 | Book 3 Chapter 18
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| 1 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 1 | evam uktvā raukmiṇeyo yādavān bharatarṣabha
daṃśitair haribhir yuktaṃ ratham āsthāya kāñcanam
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| 2 | ucchritya makaraṃ ketuṃ vyāttānanam alaṃkṛtam
utpatadbhir ivākāśaṃ tair hayair anvayāt parān
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| 3 | vikṣipan nādayaṃś cāpi dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ mahābalaḥ
tūṇakhaḍgadharaḥ śūro baddhagodhāṅgulitravān
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| 4 | sa vidyuccalitaṃ cāpaṃ viharan vai talāt talam
mohayām āsa daiteyān sarvān saubhanivāsinaḥ
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| 5 | nāsya vikṣipataś cāpaṃ saṃdadhānasya cāsakṛt
antaraṃ dadṛśe kaś cin nighnataḥ śātravān raṇe
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| 6 | mukhasya varṇo na vikalpate 'sya; celuś ca gātrāṇi na cāpi tasya
siṃhonnataṃ cāpy abhigarjato 'sya; śuśrāva loko 'dbhutarūpam agryam
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| 7 | jalecaraḥ kāñcanayaṣṭisaṃstho; vyāttānanaḥ sarvatimipramāthī
vitrāsayan rājati vāhamukhye; śālvasya senāpramukhe dhvajāgryaḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ sa tūrṇaṃ niṣpatya pradyumnaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ
śālvam evābhidudrāva vidhāsyan kalahaṃ nṛpa
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| 9 | abhiyānaṃ tu vīreṇa pradyumnena mahāhave
nāmarṣayata saṃkruddhaḥ śālvaḥ kurukulodvaha
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| 10 | sa roṣamadamatto vai kāmagād avaruhya ca
pradyumnaṃ yodhayām āsa śālvaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
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| 11 | tayoḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhaṃ śālvavṛṣṇipravīrayoḥ
sametā dadṛśur lokā balivāsavayor iva
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| 12 | tasya māyāmayo vīra ratho hemapariṣkṛtaḥ
sadhvajaḥ sapatākaś ca sānukarṣaḥ satūṇavān
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| 13 | sa taṃ rathavaraṃ śrīmān samāruhya kila prabho
mumoca bāṇān kauravya pradyumnāya mahābalaḥ
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| 14 | tato bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ vyasṛjat tarasā raṇe
pradyumno bhujavegena śālvaṃ saṃmohayann iva
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| 15 | sa tair abhihataḥ saṃkhye nāmarṣayata saubharāṭ
śarān dīptāgnisaṃkāśān mumoca tanaye mama
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| 16 | sa śālvabāṇai rājendra viddho rukmiṇinandanaḥ
mumoca bāṇaṃ tvarito marmabhedinam āhave
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| 17 | tasya varma vibhidyāśu sa bāṇo matsuteritaḥ
bibheda hṛdayaṃ patrī sa papāta mumoha ca
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| 18 | tasmin nipatite vīre śālvarāje vicetasi
saṃprādravan dānavendrā dārayanto vasuṃdharām
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| 19 | hāhākṛtam abhūt sainyaṃ śālvasya pṛthivīpate
naṣṭasaṃjñe nipatite tadā saubhapatau nṛpa
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| 20 | tata utthāya kauravya pratilabhya ca cetanām
mumoca bāṇaṃ tarasā pradyumnāya mahābalaḥ
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| 21 | tena viddho mahābāhuḥ pradyumnaḥ samare sthitaḥ
jatrudeśe bhṛśaṃ vīro vyavāsīdad rathe tadā
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| 22 | taṃ sa viddhvā mahārāja śālvo rukmiṇinandanam
nanāda siṃhanādaṃ vai nādenāpūrayan mahīm
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| 23 | tato mohaṃ samāpanne tanaye mama bhārata
mumoca bāṇāṃs tvaritaḥ punar anyān durāsadān
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| 24 | sa tair abhihato bāṇair bahubhis tena mohitaḥ
niśceṣṭaḥ kauravaśreṣṭha pradyumno 'bhūd raṇājire
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