 | Book 1 Chapter 178
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | te 'laṃkṛtāḥ kuṇḍalino yuvānaḥ; parasparaṃ spardhamānāḥ sametāḥ
astraṃ balaṃ cātmani manyamānāḥ; sarve samutpetur ahaṃkṛtena
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| 2 | rūpeṇa vīryeṇa kulena caiva; dharmeṇa caivāpi ca yauvanena
samṛddhadarpā madavegabhinnā; mattā yathā haimavatā gajendrāḥ
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| 3 | parasparaṃ spardhayā prekṣamāṇāḥ; saṃkalpajenāpi pariplutāṅgāḥ
kṛṣṇā mamaiṣety abhibhāṣamāṇā; nṛpāsanebhyaḥ sahasopatasthuḥ
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| 4 | te kṣatriyā raṅgagatāḥ sametā; jigīṣamāṇā drupadātmajāṃ tām
cakāśire parvatarājakanyām; umāṃ yathā devagaṇāḥ sametāḥ
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| 5 | kandarpabāṇābhinipīḍitāṅgāḥ; kṛṣṇāgatais te hṛdayair narendrāḥ
raṅgāvatīrṇā drupadātmajārthaṃ; dveṣyān hi cakruḥ suhṛdo 'pi tatra
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| 6 | athāyayur devagaṇā vimānai; rudrādityā vasavo 'thāśvinau ca
sādhyāś ca sarve marutas tathaiva; yamaṃ puraskṛtya dhaneśvaraṃ ca
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| 7 | daityāḥ suparṇāś ca mahoragāś ca; devarṣayo guhyakāś cāraṇāś ca
viśvāvasur nāradaparvatau ca; gandharvamukhyāś ca sahāpsarobhiḥ
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| 8 | halāyudhas tatra ca keśavaś ca; vṛṣṇyandhakāś caiva yathā pradhānāḥ
prekṣāṃ sma cakrur yadupuṃgavās te; sthitāś ca kṛṣṇasya mate babhūvuḥ
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| 9 | dṛṣṭvā hi tān mattagajendrarūpān; pañcābhipadmān iva vāraṇendrān
bhasmāvṛtāṅgān iva havyavāhān; pārthān pradadhyau sa yadupravīraḥ
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śaśaṃsa rāmāya yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca; bhīmaṃ ca jiṣṇuṃ ca yamau ca vīrau
śanaiḥ śanais tāṃś ca nirīkṣya rāmo; janārdanaṃ prītamanā dadarśa
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| 11 | anye tu nānānṛpaputrapautrāḥ; kṛṣṇāgatair netramanaḥsvabhāvaiḥ
vyāyacchamānā dadṛśur bhramantīṃ; saṃdaṣṭadantacchadatāmravaktrāḥ
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| 12 | tathaiva pārthāḥ pṛthubāhavas te; vīrau yamau caiva mahānubhāvau
tāṃ draupadīṃ prekṣya tadā sma sarve; kandarpabāṇābhihatā babhūvuḥ
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| 13 | devarṣigandharvasamākulaṃ tat; suparṇanāgāsurasiddhajuṣṭam
divyena gandhena samākulaṃ ca; divyaiś ca mālyair avakīryamāṇam
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| 14 | mahāsvanair dundubhināditaiś ca; babhūva tat saṃkulam antarikṣam
vimānasaṃbādham abhūt samantāt; saveṇuvīṇāpaṇavānunādam
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| 15 | tatas tu te rājagaṇāḥ krameṇa; kṛṣṇānimittaṃ nṛpa vikramantaḥ
tat kārmukaṃ saṃhananopapannaṃ; sajyaṃ na śekus tarasāpi kartum
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| 16 | te vikramantaḥ sphuratā dṛḍhena; niṣkṛṣyamāṇā dhanuṣā narendrāḥ
viceṣṭamānā dharaṇītalasthā; dīnā adṛśyanta vibhagnacittāḥ
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| 17 | hāhākṛtaṃ tad dhanuṣā dṛḍhena; niṣpiṣṭabhagnāṅgadakuṇḍalaṃ ca
kṛṣṇānimittaṃ vinivṛttabhāvaṃ; rājñāṃ tadā maṇḍalam ārtam āsīt
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| 18 | tasmiṃs tu saṃbhrāntajane samāje; nikṣiptavādeṣu narādhipeṣu
kuntīsuto jiṣṇur iyeṣa kartuṃ; sajyaṃ dhanus tat saśaraṃ sa vīraḥ
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