 | Book 7 Chapter 1
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | tam apratimasattvaujobalavīryaparākramam
hataṃ devavrataṃ śrutvā pāñcālyena śikhaṇḍinā
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| 2 | dhṛtarāṣṭras tadā rājā śokavyākulacetanaḥ
kim aceṣṭata viprarṣe hate pitari vīryavān
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| 3 | tasya putro hi bhagavan bhīṣmadroṇamukhai rathaiḥ
parājitya maheṣvāsān pāṇḍavān rājyam icchati
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| 4 | tasmin hate tu bhagavan ketau sarvadhanuṣmatām
yad aceṣṭata kauravyas tan me brūhi dvijottama
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| 5 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 5 | nihataṃ pitaraṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro janādhipaḥ
lebhe na śāntiṃ kauravyaś cintāśokaparāyaṇaḥ
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| 6 | tasya cintayato duḥkham aniśaṃ pārthivasya tat
ājagāma viśuddhātmā punar gāvalgaṇis tadā
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| 7 | śibirāt saṃjayaṃ prāptaṃ niśi nāgāhvayaṃ puram
āmbikeyo mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro 'nvapṛcchata
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| 8 | śrutvā bhīṣmasya nidhanam aprahṛṣṭamanā bhṛśam
putrāṇāṃ jayam ākāṅkṣan vilalāpāturo yathā
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| 9 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 9 | saṃsādhya tu mahātmānaṃ bhīṣmaṃ bhīmaparākramam
kim akārṣuḥ paraṃ tāta kuravaḥ kālacoditāḥ
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| 10 | tasmin vinihate śūre durādharṣe mahaujasi
kiṃ nu svit kuravo 'kārṣur nimagnāḥ śokasāgare
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| 11 | tad udīrṇaṃ mahat sainyaṃ trailokyasyāpi saṃjaya
bhayam utpādayet tīvraṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
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| 12 | devavrate tu nihate kurūṇām ṛṣabhe tadā
yad akārṣur nṛpatayas tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 13 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 13 | śṛṇu rājann ekamanā vacanaṃ bruvato mama
yat te putrās tadākārṣur hate devavrate mṛdhe
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| 14 | nihate tu tadā bhīṣme rājan satyaparākrame
tāvakāḥ pāṇḍaveyāś ca prādhyāyanta pṛthak pṛthak
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| 15 | vismitāś ca prahṛṣṭāś ca kṣatradharmaṃ niśāmya te
svadharmaṃ nindamānāś ca praṇipatya mahātmane
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| 16 | śayanaṃ kalpayām āsur bhīṣmāyāmitatejase
sopadhānaṃ naravyāghra śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
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| 17 | vidhāya rakṣāṃ bhīṣmāya samābhāṣya parasparam
anumānya ca gāṅgeyaṃ kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
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| 18 | krodhasaṃraktanayanāḥ samavekṣya parasparam
punar yuddhāya nirjagmuḥ kṣatriyāḥ kālacoditāḥ
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| 19 | tatas tūryaninādaiś ca bherīṇāṃ ca mahāsvanaiḥ
tāvakānām anīkāni pareṣāṃ cāpi niryayuḥ
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| 20 | vyāvṛtte 'hani rājendra patite jāhnavīsute
amarṣavaśam āpannāḥ kālopahatacetasaḥ
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| 21 | anādṛtya vacaḥ pathyaṃ gāṅgeyasya mahātmanaḥ
niryayur bharataśreṣṭhāḥ śastrāṇy ādāya sarvaśaḥ
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| 22 | mohāt tava saputrasya vadhāc chāṃtanavasya ca
kauravyā mṛtyusād bhūtāḥ sahitāḥ sarvarājabhiḥ
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| 23 | ajāvaya ivāgopā vane śvāpadasaṃkule
bhṛśam udvignamanaso hīnā devavratena te
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| 24 | patite bharataśreṣṭhe babhūva kuruvāhinī
dyaur ivāpetanakṣatrā hīnaṃ kham iva vāyunā
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| 25 | vipannasasyeva mahī vāk caivāsaṃskṛtā yathā
