 | Book 7 Chapter 3
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | śaratalpe mahātmānaṃ śayānam amitaujasam
mahāvātasamūhena samudram iva śoṣitam
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| 2 | divyair astrair maheṣvāsaṃ pātitaṃ savyasācinā
jayāśāṃ tava putrāṇāṃ saṃbhagnāṃ śarma varma ca
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| 3 | apārāṇām iva dvīpam agādhe gādham icchatām
srotasā yāmuneneva śaraugheṇa pariplutam
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| 4 | mahāntam iva mainākam asahyaṃ bhuvi pātitam
nabhaścyutam ivādityaṃ patitaṃ dharaṇītale
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| 5 | śatakrator ivācintyaṃ purā vṛtreṇa nirjayam
mohanaṃ sarvasainyasya yudhi bhīṣmasya pātanam
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| 6 | kakudaṃ sarvasainyānāṃ lakṣma sarvadhanuṣmatām
dhanaṃjayaśaravyāptaṃ pitaraṃ te mahāvratam
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| 7 | taṃ vīraśayane vīraṃ śayānaṃ puruṣarṣabham
bhīṣmam ādhirathir dṛṣṭvā bharatānām amadhyamam
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| 8 | avatīrya rathād ārto bāṣpavyākulitākṣaram
abhivādyāñjaliṃ baddhvā vandamāno 'bhyabhāṣata
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| 9 | karṇo 'ham asmi bhadraṃ te adya mā vada bhārata
puṇyayā kṣemayā vācā cakṣuṣā cāvalokaya
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| 10 | na nūnaṃ sukṛtasyeha phalaṃ kaś cit samaśnute
yatra dharmaparo vṛddhaḥ śete bhuvi bhavān iha
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| 11 | kośasaṃjanane mantre vyūhapraharaṇeṣu ca
nātham anyaṃ na paśyāmi kurūṇāṃ kurusattama
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| 12 | buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto yaḥ kurūṃs tārayed bhayāt
yodhāṃs tvam aplave hitvā pitṛlokaṃ gamiṣyasi
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| 13 | adya prabhṛti saṃkruddhā vyāghrā iva mṛgakṣayam
pāṇḍavā bharataśreṣṭha kariṣyanti kurukṣayam
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| 14 | adya gāṇḍīvaghoṣasya vīryajñāḥ savyasācinaḥ
kuravaḥ saṃtrasiṣyanti vajrapāṇer ivāsurāḥ
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| 15 | adya gāṇḍīvamuktānām aśanīnām iva svanaḥ
trāsayiṣyati saṃgrāme kurūn anyāṃś ca pārthivān
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| 16 | samiddho 'gnir yathā vīra mahājvālo drumān dahet
dhārtarāṣṭrān pradhakṣyanti tathā bāṇāḥ kirīṭinaḥ
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| 17 | yena yena prasarato vāyvagnī sahitau vane
tena tena pradahato bhagavantau yad icchataḥ
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| 18 | yādṛśo 'gniḥ samiddho hi tādṛk pārtho na saṃśayaḥ
yathā vāyur naravyāghra tathā kṛṣṇo na saṃśayaḥ
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| 19 | nadataḥ pāñcajanyasya rasato gāṇḍivasya ca
śrutvā sarvāṇi sainyāni trāsaṃ yāsyanti bhārata
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| 20 | kapidhvajasya cotpāte rathasyāmitrakarśinaḥ
śabdaṃ soḍhuṃ na śakṣyanti tvām ṛte vīra pārthivāḥ
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| 21 | ko hy arjunaṃ raṇe yoddhuṃ tvad anyaḥ pārthivo 'rhati
yasya divyāni karmāṇi pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 22 | amānuṣaś ca saṃgrāmas tryambakena ca dhīmataḥ
tasmāc caiva varaḥ prāpto duṣprāpaś cākṛtātmabhiḥ
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| 23 | tam adyāhaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ yuddhaśauṇḍam; amṛṣyamāṇo bhavatānuśiṣṭaḥ
āśīviṣaṃ dṛṣṭiharaṃ sughoram; iyāṃ puraskṛtya vadhaṃ jayaṃ vā
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