 | Book 7 Chapter 24
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | mahad bhairavam āsīn naḥ saṃnivṛtteṣu pāṇḍuṣu
dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ chādyamānaṃ tair bhāskaram ivāmbudaiḥ
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| 2 | taiś coddhūtaṃ rajas tīvram avacakre camūṃ tava
tato hatam amanyāma droṇaṃ dṛṣṭipathe hate
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| 3 | tāṃs tu śūrān maheṣvāsān krūraṃ karma cikīrṣataḥ
dṛṣṭvā duryodhanas tūrṇaṃ svasainyaṃ samacūcudat
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| 4 | yathāśakti yathotsāhaṃ yathāsattvaṃ narādhipāḥ
vārayadhvaṃ yathāyogaṃ pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm
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| 5 | tato durmarṣaṇo bhīmam abhyagacchat sutas tava
ārād dṛṣṭvā kiran bāṇair icchan droṇasya jīvitam
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| 6 | taṃ bāṇair avatastāra kruddho mṛtyum ivāhave
taṃ ca bhīmo 'tudad bāṇais tadāsīt tumulaṃ mahat
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| 7 | ta īśvarasamādiṣṭāḥ prājñāḥ śūrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
bāhyaṃ mṛtyubhayaṃ kṛtvā pratyatiṣṭhan parān yudhi
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| 8 | kṛtavarmā śineḥ putraṃ droṇaprepsuṃ viśāṃ pate
paryavārayad āyāntaṃ śūraṃ samitiśobhanam
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| 9 | taṃ śaineyaḥ śaravrātaiḥ kruddhaḥ kruddham avārayat
kṛtavarmā ca śaineyaṃ matto mattam iva dvipam
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| 10 | saindhavaḥ kṣatradharmāṇam āpatantaṃ śaraughiṇam
ugradhanvā maheṣvāsaṃ yatto droṇād avārayat
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| 11 | kṣatradharmā sindhupateś chittvā ketanakārmuke
nārācair bahubhiḥ kruddhaḥ sarvamarmasv atāḍayat
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| 12 | athānyad dhanur ādāya saindhavaḥ kṛtahastavat
vivyādha kṣatradharmāṇaṃ raṇe sarvāyasaiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 13 | yuyutsuṃ pāṇḍavārthāya yatamānaṃ mahāratham
subāhur bhrātaraṃ śūraṃ yatto droṇād avārayat
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| 14 | subāhoḥ sadhanurbāṇāv asyataḥ parighopamau
yuyutsuḥ śitapītābhyāṃ kṣurābhyām acchinad bhujau
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| 15 | rājānaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaṃ dharmātmānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
veleva sāgaraṃ kṣubdhaṃ madrarāṭ samavārayat
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| 16 | taṃ dharmarājo bahubhir marmabhidbhir avākirat
madreśas taṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā śarair viddhvānadad bhṛśam
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| 17 | tasya nānadataḥ ketum uccakarta sakārmukam
kṣurābhyāṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhas tata uccukruśur janāḥ
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| 18 | tathaiva rājā bāhlīko rājānaṃ drupadaṃ śaraiḥ
ādravantaṃ sahānīkaṃ sahānīko nyavārayat
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| 19 | tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ vṛddhayoḥ sahasenayoḥ
yathā mahāyūthapayor dvipayoḥ saṃprabhinnayoḥ
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| 20 | vindānuvindāv āvantyau virāṭaṃ matsyam ārcchatām
sahasainyau sahānīkaṃ yathendrāgnī purā balim
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| 21 | tad utpiñjalakaṃ yuddham āsīd devāsuropamam
matsyānāṃ kekayaiḥ sārdham abhītāśvarathadvipam
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| 22 | nākuliṃ tu śatānīkaṃ bhūtakarmā sabhāpatiḥ
asyantam iṣujālāni yāntaṃ droṇād avārayat
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| 23 | tato nakuladāyādas tribhir bhallaiḥ susaṃśitaiḥ
cakre vibāhuśirasaṃ bhūtakarmāṇam āhave
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| 24 | sutasomaṃ tu vikrāntam āpatantaṃ śaraughiṇam
droṇāyābhimukhaṃ vīraṃ viviṃśatir avārayat
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| 25 | sutasomas tu saṃkruddhaḥ svapitṛvyam ajihmagaiḥ
viviṃśatiṃ śarair viddhvā nābhyavartata daṃśitaḥ
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| 26 | atha bhīmarathaḥ śālvam āśugair āyasaiḥ śitaiḥ
ṣaḍbhiḥ sāśvaniyantāram anayad yamasādanam
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| 27 | śrutakarmāṇam āyāntaṃ mayūrasadṛśair hayaiḥ
caitrasenir mahārāja tava pautro nyavārayat
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| 28 | tau pautrau tava durdharṣau parasparavadhaiṣiṇau
pitṝṇām arthasiddhyarthaṃ cakratur yuddham uttamam
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| 29 | tiṣṭhantam agrato dṛṣṭvā prativindhyaṃ tam āhave
drauṇir mānaṃ pituḥ kurvan mārgaṇaiḥ samavārayat
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| 30 | taṃ kruddhaḥ prativivyādha prativindhyaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
siṃhalāṅgūlalakṣmāṇaṃ pitur arthe vyavasthitam
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| 31 | pravapann iva bījāni bījakāle nararṣabha
