 | Book 6 Chapter 104
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ śikhaṇḍī gāṅgeyam abhyavartata saṃyuge
pāṇḍavāś ca tathā bhīṣmaṃ tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 2 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 2 | tataḥ prabhāte vimale sūryasyodayanaṃ prati
vādyamānāsu bherīṣu mṛdaṅgeṣv ānakeṣu ca
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| 3 | dhmāyatsu dadhivarṇeṣu jalajeṣu samantataḥ
śikhaṇḍinaṃ puraskṛtya niryātāḥ pāṇḍavā yudhi
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| 4 | kṛtvā vyūhaṃ mahārāja sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam
śikhaṇḍī sarvasainyānām agra āsīd viśāṃ pate
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| 5 | cakrarakṣau tatas tasya bhīmasenadhanaṃjayau
pṛṣṭhato draupadeyāś ca saubhadraś caiva vīryavān
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| 6 | sātyakiś cekitānaś ca teṣāṃ goptā mahārathaḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnas tataḥ paścāt pāñcālair abhirakṣitaḥ
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| 7 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā yamābhyāṃ sahitaḥ prabhuḥ
prayayau siṃhanādena nādayan bharatarṣabha
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| 8 | virāṭas tu tataḥ paścāt svena sainyena saṃvṛtaḥ
drupadaś ca mahārāja tataḥ paścād upādravat
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| 9 | kekayā bhrātaraḥ pañca dhṛṣṭaketuś ca vīryavān
jaghanaṃ pālayām āsa pāṇḍusainyasya bhārata
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| 10 | evaṃ vyūhya mahat sainyaṃ pāṇḍavās tava vāhinīm
abhyadravanta saṃgrāme tyaktvā jīvitam ātmanaḥ
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| 11 | tathaiva kuravo rājan bhīṣmaṃ kṛtvā mahābalam
agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ prayayuḥ pāṇḍavān prati
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| 12 | putrais tava durādharṣai rakṣitaḥ sumahābalaiḥ
tato droṇo maheṣvāsaḥ putraś cāsya mahārathaḥ
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| 13 | bhagadattas tataḥ paścād gajānīkena saṃvṛtaḥ
kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca bhagadattam anuvratau
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| 14 | kāmbojarājo balavāṃs tataḥ paścāt sudakṣiṇaḥ
māgadhaś ca jayatsenaḥ saubalaś ca bṛhadbalaḥ
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| 15 | tathetare maheṣvāsāḥ suśarmapramukhā nṛpāḥ
jaghanaṃ pālayām āsus tava sainyasya bhārata
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| 16 | divase divase prāpte bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo yudhi
āsurān akarod vyūhān paiśācān atha rākṣasān
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| 17 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tava teṣāṃ ca bhārata
anyonyaṃ nighnatāṃ rājan yamarāṣṭravivardhanam
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| 18 | arjunapramukhāḥ pārthāḥ puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam
bhīṣmaṃ yuddhe 'bhyavartanta kiranto vividhāñ śarān
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| 19 | tatra bhārata bhīmena pīḍitās tāvakāḥ śaraiḥ
rudhiraughapariklinnāḥ paralokaṃ yayus tadā
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| 20 | nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca sātyakiś ca mahārathaḥ
tava sainyaṃ samāsādya pīḍayām āsur ojasā
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| 21 | te vadhyamānāḥ samare tāvakā bharatarṣabha
nāśaknuvan vārayituṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahad balam
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| 22 | tatas tu tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ vadhyamānaṃ samantataḥ
saṃprādravad diśo rājan kālyamānaṃ mahārathaiḥ
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| 23 | trātāraṃ nādhyagacchanta tāvakā bharatarṣabha
vadhyamānāḥ śitair bāṇaiḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ sahasṛñjayaiḥ
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| 24 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 24 | pīḍyamānaṃ balaṃ pārthair dṛṣṭvā bhīṣmaḥ parākramī
yad akārṣīd raṇe kruddhas tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 25 | kathaṃ vā pāṇḍavān yuddhe pratyudyātaḥ paraṃtapaḥ
vinighnan somakān vīrāṃs tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 26 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 26 | ācakṣe te mahārāja yad akārṣīt pitāmahaḥ
pīḍite tava putrasya sainye pāṇḍavasṛñjayaiḥ
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| 27 | prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ śūrāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ pāṇḍupūrvaja
abhyavartanta nighnantas tava putrasya vāhinīm
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| 28 | taṃ vināśaṃ manuṣyendra naravāraṇavājinām
nāmṛṣyata tadā bhīṣmaḥ sainyaghātaṃ raṇe paraiḥ
