 | Book 2 Chapter 28
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tathaiva sahadevo 'pi dharmarājena pūjitaḥ
mahatyā senayā sārdhaṃ prayayau dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
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| 2 | sa śūrasenān kārtsnyena pūrvam evājayat prabhuḥ
matsyarājaṃ ca kauravyo vaśe cakre balād balī
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| 3 | adhirājādhipaṃ caiva dantavakraṃ mahāhave
jigāya karadaṃ caiva svarājye saṃnyaveśayat
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| 4 | sukumāraṃ vaśe cakre sumitraṃ ca narādhipam
tathaivāparamatsyāṃś ca vyajayat sa paṭaccarān
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| 5 | niṣādabhūmiṃ gośṛṅgaṃ parvatapravaraṃ tathā
tarasā vyajayad dhīmāñ śreṇimantaṃ ca pārthivam
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| 6 | navarāṣṭraṃ vinirjitya kuntibhojam upādravat
prītipūrvaṃ ca tasyāsau pratijagrāha śāsanam
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| 7 | tataś carmaṇvatīkūle jambhakasyātmajaṃ nṛpam
dadarśa vāsudevena śeṣitaṃ pūrvavairiṇā
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| 8 | cakre tatra sa saṃgrāmaṃ saha bhojena bhārata
sa tam ājau vinirjitya dakṣiṇābhimukho yayau
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| 9 | karāṃs tebhya upādāya ratnāni vividhāni ca
tatas tair eva sahito narmadām abhito yayau
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| 10 | vindānuvindāv āvantyau sainyena mahatā vṛtau
jigāya samare vīrāv āśvineyaḥ pratāpavān
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| 11 | tato ratnāny upādāya purīṃ māhiṣmatīṃ yayau
tatra nīlena rājñā sa cakre yuddhaṃ nararṣabhaḥ
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| 12 | pāṇḍavaḥ paravīraghnaḥ sahadevaḥ pratāpavān
tato 'sya sumahad yuddham āsīd bhīrubhayaṃkaram
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| 13 | sainyakṣayakaraṃ caiva prāṇānāṃ saṃśayāya ca
cakre tasya hi sāhāyyaṃ bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ
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| 14 | tato hayā rathā nāgāḥ puruṣāḥ kavacāni ca
pradīptāni vyadṛśyanta sahadevabale tadā
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| 15 | tataḥ susaṃbhrāntamanā babhūva kurunandanaḥ
nottaraṃ prativaktuṃ ca śakto 'bhūj janamejaya
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| 16 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 16 | kimarthaṃ bhagavān agniḥ pratyamitro 'bhavad yudhi
sahadevasya yajñārthaṃ ghaṭamānasya vai dvija
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| 17 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 17 | tatra māhiṣmatīvāsī bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ
śrūyate nigṛhīto vai purastāt pāradārikaḥ
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| 18 | nīlasya rājñaḥ pūrveṣām upanītaś ca so 'bhavat
tadā brāhmaṇarūpeṇa caramāṇo yadṛcchayā
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| 19 | taṃ tu rājā yathāśāstram anvaśād dhārmikas tadā
prajajvāla tataḥ kopād bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ
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| 20 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito rājā jagāma śirasā kavim
cakre prasādaṃ ca tadā tasya rājño vibhāvasuḥ
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| 21 | vareṇa chandayām āsa taṃ nṛpaṃ sviṣṭakṛttamaḥ
abhayaṃ ca sa jagrāha svasainye vai mahīpatiḥ
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| 22 | tataḥ prabhṛti ye ke cid ajñānāt tāṃ purīṃ nṛpāḥ
jigīṣanti balād rājaṃs te dahyantīha vahninā
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| 23 | tasyāṃ puryāṃ tadā caiva māhiṣmatyāṃ kurūdvaha
babhūvur anabhigrāhyā yoṣitaś chandataḥ kila
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| 24 | evam agnir varaṃ prādāt strīṇām aprativāraṇe
svairiṇyas tatra nāryo hi yatheṣṭaṃ pracaranty uta
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| 25 | varjayanti ca rājānas tad rāṣṭraṃ puruṣottama
bhayād agner mahārāja tadā prabhṛti sarvadā
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| 26 | sahadevas tu dharmātmā sainyaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayārditam
parītam agninā rājann ākampata yathā giriḥ
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| 27 | upaspṛśya śucir bhūtvā so 'bravīt pāvakaṃ tataḥ
tvadartho 'yaṃ samārambhaḥ kṛṣṇavartman namo 'stu te
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| 28 | mukhaṃ tvam asi devānāṃ yajñas tvam asi pāvaka
