuna destroyed many Saṁśaptakas; their Kṣatriyas, tormented by him, were killed (te kṣatriyā dahyamānās… jagmur vināśam) 8. 40. 5-61 after killing many Saṁśaptaka troops (nihatya…saṁśaptakagaṇān bahūn), Arjuna pointed out to Kṛṣṇa the great Saṁśaptaka chariotfighters who along with their troops ran away as they were unable to resist his arrows (dhāvanti sagaṇāḥ saṁśaptakamahārathāḥ/apārayanto madbāṇān) 8. 40. 7880; Duryodhana again incited Saṁśaptakas to face Arjuna; then a thousand chariotfighters, three hundred elephant-riders, fourteen thousand horse-riders and two hundred thousand archers turned towards Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna covering them with arrows; but Arjuna killed ten thousand Saṁśaptakas 8. 40. 92-99; thus Arjuna completely destroyed (kṛtsnena vyadhamat) the Saṁśaptakas 8. 40. 130; when the armies of Kurus and Sṛñjayas met again only a few Saṁśaptakas had surs vived (saṁśaptakeṣu…kiṁcicchiṣṭeṣu); Arjuna, after defeating Aśvatthāman (8. 42. 51), asked Kṛṣṇa to take him to Saṁśaptakas since fighting with them was his main task (kāryam etat paraṁ mama) 8. 42. 3, 56; Arjuna killed the remaining Saṁśaptaka troops with sharp arrows with the result that they became the guests of Indra and became free from grief as they were happy (śakrasyātithitām gatvā viśokā hy abhavan mudā) 8. 43. 76-77; when Arjuna told Bhīma that he could not leave the battlefield (to go to enquire about Yudhiṣṭhira) without killing Saṁśaptakas who faced him, Bhīma assured him that he himself would fight with the Saṁśaptakas 8. 45. 63-64; Arjuna while explaining to Yudhiṣṭhira why he had not yet killed Karṇa told him that during his fight with Saṁśaptakas, Aśvatthāman had unexpectedly intervened (to distract him) 8. 47. 2; later, while boasting about his heroic deeds Arjuna mentioned that he had killed almost all Saṁśaptakas and only a few of them had survived (saṁśaptakānāṁ kiṁcid evāvaśiṣṭam) 8. 49. 96; at one stage, Duḥśāsana along with the fully equipped army of Saṁśaptakas (pṛtanā samṛddhā) attacked Bhīma 8. 53. 9; when Arjuna was proceeding towards Karṇa, Saṁśaptaka chariot-fighters attacked him showering arrows; Arjuna killed many of them along with their charioteers, and cut off their bows and banners with sharp arrows; they all fell down from their chariots 8. 59. 3-5;
(11) On the seventeenth day, at night, when Saṁjaya reported to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the death of Karṇa (8. 1. 25), he (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), while recalling some of the major events of war, mentioned the killing of the Saṁśaptaka army by Arjuna 8. 1. 41; in reply to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's question who of the Kurus were still alive and who dead (ke nu jīvanti ke mṛtāḥ) 8. 4. 3, Saṁjaya mentioned Saṁśaptaka troops (saṁśaptakagaṇāś ca ye) among those who were killed by Arjuna 8. 4. 38;
(12) On the eighteenth day, Arjuna speedily rushed towards Kṛtavarman and Saṁśaptaka troops which were posted on the left side of the Sarvatobhadravyūha of Kauravas 9. 7. 30, 19, 24 (where Saṁśaptakas are designated as Trigartas); Arjuna, having killed Saṁśaptakas in battle (hatvā saṁśaptakān raṇe) rushed towards, the army of Kauravas 9. 9. 59; as the day advanced (madhyaṁdinagate sūrye), Aśvatthāman, helped by Saṁśaptakas (saṁśaptakavṛto raṇe), fought with Arjuna; the battle was terrific in which a large number of warriors were killed (tatra yuddhaṁ mahac cāsīt…yamarāṣṭravivardhanam) 9. 13. 42-43; (vimardas tu mahān āsīt) 9. 13. 45;
(13) On the nineteenth day, after the war was over, Saṁjaya, having returned early in the morning from the camp (tataḥ pūrvāhṇasamaye śibirād etya saṁjayaḥ 9. 1. 14), while reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the war-events mentioned Saṁśaptakas among those who were killed in war 9. 1. 26; Dhṛtarāṣṭra lamenting the loss of life in war mentioned that many Saṁśaptakas were killed (saṁśaptakāś ca bahavaḥ (nihatāḥ)) 9. 2. 34;
(14) Kṛṣṇa, while giving an account of war to Vasudeva, mentioned that before the fall of Abhimanyu, Saṁśaptakas had challenged Arjuna for a battle and took him away from the main scene (samāhūte tu saṁgrāme pārthe saṁśaptakais tadā) 14. 60. 19.
