 | Book 6 Chapter 79
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | bahūnīha vicitrāṇi dvairathāni sma saṃjaya
pāṇḍūnāṃ māmakaiḥ sārdham aśrauṣaṃ tava jalpataḥ
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| 2 | na caiva māmakaṃ kaṃ cid dhṛṣṭaṃ śaṃsasi saṃjaya
nityaṃ pāṇḍusutān hṛṣṭān abhagnāṃś caiva śaṃsasi
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| 3 | jīyamānān vimanaso māmakān vigataujasaḥ
vadase saṃyuge sūta diṣṭam etad asaṃśayam
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| 4 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 4 | yathāśakti yathotsāhaṃ yuddhe ceṣṭanti tāvakāḥ
darśayānāḥ paraṃ śaktyā pauruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha
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| 5 | gaṅgāyāḥ suranadyā vai svādubhūtaṃ yathodakam
mahodadhiguṇābhyāsāl lavaṇatvaṃ nigacchati
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| 6 | tathā tat pauruṣaṃ rājaṃs tāvakānāṃ mahātmanām
prāpya pāṇḍusutān vīrān vyarthaṃ bhavati saṃyuge
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| 7 | ghaṭamānān yathāśakti kurvāṇān karma duṣkaram
na doṣeṇa kuruśreṣṭha kauravān gantum arhasi
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| 8 | tavāparādhāt sumahān saputrasya viśāṃ pate
pṛthivyāḥ prakṣayo ghoro yamarāṣṭravivardhanaḥ
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| 9 | ātmadoṣāt samutpannaṃ śocituṃ nārhase nṛpa
na hi rakṣanti rājānaḥ sarvārthān nāpi jīvitam
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| 10 | yuddhe sukṛtināṃ lokān icchanto vasudhādhipāḥ
camūṃ vigāhya yudhyante nityaṃ svargaparāyaṇāḥ
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| 11 | pūrvāhṇe tu mahārāja prāvartata janakṣayaḥ
tan mamaikamanā bhūtvā śṛṇu devāsuropamam
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| 12 | āvantyau tu maheṣvāsau mahātmānau mahābalau
irāvantam abhiprekṣya sameyātāṃ raṇotkaṭau
teṣāṃ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
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| 13 | irāvāṃs tu susaṃkruddho bhrātarau devarūpiṇau
vivyādha niśitais tūrṇaṃ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
tāv enaṃ pratyavidhyetāṃ samare citrayodhinau
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| 14 | yudhyatāṃ hi tathā rājan viśeṣo na vyadṛśyata
yatatāṃ śatrunāśāya kṛtapratikṛtaiṣiṇām
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| 15 | irāvāṃs tu tato rājann anuvindasya sāyakaiḥ
caturbhiś caturo vāhān anayad yamasādanam
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| 16 | bhallābhyāṃ ca sutīkṣṇābhyāṃ dhanuḥ ketuṃ ca māriṣa
ciccheda samare rājaṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 17 | tyaktvānuvindo 'tha rathaṃ vindasya ratham āsthitaḥ
dhanur gṛhītvā navamaṃ bhārasādhanam uttamam
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| 18 | tāv ekasthau raṇe vīrāv āvantyau rathināṃ varau
śarān mumucatus tūrṇam irāvati mahātmani
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| 19 | tābhyāṃ muktā mahāvegāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ
divākarapathaṃ prāpya chādayām āsur ambaram
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| 20 | irāvāṃs tu tataḥ kruddho bhrātarau tau mahārathau
vavarṣa śaravarṣeṇa sārathiṃ cāpy apātayat
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| 21 | tasmin nipatite bhūmau gatasattve 'tha sārathau
rathaḥ pradudrāva diśaḥ samudbhrāntahayas tataḥ
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| 22 | tau sa jitvā mahārāja nāgarājasutāsutaḥ
pauruṣaṃ khyāpayaṃs tūrṇaṃ vyadhamat tava vāhinīm
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| 23 | sā vadhyamānā samare dhārtarāṣṭrī mahācamūḥ
vegān bahuvidhāṃś cakre viṣaṃ pītveva mānavaḥ
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| 24 | haiḍimbo rākṣasendras tu bhagadattaṃ samādravat
rathenādityavarṇena sadhvajena mahābalaḥ
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| 25 | tataḥ prāgjyotiṣo rājā nāgarājaṃ samāsthitaḥ
yathā vajradharaḥ pūrvaṃ saṃgrāme tārakāmaye
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| 26 | tatra devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayaś ca samāgatāḥ
viśeṣaṃ na sma vividur haiḍimbabhagadattayoḥ
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| 27 | yathā surapatiḥ śakras trāsayām āsa dānavān
tathaiva samare rājaṃs trāsayām āsa pāṇḍavān
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| 28 | tena vidrāvyamāṇās te pāṇḍavāḥ sarvatodiśam
