 | Book 6 Chapter 68
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | śikhaṇḍī saha matsyena virāṭena viśāṃ pate
bhīṣmam āśu maheṣvāsam āsasāda sudurjayam
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| 2 | droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca maheṣvāsān mahābalān
rājñaś cānyān raṇe śūrān bahūn ārchad dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 3 | saindhavaṃ ca maheṣvāsaṃ sāmātyaṃ saha bandhubhiḥ
prācyāṃś ca dākṣiṇātyāṃś ca bhūmipān bhūmiparṣabha
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| 4 | putraṃ ca te maheṣvāsaṃ duryodhanam amarṣaṇam
duḥsahaṃ caiva samare bhīmaseno 'bhyavartata
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| 5 | sahadevas tu śakunim ulūkaṃ ca mahāratham
pitāputrau maheṣvāsāv abhyavartata durjayau
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| 6 | yudhiṣṭhiro mahārāja gajānīkaṃ mahārathaḥ
samavartata saṃgrāme putreṇa nikṛtas tava
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| 7 | mādrīputras tu nakulaḥ śūraḥ saṃkrandano yudhi
trigartānāṃ rathodāraiḥ samasajjata pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 8 | abhyavartanta durdharṣāḥ samare śālvakekayān
sātyakiś cekitānaś ca saubhadraś ca mahārathaḥ
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| 9 | dhṛṣṭaketuś ca samare rākṣasaś ca ghaṭotkacaḥ
putrāṇāṃ te rathānīkaṃ pratyudyātāḥ sudurjayāḥ
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| 10 | senāpatir ameyātmā dhṛṣṭadyumno mahābalaḥ
droṇena samare rājan samiyāyendrakarmaṇā
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| 11 | evam ete maheṣvāsās tāvakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
sametya samare śūrāḥ saṃprahāraṃ pracakrire
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| 12 | madhyaṃdinagate sūrye nabhasy ākulatāṃ gate
kuravaḥ pāṇḍaveyāś ca nijaghnur itaretaram
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| 13 | dhvajino hemacitrāṅgā vicaranto raṇājire
sapatākā rathā rejur vaiyāghraparivāraṇāḥ
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| 14 | sametānāṃ ca samare jigīṣūṇāṃ parasparam
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdaḥ siṃhānām iva nardatām
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| 15 | tatrādbhutam apaśyāma saṃprahāraṃ sudāruṇam
yam akurvan raṇe vīrāḥ sṛñjayāḥ kurubhiḥ saha
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| 16 | naiva khaṃ na diśo rājan na sūryaṃ śatrutāpana
vidiśo vāpy apaśyāma śarair muktaiḥ samantataḥ
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| 17 | śaktīnāṃ vimalāgrāṇāṃ tomarāṇāṃ tathāsyatām
nistriṃśānāṃ ca pītānāṃ nīlotpalanibhāḥ prabhāḥ
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| 18 | kavacānāṃ vicitrāṇāṃ bhūṣaṇānāṃ prabhās tathā
khaṃ diśaḥ pradiśaś caiva bhāsayām āsur ojasā
virarāja tadā rājaṃs tatra tatra raṇāṅgaṇam
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| 19 | rathasiṃhāsanavyāghrāḥ samāyāntaś ca saṃyuge
virejuḥ samare rājan grahā iva nabhastale
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| 20 | bhīṣmas tu rathināṃ śreṣṭho bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam
avārayata saṃkruddhaḥ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ
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| 21 | tato bhīṣmavinirmuktā rukmapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ
abhyaghnan samare bhīmaṃ tailadhautāḥ sutejanāḥ
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| 22 | tasya śaktiṃ mahāvegāṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
kruddhāśīviṣasaṃkāśāṃ preṣayām āsa bhārata
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| 23 | tām āpatantīṃ sahasā rukmadaṇḍāṃ durāsadām
ciccheda samare bhīṣmaḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
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| 24 | tato 'pareṇa bhallena pītena niśitena ca
kārmukaṃ bhīmasenasya dvidhā ciccheda bhārata
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| 25 | sātyakis tu tatas tūrṇaṃ bhīṣmam āsādya saṃyuge
śarair bahubhir ānarchat pitaraṃ te janeśvara
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| 26 | tataḥ saṃdhāya vai tīkṣṇaṃ śaraṃ paramadāruṇam
vārṣṇeyasya rathād bhīṣmaḥ pātayām āsa sārathim
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| 27 | tasyāśvāḥ pradrutā rājan nihate rathasārathau
tena tenaiva dhāvanti manomārutaraṃhasaḥ
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| 28 | tataḥ sarvasya sainyasya nisvanas tumulo 'bhavat
hāhākāraś ca saṃjajñe pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
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| 29 | abhidravata gṛhṇīta hayān yacchata dhāvata
ity āsīt tumulaḥ śabdo yuyudhānarathaṃ prati
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| 30 | etasminn eva kāle tu bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavaḥ punaḥ
vyahanat pāṇḍavīṃ senām āsurīm iva vṛtrahā
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| 31 | te vadhyamānā bhīṣmeṇa pāñcālāḥ somakaiḥ saha
āryāṃ yuddhe matiṃ kṛtvā bhīṣmam evābhidudruvuḥ
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| 32 | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhāś cāpi pārthāḥ śāṃtanavaṃ raṇe
abhyadhāvañ jigīṣantas tava putrasya vāhinīm
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| 33 | tathaiva tāvakā rājan bhīṣmadroṇamukhāḥ parān
abhyadhāvanta vegena tato yuddham avartata
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