 | Book 7 Chapter 126
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | sindhurāje hate tāta samare savyasācinā
tathaiva bhūriśravasi kim āsīd vo manas tadā
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| 2 | duryodhanena ca droṇas tathoktaḥ kurusaṃsadi
kim uktavān paraṃ tasmāt tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 3 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 3 | niṣṭānako mahān āsīt sainyānāṃ tava bhārata
saindhavaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhūriśravasam eva ca
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| 4 | mantritaṃ tava putrasya te sarvam avamenire
yena mantreṇa nihatāḥ śataśaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ
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| 5 | droṇas tu tad vacaḥ śrutvā putrasya tava durmanāḥ
muhūrtam iva tu dhyātvā bhṛśam ārto 'bhyabhāṣata
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| 6 | duryodhana kim evaṃ māṃ vākśarair abhikṛntasi
ajayyaṃ samare nityaṃ bruvāṇaṃ savyasācinam
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| 7 | etenaivārjunaṃ jñātum alaṃ kaurava saṃyuge
yac chikhaṇḍy avadhīd bhīṣmaṃ pālyamānaḥ kirīṭinā
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| 8 | avadhyaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃyuge devamānuṣaiḥ
tadaivājñāsiṣam ahaṃ neyam astīti bhāratī
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| 9 | yaṃ puṃsāṃ triṣu lokeṣu sarvaśūram amaṃsmahi
tasmin vinihate śūre kiṃ śeṣaṃ paryupāsmahe
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| 10 | yān sma tān glahate tātaḥ śakuniḥ kurusaṃsadi
akṣān na te 'kṣā niśitā bāṇās te śatrutāpanāḥ
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| 11 | ta ete ghnanti nas tāta viśikhā jayacoditāḥ
yāṃs tadā khyāpyamānāṃs tvaṃ vidureṇa na budhyase
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| 12 | tās tā vilapataś cāpi vidurasya mahātmanaḥ
dhīrasya vāco nāśrauṣīḥ kṣemāya vadataḥ śivāḥ
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| 13 | tad idaṃ vartate ghoram āgataṃ vaiśasaṃ mahat
tasyāvamānād vākyasya duryodhana kṛte tava
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| 14 | yac ca naḥ prekṣamāṇānāṃ kṛṣṇām ānāyayaḥ sabhām
anarhatīṃ kule jātāṃ sarvadharmānucāriṇīm
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| 15 | tasyādharmasya gāndhāre phalaṃ prāptam idaṃ tvayā
no cet pāpaṃ pare loke tvam arcchethās tato 'dhikam
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| 16 | yac ca tān pāṇḍavān dyūte viṣameṇa vijitya ha
prāvrājayas tadāraṇye rauravājinavāsasaḥ
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| 17 | putrāṇām iva caiteṣāṃ dharmam ācaratāṃ sadā
druhyet ko nu naro loke mad anyo brāhmaṇabruvaḥ
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| 18 | pāṇḍavānām ayaṃ kopas tvayā śakuninā saha
āhṛto dhṛtarāṣṭrasya saṃmate kurusaṃsadi
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| 19 | duḥśāsanena saṃyuktaḥ karṇena parivardhitaḥ
kṣattur vākyam anādṛtya tvayābhyastaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 20 | yat tat sarve parābhūya paryavārayatārjunim
sindhurājānam āśritya sa vo madhye kathaṃ hataḥ
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| 21 | kathaṃ tvayi ca karṇe ca kṛpe śalye ca jīvati
aśvatthāmni ca kauravya nidhanaṃ saindhavo 'gamat
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| 22 | yad vas tat sarvarājānas tejas tigmam upāsate
sindhurājaṃ paritrātuṃ sa vo madhye kathaṃ hataḥ
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| 23 | mayy eva hi viśeṣeṇa tathā duryodhana tvayi
āśaṃsata paritrāṇam arjunāt sa mahīpatiḥ
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| 24 | tatas tasmin paritrāṇam alabdhavati phalgunāt
na kiṃ cid anupaśyāmi jīvitatrāṇam ātmanaḥ
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| 25 | majjantam iva cātmānaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnasya kilbiṣe
paśyāmy ahatvā pāñcālān saha tena śikhaṇḍinā
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| 26 | tan mā kim abhitapyantaṃ vākśarair abhikṛntasi
aśaktaḥ sindhurājasya bhūtvā trāṇāya bhārata
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| 27 | sauvarṇaṃ satyasaṃdhasya dhvajam akliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ
apaśyan yudhi bhīṣmasya katham āśaṃsase jayam
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| 28 | madhye mahārathānāṃ ca yatrāhanyata saindhavaḥ
hato bhūriśravāś caiva kiṃ śeṣaṃ tatra manyase
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| 29 | kṛpa eva ca durdharṣo yadi jīvati pārthiva
yo nāgāt sindhurājasya vartma taṃ pūjayāmy aham
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| 30 | yac cāpaśyaṃ hataṃ bhīṣmaṃ paśyatas te 'nujasya vai
duḥśāsanasya kauravya kurvāṇaṃ karma duṣkaram
avadhyakalpaṃ saṃgrāme devair api savāsavaiḥ
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| 31 | na te vasuṃdharāstīti tad ahaṃ cintaye nṛpa
imāni pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sṛñjayānāṃ ca bhārata
anīkāny ādravante māṃ sahitāny adya māriṣa
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| 32 | nāhatvā sarvapāñcālān kavacasya vimokṣaṇam
kartāsmi samare karma dhārtarāṣṭra hitaṃ tava
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| 33 | rājan brūyāḥ sutaṃ me tvam aśvatthāmānam āhave
na somakāḥ pramoktavyā jīvitaṃ parirakṣatā
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| 34 | yac ca pitrānuśiṣṭo 'si tad vacaḥ paripālaya
ānṛśaṃsye dame satye ārjave ca sthiro bhava
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| 35 | dharmārthakāmakuśalo dharmārthāv apy apīḍayan
dharmapradhānaḥ kāryāṇi kuryāś ceti punaḥ punaḥ
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| 36 | cakṣurmanobhyāṃ saṃtoṣyā viprāḥ sevyāś ca śaktitaḥ
na caiṣāṃ vipriyaṃ kāryaṃ te hi vahniśikhopamāḥ
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| 37 | eṣa tv aham anīkāni praviśāmy arisūdana
raṇāya mahate rājaṃs tvayā vākśalyapīḍitaḥ
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| 38 | tvaṃ ca duryodhana balaṃ yadi śaknoṣi dhāraya
rātrāv api hi yotsyante saṃrabdhāḥ kurusṛñjayāḥ
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| 39 | evam uktvā tataḥ prāyād droṇaḥ pāṇḍavasṛñjayān
muṣṇan kṣatriyatejāṃsi nakṣatrāṇām ivāṃśumān
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