 | Book 4 Chapter 58
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | atha duryodhanaḥ karṇo duḥśāsanaviviṃśatī
droṇaś ca saha putreṇa kṛpaś cātiratho raṇe
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| 2 | punar īyuḥ susaṃrabdhā dhanaṃjayajighāṃsayā
visphārayantaś cāpāni balavanti dṛḍhāni ca
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| 3 | tān prakīrṇapatākena rathenādityavarcasā
pratyudyayau mahārāja samastān vānaradhvajaḥ
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| 4 | tataḥ kṛpaś ca karṇaś ca droṇaś ca rathināṃ varaḥ
taṃ mahāstrair mahāvīryaṃ parivārya dhanaṃjayam
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| 5 | śaraughān samyag asyanto jīmūtā iva vārṣikāḥ
vavarṣuḥ śaravarṣāṇi prapatantaṃ kirīṭinam
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| 6 | iṣubhir bahubhis tūrṇaṃ samare lomavāhibhiḥ
adūrāt paryavasthāya pūrayām āsur ādṛtāḥ
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| 7 | tathāvakīrṇasya hi tair divyair astraiḥ samantataḥ
na tasya dvyaṅgulam api vivṛtaṃ samadṛśyata
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| 8 | tataḥ prahasya bībhatsur divyam aindraṃ mahārathaḥ
astram ādityasaṃkāśaṃ gāṇḍīve samayojayat
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| 9 | sa raśmibhir ivādityaḥ pratapan samare balī
kirīṭamālī kaunteyaḥ sarvān prācchādayat kurūn
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| 10 | yathā balāhake vidyut pāvako vā śiloccaye
tathā gāṇḍīvam abhavad indrāyudham ivātatam
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| 11 | yathā varṣati parjanye vidyud vibhrājate divi
tathā daśa diśaḥ sarvāḥ patad gāṇḍīvam āvṛṇot
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| 12 | trastāś ca rathinaḥ sarve babhūvus tatra sarvaśaḥ
sarve śāntiparā bhūtvā svacittāni na lebhire
saṃgrāmavimukhāḥ sarve yodhās te hatacetasaḥ
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| 13 | evaṃ sarvāṇi sainyāni bhagnāni bharatarṣabha
prādravanta diśaḥ sarvā nirāśāni svajīvite
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