 | Book 3 Chapter 169
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| 1 | arjuna uvāca
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| 1 | adṛśyamānās te daityā yodhayanti sma māyayā
adṛśyān astravīryeṇa tān apy aham ayodhayam
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| 2 | gāṇḍīvamuktā viśikhāḥ samyag astrapracoditāḥ
acchindann uttamāṅgāni yatra yatra sma te 'bhavan
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| 3 | tato nivātakavacā vadhyamānā mayā yudhi
saṃhṛtya māyāṃ sahasā prāviśan puram ātmanaḥ
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| 4 | vyapayāteṣu daityeṣu prādurbhūte ca darśane
apaśyaṃ dānavāṃs tatra hatāñ śatasahasraśaḥ
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| 5 | viniṣpiṣṭāni tatraiṣāṃ śastrāṇy ābharaṇāni ca
kūṭaśaḥ sma pradṛśyante gātrāṇi kavacāni ca
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| 6 | hayānāṃ nāntaraṃ hy āsīt padād vicalituṃ padam
utpatya sahasā tasthur antarikṣagamās tataḥ
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| 7 | tato nivātakavacā vyoma saṃchādya kevalam
adṛśyā hy abhyavartanta visṛjantaḥ śiloccayān
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| 8 | antarbhūmigatāś cānye hayānāṃ caraṇāny atha
nyagṛhṇan dānavā ghorā rathacakre ca bhārata
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| 9 | vinigṛhya harīn aśvān rathaṃ ca mama yudhyataḥ
sarvato mām acinvanta sarathaṃ dharaṇīdharaiḥ
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| 10 | parvatair upacīyadbhiḥ patamānais tathāparaiḥ
sa deśo yatra vartāma guheva samapadyata
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| 11 | parvataiś chādyamāno 'haṃ nigṛhītaiś ca vājibhiḥ
agacchaṃ paramām ārtiṃ mātalis tad alakṣayat
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| 12 | lakṣayitvā tu māṃ bhītam idaṃ vacanam abravīt
arjunārjuna mā bhais tvaṃ vajram astram udīraya
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| 13 | tato 'haṃ tasya tad vākyaṃ śrutvā vajram udīrayam
devarājasya dayitaṃ vajram astraṃ narādhipa
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| 14 | acalaṃ sthānam āsādya gāṇḍīvam anumantrya ca
amuñcaṃ vajrasaṃsparśān āyasān niśitāñ śarān
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| 15 | tato māyāś ca tāḥ sarvā nivātakavacāṃś ca tān
te vajracoditā bāṇā vajrabhūtāḥ samāviśan
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| 16 | te vajravegābhihatā dānavāḥ parvatopamāḥ
itaretaram āśliṣya nyapatan pṛthivītale
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| 17 | antarbhūmau tu ye 'gṛhṇan dānavā rathavājinaḥ
anupraviśya tān bāṇāḥ prāhiṇvan yamasādanam
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| 18 | hatair nivātakavacair nirastaiḥ parvatopamaiḥ
samācchādyata deśaḥ sa vikīrṇair iva parvataiḥ
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| 19 | na hayānāṃ kṣatiḥ kā cin na rathasya na mātaleḥ
mama cādṛśyata tadā tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 20 | tato māṃ prahasan rājan mātaliḥ pratyabhāṣata
naitad arjuna deveṣu tvayi vīryaṃ yadīkṣyate
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| 21 | hateṣv asurasaṃgheṣu dārās teṣāṃ tu sarvaśaḥ
prākrośan nagare tasmin yathā śaradi lakṣmaṇāḥ
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| 22 | tato mātalinā sārdham ahaṃ tat puram abhyayām
trāsayan rathaghoṣeṇa nivātakavacastriyaḥ
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| 23 | tān dṛṣṭvā daśasāhasrān mayūrasadṛśān hayān
rathaṃ ca ravisaṃkāśaṃ prādravan gaṇaśaḥ striyaḥ
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| 24 | tābhir ābharaṇaiḥ śabdas trāsitābhiḥ samīritaḥ
śilānām iva śaileṣu patantīnām abhūt tadā
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| 25 | vitrastā daityanāryas tāḥ svāni veśmāny athāviśan
bahuratnavicitrāṇi śātakumbhamayāni ca
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| 26 | tad adbhutākāram ahaṃ dṛṣṭvā nagaram uttamam
viśiṣṭaṃ devanagarād apṛcchaṃ mātaliṃ tataḥ
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| 27 | idam evaṃvidhaṃ kasmād devatā nāviśanty uta
puraṃdarapurād dhīdaṃ viśiṣṭam iti lakṣaye
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| 28 | mātalir uvāca
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| 28 | āsīd idaṃ purā pārtha devarājasya naḥ puram
tato nivātakavacair itaḥ pracyāvitāḥ surāḥ
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| 29 | tapas taptvā mahat tīvraṃ prasādya ca pitāmaham
idaṃ vṛtaṃ nivāsāya devebhyaś cābhayaṃ yudhi
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| 30 | tataḥ śakreṇa bhagavān svayambhūr abhicoditaḥ
vidhattāṃ bhagavān atrety ātmano hitakāmyayā
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| 31 | tata ukto bhagavatā diṣṭam atreti vāsavaḥ
bhavitāntas tvam evaiṣāṃ dehenānyena vṛtrahan
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| 32 | tata eṣāṃ vadhārthāya śakro 'strāṇi dadau tava
na hi śakyāḥ surair hantuṃ ya ete nihatās tvayā
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| 33 | kālasya pariṇāmena tatas tvam iha bhārata
eṣām antakaraḥ prāptas tat tvayā ca kṛtaṃ tathā
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| 34 | dānavānāṃ vināśārthaṃ mahāstrāṇāṃ mahad balam
grāhitas tvaṃ mahendreṇa puruṣendra tad uttamam
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| 35 | arjuna uvāca
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| 35 | tataḥ praviśya nagaraṃ dānavāṃś ca nihatya tān
punar mātalinā sārdham agacchaṃ devasadma tat
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