C. Arjuna is described as the killer of Saṁśaptakas saṁśaptakaniṣūdana 14. 73. 32, saṁśaptakanihantṛ 14. 76. 9. [See Trigarta ]
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Saṁśaptaka : m. (pl.): A general term to designate the group of five Trigarta brothers and their followers who together took the oath to kill Arjuna; their army in general, which included besides Trigartas also Mālavas and many other Janapadas, is also referred to as Saṁśaptaka; sometimes Nārāyaṇas and Gopālas also figure in the context of Saṁśaptakas.
A. Description: Heroic (vīra) 3. 240. 33; 7. 17. 30; 8. 12. 4; 8. 14. 18; brave (śūra) 8. 14. 5; 8. 40. 94; 8. 42. 3; tigers among men (naravyāghra) 7. 17. 2; skilled in the use of missiles (kṛtāstra) 6. 20. 15; fond of battles (yuddhaśaunḍa) 8. 31. 14; great chariot-fighters (māhāratha) 1. 1. 131; 7. 26. 10, 18; famous, widely known (prakhyāta) 3. 240. 22; (nāmalabdhānām viditānāṁ samantataḥ) 8. 40. 94.
B. Epic events:
(1) Saṁśaptakas took away Arjuna from the main battle-field; after Abhimanyu's death, Arjuna killed all the surviving Saṁśaptakas--these two chief points of the epic events mentioned while listing the contents of the Droṇaparvan in the Parvasaṁgrahaparvan 1. 2. 160, 163;
(2) Dānavas informed Duryodhana who was taken to Rāsātala by a kṛtyā that the Saṁśaptakas were Daityas and Rākṣasas in hundreds and thousands appointed to kill Arjuna and they would kill him; then Duryodhana felt assured that (Karṇa and) the Saṁśaptakas were meant to kill Arjuna and that they were capable of accomplishing the task; the mind of the Saṁśaptakas was under the spell of Rākṣasas and, overcome by the qualities rajas and tamas, they were eager to kill Arjuna (sāṁśaptakāś ca te vīrā rākṣasāviṣṭacetasaḥ/rajastamobhyāṁ ākrāntāḥ phalgunasya vadhaiṣiṇaḥ//) 3. 240. 22, 30, 33;
(3) Saṁjaya told Dhṛtarāṣṭra that in the ensuing war the five Kekaya brothers would take on the two chief Trigartas of the Saṁśaptakas (trigartānāṁ ca dvau mukhyau yau tau śaṁśaptakāv iti) 5. 56. 18;
(4) An ayuta of Saṁśaptaka chariot-fighters were meant to fight with Arjuna resulting either in the death or victory of Arjuna; they followed Arjuna wherever he went (saṁśaptakānām ayutaṁ rathānāṁ mṛtyur jayo vārjunasyeti sṛṣṭāḥ/yenārjunas tena…prayātā vai te) 6. 20. 15 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 6. 20. 15; yena yatra tena tatra);
(5) Śuśarman, king of Trigartas, and his five brothers Satyaratha, Satyadharman, Satyavarman, Satyeṣuḥ and Satyakarman together with their army of Trigartas, as well as Mālavas, Tuṇḍikeras, Mācellakas, Lalitthas, Madrakas and many other Janapadas took the oath (śapatha) to kill Arjuna 7. 16. 11, 15-21; the mode of oath, also called pratijñā, in which offerings were given in fire, described 7. 16. 22-37; in the description of the war, in the context of Saṁśaptakas, besides some of those groups of people mentioned above, also occur Nārāyaṇas, Gopālas (7. 17. 31; 7. 18. 7), and Yaudheyas (7. 18. 16);
(6) On the twelfth day of the war, Droṇa planned a battle between Arjuna and the Saṁśaptaka troops and when Arjuna left the main battlefield to fight with them, he arranged his army in the Suparṇavyūha against Pāṇḍavas (vidhāya yogaṁ pārthena saṁśaptakagaṇaiḥ saha) 7. 19. 2-4; the Saṁśaptakas arranged their chariots on even ground in the vyūha called Candrārdha; they were delighted to see Arjuna approaching them for a fight; they roared loudly; Arjuna was surprised to find that they were delighted when actually they should have been grieved; or, he thought, perhaps, they were delighted because they would go to excellent worlds (after death) which were otherwise difficult to be obtained by bad people 7. 17. 