 | Book 5 Chapter 184
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | tato 'haṃ niśi rājendra praṇamya śirasā tadā
brāhmaṇānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca devatānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 2 | naktaṃcarāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ rajanyāś ca viśāṃ pate
śayanaṃ prāpya rahite manasā samacintayam
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| 3 | jāmadagnyena me yuddham idaṃ paramadāruṇam
ahāni subahūny adya vartate sumahātyayam
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| 4 | na ca rāmaṃ mahāvīryaṃ śaknomi raṇamūrdhani
vijetuṃ samare vipraṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahābalam
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| 5 | yadi śakyo mayā jetuṃ jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān
daivatāni prasannāni darśayantu niśāṃ mama
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| 6 | tato 'haṃ niśi rājendra prasuptaḥ śaravikṣataḥ
dakṣiṇenaiva pārśvena prabhātasamaye iva
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| 7 | tato 'haṃ vipramukhyais tair yair asmi patito rathāt
utthāpito dhṛtaś caiva mā bhair iti ca sāntvitaḥ
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| 8 | ta eva māṃ mahārāja svapnadarśanam etya vai
parivāryābruvan vākyaṃ tan nibodha kurūdvaha
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| 9 | uttiṣṭha mā bhair gāṅgeya bhayaṃ te nāsti kiṃ cana
rakṣāmahe naravyāghra svaśarīraṃ hi no bhavān
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| 10 | na tvāṃ rāmo raṇe jetā jāmadagnyaḥ kathaṃ cana
tvam eva samare rāmaṃ vijetā bharatarṣabha
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| 11 | idam astraṃ sudayitaṃ pratyabhijñāsyate bhavān
viditaṃ hi tavāpy etat pūrvasmin dehadhāraṇe
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| 12 | prājāpatyaṃ viśvakṛtaṃ prasvāpaṃ nāma bhārata
na hīdaṃ veda rāmo 'pi pṛthivyāṃ vā pumān kva cit
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| 13 | tat smarasva mahābāho bhṛśaṃ saṃyojayasva ca
na ca rāmaḥ kṣayaṃ gantā tenāstreṇa narādhipa
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| 14 | enasā ca na yogaṃ tvaṃ prāpsyase jātu mānada
svapsyate jāmadagnyo 'sau tvadbāṇabalapīḍitaḥ
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| 15 | tato jitvā tvam evainaṃ punar utthāpayiṣyasi
astreṇa dayitenājau bhīṣma saṃbodhanena vai
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| 16 | evaṃ kuruṣva kauravya prabhāte ratham āsthitaḥ
prasuptaṃ vā mṛtaṃ vāpi tulyaṃ manyāmahe vayam
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| 17 | na ca rāmeṇa martavyaṃ kadā cid api pārthiva
tataḥ samutpannam idaṃ prasvāpaṃ yujyatām iti
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| 18 | ity uktvāntarhitā rājan sarva eva dvijottamāḥ
aṣṭau sadṛśarūpās te sarve bhāsvaramūrtayaḥ
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