 | Book 7 Chapter 12
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | tatas te sainikāḥ śrutvā taṃ yudhiṣṭhiranigraham
siṃhanādaravāṃś cakrur bāṇaśaṅkharavaiḥ saha
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| 2 | tat tu sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ dharmarājena bhārata
āptair āśu parijñātaṃ bhāradvājacikīrṣitam
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| 3 | tataḥ sarvān samānāyya bhrātṝn sainyāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ
abravīd dharmarājas tu dhanaṃjayam idaṃ vacaḥ
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| 4 | śrutaṃ te puruṣavyāghra droṇasyādya cikīrṣitam
yathā tan na bhavet satyaṃ tathā nītir vidhīyatām
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| 5 | sāntaraṃ hi pratijñātaṃ droṇenāmitrakarśana
tac cāntaram amogheṣau tvayi tena samāhitam
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| 6 | sa tvam adya mahābāho yudhyasva madanantaram
yathā duryodhanaḥ kāmaṃ nemaṃ droṇād avāpnuyāt
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| 7 | arjuna uvāca
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| 7 | yathā me na vadhaḥ kārya ācāryasya kathaṃ cana
tathā tava parityāgo na me rājaṃś cikīrṣitaḥ
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| 8 | apy evaṃ pāṇḍava prāṇān utsṛjeyam ahaṃ yudhi
pratīyāṃ nāham ācāryaṃ tvāṃ na jahyāṃ kathaṃ cana
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| 9 | tvāṃ nigṛhyāhave rājan dhārtarāṣṭro yam icchati
na sa taṃ jīvaloke 'smin kāmaṃ prāptaḥ kathaṃ cana
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| 10 | prapated dyauḥ sanakṣatrā pṛthivī śakalībhavet
na tvāṃ droṇo nigṛhṇīyāj jīvamāne mayi dhruvam
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| 11 | yadi tasya raṇe sāhyaṃ kurute vajrabhṛt svayam
devair vā sahito daityair na tvāṃ prāpsyaty asau mṛdhe
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| 12 | mayi jīvati rājendra na bhayaṃ kartum arhasi
droṇād astrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhāt sarvaśastrabhṛtām api
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| 13 | na smarāmy anṛtāṃ vācaṃ na smarāmi parājayam
na smarāmi pratiśrutya kiṃ cid apy anapākṛtam
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| 14 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 14 | tataḥ śaṅkhāś ca bheryaś ca mṛdaṅgāś cānakaiḥ saha
prāvādyanta mahārāja pāṇḍavānāṃ niveśane
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| 15 | siṃhanādaś ca saṃjajñe pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
dhanurjyātalaśabdaś ca gaganaspṛk subhairavaḥ
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| 16 | taṃ śrutvā śaṅkhanirghoṣaṃ pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ
tvadīyeṣv apy anīkeṣu vāditrāṇy abhijaghnire
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| 17 | tato vyūḍhāny anīkāni tava teṣāṃ ca bhārata
śanair upeyur anyonyaṃ yotsyamānāni saṃyuge
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| 18 | tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam
pāṇḍavānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca droṇapāñcālyayor api
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| 19 | yatamānāḥ prayatnena droṇānīkaviśātane
na śekuḥ sṛñjayā rājaṃs tad dhi droṇena pālitam
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| 20 | tathaiva tava putrasya rathodārāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
na śekuḥ pāṇḍavīṃ senāṃ pālyamānāṃ kirīṭinā
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| 21 | āstāṃ te stimite sene rakṣyamāṇe parasparam
saṃprasupte yathā naktaṃ vanarājyau supuṣpite
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| 22 | tato rukmaratho rājann arkeṇeva virājatā
varūthinā viniṣpatya vyacarat pṛtanāntare
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| 23 | tam udyataṃ rathenaikam āśukāriṇam āhave
anekam iva saṃtrāsān menire pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ
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| 24 | tena muktāḥ śarā ghorā viceruḥ sarvatodiśam
trāsayanto mahārāja pāṇḍaveyasya vāhinīm
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| 25 | madhyaṃ dinam anuprāpto gabhastiśatasaṃvṛtaḥ
yathādṛśyata gharmāṃśus tathā droṇo 'py adṛśyata
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| 26 | na cainaṃ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ kaś cic chaknoti māriṣa
vīkṣituṃ samare kruddhaṃ mahendram iva dānavāḥ
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| 27 | mohayitvā tataḥ sainyaṃ bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān
dhṛṣṭadyumnabalaṃ tūrṇaṃ vyadhaman niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 28 | sa diśaḥ sarvato ruddhvā saṃvṛtya kham ajihmagaiḥ
pārṣato yatra tatraiva mamṛde pāṇḍuvāhinīm
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