1-6; hearing the sound of Devadatta conch blown by Arjuna, the army of Saṁśaptakas became motionless; regaining consciousness they started fighting with Arjuna by showering kaṅkapatrin arrows against him 7. 17. 9-11; the battle described in which Subāhu, Sudharman and Sudhanvan also participated 7. 17. 12-22; at the death of Sudhanvan, his followers, afraid, ran towards the army of Duryodhana 7. 17. 23; Suśarman, king of Trigartas, rebuked those who fled; he reminded them of their terrific oaths (śaptvā tu śapathān ghorān); the troops of Saṁśaptakas then blew their conches and returned to fight till death (mṛtyuṁ kṛtvā nivartanam//) 7. 17. 27-31; seeing that the troops of Saṁśaptakas were returning Arjuna asked Kṛṣṇa to drive his chariot towards them; he was determined to kill them 7. 18. 1-3; the Vāyavyāstra released by Arjuna to ward off the arrows of the opponents also blew away a large number of Saṁśaptakas along with their chariots, horses, elephants and weapons; Arjuna killed a large number of Saṁśaptakas; their condition as well as the condition of the battle-field described 7. 18. 22-37; Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Saṁjaya how Arjuna dealt with the army of Saṁśaptakas (saṁśaptakabalaṁ prati) and how did they encounter him 7. 25. 2; Arjuna left Saṁśaptakas for a while to fight with Bhagadatta who was routing the Pāṇḍava army; fourteen thousand Saṁśaptakas followed him and challenged him; Arjuna hesitated for a while whether to fight with Saṁśaptakas or go to help Yudhiṣṭhira; ultimately he decided to kill Saṁśaptakas (first) (abhavad bhuyasī buddhiḥ saṁśaptakavadhe sthirā); the great Saṁśaptaka chariot-fighters (saṁśaptakamahārathāḥ) discharged numerous smooth arrows (śatasahasrāṇi śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇāṁ) on Arjuna with the result that, covered with the arrows, neither Arjuna, nor Kṛṣṇa, nor his horses, nor chariot, could be seen; when Kṛṣṇa was deluded (moham anuprāptaḥ… janārdanaḥ) Arjuna killed Saṁśaptakas with Vajrāstra 7. 26. 10, 12-14, 18-20; the condition of Saṁśaptakas described 7. 26. 21-27; having killed Saṁśaptakas Arjuna asked Kṛṣṇa to drive his chariot towards Bhagadatta 7. 26. 29; but Suśarman and his Saṁśaptaka brothers followed Arjuna challenging him for a fight (yuddhārthī pṛṣthato 'nvayāt//…suśarmāhvayate 'cyuta//); Arjuna therefore was again in doubt-whether to kill Saṁśaptakas first or to go to the aid of his side 7. 27. 2-5; he asked Kṛṣṇa to turn back and started fighting with Suśarman; his battle with Saṁśaptaka brothers described in which Suśarman swooned 7. 27. 7-10; later, Arjuna continued to kill the surviving Saṁśaptakas and Nārāyaṇas on the southern side of the army (dakṣiṇena tu senāyāḥ kurute kadanaṁ bali/saṁśaptakāvaśeṣasya nārāyaṇabalasya ca//) 7. 30. 29; after killing the Saṁśaptakas, Arjuna returned to attack Droṇa and the Kaurava army 7. 31. 41-44;
(7) On the thirteenth day, when Droṇa reitereted the necessity of removing Arjuna from the main battle, Saṁśaptakas renewed their challenge to Arjuna and took him away to the south of the battlefield (āhvayann arjunaṁ saṁkhye dakṣiṇām abhito diśam) 7. 32. 15; towards the end of the day, Arjuna proceeded towards his camp after killing Saṁśaptakas 7. 50. 1-3; Yudhiṣṭhira, grieved over the death of Abhimanyu, told Arjuna that after he left to fight with the Saṁśaptaka army, Droṇa made a serious attempt to capture him 7. 51. 1;
(8) On the fourteenth day, at the instance of Duryodhana, the army of Kauravas, along with Saṁśaptakas, returned to fight with Sātyaki with great determination (te punaḥ saṁnyavartanta kṛtvā saṁśaptakān mithaḥ) 7. 97. 12; when Duḥśāsana was wounded by Sātyaki, Duryodhana asked Trigartas to fight with Sātyaki; Saṁśaptakas again made a determined effort to attack Sātyaki; Sātyaki killed their five hundred chief warriors, showering arrows on them, at the head of the army (agrānīke vyapothayat) 7. 99. 3-7; their condition described 7. 99. 8-11; ultimately they retreated in the direction of Droṇa 7. 99. 12;
