 | Book 3 Chapter 166
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| 1 | arjuna uvāca
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| 1 | tato 'haṃ stūyamānas tu tatra tatra maharṣibhiḥ
apaśyam udadhiṃ bhīmam apāṃpatim athāvyayam
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| 2 | phenavatyaḥ prakīrṇāś ca saṃhatāś ca samucchritāḥ
ūrmayaś cātra dṛśyante calanta iva parvatāḥ
nāvaḥ sahasraśas tatra ratnapūrṇāḥ samantataḥ
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| 3 | timiṃgilāḥ kacchapāś ca tathā timitimiṃgilāḥ
makarāś cātra dṛśyante jale magnā ivādrayaḥ
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| 4 | śaṅkhānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi magnāny apsu samantataḥ
dṛśyante sma yathā rātrau tārās tanv abhrasaṃvṛtāḥ
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| 5 | tathā sahasraśas tatra ratnasaṃghāḥ plavanty uta
vāyuś ca ghūrṇate bhīmas tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 6 | tam atītya mahāvegaṃ sarvāmbhonidhim uttamam
apaśyaṃ dānavākīrṇaṃ tad daityapuram antikāt
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| 7 | tatraiva mātalis tūrṇaṃ nipatya pṛthivītale
nādayan rathaghoṣeṇa tat puraṃ samupādravat
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| 8 | rathaghoṣaṃ tu taṃ śrutvā stanayitnor ivāmbare
manvānā devarājaṃ māṃ saṃvignā dānavābhavan
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| 9 | sarve saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ śaracāpadharāḥ sthitāḥ
tathā śūlāsiparaśugadāmusalapāṇayaḥ
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| 10 | tato dvārāṇi pidadhur dānavās trastacetasaḥ
saṃvidhāya pure rakṣāṃ na sma kaś cana dṛśyate
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| 11 | tataḥ śaṅkham upādāya devadattaṃ mahāsvanam
puram āsuram āśliṣya prādhamaṃ taṃ śanair aham
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| 12 | sa tu śabdo divaṃ stabdhvā pratiśabdam ajījanat
vitresuś ca nililyuś ca bhūtāni sumahānty api
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| 13 | tato nivātakavacāḥ sarva eva samantataḥ
daṃśitā vividhais trāṇair vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ
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| 14 | āyasaiś ca mahāśūlair gadābhir musalair api
paṭṭiśaiḥ karavālaiś ca rathacakraiś ca bhārata
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| 15 | śataghnībhir bhuśuṇḍībhiḥ khaḍgaiś citraiḥ svalaṃkṛtaiḥ
pragṛhītair diteḥ putrāḥ prādurāsan sahasraśaḥ
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| 16 | tato vicārya bahudhā rathamārgeṣu tān hayān
prācodayat same deśe mātalir bharatarṣabha
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| 17 | tena teṣāṃ praṇunnānām āśutvāc chīghragāminām
nānvapaśyaṃ tadā kiṃ cit tan me 'dbhutam ivābhavat
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| 18 | tatas te dānavās tatra yodhavrātāny anekaśaḥ
vikṛtasvararūpāṇi bhṛśaṃ sarvāṇy acodayan
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| 19 | tena śabdena mahatā samudre parvatopamāḥ
āplavanta gataiḥ sattvair matsyāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
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| 20 | tato vegena mahatā dānavā mām upādravan
vimuñcantaḥ śitān bāṇāñ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 21 | sa saṃprahāras tumulas teṣāṃ mama ca bhārata
avartata mahāghoro nivātakavacāntakaḥ
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| 22 | tato devarṣayaś caiva dānavarṣigaṇāś ca ye
brahmarṣayaś ca siddhāś ca samājagmur mahāmṛdhe
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| 23 | te vai mām anurūpābhir madhurābhir jayaiṣiṇaḥ
astuvan munayo vāgbhir yathendraṃ tārakāmaye
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