 | Book 6 Chapter 99
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | madhyāhne tu mahārāja saṃgrāmaḥ samapadyata
lokakṣayakaro raudro bhīṣmasya saha somakaiḥ
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| 2 | gāṅgeyo rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm
vyadhaman niśitair bāṇaiḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 3 | saṃmamarda ca tat sainyaṃ pitā devavratas tava
dhānyānām iva lūnānāṃ prakaraṃ gogaṇā iva
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| 4 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca virāṭo drupadas tathā
bhīṣmam āsādya samare śarair jaghnur mahāratham
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| 5 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ tato viddhvā virāṭaṃ ca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ
drupadasya ca nārācaṃ preṣayām āsa bhārata
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| 6 | tena viddhā maheṣvāsā bhīṣmeṇāmitrakarśinā
cukrudhuḥ samare rājan pādaspṛṣṭā ivoragāḥ
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| 7 | śikhaṇḍī taṃ ca vivyādha bharatānāṃ pitāmaham
strīmayaṃ manasā dhyātvā nāsmai prāharad acyutaḥ
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| 8 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tu samare krodhād agnir iva jvalan
pitāmahaṃ tribhir bāṇair bāhvor urasi cārpayat
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| 9 | drupadaḥ pañcaviṃśatyā virāṭo daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ
śikhaṇḍī pañcaviṃśatyā bhīṣmaṃ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ
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| 10 | so 'tividdho mahārāja bhīṣmaḥ saṃkhye mahātmabhiḥ
vasante puṣpaśabalo raktāśoka ivābabhau
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| 11 | tān pratyavidhyad gāṅgeyas tribhis tribhir ajihmagaiḥ
drupadasya ca bhallena dhanuś ciccheda māriṣa
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| 12 | so 'nyat kārmukam ādāya bhīṣmaṃ vivyādha pañcabhiḥ
sārathiṃ ca tribhir bāṇaiḥ suśitai raṇamūrdhani
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| 13 | tato bhīmo mahārāja draupadyāḥ pañca cātmajāḥ
kekayā bhrātaraḥ pañca sātyakiś caiva sātvataḥ
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| 14 | abhyadravanta gāṅgeyaṃ yudhiṣṭhirahitepsayā
rirakṣiṣantaḥ pāñcālyaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhan raṇe
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| 15 | tathaiva tāvakāḥ sarve bhīṣmarakṣārtham udyatāḥ
pratyudyayuḥ pāṇḍusenāṃ sahasainyā narādhipa
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| 16 | tatrāsīt sumahad yuddhaṃ tava teṣāṃ ca saṃkulam
narāśvarathanāgānāṃ yamarāṣṭravivardhanam
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| 17 | rathī rathinam āsādya prāhiṇod yamasādanam
tathetarān samāsādya naranāgāśvasādinaḥ
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| 18 | anayan paralokāya śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
astraiś ca vividhair ghorais tatra tatra viśāṃ pate
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| 19 | rathāś ca rathibhir hīnā hatasārathayas tathā
vipradrutāśvāḥ samare diśo jagmuḥ samantataḥ
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| 20 | mardamānā narān rājan hayāṃś ca subahūn raṇe
vātāyamānā dṛśyante gandharvanagaropamāḥ
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| 21 | rathinaś ca rathair hīnā varmiṇas tejasā yutāḥ
kuṇḍaloṣṇīṣiṇaḥ sarve niṣkāṅgadavibhūṣitāḥ
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| 22 | devaputrasamā rūpe śaurye śakrasamā yudhi
ṛddhyā vaiśravaṇaṃ cāti nayena ca bṛhaspatim
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| 23 | sarvalokeśvarāḥ śūrās tatra tatra viśāṃ pate