trātāraṃ nābhyavindanta sveṣv anīkeṣu bhārata
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| 29 | bhaimaseniṃ rathasthaṃ tu tatrāpaśyāma bhārata
śeṣā vimanaso bhūtvā prādravanta mahārathāḥ
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| 30 | nivṛtteṣu tu pāṇḍūnāṃ punaḥ sainyeṣu bhārata
āsīn niṣṭānako ghoras tava sainyeṣu saṃyuge
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| 31 | ghaṭotkacas tato rājan bhagadattaṃ mahāraṇe
śaraiḥ pracchādayām āsa meruṃ girim ivāmbudaḥ
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| 32 | nihatya tāñ śarān rājā rākṣasasya dhanuścyutān
bhaimaseniṃ raṇe tūrṇaṃ sarvamarmasv atāḍayat
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| 33 | sa tāḍyamāno bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
na vivyathe rākṣasendro bhidyamāna ivācalaḥ
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| 34 | tasya prāgjyotiṣaḥ kruddhas tomarān sa caturdaśa
preṣayām āsa samare tāṃś ca ciccheda rākṣasaḥ
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| 35 | sa tāṃś chittvā mahābāhus tomarān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
bhagadattaṃ ca vivyādha saptatyā kaṅkapatribhiḥ
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| 36 | tataḥ prāgjyotiṣo rājan prahasann iva bhārata
tasyāśvāṃś caturaḥ saṃkhye pātayām āsa sāyakaiḥ
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| 37 | sa hatāśve rathe tiṣṭhan rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān
śaktiṃ cikṣepa vegena prāgjyotiṣagajaṃ prati
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| 38 | tām āpatantīṃ sahasā hemadaṇḍāṃ suvegitām
tridhā ciccheda nṛpatiḥ sā vyakīryata medinīm
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| 39 | śaktiṃ vinihatāṃ dṛṣṭvā haiḍimbaḥ prādravad bhayāt
yathendrasya raṇāt pūrvaṃ namucir daityasattamaḥ
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| 40 | taṃ vijitya raṇe śūraṃ vikrāntaṃ khyātapauruṣam
ajeyaṃ samare rājan yamena varuṇena ca
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| 41 | pāṇḍavīṃ samare senāṃ saṃmamarda sakuñjaraḥ
yathā vanagajo rājan mṛdnaṃś carati padminīm
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| 42 | madreśvaras tu samare yamābhyāṃ saha saṃgataḥ
svasrīyau chādayāṃ cakre śaraughaiḥ pāṇḍunandanau
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| 43 | sahadevas tu samare mātulaṃ vīkṣya saṃgatam
avārayac charaugheṇa megho yadvad divākaram
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| 44 | chādyamānaḥ śaraugheṇa hṛṣṭarūpataro 'bhavat
tayoś cāpy abhavat prītir atulā mātṛkāraṇāt
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| 45 | tataḥ prahasya samare nakulasya mahārathaḥ
aśvān vai caturo rājaṃś caturbhiḥ sāyakottamaiḥ
preṣayām āsa samare yamasya sadanaṃ prati
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| 46 | hatāśvāt tu rathāt tūrṇam avaplutya mahārathaḥ
āruroha tato yānaṃ bhrātur eva yaśasvinaḥ
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| 47 | ekasthau tu raṇe śūrau dṛḍhe vikṣipya kārmuke
madrarājarathaṃ kruddhau chādayām āsatuḥ kṣaṇāt
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| 48 | sa cchādyamāno bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
svasrīyābhyāṃ naravyāghro nākampata yathācalaḥ
prahasann iva tāṃ cāpi śaravṛṣṭiṃ jaghāna ha
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| 49 | sahadevas tataḥ kruddhaḥ śaram udyamya vīryavān
madrarājam abhiprekṣya preṣayām āsa bhārata
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| 50 | sa śaraḥ preṣitas tena garutmān iva vegavān
madrarājaṃ vinirbhidya nipapāta mahītale
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| 51 | sa gāḍhaviddho vyathito rathopasthe mahārathaḥ
niṣasāda mahārāja kaśmalaṃ ca jagāma ha
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| 52 | taṃ visaṃjñaṃ nipatitaṃ sūtaḥ saṃprekṣya saṃyuge
apovāha rathenājau yamābhyām abhipīḍitam
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| 53 | dṛṣṭvā madreśvararathaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ parāṅmukham
sarve vimanaso bhūtvā nedam astīty acintayan
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| 54 | nirjitya mātulaṃ saṃkhye mādrīputrau mahārathau
dadhmatur muditau śaṅkhau siṃhanādaṃ vinedatuḥ
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| 55 | abhidudruvatur hṛṣṭau tava sainyaṃ viśāṃ pate
yathā daityacamūṃ rājann indropendrāv ivāmarau
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