 | Book 5 Chapter 155
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | etasminn eva kāle tu bhīṣmakasya mahātmanaḥ
hiraṇyalomno nṛpateḥ sākṣād indrasakhasya vai
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| 2 | āhṛtīnām adhipater bhojasyātiyaśasvinaḥ
dākṣiṇātyapateḥ putro dikṣu rukmīti viśrutaḥ
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| 3 | yaḥ kiṃpuruṣasiṃhasya gandhamādanavāsinaḥ
śiṣyaḥ kṛtsnaṃ dhanurvedaṃ catuṣpādam avāptavān
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| 4 | yo māhendraṃ dhanur lebhe tulyaṃ gāṇḍīvatejasā
śārṅgeṇa ca mahābāhuḥ saṃmitaṃ divyam akṣayam
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| 5 | trīṇy evaitāni divyāni dhanūṃṣi divicāriṇām
vāruṇaṃ gāṇḍivaṃ tatra māhendraṃ vijayaṃ dhanuḥ
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| 6 | śārṅgaṃ tu vaiṣṇavaṃ prāhur divyaṃ tejomayaṃ dhanuḥ
dhārayām āsa yat kṛṣṇaḥ parasenābhayāvaham
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| 7 | gāṇḍīvaṃ pāvakāl lebhe khāṇḍave pākaśāsaniḥ
drumād rukmī mahātejā vijayaṃ pratyapadyata
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| 8 | saṃchidya mauravān pāśān nihatya muram ojasā
nirjitya narakaṃ bhaumam āhṛtya maṇikuṇḍale
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| 9 | ṣoḍaśa strīsahasrāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca
pratipede hṛṣīkeśaḥ śārṅgaṃ ca dhanur uttamam
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| 10 | rukmī tu vijayaṃ labdhvā dhanur meghasamasvanam
vibhīṣayann iva jagat pāṇḍavān abhyavartata
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| 11 | nāmṛṣyata purā yo 'sau svabāhubaladarpitaḥ
rukmiṇyā haraṇaṃ vīro vāsudevena dhīmatā
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| 12 | kṛtvā pratijñāṃ nāhatvā nivartiṣyāmi keśavam
tato 'nvadhāvad vārṣṇeyaṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam
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| 13 | senayā caturaṅgiṇyā mahatyā dūrapātayā
vicitrāyudhavarmiṇyā gaṅgayeva pravṛddhayā
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| 14 | sa samāsādya vārṣṇeyaṃ yogānām īśvaraṃ prabhum
vyaṃsito vrīḍito rājann ājagāma sa kuṇḍinam
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| 15 | yatraiva kṛṣṇena raṇe nirjitaḥ paravīrahā
tatra bhojakaṭaṃ nāma cakre nagaram uttamam
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| 16 | sainyena mahatā tena prabhūtagajavājinā
puraṃ tad bhuvi vikhyātaṃ nāmnā bhojakaṭaṃ nṛpa
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| 17 | sa bhojarājaḥ sainyena mahatā parivāritaḥ
akṣauhiṇyā mahāvīryaḥ pāṇḍavān samupāgamat
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| 18 | tataḥ sa kavacī khaḍgī śarī dhanvī talī rathī
dhvajenādityavarṇena praviveśa mahācamūm
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| 19 | viditaḥ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ vāsudevapriyepsayā
yudhiṣṭhiras tu taṃ rājā pratyudgamyābhyapūjayat
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| 20 | sa pūjitaḥ pāṇḍusutair yathānyāyaṃ susatkṛtaḥ
pratipūjya ca tān sarvān viśrāntaḥ sahasainikaḥ
uvāca madhye vīrāṇāṃ kuntīputraṃ dhanaṃjayam
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| 21 | sahāyo 'smi sthito yuddhe yadi bhīto 'si pāṇḍava
kariṣyāmi raṇe sāhyam asahyaṃ tava śatrubhiḥ
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| 22 | na hi me vikrame tulyaḥ pumān astīha kaś cana
nihatya samare śatrūṃs tava dāsyāmi phalguna
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| 23 | ity ukto dharmarājasya keśavasya ca saṃnidhau
śṛṇvatāṃ pārthivendrāṇām anyeṣāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
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| 24 | vāsudevam abhiprekṣya dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍavam
uvāca dhīmān kaunteyaḥ prahasya sakhipūrvakam
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| 25 | yudhyamānasya me vīra gandharvaiḥ sumahābalaiḥ
sahāyo ghoṣayātrāyāṃ kas tadāsīt sakhā mama
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| 26 | tathā pratibhaye tasmin devadānavasaṃkule
khāṇḍave yudhyamānasya kaḥ sahāyas tadābhavat
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| 27 | nivātakavacair yuddhe kālakeyaiś ca dānavaiḥ
tatra me yudhyamānasya kaḥ sahāyas tadābhavat
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| 28 | tathā virāṭanagare kurubhiḥ saha saṃgare
yudhyato bahubhis tāta kaḥ sahāyo 'bhavan mama
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| 29 | upajīvya raṇe rudraṃ śakraṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ yamam
varuṇaṃ pāvakaṃ caiva kṛpaṃ droṇaṃ ca mādhavam
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| 30 | dhārayan gāṇḍivaṃ divyaṃ dhanus tejomayaṃ dṛḍham
akṣayyaśarasaṃyukto divyāstraparibṛṃhitaḥ
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| 31 | kauravāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ pāṇḍoḥ putro viśeṣataḥ
droṇaṃ vyapadiśañ śiṣyo vāsudevasahāyavān
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| 32 | katham asmadvidho brūyād bhīto 'smīty ayaśaskaram
vacanaṃ naraśārdūla vajrāyudham api svayam
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| 33 | nāsmi bhīto mahābāho sahāyārthaś ca nāsti me
yathākāmaṃ yathāyogaṃ gaccha vānyatra tiṣṭha vā
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| 34 | vinivartya tato rukmī senāṃ sāgarasaṃnibhām
duryodhanam upāgacchat tathaiva bharatarṣabha
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| 35 | tathaiva cābhigamyainam uvāca sa narādhipaḥ
pratyākhyātaś ca tenāpi sa tadā śūramāninā
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| 36 | dvāv eva tu mahārāja tasmād yuddhād vyapeyatuḥ
rauhiṇeyaś ca vārṣṇeyo rukmī ca vasudhādhipaḥ
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| 37 | gate rāme tīrthayātrāṃ bhīṣmakasya sute tathā
upāviśan pāṇḍaveyā mantrāya punar eva hi
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| 38 | samitir dharmarājasya sā pārthivasamākulā
śuśubhe tārakācitrā dyauś candreṇeva bhārata
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