drauṇāyanir draupadeyaṃ śaravarṣair avākirat
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| 32 | yas tu śūratamo rājan senayor ubhayor mataḥ
taṃ paṭaccarahantāraṃ lakṣmaṇaḥ samavārayat
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| 33 | sa lakṣmaṇasyeṣvasanaṃ chittvā lakṣma ca bhārata
lakṣmaṇe śarajālāni visṛjan bahv aśobhata
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| 34 | vikarṇas tu mahāprājño yājñaseniṃ śikhaṇḍinam
paryavārayad āyāntaṃ yuvānaṃ samare yuvā
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| 35 | tatas tam iṣujālena yājñaseniḥ samāvṛṇot
vidhūya tad bāṇajālaṃ babhau tava suto balī
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| 36 | aṅgado 'bhimukhaḥ śūram uttamaujasam āhave
droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ vatsadantair avārayat
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| 37 | sa saṃprahāras tumulas tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ
sainikānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ tayoś ca prītivardhanaḥ
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| 38 | durmukhas tu maheṣvāso vīraṃ purujitaṃ balī
droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ kuntibhojam avārayat
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| 39 | sa durmukhaṃ bhruvor madhye nārācena vyatāḍayat
tasya tad vibabhau vaktraṃ sanālam iva paṅkajam
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| 40 | karṇas tu kekayān bhrātṝn pañca lohitakadhvajān
droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yātāñ śaravarṣair avārayat
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| 41 | te cainaṃ bhṛśasaṃkruddhāḥ śaravrātair avākiran
sa ca tāṃś chādayām āsa śarajālaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 42 | naiva karṇo na te pañca dadṛśur bāṇasaṃvṛtāḥ
sāśvasūtadhvajarathāḥ parasparaśarācitāḥ
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| 43 | putras te durjayaś caiva jayaś ca vijayaś ca ha
nīlaṃ kāśyaṃ jayaṃ śūrās trayas trīn pratyavārayan
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| 44 | tad yuddham abhavad ghoram īkṣitṛprītivardhanam
siṃhavyāghratarakṣūṇāṃ yathebhamahiṣarṣabhaiḥ
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| 45 | kṣemadhūrtibṛhantau tau bhrātarau sātvataṃ yudhi
droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yāntaṃ śarais tīkṣṇais tatakṣatuḥ
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| 46 | tayos tasya ca tad yuddham atyadbhutam ivābhavat
siṃhasya dvipamukhyābhyāṃ prabhinnābhyāṃ yathā vane
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| 47 | rājānaṃ tu tathāmbaṣṭham ekaṃ yuddhābhinandinam
cedirājaḥ śarān asyan kruddho droṇād avārayat
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| 48 | tam ambaṣṭho 'sthibhedinyā niravidhyac chalākayā
sa tyaktvā saśaraṃ cāpaṃ rathād bhūmim athāpatat
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| 49 | vārdhakṣemiṃ tu vārṣṇeyaṃ kṛpaḥ śāradvataḥ śaraiḥ
akṣudraḥ kṣudrakair droṇāt kruddharūpam avārayat
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| 50 | yudhyantau kṛpavārṣṇeyau ye 'paśyaṃś citrayodhinau
te yuddhasaktamanaso nānyā bubudhire kriyāḥ
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| 51 | saumadattis tu rājānaṃ maṇimantam atandritam
paryavārayad āyāntaṃ yaśo droṇasya vardhayan
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| 52 | sa saumadattes tvaritaś chittveṣvasanaketane
punaḥ patākāṃ sūtaṃ ca chatraṃ cāpātayad rathāt
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| 53 | athāplutya rathāt tūrṇaṃ yūpaketur amitrahā
sāśvasūtadhvajarathaṃ taṃ cakarta varāsinā
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| 54 | rathaṃ ca svaṃ samāsthāya dhanur ādāya cāparam
svayaṃ yacchan hayān rājan vyadhamat pāṇḍavīṃ camūm
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| 55 | musalair mudgaraiś cakrair bhiṇḍipālaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ
pāṃsuvātāgnisalilair bhasmaloṣṭhatṛṇadrumaiḥ
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| 56 | ārujan prarujan bhañjan nighnan vidrāvayan kṣipan
senāṃ vibhīṣayann āyād droṇaprepsur ghaṭotkacaḥ
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| 57 | taṃ tu nānāpraharaṇair nānāyuddhaviśeṣaṇaiḥ
rākṣasaṃ rākṣasaḥ kruddhaḥ samājaghne hy alambusaḥ
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| 58 | tayos tad abhavad yuddhaṃ rakṣogrāmaṇimukhyayoḥ
tādṛg yādṛk purā vṛttaṃ śambarāmararājayoḥ
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| 59 | evaṃ dvaṃdvaśatāny āsan rathavāraṇavājinām
padātīnāṃ ca bhadraṃ te tava teṣāṃ ca saṃkulam
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| 60 | naitādṛśo dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ saṃgrāmo naiva ca śrutaḥ
droṇasyābhāvabhāveṣu prasaktānāṃ yathābhavat
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| 61 | idaṃ ghoram idaṃ citram idaṃ raudram iti prabho
tatra yuddhāny adṛśyanta pratatāni bahūni ca
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