 | Book 7 Chapter 18
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | dṛṣṭvā tu saṃnivṛttāṃs tān saṃśaptakagaṇān punaḥ
vāsudevaṃ mahātmānam arjunaḥ samabhāṣata
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| 2 | codayāśvān hṛṣīkeśa saṃśaptakagaṇān prati
naite hāsyanti saṃgrāmaṃ jīvanta iti me matiḥ
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| 3 | paśya me 'strabalaṃ ghoraṃ bāhvor iṣvasanasya ca
adyaitān pātayiṣyāmi kruddho rudraḥ paśūn iva
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| 4 | tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ smitaṃ kṛtvā pariṇandya śivena tam
prāveśayata durdharṣo yatra yatraicchad arjunaḥ
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| 5 | babhrāje sa ratho 'tyartham uhyamāno raṇe tadā
uhyamānam ivākāśe vimānaṃ pāṇḍurair hayaiḥ
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| 6 | maṇḍalāni tataś cakre gatapratyāgatāni ca
yathā śakraratho rājan yuddhe devāsure purā
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| 7 | atha nārāyaṇāḥ kruddhā vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ
chādayantaḥ śaravrātaiḥ parivavrur dhanaṃjayam
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| 8 | adṛśyaṃ ca muhūrtena cakrus te bharatarṣabha
kṛṣṇena sahitaṃ yuddhe kuntīputraṃ dhanaṃjayam
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| 9 | kruddhas tu phalgunaḥ saṃkhye dviguṇīkṛtavikramaḥ
gāṇḍīvam upasaṃmṛjya tūrṇaṃ jagrāha saṃyuge
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| 10 | baddhvā ca bhṛkuṭīṃ vaktre krodhasya pratilakṣaṇam
devadattaṃ mahāśaṅkhaṃ pūrayām āsa pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 11 | athāstram arisaṃghaghnaṃ tvāṣṭram abhyasyad arjunaḥ
tato rūpasahasrāṇi prādurāsan pṛthak pṛthak
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| 12 | ātmanaḥ pratirūpais tair nānārūpair vimohitāḥ
anyonyam arjunaṃ matvā svam ātmānaṃ ca jaghnire
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| 13 | ayam arjuno 'yaṃ govinda imau yādavapāṇḍavau
iti bruvāṇāḥ saṃmūḍhā jaghnur anyonyam āhave
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| 14 | mohitāḥ paramāstreṇa kṣayaṃ jagmuḥ parasparam
aśobhanta raṇe yodhāḥ puṣpitā iva kiṃśukāḥ
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| 15 | tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi tair vimuktāni bhasmasāt
kṛtvā tad astraṃ tān vīrān anayad yamasādanam
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| 16 | atha prahasya bībhatsur lalitthān mālavān api
mācellakāṃs trigartāṃś ca yaudheyāṃś cārdayac charaiḥ
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| 17 | te vadhyamānā vīreṇa kṣatriyāḥ kālacoditāḥ
vyasṛjañ śaravarṣāṇi pārthe nānāvidhāni ca
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| 18 | tato naivārjunas tatra na ratho na ca keśavaḥ
pratyadṛśyata ghoreṇa śaravarṣeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ
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| 19 | tatas te labdhalakṣyatvād anyonyam abhicukruśuḥ
hatau kṛṣṇāv iti prītā vāsāṃsy ādudhuvus tadā
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| 20 | bherīmṛdaṅgaśaṅkhāṃś ca dadhmur vīrāḥ sahasraśaḥ
siṃhanādaravāṃś cogrāṃś cakrire tatra māriṣa
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| 21 | tataḥ prasiṣvide kṛṣṇaḥ khinnaś cārjunam abravīt
kvāsi pārtha na paśye tvāṃ kaccij jīvasi śatruhan
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| 22 | tasya taṃ mānuṣaṃ bhāvaṃ bhāvajño 'jñāya pāṇḍavaḥ
vāyavyāstreṇa tair astāṃ śaravṛṣṭim apāharat
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| 23 | tataḥ saṃśaptakavrātān sāśvadviparathāyudhān
uvāha bhagavān vāyuḥ śuṣkaparṇacayān iva
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| 24 | uhyamānās tu te rājan bahv aśobhanta vāyunā
praḍīnāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ kāle vṛkṣebhya iva māriṣa
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| 25 | tāṃs tathā vyākulīkṛtya tvaramāṇo dhanaṃjayaḥ
jaghāna niśitair bāṇaiḥ sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
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| 26 | śirāṃsi bhallair aharad bāhūn api ca sāyudhān
hastihastopamāṃś corūñ śarair urvyām apātayat
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| 27 | pṛṣṭhacchinnān vicaraṇān vimastiṣkekṣaṇāṅgulīn
nānāṅgāvayavair hīnāṃś cakārārīn dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 28 | gandharvanagarākārān vidhivat kalpitān rathān
śarair viśakalīkurvaṃś cakre vyaśvarathadvipān
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| 29 | muṇḍatālavanānīva tatra tatra cakāśire
chinnadhvajarathavrātāḥ ke cit ke cit kva cit kva cit
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| 30 | sottarāyudhino nāgāḥ sapatākāṅkuśāyudhāḥ
petuḥ śakrāśanihatā drumavanta ivācalāḥ
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| 31 | cāmarāpīḍakavacāḥ srastāntranayanāsavaḥ
sārohās turagāḥ petuḥ pārthabāṇahatāḥ kṣitau
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| 32 | vipraviddhāsinakharāś chinnavarmarṣṭiśaktayaḥ
pattayaś chinnavarmāṇaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ śerate hatāḥ
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| 33 | tair hatair hanyamānaiś ca patadbhiḥ patitair api
bhramadbhir niṣṭanadbhiś ca ghoram āyodhanaṃ babhau
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| 34 | rajaś ca mahad udbhūtaṃ śāntaṃ rudhiravṛṣṭibhiḥ
mahī cāpy abhavad durgā kabandhaśatasaṃkulā
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| 35 | tad babhau raudrabībhatsaṃ bībhatsor yānam āhave
ākrīḍa iva rudrasya ghnataḥ kālātyaye paśūn
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| 36 | te vadhyamānāḥ pārthena vyākulāśvarathadvipāḥ
tam evābhimukhāḥ kṣīṇāḥ śakrasyātithitāṃ gatāḥ
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| 37 | sā bhūmir bharataśreṣṭha nihatais tair mahārathaiḥ
āstīrṇā saṃbabhau sarvā pretībhūtaiḥ samantataḥ
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| 38 | etasminn antare caiva pramatte savyasācini
vyūḍhānīkas tato droṇo yudhiṣṭhiram upādravat
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| 39 | taṃ pratyagṛhṇaṃs tvaritā vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ parīpsantas tadāsīt tumulaṃ mahat
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