 | Book 4 Chapter 50
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | apayāte tu rādheye duryodhanapurogamāḥ
anīkena yathāsvena śarair ārcchanta pāṇḍavam
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| 2 | bahudhā tasya sainyasya vyūḍhasyāpatataḥ śaraiḥ
abhiyānīyam ājñāya vairāṭir idam abravīt
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| 3 | āsthāya ruciraṃ jiṣṇo rathaṃ sārathinā mayā
katamad yāsyase 'nīkam ukto yāsyāmy ahaṃ tvayā
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| 4 | arjuna uvāca
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| 4 | lohitākṣam ariṣṭaṃ yaṃ vaiyāghram anupaśyasi
nīlāṃ patākām āśritya rathe tiṣṭhantam uttara
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| 5 | kṛpasyaitad rathānīkaṃ prāpayasvaitad eva mām
etasya darśayiṣyāmi śīghrāstraṃ dṛḍhadhanvinaḥ
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| 6 | kamaṇḍalur dhvaje yasya śātakumbhamayaḥ śubhaḥ
ācārya eṣa vai droṇaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
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| 7 | suprasannamanā vīra kuruṣvainaṃ pradakṣiṇam
atraiva cāvirodhena eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 8 | yadi me prathamaṃ droṇaḥ śarīre prahariṣyati
tato 'sya prahariṣyāmi nāsya kopo bhaviṣyati
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| 9 | asyāvidūre tu dhanur dhvajāgre yasya dṛśyate
ācāryasyaiṣa putro vai aśvatthāmā mahārathaḥ
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| 10 | sadā mamaiṣa mānyaś ca sarvaśastrabhṛtām api
etasya tvaṃ rathaṃ prāpya nivartethāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 11 | ya eṣa tu rathānīke suvarṇakavacāvṛtaḥ
senāgryeṇa tṛtīyena vyavahāryeṇa tiṣṭhati
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| 12 | yasya nāgo dhvajāgre vai hemaketanasaṃśritaḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajaḥ śrīmān eṣa rājā suyodhanaḥ
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| 13 | etasyābhimukhaṃ vīra rathaṃ pararathārujaḥ
prāpayasvaiṣa tejobhipramāthī yuddhadurmadaḥ
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| 14 | eṣa droṇasya śiṣyāṇāṃ śīghrāstraḥ prathamo mataḥ
etasya darśayiṣyāmi śīghrāstraṃ vipulaṃ śaraiḥ
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| 15 | nāgakakṣyā tu rucirā dhvajāgre yasya tiṣṭhati
eṣa vaikartanaḥ karṇo viditaḥ pūrvam eva te
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| 16 | etasya ratham āsthāya rādheyasya durātmanaḥ
yatto bhavethāḥ saṃgrāme spardhaty eṣa mayā sadā
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| 17 | yas tu nīlānusāreṇa pañcatāreṇa ketunā
hastāvāpī bṛhaddhanvā rathe tiṣṭhati vīryavān
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| 18 | yasya tārārkacitro 'sau rathe dhvajavaraḥ sthitaḥ
yasyaitat pāṇḍuraṃ chatraṃ vimalaṃ mūrdhni tiṣṭhati
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| 19 | mahato rathavaṃśasya nānādhvajapatākinaḥ
balāhakāgre sūryo vā ya eṣa pramukhe sthitaḥ
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| 20 | haimaṃ candrārkasaṃkāśaṃ kavacaṃ yasya dṛśyate
jātarūpaśirastrāṇas trāsayann iva me manaḥ
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| 21 | eṣa śāṃtanavo bhīṣmaḥ sarveṣāṃ naḥ pitāmahaḥ
rājaśriyāvabaddhas tu duryodhanavaśānugaḥ
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| 22 | paścād eṣa prayātavyo na me vighnakaro bhavet
etena yudhyamānasya yattaḥ saṃyaccha me hayān
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| 23 | tato 'bhyavahad avyagro vairāṭiḥ savyasācinam
yatrātiṣṭhat kṛpo rājan yotsyamāno dhanaṃjayam
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