 | Book 7 Chapter 81
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | arjune saindhavaṃ prāpte bhāradvājena saṃvṛtāḥ
pāñcālāḥ kurubhiḥ sārdhaṃ kim akurvata saṃjaya
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| 2 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 2 | aparāhṇe mahārāja saṃgrāme lomaharṣaṇe
pāñcālānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca droṇe dyūtam avartata
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| 3 | pāñcālā hi jighāṃsanto droṇaṃ saṃhṛṣṭacetasaḥ
abhyavarṣanta garjantaḥ śaravarṣāṇi māriṣa
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| 4 | tataḥ sutumulas teṣāṃ saṃgrāmo 'vartatādbhutaḥ
pāñcālānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca ghoro devāsuropamaḥ
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| 5 | sarve droṇarathaṃ prāpya pāñcālāḥ paṇḍavaiḥ saha
tad anīkaṃ bibhitsanto mahāstrāṇi vyadarśayan
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| 6 | droṇasya rathaparyantaṃ rathino ratham āsthitāḥ
kampayanto 'bhyavartanta vegam āsthāya madhyamam
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| 7 | tam abhyagād bṛhatkṣatraḥ kekayānāṃ mahārathaḥ
pravapan niśitān bāṇān mahendrāśanisaṃnibhān
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| 8 | taṃ tu pratyudiyāc chīghraṃ kṣemadhūrtir mahāyaśāḥ
vimuñcan niśitān bāṇāñ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 9 | dhṛṣṭaketuś ca cedīnām ṛṣabho 'tibaloditaḥ
tvarito 'bhyadravad droṇaṃ mahendra iva śambaram
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| 10 | tam āpatantaṃ sahasā vyāditāsyam ivāntakam
vīradhanvā maheṣvāsas tvaramāṇaḥ samabhyayāt
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| 11 | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mahārāja jigīṣuṃ samavasthitam
sahānīkaṃ tato droṇo nyavārayata vīryavān
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| 12 | nakulaṃ kuśalaṃ yuddhe parākrāntaṃ parākramī
abhyagacchat samāyāntaṃ vikarṇas te sutaḥ prabho
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| 13 | sahadevaṃ tathāyāntaṃ durmukhaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ
śarair anekasāhasraiḥ samavākirad āśugaiḥ
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| 14 | sātyakiṃ tu naravyāghraṃ vyāghradattas tv avārayat
śaraiḥ suniśitais tīkṣṇaiḥ kampayan vai muhur muhuḥ
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| 15 | draupadeyān naravyāghrān muñcataḥ sāyakottamān
saṃrabdhān rathināṃ śreṣṭhān saumadattir avārayat
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| 16 | bhīmasenaṃ tathā kruddhaṃ bhīmarūpo bhayānakam
pratyavārayad āyāntam ārṣyaśṛṅgir mahārathaḥ
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| 17 | tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ nararākṣasayor mṛdhe
yādṛg eva purā vṛttaṃ rāmarāvaṇayor nṛpa
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| 18 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro droṇaṃ navatyā nataparvaṇām
ājaghne bharataśreṣṭha sarvamarmasu bhārata
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| 19 | taṃ droṇaḥ pañcaviṃśatyā nijaghāna stanāntare
roṣito bharataśreṣṭha kaunteyena yaśasvinā
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| 20 | bhūya eva tu viṃśatyā sāyakānāṃ samācinot
sāśvasūtadhvajaṃ droṇaḥ paśyatāṃ sarvadhanvinām
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| 21 | tāñ śarān droṇamuktāṃs tu śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavaḥ
avārayata dharmātmā darśayan pāṇilāghavam
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| 22 | tato droṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddho dharmarājasya saṃyuge
ciccheda sahasā dhanvī dhanus tasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 23 | athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ tvaramāṇo mahārathaḥ
śarair anekasāhasraiḥ purayām āsa sarvataḥ
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| 24 | adṛśyaṃ dṛśya rājānaṃ bhāradvājasya sāyakaiḥ