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| 29 | sa pāṇḍavān maheṣvāsaḥ pāñcālāṃś ca sasṛñjayān
abhyadravata durdharṣas tyaktvā jīvitam ātmanaḥ
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| 30 | sa pāṇḍavānāṃ pravarān pañca rājan mahārathān
āttaśastrān raṇe yattān vārayām āsa sāyakaiḥ
nārācair vatsadantaiś ca śitair añjalikais tathā
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| 31 | nijaghne samare kruddho hastyaśvam amitaṃ bahu
rathino 'pātayad rājan rathebhyaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
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| 32 | sādinaś cāśvapṛṣṭhebhyaḥ padātīṃś ca samāgatān
gajārohān gajebhyaś ca pareṣāṃ vidadhad bhayam
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| 33 | tam ekaṃ samare bhīṣmaṃ tvaramāṇaṃ mahāratham
pāṇḍavāḥ samavartanta vajrapāṇim ivāsurāḥ
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| 34 | śakrāśanisamasparśān vimuñcan niśitāñ śarān
dikṣv adṛśyata sarvāsu ghoraṃ saṃdhārayan vapuḥ
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| 35 | maṇḍalīkṛtam evāsya nityaṃ dhanur adṛśyata
saṃgrāme yudhyamānasya śakracāpanibhaṃ mahat
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| 36 | tad dṛṣṭvā samare karma tava putrā viśāṃ pate
vismayaṃ paramaṃ prāptāḥ pitāmaham apūjayan
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| 37 | pārthā vimanaso bhūtvā praikṣanta pitaraṃ tava
yudhyamānaṃ raṇe śūraṃ vipracittim ivāmarāḥ
na cainaṃ vārayām āsur vyāttānanam ivāntakam
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| 38 | daśame 'hani saṃprāpte rathānīkaṃ śikhaṇḍinaḥ
adahan niśitair bāṇaiḥ kṛṣṇavartmeva kānanam
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| 39 | taṃ śikhaṇḍī tribhir bāṇair abhyavidhyat stanāntare
āśīviṣam iva kruddhaṃ kālasṛṣṭam ivāntakam
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| 40 | sa tenātibhṛśaṃ viddhaḥ prekṣya bhīṣmaḥ śikhaṇḍinam
anicchann api saṃkruddhaḥ prahasann idam abravīt
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| 41 | kāmam abhyasa vā mā vā na tvāṃ yotsye kathaṃ cana
yaiva hi tvaṃ kṛtā dhātrā saiva hi tvaṃ śikhaṇḍinī
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| 42 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā śikhaṇḍī krodhamūrchitaḥ
uvāca bhīṣmaṃ samare sṛkkiṇī parilelihan
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| 43 | jānāmi tvāṃ mahābāho kṣatriyāṇāṃ kṣayaṃkaram
mayā śrutaṃ ca te yuddhaṃ jāmadagnyena vai saha
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| 44 | divyaś ca te prabhāvo 'yaṃ sa mayā bahuśaḥ śrutaḥ
jānann api prabhāvaṃ te yotsye 'dyāhaṃ tvayā saha
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| 45 | pāṇḍavānāṃ priyaṃ kurvann ātmanaś ca narottama
adya tvā yodhayiṣyāmi raṇe puruṣasattama
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| 46 | dhruvaṃ ca tvā haniṣyāmi śape satyena te 'grataḥ
etac chrutvā vaco mahyaṃ yat kṣamaṃ tat samācara
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| 47 | kāmam abhyasa vā mā vā na me jīvan vimokṣyase
sudṛṣṭaḥ kriyatāṃ bhīṣma loko 'yaṃ samitiṃjaya
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| 48 | evam uktvā tato bhīṣmaṃ pañcabhir nataparvabhiḥ
avidhyata raṇe rājan praṇunnaṃ vākyasāyakaiḥ
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| 49 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā savyasācī paraṃtapaḥ
kālo 'yam iti saṃcintya śikhaṇḍinam acodayat
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| 50 | ahaṃ tvām anuyāsyāmi parān vidrāvayañ śaraiḥ
abhidrava susaṃrabdho bhīṣmaṃ bhīmaparākramam
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| 51 | na hi te saṃyuge pīḍāṃ śaktaḥ kartuṃ mahābalaḥ
tasmād adya mahābāho vīra bhīṣmam abhidrava
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| 52 | ahatvā samare bhīṣmaṃ yadi yāsyasi māriṣa
avahāsyo 'sya lokasya bhaviṣyasi mayā saha
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| 53 | nāvahāsyā yathā vīra bhavema paramāhave
tathā kuru raṇe yatnaṃ sādhayasva pitāmaham
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| 54 | ahaṃ te rakṣaṇaṃ yuddhe kariṣyāmi paraṃtapa
vārayan rathinaḥ sarvān sādhayasva pitāmaham
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| 55 | droṇaṃ ca droṇaputraṃ ca kṛpaṃ cātha suyodhanam
citrasenaṃ vikarṇaṃ ca saindhavaṃ ca jayadratham
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| 56 | vindānuvindāv āvantyau kāmbojaṃ ca sudakṣiṇam
bhagadattaṃ tathā śūraṃ māgadhaṃ ca mahāratham
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| 57 | saumadattiṃ raṇe śūram ārśyaśṛṅgiṃ ca rākṣasam
trigartarājaṃ ca raṇe saha sarvair mahārathaiḥ
aham āvārayiṣyāmi veleva makarālayam
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| 58 | kurūṃś ca sahitān sarvān ye caiṣāṃ sainikāḥ sthitāḥ
nivārayiṣyāmi raṇe sādhayasva pitāmaham
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