 | Book 3 Chapter 43
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | gateṣu lokapāleṣu pārthaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
cintayām āsa rājendra devarājarathāgamam
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| 2 | tataś cintayamānasya guḍākeśasya dhīmataḥ
ratho mātalisaṃyukta ājagāma mahāprabhaḥ
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| 3 | nabho vitimiraṃ kurvañ jaladān pāṭayann iva
diśaḥ saṃpūrayan nādair mahāmegharavopamaiḥ
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| 4 | asayaḥ śaktayo bhīmā gadāś cograpradarśanāḥ
divyaprabhāvāḥ prāsāś ca vidyutaś ca mahāprabhāḥ
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| 5 | tathaivāśanayas tatra cakrayuktā huḍāguḍāḥ
vāyusphoṭāḥ sanirghātā barhimeghanibhasvanāḥ
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| 6 | tatra nāgā mahākāyā jvalitāsyāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
sitābhrakūṭapratimāḥ saṃhatāś ca yathopalāḥ
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| 7 | daśa vājisahasrāṇi harīṇāṃ vātaraṃhasām
vahanti yaṃ netramuṣaṃ divyaṃ māyāmayaṃ ratham
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| 8 | tatrāpaśyan mahānīlaṃ vaijayantaṃ mahāprabham
dhvajam indīvaraśyāmaṃ vaṃśaṃ kanakabhūṣaṇam
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| 9 | tasmin rathe sthitaṃ sūtaṃ taptahemavibhūṣitam
dṛṣṭvā pārtho mahābāhur devam evānvatarkayat
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| 10 | tathā tarkayatas tasya phalgunasyātha mātaliḥ
saṃnataḥ praśrito bhūtvā vākyam arjunam abravīt
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| 11 | bho bho śakrātmaja śrīmāñ śakras tvāṃ draṣṭum icchati
ārohatu bhavāñ śīghraṃ ratham indrasya saṃmatam
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| 12 | āha mām amaraśreṣṭhaḥ pitā tava śatakratuḥ
kuntīsutam iha prāptaṃ paśyantu tridaśālayāḥ
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| 13 | eṣa śakraḥ parivṛto devair ṛṣigaṇais tathā
gandharvair apsarobhiś ca tvāṃ didṛkṣuḥ pratīkṣate
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| 14 | asmāl lokād devalokaṃ pākaśāsanaśāsanāt
āroha tvaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ labdhāstraḥ punar eṣyasi
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| 15 | arjuna uvāca
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| 15 | mātale gaccha śīghraṃ tvam ārohasva rathottamam
rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ śatair api sudurlabham
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| 16 | pārthivaiḥ sumahābhāgair yajvabhir bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ
daivatair vā samāroḍhuṃ dānavair vā rathottamam
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| 17 | nātaptatapasā śakya eṣa divyo mahārathaḥ
draṣṭuṃ vāpy atha vā spraṣṭum āroḍhuṃ kuta eva tu
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| 18 | tvayi pratiṣṭhite sādho rathasthe sthiravājini
paścād aham athārokṣye sukṛtī satpathaṃ yathā
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| 19 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 19 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ
āruroha rathaṃ śīghraṃ hayān yeme ca raśmibhiḥ
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| 20 | tato 'rjuno hṛṣṭamanā gaṅgāyām āplutaḥ śuciḥ
jajāpa japyaṃ kaunteyo vidhivat kurunandanaḥ
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| 21 | tataḥ pitṝn yathānyāyaṃ tarpayitvā yathāvidhi
mandaraṃ śailarājaṃ tam āpraṣṭum upacakrame
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| 22 | sādhūnāṃ dharmaśīlānāṃ munīnāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
tvaṃ sadā saṃśrayaḥ śaila svargamārgābhikāṅkṣiṇām
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| 23 | tvatprasādāt sadā śaila brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā viśaḥ
svargaṃ prāptāś caranti sma devaiḥ saha gatavyathāḥ
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| 24 | adrirāja mahāśaila munisaṃśraya tīrthavan
gacchāmy āmantrayāmi tvāṃ sukham asmy uṣitas tvayi
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| 25 | tava sānūni kuñjāś ca nadyaḥ prasravaṇāni ca
tīrthāni ca supuṇyāni mayā dṛṣṭāny anekaśaḥ
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| 26 | evam uktvārjunaḥ śailam āmantrya paravīrahā
āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ dyotayann iva bhāskaraḥ
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| 27 | sa tenādityarūpeṇa divyenādbhutakarmaṇā
ūrdhvam ācakrame dhīmān prahṛṣṭaḥ kurunandanaḥ
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| 28 | so 'darśanapathaṃ yātvā martyānāṃ bhūmicāriṇām
dadarśādbhutarūpāṇi vimānāni sahasraśaḥ
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| 29 | na tatra sūryaḥ somo vā dyotate na ca pāvakaḥ
svayaiva prabhayā tatra dyotante puṇyalabdhayā
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| 30 | tārārūpāṇi yānīha dṛśyante dyutimanti vai
dīpavad viprakṛṣṭatvād aṇūni sumahānty api
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| 31 | tāni tatra prabhāsvanti rūpavanti ca pāṇḍavaḥ
dadarśa sveṣu dhiṣṇyeṣu dīptimanti svayārciṣā
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| 32 | tatra rājarṣayaḥ siddhā vīrāś ca nihatā yudhi
tapasā ca jitasvargāḥ saṃpetuḥ śatasaṃghaśaḥ
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| 33 | gandharvāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi sūryajvalanatejasām
guhyakānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
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| 34 | lokān ātmaprabhān paśyan phalguno vismayānvitaḥ
papraccha mātaliṃ prītyā sa cāpy enam uvāca ha
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| 35 | ete sukṛtinaḥ pārtha sveṣu dhiṣṇyeṣv avasthitāḥ
yān dṛṣṭavān asi vibho tārārūpāṇi bhūtale
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| 36 | tato 'paśyat sthitaṃ dvāri sitaṃ vaijayinaṃ gajam
airāvataṃ caturdantaṃ kailāsam iva śṛṅgiṇam
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| 37 | sa siddhamārgam ākramya kurupāṇḍavasattamaḥ
vyarocata yathā pūrvaṃ māndhātā pārthivottamaḥ
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| 38 | aticakrāma lokān sa rājñāṃ rājīvalocanaḥ
tato dadarśa śakrasya purīṃ tām amarāvatīm
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