 | Book 4 Chapter 48
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tathā vyūḍheṣv anīkeṣu kauraveyair mahārathaiḥ
upāyād arjunas tūrṇaṃ rathaghoṣeṇa nādayan
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| 2 | dadṛśus te dhvajāgraṃ vai śuśruvuś ca rathasvanam
dodhūyamānasya bhṛśaṃ gāṇḍīvasya ca nisvanam
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| 3 | tatas tat sarvam ālokya droṇo vacanam abravīt
mahāratham anuprāptaṃ dṛṣṭvā gāṇḍīvadhanvinam
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| 4 | etad dhvajāgraṃ pārthasya dūrataḥ saṃprakāśate
eṣa ghoṣaḥ sajalado roravīti ca vānaraḥ
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| 5 | eṣa tiṣṭhan rathaśreṣṭho rathe rathavarapraṇut
utkarṣati dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ gāṇḍīvam aśanisvanam
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| 6 | imau hi bāṇau sahitau pādayor me vyavasthitau
aparau cāpy atikrāntau karṇau saṃspṛśya me śarau
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| 7 | niruṣya hi vane vāsaṃ kṛtvā karmātimānuṣam
abhivādayate pārthaḥ śrotre ca paripṛcchati
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| 8 | arjuna uvāca
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| 8 | iṣupāte ca senāyā hayān saṃyaccha sārathe
yāvat samīkṣe sainye 'smin kvāsau kurukulādhamaḥ
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| 9 | sarvān anyān anādṛtya dṛṣṭvā tam atimāninam
tasya mūrdhni patiṣyāmi tata ete parājitāḥ
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| 10 | eṣa vyavasthito droṇo drauṇiś ca tadanantaram
bhīṣmaḥ kṛpaś ca karṇaś ca maheṣvāsā vyavasthitāḥ
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| 11 | rājānaṃ nātra paśyāmi gāḥ samādāya gacchati
dakṣiṇaṃ mārgam āsthāya śaṅke jīvaparāyaṇaḥ
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| 12 | utsṛjyaitad rathānīkaṃ gaccha yatra suyodhanaḥ
tatraiva yotsye vairāṭe nāsti yuddhaṃ nirāmiṣam
taṃ jitvā vinivartiṣye gāḥ samādāya vai punaḥ
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| 13 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 13 | evam uktaḥ sa vairāṭir hayān saṃyamya yatnataḥ
niyamya ca tato raśmīn yatra te kurupuṃgavāḥ
acodayat tato vāhān yato duryodhanas tataḥ
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| 14 | utsṛjya rathavaṃśaṃ tu prayāte śvetavāhane
abhiprāyaṃ viditvāsya droṇo vacanam abravīt
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| 15 | naiṣo 'ntareṇa rājānaṃ bībhatsuḥ sthātum icchati
tasya pārṣṇiṃ grahīṣyāmo javenābhiprayāsyataḥ
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| 16 | na hy enam abhisaṃkruddham eko yudhyeta saṃyuge
anyo devāt sahasrākṣāt kṛṣṇād vā devakīsutāt
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| 17 | kiṃ no gāvaḥ kariṣyanti dhanaṃ vā vipulaṃ tathā
duryodhanaḥ pārthajale purā naur iva majjati
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| 18 | tathaiva gatvā bībhatsur nāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ
śalabhair iva tāṃ senāṃ śaraiḥ śīghram avākirat
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| 19 | kīryamāṇāḥ śaraughais tu yodhās te pārthacoditaiḥ
nāpaśyan nāvṛtāṃ bhūmim antarikṣaṃ ca patribhiḥ
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| 20 | teṣāṃ nātmanino yuddhe nāpayāne 'bhavan matiḥ
śīghratvam eva pārthasya pūjayanti sma cetasā
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| 21 | tataḥ śaṅkhaṃ pradadhmau sa dviṣatāṃ lomaharṣaṇam
visphārya ca dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ dhvaje bhūtāny acodayat
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| 22 | tasya śaṅkhasya śabdena rathanemisvanena ca
amānuṣāṇāṃ teṣāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ dhvajavāsinām
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| 23 | ūrdhvaṃ pucchān vidhunvānā rebhamāṇāḥ samantataḥ
gāvaḥ pratinyavartanta diśam āsthāya dakṣiṇām
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