(9) When Dhṛtarāṣṭra was told that on the sixteenth day, angry Arjuna attacked the Saṁśaptaka troops (saṁśaptakagaṇān 8. 9. 8) he wished to know the details of the fight between Saṁśaptakas and Arjuna; Arjuna entered the large ocean-like troops of Saṁśaptakas (saṁśaptakagaṇaṁ…arṇavasaṁnibham) and agitated it (vyakṣobhayat); the fight in which Arjuna cut off the hands and heads of his opponents with sharp arrows and killed elephants and horses along with their riders as well as chariot-fighters was hairraising (lomaharṣaṇam) 8. 12. 1, 3-13; at that point Aśvatthāman challenged Arjuna; hence he asked Kṛṣṇa whether he should continue killing Saṁśaptakas or accept the challenge of Aśvatthāman: Kṛṣṇa drove him to Aśvatthāman 8. 12. 21-22; after fighting with Aśvatthāman, Arjuna returned to Saṁśaptaka horse-riders, chariotfighters, elephant-riders and foot-soldiers (tataḥ saṁśaptakān bhūyaḥ sāśvasūtarathadvipān/dhvajapattigaṇān) 8. 12. 36; battle described in which Arjuna killed all kinds of his opponents (saṁśaptakamahārṇavam/ vyaśoṣayata duḥśoṣam…) and returned to fight with Aśvatthāman 8. 12. 37-43, 47; after fighting for a while with him, Arjuna came back to Saṁśaptakas; he cut off the hands, heads, weapons etc. of the opponents who did not turn back (aparāṅmukhānām) 8. 12. 54-58; after Arjuna's one more encounter with Aśvatthāman in which the latter was removed from the battle by his horses, Arjuna continued his battle with Saṁśaptakas 8. 12. 70-71; when there was loud noise to the north of the battle-field (8. 13. 1), Kṛṣṇa advised Arjuna to go there and first fight with Māgadha Daṇḍadhāra; he could later kill the Saṁśaptakas 8. 13. 4; accordingly, Arjuna first killed Daṇḍadhāra and his elephant and came back to Saṁśaptakas 8. 13. 25; in the battle that followed, Arjuna killed many Saṁśaptakas, while Kṛṣṇa drove his chariot in various roundabout ways (vakrānuvakragamanāt) 8. 14. 1; the battle described 8. 14. 2-21; at that moment Kṛṣṇa advised Arjuna not to while away his time with Saṁśaptakas; he should kill them without loss of time and hasten to kill Karṇa (kiṁ krīḍase 'nagha/saṁśaptakān pramathyaitāṁs tataḥ karṇavadhe tvara); Arjuna agreed and killed quickly the remaining Saṁśaptakas (kṣipraṁ śiṣṭān saṁśaptakāṁs tadā/ākṣipya śastreṇa balād… avadhīt) 8. 14. 22-23; Trigartas, along with Śālvas, Saṁśaptakas, and Nārāyaṇas, led by the king of Trigartas and his brothers, attacked Arjuna 8. 19. 2-4; the battle, in which Saṁśaptakas were killed by hundreds and thousands (śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ 8. 19. 19) and at one stage they surrounded Arjuna and showered him with weapons, described 8. 19. 5-34; in the end almost the entire Saṁśaptaka army turned back and did not stay to face Arjuna (prāyaśo vimukhaṁ sarvaṁ nāvatiṣṭhata saṁyuge); Arjuna thus won victory over many Saṁśaptaka troops (saṁśaptakagaṇān bahūn) 8. 19. 34-35;
(10) On the seventeenth day, thirtyfour thausand chariot-fighters of Śaṁśaptakas determined to fight to the end stood on the left side of the Bārhaspatyavyūha of Kauravas (catustriṁśatsahasrāṇi rathānām anivartinām/saṁśaptakā… vāmaṁ pārśvam apālayan…bārhaspatyaḥ …mahāvyūhaḥ) 8. 31. 14, 26; Śalya drew attention of Karṇa to Saṁśaptakas who had challenged Arjuna; in response, they were being attacked and killed by Arjuna; angered Saṁśaptakas covered him on all sides making Arjuna invisible (saṁśaptakaiḥ kruddhaiḥ…channaḥ pārtho na dṛśyate) 8. 31. 