 | Book 6 Chapter 111
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ śāṃtanavo bhīṣmo daśame 'hani saṃjaya
ayudhyata mahāvīryaiḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ sahasṛñjayaiḥ
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| 2 | kuravaś ca kathaṃ yuddhe pāṇḍavān pratyavārayan
ācakṣva me mahāyuddhaṃ bhīṣmasyāhavaśobhinaḥ
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| 3 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 3 | kuravaḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ yathāyudhyanta bhārata
yathā ca tad abhūd yuddhaṃ tat te vakṣyāmi śṛṇvataḥ
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| 4 | preṣitāḥ paralokāya paramāstraiḥ kirīṭinā
ahany ahani saṃprāptās tāvakānāṃ rathavrajāḥ
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| 5 | yathāpratijñaṃ kauravyaḥ sa cāpi samitiṃjayaḥ
pārthānām akarod bhīṣmaḥ satataṃ samitikṣayam
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| 6 | kurubhiḥ sahitaṃ bhīṣmaṃ yudhyamānaṃ mahāratham
arjunaṃ ca sapāñcālyaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃśayitā janāḥ
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| 7 | daśame 'hani tasmiṃs tu bhīṣmārjunasamāgame
avartata mahāraudraḥ satataṃ samitikṣayaḥ
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| 8 | tasminn ayutaśo rājan bhūyaś ca sa paraṃtapaḥ
bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo yodhāñ jaghāna paramāstravit
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| 9 | yeṣām ajñātakalpāni nāmagotrāṇi pārthiva
te hatās tatra bhīṣmeṇa śūrāḥ sarve 'nivartinaḥ
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| 10 | daśāhāni tatas taptvā bhīṣmaḥ pāṇḍavavāhinīm
niravidyata dharmātmā jīvitena paraṃtapaḥ
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| 11 | sa kṣipraṃ vadham anvicchann ātmano 'bhimukhaṃ raṇe
na hanyāṃ mānavaśreṣṭhān saṃgrāme 'bhimukhān iti
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| 12 | cintayitvā mahābāhuḥ pitā devavratas tava
abhyāśasthaṃ mahārāja pāṇḍavaṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 13 | yudhiṣṭhira mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada
śṛṇu me vacanaṃ tāta dharmyaṃ svargyaṃ ca jalpataḥ
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| 14 | nirviṇṇo 'smi bhṛśaṃ tāta dehenānena bhārata
ghnataś ca me gataḥ kālaḥ subahūn prāṇino raṇe
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| 15 | tasmāt pārthaṃ purodhāya pāñcālān sṛñjayāṃs tathā
madvadhe kriyatāṃ yatno mama ced icchasi priyam
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| 16 | tasya tan matam ājñāya pāṇḍavaḥ satyadarśanaḥ
bhīṣmaṃ pratiyayau yattaḥ saṃgrāme saha sṛñjayaiḥ
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| 17 | dhṛṣṭadyumnas tato rājan pāṇḍavaś ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
śrutvā bhīṣmasya tāṃ vācaṃ codayām āsatur balam
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| 18 | abhidravata yudhyadhvaṃ bhīṣmaṃ jayata saṃyuge
rakṣitāḥ satyasaṃdhena jiṣṇunā ripujiṣṇunā
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| 19 | ayaṃ cāpi maheṣvāsaḥ pārṣato vāhinīpatiḥ
bhīmasenaś ca samare pālayiṣyati vo dhruvam
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| 20 | na vai bhīṣmād bhayaṃ kiṃ cit kartavyaṃ yudhi sṛñjayāḥ
dhruvaṃ bhīṣmaṃ vijeṣyāmaḥ puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam
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| 21 | tathā tu samayaṃ kṛtvā daśame 'hani pāṇḍavāḥ
brahmalokaparā bhūtvā saṃjagmuḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ
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| 22 | śikhaṇḍinaṃ puraskṛtya pāṇḍavaṃ ca dhanaṃjayam
bhīṣmasya pātane yatnaṃ paramaṃ te samāsthitāḥ
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| 23 | tatas tava sutādiṣṭā nānājanapadeśvarāḥ
droṇena sahaputreṇa sahasenā mahābalāḥ
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| 24 | duḥśāsanaś ca balavān saha sarvaiḥ sahodaraiḥ
bhīṣmaṃ samaramadhyasthaṃ pālayāṃ cakrire tadā
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| 25 | tatas tu tāvakāḥ śūrāḥ puraskṛtya yatavratam
śikhaṇḍipramukhān pārthān yodhayanti sma saṃyuge
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| 26 | cedibhiś ca sapāñcālaiḥ sahito vānaradhvajaḥ
yayau śāṃtanavaṃ bhīṣmaṃ puraskṛtya śikhaṇḍinam
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| 27 | droṇaputraṃ śiner naptā dhṛṣṭaketus tu pauravam
yudhāmanyuḥ sahāmātyaṃ duryodhanam ayodhayat
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| 28 | virāṭas tu sahānīkaḥ sahasenaṃ jayadratham
vṛddhakṣatrasya dāyādam āsasāda paraṃtapaḥ
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| 29 | madrarājaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ sahasainyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhīmasenābhiguptaś ca nāgānīkam upādravat
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| 30 | apradhṛṣyam anāvāryaṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam
droṇaṃ prati yayau yattaḥ pāñcālyaḥ saha somakaiḥ
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| 31 | karṇikāradhvajaṃ cāpi siṃhaketur ariṃdamaḥ
pratyujjagāma saubhadraṃ rājaputro bṛhadbalaḥ
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| 32 | śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca putrās te pāṇḍavaṃ ca dhanaṃjayam
rājabhiḥ samare sārdham abhipetur jighāṃsavaḥ
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| 33 | tasminn atimahābhīme senayor vai parākrame
saṃpradhāvatsv anīkeṣu medinī samakampata
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| 34 | tāny anīkāny anīkeṣu samasajjanta bhārata
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā śāṃtanavaṃ raṇe
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| 35 | tatas teṣāṃ prayatatām anyonyam abhidhāvatām
prādurāsīn mahāñ śabdo dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata
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| 36 | śaṅkhadundubhighoṣaiś ca vāraṇānāṃ ca bṛṃhitaiḥ
siṃhanādaiś ca sainyānāṃ dāruṇaḥ samapadyata
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| 37 | sā ca sarvanarendrāṇāṃ candrārkasadṛśī prabhā
vīrāṅgadakirīṭeṣu niṣprabhā samapadyata
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| 38 | rajomeghāś ca saṃjajñuḥ śastravidyudbhir āvṛtāḥ
dhanuṣāṃ caiva nirghoṣo dāruṇaḥ samapadyata
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| 39 | bāṇaśaṅkhapraṇādāś ca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanāḥ
rathagoṣaś ca saṃjagmuḥ senayor ubhayor api
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| 40 | prāsaśaktyṛṣṭisaṃghaiś ca bāṇaughaiś ca samākulam
niṣprakāśam ivākāśaṃ senayoḥ samapadyata
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| 41 | anyonyaṃ rathinaḥ petur vājinaś ca mahāhave
kuñjarāḥ kuñjarāñ jaghnuḥ padātīṃś ca padātayaḥ
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| 42 | tad āsīt sumahad yuddhaṃ kurūṇāṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
bhīṣmahetor naravyāghra śyenayor āmiṣe yathā
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| 43 | tayoḥ samāgamo ghoro babhūva yudhi bhārata
anyonyasya vadhārthāya jigīṣūṇāṃ raṇājire
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