vipradrutā vyadṛśyanta prākṛtā iva mānavāḥ
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| 24 | dantinaś ca naraśreṣṭha vihīnā varasādibhiḥ
mṛdnantaḥ svāny anīkāni saṃpetuḥ sarvaśabdagāḥ
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| 25 | varmabhiś cāmaraiś chatraiḥ patākābhiś ca māriṣa
kakṣyābhir atha tottraiś ca ghaṇṭābhis tomarais tathā
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| 26 | viśīrṇair vipradhāvanto dṛśyante sma diśo daśa
nagameghapratīkāśair jaladodayanisvanaiḥ
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| 27 | tathaiva dantibhir hīnān gajārohān viśāṃ pate
pradhāvanto 'nvapaśyāma tava teṣāṃ ca saṃkule
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| 28 | nānādeśasamutthāṃś ca turagān hemabhūṣitān
vātāyamānān adrākṣaṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 29 | aśvārohān hatair aśvair gṛhītāsīn samantataḥ
dravamāṇān apaśyāma drāvyamāṇāṃś ca saṃyuge
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| 30 | gajo gajaṃ samāsādya dravamāṇaṃ mahāraṇe
yayau vimṛdnaṃs tarasā padātīn vājinas tathā
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| 31 | tathaiva ca rathān rājan saṃmamarda raṇe gajaḥ
rathaś caiva samāsādya padātiṃ turagaṃ tathā
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| 32 | vyamṛdnāt samare rājaṃs turagāṃś ca narān raṇe
evaṃ te bahudhā rājan pramṛdnantaḥ parasparam
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| 33 | tasmin raudre tathā yuddhe vartamāne mahābhaye
prāvartata nadī ghorā śoṇitāntrataraṅgiṇī
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| 34 | asthisaṃcayasaṃghāṭā keśaśaivalaśādvalā
rathahradā śarāvartā hayamīnā durāsadā
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| 35 | śīrṣopalasamākīrṇā hastigrāhasamākulā
kavacoṣṇīṣaphenāḍhyā dhanurdvīpāsikacchapā
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| 36 | patākādhvajavṛkṣāḍhyā martyakūlāpahāriṇī
kravyādasaṃghasaṃkīrṇā yamarāṣṭravivardhinī
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| 37 | tāṃ nadīṃ kṣatriyāḥ śūrā hayanāgarathaplavaiḥ
praterur bahavo rājan bhayaṃ tyaktvā mahāhave
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| 38 | apovāha raṇe bhīrūn kaśmalenābhisaṃvṛtān
yathā vaitaraṇī pretān pretarājapuraṃ prati
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| 39 | prākrośan kṣatriyās tatra dṛṣṭvā tad vaiśasaṃ mahat
duryodhanāparādhena kṣayaṃ gacchanti kauravāḥ
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| 40 | guṇavatsu kathaṃ dveṣaṃ dhārtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ
kṛtavān pāṇḍuputreṣu pāpātmā lobhamohitaḥ
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| 41 | evaṃ bahuvidhā vācaḥ śrūyante smātra bhārata
pāṇḍavastavasaṃyuktāḥ putrāṇāṃ te sudāruṇāḥ
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| 42 | tā niśamya tadā vācaḥ sarvayodhair udāhṛtāḥ
āgaskṛt sarvalokasya putro duryodhanas tava
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| 43 | bhīṣmaṃ droṇaṃ kṛpaṃ caiva śalyaṃ covāca bhārata
yudhyadhvam anahaṃkārāḥ kiṃ ciraṃ kurutheti ca
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| 44 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
akṣadyūtakṛtaṃ rājan sughoraṃ vaiśasaṃ tadā
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| 45 | yat purā na nigṛhṇīṣe vāryamāṇo mahātmabhiḥ
vaicitravīrya tasyedaṃ phalaṃ paśya tathāvidham
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| 46 | na hi pāṇḍusutā rājan sasainyāḥ sapadānugāḥ
rakṣanti samare prāṇān kauravā vā viśāṃ pate
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| 47 | etasmāt kāraṇād ghoro vartate sma janakṣayaḥ
daivād vā puruṣavyāghra tava cāpanayān nṛpa
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