56-57; Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Saṁjaya to describe to him the battle between Arjuna and Saṁśaptakas; Saṁjaya told him that when the armies were arrayed (atha vyūḍheṣv anīkeṣu), Arjuna attacked Saṁśaptakas; wishing to kill Arjuna and determined to win victory not minding death (vijaye kṛtasaṁkalpā mṛtyuṁ kṛtvā nivartanam) they rushed towards Arjuna; their army consisted of many horses, elephants, chariotfighters and foot-soldiers; a fierce battle then took place; Arjuna cut off their hands, holding different weapons, as well as their heads; thinking Arjuna's chariot was drowned in the large army, Saṁśaptakas delightfully raised a roar (tasmin sainye mahāvarte…/nimagnaṁ taṁ rathaṁ matvā neduḥ saṁśaptakā mudā/) 8. 32. 1-13; at the site where Arjuna was killing Saṁśaptakas a loud sound of Gāṇḍīva was heard; very much angered Saṁśaptakas, coveting victory (jayagṛddhāḥ pramanyavaḥ) showered arrows on Arjuna; Arjuna braved their attack and reached Suśarman; when Arjuna started showering arrows on Suśarman, Saṁśaptakas responded the same way; hearing the roar of the monkey on Arjuna's chariot, the army of Saṁśaptakas was much terrified and became motionless; regaining consciousness, the warriors showered arrows on Arjuna and covered his chariot; they held firmly the horses, the wheels and the shaft of Arjuna's chariot and roared loudly (te hayān rathacakre ca ratheṣāś cāpi bhārata/nigṛhya balavat); some mounted on Arjuna's chariot and held him and Kṛṣṇa; shaking his hands Kṛṣṇa felled them down; Arjuna saw Saṁśaptaka great chariot-fighters encircling him and holding his chariot and Kṛṣṇa; he felled many of them down who had mounted the chariot and other foot-soldiers who were close to him by shooting arrows which went short distances (apātayat/āsannāṁś ca tato yodhāñ śarair āsannayodhibhiḥ); he made the rest run away; Arjuna pointed out to Kṛṣṇa that he had killed thousands of Saṁśaptakas who had achieved the difficult task of checking his chariot (kurvāṇān dāruṇaṁ karma…rathabandhaṁ imaṁ/ ghoraṁ); Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa blew Devadatta and Pāñcajanya conches respy.; hearing that sound, the Saṁśaptaka army shook and became very much afraid (saṁcacāla…vitrastā cābhavad bhṛśam); Arjuna then bound their feet by releasing nāgāstra; he killed them in that condition; when they were being killed, they gave up fighting with Arjuna and threw down their weapons; then Suśarman released them from their bonds by using sauparṇāstra; once free, they showered arrows and weapons on Arjuna (sasṛjur bāṇasaṁghāṁś ca śastrasaṁghāṁś ca); Arjuna cut off the missiles with arrows and killed many elephants, horses and chariot-fighters by using aindrāstra; the troops of Saṁśaptakas and Nārāyaṇas were then very much afraid; no one was able to fight back Arjuna (na hi kaścit pumāṁs tatra yo 'rjunaṁ pratyavidhyata); Arjuna then killed an ayuta of the opposing warriors; fourteen thousand (foot) warriors, an ayuta of chariotfighters, and three thousand elephantriders of Saṁśaptakas who survived (yāni śiṣṭāni) once again surrounded Arjuna determined either to return with victory or die (martavayam iti niścitya jayaṁ vāpi nivartanam); a fierce fighting then was fought between them and Arjuna (8. 37. 1-38); Arjuna destroyed many Saṁśaptakas; their Kṣatriyas, tormented by him, were killed (te kṣatriyā dahyamānās… jagmur vināśam) 8. 40. 5-61 after killing many Saṁśaptaka troops (nihatya…saṁśaptakagaṇān bahūn), Arjuna pointed out to Kṛṣṇa the great Saṁśaptaka chariotfighters who along with their troops ran away as they were unable to resist his arrows (dhāvanti sagaṇāḥ saṁśaptakamahārathāḥ/apārayanto madbāṇān) 8. 40. 7880; Duryodhana again incited Saṁśaptakas to face Arjuna; then a thousand chariotfighters, three hundred elephant-riders, fourteen thousand horse-riders and two hundred thousand archers turned towards Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna covering them with arrows; but Arjuna killed ten thousand Saṁśaptakas 8. 