āsurīva yathā senā nigṛhīte purā balau
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| 26 | vidhaveva varārohā śuṣkatoyeva nimnagā
vṛkair iva vane ruddhā pṛṣatī hatayūthapā
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| 27 | svādharṣā hatasiṃheva mahatī girikandarā
bhāratī bharataśreṣṭha patite jāhnavīsute
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| 28 | viṣvagvātahatā rugṇā naur ivāsīn mahārṇave
balibhiḥ pāṇḍavair vīrair labdhalakṣair bhṛśārditā
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| 29 | sā tadāsīd bhṛśaṃ senā vyākulāśvarathadvipā
viṣaṇṇabhūyiṣṭhanarā kṛpaṇā draṣṭum ābabhau
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| 30 | tasyāṃ trastā nṛpatayaḥ sainikāś ca pṛthagvidhāḥ
pātāla iva majjanto hīnā devavratena te
karṇaṃ hi kuravo 'smārṣuḥ sa hi devavratopamaḥ
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| 31 | sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rocamānam ivātithim
bandhum āpadgatasyeva tam evopāgaman manaḥ
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| 32 | cukruśuḥ karṇa karṇeti tatra bhārata pārthivāḥ
rādheyaṃ hitam asmākaṃ sūtaputraṃ tanutyajam
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| 33 | sa hi nāyudhyata tadā daśāhāni mahāyaśāḥ
sāmātyabandhuḥ karṇo vai tam āhvayata māciram
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| 34 | bhīṣmeṇa hi mahābāhuḥ sarvakṣatrasya paśyataḥ
ratheṣu gaṇyamāneṣu balavikramaśāliṣu
saṃkhyāto 'rdharathaḥ karṇo dviguṇaḥ san nararṣabhaḥ
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| 35 | rathātirathasaṃkhyāyāṃ yo 'graṇīḥ śūrasaṃmataḥ
pitṛvittāmbudeveśān api yo yoddhum utsahet
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| 36 | sa tu tenaiva kopena rājan gāṅgeyam uktavān
tvayi jīvati kauravya nāhaṃ yotsye kathaṃ cana
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| 37 | tvayā tu pāṇḍaveyeṣu nihateṣu mahāmṛdhe
duryodhanam anujñāpya vanaṃ yāsyāmi kaurava
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| 38 | pāṇḍavair vā hate bhīṣme tvayi svargam upeyuṣi
hantāsmy ekarathenaiva kṛtsnān yān manyase rathān
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| 39 | evam uktvā mahārāja daśāhāni mahāyaśāḥ
nāyudhyata tataḥ karṇaḥ putrasya tava saṃmate
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| 40 | bhīṣmaḥ samaravikrāntaḥ pāṇḍaveyasya pārthiva
jaghāna samare yodhān asaṃkhyeyaparākramaḥ
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| 41 | tasmiṃs tu nihate śūre satyasaṃdhe mahaujasi
tvatsutāḥ karṇam asmārṣus tartukāmā iva plavam
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| 42 | tāvakās tava putrāś ca sahitāḥ sarvarājabhiḥ
hā karṇa iti cākrandan kālo 'yam iti cābruvan
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| 43 | jāmadagnyābhyanujñātam astre durvārapauruṣam
agaman no manaḥ karṇaṃ bandhum ātyayikeṣv iva
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| 44 | sa hi śakto raṇe rājaṃs trātum asmān mahābhayāt
tridaśān iva govindaḥ satataṃ sumahābhayāt
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| 45 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 45 | tathā karṇaṃ yudhi varaṃ kīrtayantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
āśīviṣavad ucchvasya dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bravīd idam
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| 46 | yat tad vaikartanaṃ karṇam agamad vo manas tadā
apy apaśyata rādheyaṃ sūtaputraṃ tanutyajam
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| 47 | api tan na mṛṣākārṣīd yudhi satyaparākramaḥ
saṃbhrāntānāṃ tadārtānāṃ trastānāṃ trāṇam icchatām
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| 48 | api tat pūrayāṃ cakre dhanurdharavaro yudhi
yat tad vinihate bhīṣme kauravāṇām apāvṛtam
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| 49 | tat khaṇḍaṃ pūrayām āsa pareṣām ādadhad bhayam
kṛtavān mama putrāṇāṃ jayāśāṃ saphalām api
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