 | Book 6 Chapter 66
|
| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
|
| 1 | akarot tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavas tadā
bhīmasenabhayād icchan putrāṃs tārayituṃ tava
|
| 2 | pūrvāhṇe tan mahāraudraṃ rājñāṃ yuddham avartata
kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca mukhyaśūravināśanam
|
| 3 | tasminn ākulasaṃgrāme vartamāne mahābhaye
abhavat tumulaḥ śabdaḥ saṃspṛśan gaganaṃ mahat
|
| 4 | nadadbhiś ca mahānāgair heṣamāṇaiś ca vājibhiḥ
bherīśaṅkhaninādaiś ca tumulaḥ samapadyata
|
| 5 | yuyutsavas te vikrāntā vijayāya mahābalāḥ
anyonyam abhigarjanto goṣṭheṣv iva maharṣabhāḥ
|
| 6 | śirasāṃ pātyamānānāṃ samare niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
aśmavṛṣṭir ivākāśe babhūva bharatarṣabha
|
| 7 | kuṇḍaloṣṇīṣadhārīṇi jātarūpojjvalāni ca
patitāni sma dṛśyante śirāṃsi bharatarṣabha
|
| 8 | viśikhonmathitair gātrair bāhubhiś ca sakārmukaiḥ
sahastābharaṇaiś cānyair abhavac chāditā mahī
|
| 9 | kavacopahitair gātrair hastaiś ca samalaṃkṛtaiḥ
mukhaiś ca candrasaṃkāśai raktāntanayanaiḥ śubhaiḥ
|
| 10 | gajavājimanuṣyāṇāṃ sarvagātraiś ca bhūpate
āsīt sarvā samākīrṇā muhūrtena vasuṃdharā
|
| 11 | rajomeghaiś ca tumulaiḥ śastravidyutprakāśitaiḥ
āyudhānāṃ ca nirghoṣaḥ stanayitnusamo 'bhavat
|
| 12 | sa saṃprahāras tumulaḥ kaṭukaḥ śoṇitodakaḥ
prāvartata kurūṇāṃ ca pāṇḍavānāṃ ca bhārata
|
| 13 | tasmin mahābhaye ghore tumule lomaharṣaṇe
vavarṣuḥ śaravarṣāṇi kṣatriyā yuddhadurmadāḥ
|
| 14 | krośanti kuñjarās tatra śaravarṣapratāpitāḥ
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca saṃyuge bharatottama
aśvāś ca paryadhāvanta hatārohā diśo daśa
|
| 15 | utpatya nipatanty anye śaraghātaprapīḍitāḥ
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca yodhānāṃ bharatarṣabha
|
| 16 | aśvānāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ ca rathānāṃ cātivartatām
saṃghātāḥ sma pradṛśyante tatra tatra viśāṃ pate
|
| 17 | gadābhir asibhiḥ prāsair bāṇaiś ca nataparvabhiḥ
jaghnuḥ parasparaṃ tatra kṣatriyāḥ kālacoditāḥ
|
| 18 | apare bāhubhir vīrā niyuddhakuśalā yudhi
bahudhā samasajjanta āyasaiḥ parighair iva
|
| 19 | muṣṭibhir jānubhiś caiva talaiś caiva viśāṃ pate
anyonyaṃ jaghnire vīrās tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
|
| 20 | virathā rathinaś cātra nistriṃśavaradhāriṇaḥ
anyonyam abhidhāvanta parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ
|
| 21 | tato duryodhano rājā kaliṅgair bahubhir vṛtaḥ
puraskṛtya raṇe bhīṣmaṃ pāṇḍavān abhyavartata
|
| 22 | tathaiva pāṇḍavāḥ sarve parivārya vṛkodaram
bhīṣmam abhyadravan kruddhā raṇe rabhasavāhanāḥ
|