 | Book 6 Chapter 97
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | ārjuniṃ samare śūraṃ vinighnantaṃ mahāratham
alambusaḥ kathaṃ yuddhe pratyayudhyata saṃjaya
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| 2 | ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ kathaṃ cāpi saubhadraḥ paravīrahā
tan mamācakṣva tattvena yathā vṛttaṃ sma saṃyuge
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| 3 | dhanaṃjayaś ca kiṃ cakre mama sainyeṣu saṃjaya
bhīmo vā balināṃ śreṣṭho rākṣaso vā ghaṭotkacaḥ
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| 4 | nakulaḥ sahadevo vā sātyakir vā mahārathaḥ
etad ācakṣva me sarvaṃ kuśalo hy asi saṃjaya
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| 5 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 5 | hanta te 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃgrāmaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
yathābhūd rākṣasendrasya saubhadrasya ca māriṣa
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| 6 | arjunaś ca yathā saṃkhye bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca raṇe cakruḥ parākramam
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| 7 | tathaiva tāvakāḥ sarve bhīṣmadroṇapurogamāḥ
adbhutāni vicitrāṇi cakruḥ karmāṇy abhītavat
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| 8 | alambusas tu samare abhimanyuṃ mahāratham
vinadya sumahānādaṃ tarjayitvā muhur muhuḥ
abhidudrāva vegena tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt
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| 9 | saubhadro 'pi raṇe rājan siṃhavad vinadan muhuḥ
ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ maheṣvāsaṃ pitur atyantavairiṇam
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| 10 | tataḥ sameyatuḥ saṃkhye tvaritau nararākṣasau
rathābhyāṃ rathināṃ śreṣṭhau yathā vai devadānavau
māyāvī rākṣasaśreṣṭho divyāstrajñaś ca phālguniḥ
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| 11 | tataḥ kārṣṇir mahārāja niśitaiḥ sāyakais tribhiḥ
ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ raṇe viddhvā punar vivyādha pañcabhiḥ
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| 12 | alambuso 'pi saṃkruddhaḥ kārṣṇiṃ navabhir āśugaiḥ
hṛdi vivyādha vegena tottrair iva mahādvipam
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| 13 | tataḥ śarasahasreṇa kṣiprakārī niśācaraḥ
arjunasya sutaṃ saṃkhye pīḍayām āsa bhārata
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| 14 | abhimanyus tataḥ kruddho navatiṃ nataparvaṇām
cikṣepa niśitān bāṇān rākṣasasya mahorasi
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| 15 | te tasya viviśus tūrṇaṃ kāyaṃ nirbhidya marmaṇi
sa tair vibhinnasarvāṅgaḥ śuśubhe rākṣasottamaḥ
puṣpitaiḥ kiṃśukai rājan saṃstīrṇa iva parvataḥ
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| 16 | sa dhārayañ śarān hemapuṅkhān api mahābalaḥ
vibabhau rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ sajvāla iva parvataḥ
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| 17 | tataḥ kruddho mahārāja ārśyaśṛṅgir mahābalaḥ
mahendrapratimaṃ kārṣṇiṃ chādayām āsa patribhiḥ
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| 18 | tena te viśikhā muktā yamadaṇḍopamāḥ śitāḥ
abhimanyuṃ vinirbhidya prāviśan dharaṇītalam
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| 19 | tathaivārjuninirmuktāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ
alambusaṃ vinirbhidya prāviśanta dharātalam
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| 20 | saubhadras tu raṇe rakṣaḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
cakre vimukham āsādya mayaṃ śakra ivāhave
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| 21 | vimukhaṃ ca tato rakṣo vadhyamānaṃ raṇe 'riṇā
prāduścakre mahāmāyāṃ tāmasīṃ paratāpanaḥ
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| 22 | tatas te tamasā sarve hṛtā hy āsan mahītale
nābhimanyum apaśyanta naiva svān na parān raṇe
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| 23 | abhimanyuś ca tad dṛṣṭvā ghorarūpaṃ mahat tamaḥ
prāduścakre 'stram atyugraṃ bhāskaraṃ kurunandanaḥ
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| 24 | tataḥ prakāśam abhavaj jagat sarvaṃ mahīpate
tāṃ cāpi jaghnivān māyāṃ rākṣasasya durātmanaḥ
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| 25 | saṃkruddhaś ca mahāvīryo rākṣasendraṃ narottamaḥ
chādayām āsa samare śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
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| 26 | bahvīs tathānyā māyāś ca prayuktās tena rakṣasā
sarvāstravid ameyātmā vārayām āsa phālguniḥ
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| 27 | hatamāyaṃ tato rakṣo vadhyamānaṃ ca sāyakaiḥ
rathaṃ tatraiva saṃtyajya prādravan mahato bhayāt
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| 28 | tasmin vinirjite tūrṇaṃ kūṭayodhini rākṣase
ārjuniḥ samare sainyaṃ tāvakaṃ saṃmamarda ha
