 | Book 5 Chapter 180
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | tam ahaṃ smayann iva raṇe pratyabhāṣaṃ vyavasthitam
bhūmiṣṭhaṃ notsahe yoddhuṃ bhavantaṃ ratham āsthitaḥ
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| 2 | āroha syandanaṃ vīra kavacaṃ ca mahābhuja
badhāna samare rāma yadi yoddhuṃ mayecchasi
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| 3 | tato mām abravīd rāmaḥ smayamāno raṇājire
ratho me medinī bhīṣma vāhā vedāḥ sadaśvavat
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| 4 | sūto me mātariśvā vai kavacaṃ vedamātaraḥ
susaṃvīto raṇe tābhir yotsye 'haṃ kurunandana
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| 5 | evaṃ bruvāṇo gāndhāre rāmo māṃ satyavikramaḥ
śaravrātena mahatā sarvataḥ paryavārayat
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| 6 | tato 'paśyaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ rathe divye vyavasthitam
sarvāyudhadhare śrīmaty adbhutopamadarśane
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| 7 | manasā vihite puṇye vistīrṇe nagaropame
divyāśvayuji saṃnaddhe kāñcanena vibhūṣite
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| 8 | dhvajena ca mahābāho somālaṃkṛtalakṣmaṇā
dhanurdharo baddhatūṇo baddhagodhāṅgulitravān
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| 9 | sārathyaṃ kṛtavāṃs tatra yuyutsor akṛtavraṇaḥ
sakhā vedavid atyantaṃ dayito bhārgavasya ha
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| 10 | āhvayānaḥ sa māṃ yuddhe mano harṣayatīva me
punaḥ punar abhikrośann abhiyāhīti bhārgavaḥ
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| 11 | tam ādityam ivodyantam anādhṛṣyaṃ mahābalam
kṣatriyāntakaraṃ rāmam ekam ekaḥ samāsadam
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| 12 | tato 'haṃ bāṇapāteṣu triṣu vāhān nigṛhya vai
avatīrya dhanur nyasya padātir ṛṣisattamam
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| 13 | abhyagacchaṃ tadā rāmam arciṣyan dvijasattamam
abhivādya cainaṃ vidhivad abruvaṃ vākyam uttamam
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| 14 | yotsye tvayā raṇe rāma viśiṣṭenādhikena ca
guruṇā dharmaśīlena jayam āśāssva me vibho
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| 15 | rāma uvāca
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| 15 | evam etat kuruśreṣṭha kartavyaṃ bhūtim icchatā
dharmo hy eṣa mahābāho viśiṣṭaiḥ saha yudhyatām
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| 16 | śapeyaṃ tvāṃ na ced evam āgacchethā viśāṃ pate
yudhyasva tvaṃ raṇe yatto dhairyam ālambya kaurava
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| 17 | na tu te jayam āśāse tvāṃ hi jetum ahaṃ sthitaḥ
gaccha yudhyasva dharmeṇa prīto 'smi caritena te
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| 18 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 18 | tato 'haṃ taṃ namaskṛtya ratham āruhya satvaraḥ
prādhmāpayaṃ raṇe śaṅkhaṃ punar hemavibhūṣitam
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| 19 | tato yuddhaṃ samabhavan mama tasya ca bhārata
divasān subahūn rājan parasparajigīṣayā
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| 20 | sa me tasmin raṇe pūrvaṃ prāharat kaṅkapatribhiḥ
ṣaṣṭyā śataiś ca navabhiḥ śarāṇām agnivarcasām
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| 21 | catvāras tena me vāhāḥ sūtaś caiva viśāṃ pate
pratiruddhās tathaivāhaṃ samare daṃśitaḥ sthitaḥ
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| 22 | namaskṛtya ca devebhyo brāhmaṇebhyaś ca bhārata
tam ahaṃ smayann iva raṇe pratyabhāṣaṃ vyavasthitam
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| 23 | ācāryatā mānitā me nirmaryāde hy api tvayi
bhūyas tu śṛṇu me brahman saṃpadaṃ dharmasaṃgrahe
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| 24 | ye te vedāḥ śarīrasthā brāhmaṇyaṃ yac ca te mahat
tapaś ca sumahat taptaṃ na tebhyaḥ praharāmy aham
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| 25 | prahare kṣatradharmasya yaṃ tvaṃ rāma samāsthitaḥ
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyatvaṃ hi yāti śastrasamudyamāt
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| 26 | paśya me dhanuṣo vīryaṃ paśya bāhvor balaṃ ca me
eṣa te kārmukaṃ vīra dvidhā kurmi sasāyakam
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| 27 | tasyāhaṃ niśitaṃ bhallaṃ prāhiṇvaṃ bharatarṣabha
tenāsya dhanuṣaḥ koṭiś chinnā bhūmim athāgamat
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| 28 | nava cāpi pṛṣatkānāṃ śatāni nataparvaṇām
prāhiṇvaṃ kaṅkapatrāṇāṃ jāmadagnyarathaṃ prati
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| 29 | kāye viṣaktās tu tadā vāyunābhisamīritāḥ
celuḥ kṣaranto rudhiraṃ nāgā iva ca te śarāḥ
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| 30 | kṣatajokṣitasarvāṅgaḥ kṣaran sa rudhiraṃ vraṇaiḥ
babhau rāmas tadā rājan merur dhātūn ivotsṛjan
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| 31 | hemantānte 'śoka iva raktastabakamaṇḍitaḥ
babhau rāmas tadā rājan kva cit kiṃśukasaṃnibhaḥ
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| 32 | tato 'nyad dhanur ādāya rāmaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ
hemapuṅkhān suniśitāñ śarāṃs tān hi vavarṣa saḥ
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| 33 | te samāsādya māṃ raudrā bahudhā marmabhedinaḥ
akampayan mahāvegāḥ sarpānalaviṣopamāḥ
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| 34 | tato 'haṃ samavaṣṭabhya punar ātmānam āhave
śatasaṃkhyaiḥ śaraiḥ kruddhas tadā rāmam avākiram
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| 35 | sa tair agnyarkasaṃkāśaiḥ śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ
śitair abhyardito rāmo mandacetā ivābhavat
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| 36 | tato 'haṃ kṛpayāviṣṭo vinindyātmānam ātmanā
dhig dhig ity abruvaṃ yuddhaṃ kṣatraṃ ca bharatarṣabha
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| 37 | asakṛc cābruvaṃ rājañ śokavegapariplutaḥ
aho bata kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mayedaṃ kṣatrakarmaṇā
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| 38 | gurur dvijātir dharmātmā yad evaṃ pīḍitaḥ śaraiḥ
tato na prāharaṃ bhūyo jāmadagnyāya bhārata
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| 39 | athāvatāpya pṛthivīṃ pūṣā divasasaṃkṣaye
jagāmāstaṃ sahasrāṃśus tato yuddham upāramat
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