 | Book 6 Chapter 51
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | gatāparāhṇabhūyiṣṭhe tasminn ahani bhārata
rathanāgāśvapattīnāṃ sādināṃ ca mahākṣaye
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| 2 | droṇaputreṇa śalyena kṛpeṇa ca mahātmanā
samasajjata pāñcālyas tribhir etair mahārathaiḥ
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| 3 | sa lokaviditān aśvān nijaghāna mahābalaḥ
drauṇeḥ pāñcāladāyādaḥ śitair daśabhir āśugaiḥ
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| 4 | tataḥ śalyarathaṃ tūrṇam āsthāya hatavāhanaḥ
drauṇiḥ pāñcāladāyādam abhyavarṣad atheṣubhiḥ
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| 5 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tu saṃsaktaṃ drauṇinā dṛśya bhārata
saubhadro 'bhyapatat tūrṇaṃ vikiran niśitāñ śarān
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| 6 | sa śalyaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā kṛpaṃ ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ
aśvatthāmānam aṣṭābhir vivyādha puruṣarṣabha
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| 7 | ārjuniṃ tu tatas tūrṇaṃ drauṇir vivyādha patriṇā
śalyo dvādaśabhiś caiva kṛpaś ca niśitais tribhiḥ
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| 8 | lakṣmaṇas tava pautras tu tava pautram avasthitam
abhyavartata saṃhṛṣṭas tato yuddham avartata
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| 9 | dauryodhanis tu saṃkruddhaḥ saubhadraṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ
vivyādha samare rājaṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 10 | abhimanyus tu saṃkruddho bhrātaraṃ bharatarṣabha
śaraiḥ pañcāśatā rājan kṣiprahasto 'bhyavidhyata
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| 11 | lakṣmaṇo 'pi tatas tasya dhanuś ciccheda patriṇā
muṣṭideśe mahārāja tata uccukruśur janāḥ
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| 12 | tad vihāya dhanuś chinnaṃ saubhadraḥ paravīrahā
anyad ādattavāṃś citraṃ kārmukaṃ vegavattaram
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| 13 | tau tatra samare hṛṣṭau kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇau
anyonyaṃ viśikhais tīkṣṇair jaghnatuḥ puruṣarṣabhau
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| 14 | tato duryodhano rājā dṛṣṭvā putraṃ mahāratham
pīḍitaṃ tava pautreṇa prāyāt tatra janeśvaraḥ
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| 15 | saṃnivṛtte tava sute sarva eva janādhipāḥ
ārjuniṃ rathavaṃśena samantāt paryavārayan
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| 16 | sa taiḥ parivṛtaḥ śūraiḥ śūro yudhi sudurjayaiḥ
na sma vivyathate rājan kṛṣṇatulyaparākramaḥ
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| 17 | saubhadram atha saṃsaktaṃ tatra dṛṣṭvā dhanaṃjayaḥ
abhidudrāva saṃkruddhas trātukāmaḥ svam ātmajam
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| 18 | tataḥ sarathanāgāśvā bhīṣmadroṇapurogamāḥ
abhyavartanta rājānaḥ sahitāḥ savyasācinam
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| 19 | uddhūtaṃ sahasā bhaumaṃ nāgāśvarathasādibhiḥ
divākarapathaṃ prāpya rajas tīvram adṛśyata
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| 20 | tāni nāgasahasrāṇi bhūmipālaśatāni ca
tasya bāṇapathaṃ prāpya nābhyavartanta sarvaśaḥ
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| 21 | praṇeduḥ sarvabhūtāni babhūvus timirā diśaḥ
kurūṇām anayas tīvraḥ samadṛśyata dāruṇaḥ
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| 22 | nāpy antarikṣaṃ na diśo na bhūmir na ca bhāskaraḥ
prajajñe bharataśreṣṭha śarasaṃghaiḥ kirīṭinaḥ
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| 23 | sāditadhvajanāgās tu hatāśvā rathino bhṛśam
vipradrutarathāḥ ke cid dṛśyante rathayūthapāḥ
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| 24 | virathā rathinaś cānye dhāvamānāḥ samantataḥ
tatra tatraiva dṛśyante sāyudhāḥ sāṅgadair bhujaiḥ
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| 25 | hayārohā hayāṃs tyaktvā gajārohāś ca dantinaḥ
arjunasya bhayād rājan samantād vipradudruvuḥ
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| 26 | rathebhyaś ca gajebhyaś ca hayebhyaś ca narādhipāḥ
patitāḥ pātyamānāś ca dṛśyante 'rjunatāḍitāḥ
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| 27 | sagadān udyatān bāhūn sakhaḍgāṃś ca viśāṃ pate
saprāsāṃś ca satūṇīrān saśarān saśarāsanān
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| 28 | sāṅkuśān sapatākāṃś ca tatra tatrārjuno nṛṇām
nicakarta śarair ugrai raudraṃ bibhrad vapus tadā
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| 29 | parighāṇāṃ pravṛddhānāṃ mudgarāṇāṃ ca māriṣa
prāsānāṃ bhiṇḍipālānāṃ nistriṃśānāṃ ca saṃyuge
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| 30 | paraśvadhānāṃ tīkṣṇānāṃ tomarāṇāṃ ca bhārata
varmaṇāṃ cāpaviddhānāṃ kavacānāṃ ca bhūtale
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| 31 | dhvajānāṃ carmaṇāṃ caiva vyajanānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
chatrāṇāṃ hemadaṇḍānāṃ cāmarāṇāṃ ca bhārata
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| 32 | pratodānāṃ kaśānāṃ ca yoktrāṇāṃ caiva māriṣa
rāśayaś cātra dṛśyante vinikīrṇā raṇakṣitau
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| 33 | nāsīt tatra pumān kaś cit tava sainyasya bhārata
yo 'rjunaṃ samare śūraṃ pratyudyāyāt kathaṃ cana
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| 34 | yo yo hi samare pārthaṃ patyudyāti viśāṃ pate
sa sa vai viśikhais tīkṣṇaiḥ paralokāya nīyate
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| 35 | teṣu vidravamāṇeṣu tava yodheṣu sarvaśaḥ
arjuno vāsudevaś ca dadhmatur vārijottamau
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| 36 | tat prabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitā devavratas tava
abravīt samare śūraṃ bhāradvājaṃ smayann iva
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| 37 | eṣa pāṇḍusuto vīraḥ kṛṣṇena sahito balī
tathā karoti sainyāni yathā kuryād dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 38 | na hy eṣa samare śakyo jetum adya kathaṃ cana
yathāsya dṛśyate rūpaṃ kālāntakayamopamam
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| 39 | na nivartayituṃ cāpi śakyeyaṃ mahatī camūḥ
anyonyaprekṣayā paśya dravatīyaṃ varūthinī
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| 40 | eṣa cāstaṃ giriśreṣṭhaṃ bhānumān pratipadyate
vapūṃṣi sarvalokasya saṃharann iva sarvathā
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| 41 | tatrāvahāraṃ saṃprāptaṃ manye 'haṃ puruṣarṣabha
śrāntā bhītāś ca no yodhā na yotsyanti kathaṃ cana
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| 42 | evam uktvā tato bhīṣmo droṇam ācāryasattamam
avahāram atho cakre tāvakānāṃ mahārathaḥ
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| 43 | tato 'vahāraḥ sainyānāṃ tava teṣāṃ ca bhārata
astaṃ gacchati sūrye 'bhūt saṃdhyākāle ca vartati
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