 | Book 1 Chapter 179
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | yadā nivṛttā rājāno dhanuṣaḥ sajyakarmaṇi
athodatiṣṭhad viprāṇāṃ madhyāj jiṣṇur udāradhīḥ
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| 2 | udakrośan vipramukhyā vidhunvanto 'jināni ca
dṛṣṭvā saṃprasthitaṃ pārtham indraketusamaprabham
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| 3 | ke cid āsan vimanasaḥ ke cid āsan mudā yutāḥ
āhuḥ parasparaṃ ke cin nipuṇā buddhijīvinaḥ
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| 4 | yat karṇaśalyapramukhaiḥ pārthivair lokaviśrutaiḥ
nānataṃ balavadbhir hi dhanurvedaparāyaṇaiḥ
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| 5 | tat kathaṃ tv akṛtāstreṇa prāṇato durbalīyasā
baṭumātreṇa śakyaṃ hi sajyaṃ kartuṃ dhanur dvijāḥ
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| 6 | avahāsyā bhaviṣyanti brāhmaṇāḥ sarvarājasu
karmaṇy asminn asaṃsiddhe cāpalād aparīkṣite
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| 7 | yady eṣa darpād dharṣād vā yadi vā brahmacāpalāt
prasthito dhanur āyantuṃ vāryatāṃ sādhu mā gamat
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| 8 | nāvahāsyā bhaviṣyāmo na ca lāghavam āsthitāḥ
na ca vidviṣṭatāṃ loke gamiṣyāmo mahīkṣitām
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| 9 | ke cid āhur yuvā śrīmān nāgarājakaropamaḥ
pīnaskandhorubāhuś ca dhairyeṇa himavān iva
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| 10 | saṃbhāvyam asmin karmedam utsāhāc cānumīyate
śaktir asya mahotsāhā na hy aśaktaḥ svayaṃ vrajet
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| 11 | na ca tad vidyate kiṃ cit karma lokeṣu yad bhavet
brāhmaṇānām asādhyaṃ ca triṣu saṃsthānacāriṣu
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| 12 | abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāś ca phalāhārā dṛḍhavratāḥ
durbalā hi balīyāṃso viprā hi brahmatejasā
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| 13 | brāhmaṇo nāvamantavyaḥ sad vāsad vā samācaran
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ mahad dhrasvaṃ karma yat samupāgatam
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| 14 | evaṃ teṣāṃ vilapatāṃ viprāṇāṃ vividhā giraḥ
arjuno dhanuṣo 'bhyāśe tasthau girir ivācalaḥ
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| 15 | sa tad dhanuḥ parikramya pradakṣiṇam athākarot
praṇamya śirasā hṛṣṭo jagṛhe ca paraṃtapaḥ
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| 16 | sajyaṃ ca cakre nimiṣāntareṇa; śarāṃś ca jagrāha daśārdhasaṃkhyān
vivyādha lakṣyaṃ nipapāta tac ca; chidreṇa bhūmau sahasātividdham
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| 17 | tato 'ntarikṣe ca babhūva nādaḥ; samājamadhye ca mahān ninādaḥ
puṣpāṇi divyāni vavarṣa devaḥ; pārthasya mūrdhni dviṣatāṃ nihantuḥ
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| 18 | celāvedhāṃs tataś cakrur hāhākārāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ
nyapataṃś cātra nabhasaḥ samantāt puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ
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| 19 | śatāṅgāni ca tūryāṇi vādakāś cāpy avādayan
sūtamāgadhasaṃghāś ca astuvaṃs tatra susvanāḥ
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| 20 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā drupadaḥ prīto babhūvāriniṣūdanaḥ
sahasainyaś ca pārthasya sāhāyyārtham iyeṣa saḥ
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| 21 | tasmiṃs tu śabde mahati pravṛtte; yudhiṣṭhiro dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ
āvāsam evopajagāma śīghraṃ; sārdhaṃ yamābhyāṃ puruṣottamābhyām
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viddhaṃ tu lakṣyaṃ prasamīkṣya kṛṣṇā; pārthaṃ ca śakrapratimaṃ nirīkṣya
ādāya śuklaṃ varamālyadāma; jagāma kuntīsutam utsmayantī
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| 23 | sa tām upādāya vijitya raṅge; dvijātibhis tair abhipūjyamānaḥ
raṅgān nirakrāmad acintyakarmā; patnyā tayā cāpy anugamyamānaḥ
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