40. 92-99; thus Arjuna completely destroyed (kṛtsnena vyadhamat) the Saṁśaptakas 8. 40. 130; when the armies of Kurus and Sṛñjayas met again only a few Saṁśaptakas had surs vived (saṁśaptakeṣu…kiṁcicchiṣṭeṣu); Arjuna, after defeating Aśvatthāman (8. 42. 51), asked Kṛṣṇa to take him to Saṁśaptakas since fighting with them was his main task (kāryam etat paraṁ mama) 8. 42. 3, 56; Arjuna killed the remaining Saṁśaptaka troops with sharp arrows with the result that they became the guests of Indra and became free from grief as they were happy (śakrasyātithitām gatvā viśokā hy abhavan mudā) 8. 43. 76-77; when Arjuna told Bhīma that he could not leave the battlefield (to go to enquire about Yudhiṣṭhira) without killing Saṁśaptakas who faced him, Bhīma assured him that he himself would fight with the Saṁśaptakas 8. 45. 63-64; Arjuna while explaining to Yudhiṣṭhira why he had not yet killed Karṇa told him that during his fight with Saṁśaptakas, Aśvatthāman had unexpectedly intervened (to distract him) 8. 47. 2; later, while boasting about his heroic deeds Arjuna mentioned that he had killed almost all Saṁśaptakas and only a few of them had survived (saṁśaptakānāṁ kiṁcid evāvaśiṣṭam) 8. 49. 96; at one stage, Duḥśāsana along with the fully equipped army of Saṁśaptakas (pṛtanā samṛddhā) attacked Bhīma 8. 53. 9; when Arjuna was proceeding towards Karṇa, Saṁśaptaka chariot-fighters attacked him showering arrows; Arjuna killed many of them along with their charioteers, and cut off their bows and banners with sharp arrows; they all fell down from their chariots 8. 59. 3-5;
(11) On the seventeenth day, at night, when Saṁjaya reported to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the death of Karṇa (8. 1. 25), he (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), while recalling some of the major events of war, mentioned the killing of the Saṁśaptaka army by Arjuna 8. 1. 41; in reply to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's question who of the Kurus were still alive and who dead (ke nu jīvanti ke mṛtāḥ) 8. 4. 3, Saṁjaya mentioned Saṁśaptaka troops (saṁśaptakagaṇāś ca ye) among those who were killed by Arjuna 8. 4. 38;
(12) On the eighteenth day, Arjuna speedily rushed towards Kṛtavarman and Saṁśaptaka troops which were posted on the left side of the Sarvatobhadravyūha of Kauravas 9. 7. 30, 19, 24 (where Saṁśaptakas are designated as Trigartas); Arjuna, having killed Saṁśaptakas in battle (hatvā saṁśaptakān raṇe) rushed towards, the army of Kauravas 9. 9. 59; as the day advanced (madhyaṁdinagate sūrye), Aśvatthāman, helped by Saṁśaptakas (saṁśaptakavṛto raṇe), fought with Arjuna; the battle was terrific in which a large number of warriors were killed (tatra yuddhaṁ mahac cāsīt…yamarāṣṭravivardhanam) 9. 13. 42-43; (vimardas tu mahān āsīt) 9. 13. 45;
(13) On the nineteenth day, after the war was over, Saṁjaya, having returned early in the morning from the camp (tataḥ pūrvāhṇasamaye śibirād etya saṁjayaḥ 9. 1. 14), while reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the war-events mentioned Saṁśaptakas among those who were killed in war 9. 1. 26; Dhṛtarāṣṭra lamenting the loss of life in war mentioned that many Saṁśaptakas were killed (saṁśaptakāś ca bahavaḥ (nihatāḥ)) 9. 2. 34;
(14) Kṛṣṇa, while giving an account of war to Vasudeva, mentioned that before the fall of Abhimanyu, Saṁśaptakas had challenged Arjuna for a battle and took him away from the main scene (samāhūte tu saṁgrāme pārthe saṁśaptakais tadā) 14. 60. 19.
C. Arjuna is described as the killer of Saṁśaptakas saṁśaptakaniṣūdana 14. 73. 32, saṁśaptakanihantṛ 14. 76. 9. [See Trigarta ]
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