sarvabhūtāny amanyanta hatam eva yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 25 | ke cic cainam amanyanta tathā vai vimukhīkṛtam
hṛto rājeti rājendra brāhmaṇena yaśasvinā
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| 26 | sa kṛcchraṃ paramaṃ prāpto dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
tyaktvā tat kārmukaṃ chinnaṃ bhāradvājena saṃyuge
ādade 'nyad dhanur divyaṃ bhāraghnaṃ vegavattaram
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| 27 | tatas tān sāyakān sarvān droṇamuktān sahasraśaḥ
ciccheda samare vīras tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 28 | chittvā ca tāñ śarān rājā krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
śaktiṃ jagrāha samare girīṇām api dāraṇīm
svarṇadaṇḍāṃ mahāghorām aṣṭaghaṇṭāṃ bhayāvahām
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| 29 | samutkṣipya ca tāṃ hṛṣṭo nanāda balavad balī
nādena sarvabhūtāni trāsayann iva bhārata
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| 30 | śaktiṃ samudyatāṃ dṛṣṭvā dharmarājena saṃyuge
svasti droṇāya sahasā sarvabhūtāny athābruvan
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| 31 | sā rājabhujanirmuktā nirmuktoragasaṃnibhā
prajvālayantī gaganaṃ diśaś ca vidiśas tathā
droṇāntikam anuprāptā dīptāsyā pannagī yathā
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| 32 | tām āpatantīṃ sahasā prekṣya droṇo viśāṃ pate
prāduścakre tato brāhmam astram astravidāṃ varaḥ
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| 33 | tad astraṃ bhasmasāt kṛtvā tāṃ śaktiṃ ghoradarśanām
jagāma syandanaṃ tūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavasya yaśasvinaḥ
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| 34 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā droṇāstraṃ tat samudyatam
aśāmayan mahāprājño brahmāstreṇaiva bhārata
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| 35 | vivyādha ca raṇe droṇaṃ pañcabhir nataparvabhiḥ
kṣurapreṇa ca tīkṣṇena cicchedāsya mahad dhanuḥ
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| 36 | tad apāsya dhanuś chinnaṃ droṇaḥ kṣatriyamardanaḥ
gadāṃ cikṣepa sahasā dharmaputrāya māriṣa
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| 37 | tām āpatantīṃ sahasā gadāṃ dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
gadām evāgrahīt kruddhaś cikṣepa ca paraṃtapaḥ
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| 38 | te gade sahasā mukte samāsādya parasparam
saṃgharṣāt pāvakaṃ muktvā sameyātāṃ mahītale
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| 39 | tato droṇo bhṛśaṃ kruddho dharmarājasya māriṣa
caturbhir niśitais tīkṣṇair hayāñ jaghne śarottamaiḥ
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| 40 | dhanuś caikena bāṇena cicchedendradhvajopamam
ketum ekena ciccheda pāṇḍavaṃ cārdayat tribhiḥ
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| 41 | hatāśvāt tu rathāt tūrṇam avaplutya yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
tasthāv ūrdhvabhujo rājā vyāyudho bharatarṣabha
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| 42 | virathaṃ taṃ samālokya vyāyudhaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
droṇo vyamohayac chatrūn sarvasainyāni cābhibho
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| 43 | muñcann iṣugaṇāṃs tīkṣṇāṃl laghuhasto dṛḍhavrataḥ
abhidudrāva rājānaṃ siṃho mṛgam ivolbaṇaḥ
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| 44 | tam abhidrutam ālokya droṇenāmitraghātinā
hā heti sahasā śabdaḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ samajāyata
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| 45 | hṛto rājā hṛto rājā bhāradvājena māriṣa
ity āsīt sumahāñ śabdaḥ pāṇḍusainyasya sarvataḥ
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| 46 | tatas tvaritam āruhya sahadevarathaṃ nṛpaḥ
apāyāj javanair aśvaiḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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