madāndho vanyanāgendraḥ sapadmāṃ padminīm iva
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| 29 | tataḥ śāṃtanavo bhīṣmaḥ sainyaṃ dṛṣṭvābhividrutam
mahatā rathavaṃśena saubhadraṃ paryavārayat
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| 30 | koṣṭhakīkṛtya taṃ vīraṃ dhārtarāṣṭrā mahārathāḥ
ekaṃ subahavo yuddhe tatakṣuḥ sāyakair dṛḍham
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| 31 | sa teṣāṃ rathināṃ vīraḥ pitus tulyaparākramaḥ
sadṛśo vāsudevasya vikrameṇa balena ca
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| 32 | ubhayoḥ sadṛśaṃ karma sa pitur mātulasya ca
raṇe bahuvidhaṃ cakre sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
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| 33 | tato dhanaṃjayo rājan vinighnaṃs tava sainikān
āsasāda raṇe bhīṣmaṃ putraprepsur amarṣaṇaḥ
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| 34 | tathaiva samare rājan pitā devavratas tava
āsasāda raṇe pārthaṃ svarbhānur iva bhāskaram
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| 35 | tataḥ sarathanāgāśvāḥ putrās tava viśāṃ pate
parivavrū raṇe bhīṣmaṃ jugupuś ca samantataḥ
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| 36 | tathaiva pāṇḍavā rājan parivārya dhanaṃjayam
raṇāya mahate yuktā daṃśitā bharatarṣabha
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| 37 | śāradvatas tato rājan bhīṣmasya pramukhe sthitam
arjunaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā sāyakānāṃ samācinot
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| 38 | patyudgamyātha vivyādha sātyakis taṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
pāṇḍavapriyakāmārthaṃ śārdūla iva kuñjaram
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| 39 | gautamo 'pi tvarāyukto mādhavaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ
hṛdi vivyādha saṃkruddhaḥ kaṅkapatraparicchadaiḥ
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| 40 | śaineyo 'pi tataḥ kruddho bhṛśaṃ viddho mahārathaḥ
gautamāntakaraṃ ghoraṃ samādatta śilīmukham
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| 41 | tam āpatantaṃ vegena śakrāśanisamadyutim
dvidhā ciccheda saṃkruddho drauṇiḥ paramakopanaḥ
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| 42 | samutsṛjyātha śaineyo gautamaṃ rathināṃ varam
abhyadravad raṇe drauṇiṃ rāhuḥ khe śaśinaṃ yathā
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| 43 | tasya droṇasutaś cāpaṃ dvidhā ciccheda bhārata
athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ tāḍayām āsa sāyakaiḥ
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| 44 | so 'nyat kārmukam ādāya śatrughnaṃ bhārasādhanam
drauṇiṃ ṣaṣṭyā mahārāja bāhvor urasi cārpayat
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| 45 | sa viddho vyathitaś caiva muhūrtaṃ kaśmalāyutaḥ
niṣasāda rathopasthe dhvajayaṣṭim upāśritaḥ
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| 46 | pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ droṇaputraḥ pratāpavān
vārṣṇeyaṃ samare kruddho nārācena samardayat
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| 47 | śaineyaṃ sa tu nirbhidya prāviśad dharaṇītalam
vasantakāle balavān bilaṃ sarpaśiśur yathā
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| 48 | tato 'pareṇa bhallena mādhavasya dhvajottamam
ciccheda samare drauṇiḥ siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca
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| 49 | punaś cainaṃ śarair ghoraiś chādayām āsa bhārata
nidāghānte mahārāja yathā megho divākaram
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| 50 | sātyakiś ca mahārāja śarajālaṃ nihatya tat
drauṇim abhyapatat tūrṇaṃ śarajālair anekadhā
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| 51 | tāpayām āsa ca drauṇiṃ śaineyaḥ paravīrahā
vimukto meghajālena yathaiva tapanas tathā
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| 52 | śarāṇāṃ ca sahasreṇa punar enaṃ samudyatam
sātyakiś chādayām āsa nanāda ca mahābalaḥ
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| 53 | dṛṣṭvā putraṃ tathā grastaṃ rāhuṇeva niśākaram
abhyadravata śaineyaṃ bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān
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| 54 | vivyādha ca pṛṣatkena sutīkṣṇena mahāmṛdhe
parīpsan svasutaṃ rājan vārṣṇeyenābhitāpitam
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| 55 | sātyakis tu raṇe jitvā guruputraṃ mahāratham
droṇaṃ vivyādha viṃśatyā sarvapāraśavaiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 56 | tadantaram ameyātmā kaunteyaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ
abhyadravad raṇe kruddho droṇaṃ prati mahārathaḥ
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| 57 | tato droṇaś ca pārthaś ca sameyātāṃ mahāmṛdhe
yathā budhaś ca śukraś ca mahārāja nabhastale
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