pāvanāt pāvakaś cāsi vahanād dhavyavāhanaḥ
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| 29 | vedās tvadarthaṃ jātāś ca jātavedās tato hy asi
yajñavighnam imaṃ kartuṃ nārhas tvaṃ havyavāhana
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| 30 | evam uktvā tu mādreyaḥ kuśair āstīrya medinīm
vidhivat puruṣavyāghraḥ pāvakaṃ pratyupāviśat
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| 31 | pramukhe sarvasainyasya bhītodvignasya bhārata
na cainam atyagād vahnir velām iva mahodadhiḥ
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| 32 | tam abhyetya śanair vahnir uvāca kurunandanam
sahadevaṃ nṛṇāṃ devaṃ sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ
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| 33 | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kauravya jijñāseyaṃ kṛtā mayā
vedmi sarvam abhiprāyaṃ tava dharmasutasya ca
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| 34 | mayā tu rakṣitavyeyaṃ purī bharatasattama
yāvad rājño 'sya nīlasya kulavaṃśadharā iti
īpsitaṃ tu kariṣyāmi manasas tava pāṇḍava
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| 35 | tata utthāya hṛṣṭātmā prāñjaliḥ śirasānataḥ
pūjayām āsa mādreyaḥ pāvakaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
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| 36 | pāvake vinivṛtte tu nīlo rājābhyayāt tadā
satkāreṇa naravyāghraṃ sahadevaṃ yudhāṃ patim
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| 37 | pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ kare ca viniveśya tam
mādrīsutas tataḥ prāyād vijayī dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
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| 38 | traipuraṃ sa vaśe kṛtvā rājānam amitaujasam
nijagrāha mahābāhus tarasā potaneśvaram
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| 39 | āhṛtiṃ kauśikācāryaṃ yatnena mahatā tataḥ
vaśe cakre mahābāhuḥ surāṣṭrādhipatiṃ tathā
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| 40 | surāṣṭraviṣayasthaś ca preṣayām āsa rukmiṇe
rājñe bhojakaṭasthāya mahāmātrāya dhīmate
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| 41 | bhīṣmakāya sa dharmātmā sākṣād indrasakhāya vai
sa cāsya sasuto rājan pratijagrāha śāsanam
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| 42 | prītipūrvaṃ mahābāhur vāsudevam avekṣya ca
tataḥ sa ratnāny ādāya punaḥ prāyād yudhāṃ patiḥ
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| 43 | tataḥ śūrpārakaṃ caiva gaṇaṃ copakṛtāhvayam
vaśe cakre mahātejā daṇḍakāṃś ca mahābalaḥ
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| 44 | sāgaradvīpavāsāṃś ca nṛpatīn mlecchayonijān
niṣādān puruṣādāṃś ca karṇaprāvaraṇān api
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| 45 | ye ca kālamukhā nāma narā rākṣasayonayaḥ
kṛtsnaṃ kollagiriṃ caiva muracīpattanaṃ tathā
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| 46 | dvīpaṃ tāmrāhvayaṃ caiva parvataṃ rāmakaṃ tathā
timiṃgilaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ vaśe cakre mahāmatiḥ
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| 47 | ekapādāṃś ca puruṣān kevalān vanavāsinaḥ
nagarīṃ saṃjayantīṃ ca picchaṇḍaṃ karahāṭakam
dūtair eva vaśe cakre karaṃ cainān adāpayat
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| 48 | pāṇḍyāṃś ca draviḍāṃś caiva sahitāṃś coḍrakeralaiḥ
andhrāṃs talavanāṃś caiva kaliṅgān oṣṭrakarṇikān
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| 49 | antākhīṃ caiva romāṃ ca yavanānāṃ puraṃ tathā
dūtair eva vaśe cakre karaṃ cainān adāpayat
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| 50 | bharukacchaṃ gato dhīmān dūtān mādravatīsutaḥ
preṣayām āsa rājendra paulastyāya mahātmane
vibhīṣaṇāya dharmātmā prītipūrvam ariṃdamaḥ
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| 51 | sa cāsya pratijagrāha śāsanaṃ prītipūrvakam
tac ca kālakṛtaṃ dhīmān anvamanyata sa prabhuḥ
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| 52 | tataḥ saṃpreṣayām āsa ratnāni vividhāni ca
candanāgurumukhyāni divyāny ābharaṇāni ca
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| 53 | vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi maṇīṃś caiva mahādhanān
nyavartata tato dhīmān sahadevaḥ pratāpavān
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| 54 | evaṃ nirjitya tarasā sāntvena vijayena ca
karadān pārthivān kṛtvā pratyāgacchad ariṃdamaḥ
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| 55 | dharmarājāya tat sarvaṃ nivedya bharatarṣabha
kṛtakarmā sukhaṃ rājann uvāsa janamejaya
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