 | Book 7 Chapter 137
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | somadattaṃ tu saṃprekṣya vidhunvānaṃ mahad dhanuḥ
sātyakiḥ prāha yantāraṃ somadattāya māṃ vaha
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| 2 | na hy ahatvā raṇe śatruṃ bāhlīkaṃ kauravādhamam
nivartiṣye raṇāt sūta satyam etad vaco mama
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| 3 | tataḥ saṃpreṣayad yantā saindhavāṃs tān mahājavān
turaṅgamāñ śaṅkhavarṇān sarvaśabdātigān raṇe
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| 4 | te 'vahan yuyudhānaṃ tu manomārutaraṃhasaḥ
yathendraṃ harayo rājan purā daityavadhodyatam
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| 5 | tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya sātvataṃ rabhasaṃ raṇe
somadatto mahābāhur asaṃbhrānto 'bhyavartata
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| 6 | vimuñcañ śaravarṣāṇi parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān
chādayām āsa śaineyaṃ jalado bhāskaraṃ yathā
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| 7 | asaṃbhrāntaś ca samare sātyakiḥ kurupuṃgavam
chādayām āsa bāṇaughaiḥ samantād bharatarṣabha
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| 8 | somadattas tu taṃ ṣaṣṭyā vivyādhorasi mādhavam
sātyakiś cāpi taṃ rājann avidhyat sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ
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| 9 | tāv anyonyaṃ śaraiḥ kṛttau vyarājetāṃ nararṣabhau
supuṣpau puṣpasamaye puṣpitāv iva kiṃśukau
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| 10 | rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgau kuruvṛṣṇiyaśaskarau
parasparam avekṣetāṃ dahantāv iva locanaiḥ
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| 11 | rathamaṇḍalamārgeṣu carantāv arimardanau
ghorarūpau hi tāv āstāṃ vṛṣṭimantāv ivāmbudau
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| 12 | śarasaṃbhinnagātrau tau sarvataḥ śakalīkṛtau
śvāvidhāv iva rājendra vyadṛṣyetāṃ śarakṣatau
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| 13 | suvarṇapuṅkhair iṣubhir ācitau tau vyarocatām
khadyotair āvṛtau rājan prāvṛṣīva vanaspatī
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| 14 | saṃpradīpitasarvāṅgau sāyakais tau mahārathau
adṛśyetāṃ raṇe kruddhāv ulkābhir iva kuñjarau
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| 15 | tato yudhi mahārāja somadatto mahārathaḥ
ardhacandreṇa ciccheda mādhavasya mahad dhanuḥ
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| 16 | athainaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā sāyakānāṃ samārpayat
tvaramāṇas tvarākāle punaś ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ
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| 17 | athānyad dhanur ādāya sātyakir vegavattaram
pañcabhiḥ sāyakais tūrṇaṃ somadattam avidhyata
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| 18 | tato 'pareṇa bhallena dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāñcanam
bāhlīkasya raṇe rājan sātyakiḥ prahasann iva
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| 19 | somadattas tv asaṃbhrānto dṛṣṭvā ketuṃ nipātitam
śaineyaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā sāyakānāṃ samācinot
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| 20 | sātvato 'pi raṇe kruddhaḥ somadattasya dhanvinaḥ
dhanuś ciccheda samare kṣurapreṇa śitena ha
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| 21 | athainaṃ rukmapuṅkhānāṃ śatena nataparvaṇām
ācinod bahudhā rājan bhagnadaṃṣṭram iva dvipam
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| 22 | athānyad dhanur ādāya somadatto mahārathaḥ
sātyakiṃ chādayām āsa śaravṛṣṭyā mahābalaḥ
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| 23 | somadattaṃ tu saṃkruddho raṇe vivyādha sātyakiḥ
sātyakiṃ ceṣujālena somadatto apīḍayat
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| 24 | daśabhiḥ sātvatasyārthe bhīmo 'han bāhlikātmajam
somadatto 'py asaṃbhrāntaḥ śaineyam avadhīc charaiḥ
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| 25 | tatas tu sātvatasyārthe bhaimasenir navaṃ dṛḍham
mumoca parighaṃ ghoraṃ somadattasya vakṣasi
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| 26 | tam āpatantaṃ vegena parighaṃ ghoradarśanam
dvidhā ciccheda samare prahasann iva kauravaḥ
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| 27 | sa papāta dvidhā chinna āyasaḥ parigho mahān
mahīdharasyeva mahac chikharaṃ vajradāritam
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| 28 | tatas tu sātyakī rājan somadattasya saṃyuge
dhanuś ciccheda bhallena hastāvāpaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ
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| 29 | caturbhis tu śarais tūrṇaṃ caturas turagottamān
samīpaṃ preṣayām āsa pretarājasya bhārata
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| 30 | sāratheś ca śiraḥ kāyād bhallena nataparvaṇā
jahāra rathaśārdūlaḥ prahasañ śinipuṃgavaḥ
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| 31 | tataḥ śaraṃ mahāghoraṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam
mumoca sātvato rājan svarṇapuṅkhaṃ śilāśitam
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| 32 | sa vimukto balavatā śaineyena śarottamaḥ
ghoras tasyorasi vibho nipapātāśu bhārata
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| 33 | so 'tividdho balavatā sātvatena mahārathaḥ
somadatto mahābāhur nipapāta mamāra ca
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| 34 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ tatra somadattaṃ mahārathāḥ
mahatā śaravarṣeṇa yuyudhānam upādravan
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| 35 | chādyamānaṃ śarair dṛṣṭvā yuyudhānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
mahatyā senayā sārdhaṃ droṇānīkam upādravat
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| 36 | tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ kruddhas tāvakānāṃ mahābalam
śarair vidrāvayām āsa bhāradvājasya paśyataḥ
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| 37 | sainyāni drāvayantaṃ tu droṇo dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiram
abhidudrāva vegena krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
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| 38 | tataḥ suniśitair bāṇaiḥ pārthaṃ vivyādha saptabhiḥ
so 'tividdho mahābāhuḥ sṛkkiṇī parisaṃlihan
yudhiṣṭhirasya ciccheda dhvajaṃ kārmukam eva ca
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| 39 | sa chinnadhanvā tvaritas tvarākāle nṛpottamaḥ
anyad ādatta vegena kārmukaṃ samare dṛḍham
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| 40 | tataḥ śarasahasreṇa droṇaṃ vivyādha pārthivaḥ
sāśvasūtadhvajarathaṃ tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 41 | tato muhūrtaṃ vyathitaḥ śaraghātaprapīḍitaḥ
niṣasāda rathopasthe droṇo bharatasattama
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| 42 | pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ muhūrtād dvijasattamaḥ
krodhena mahatāviṣṭo vāyavyāstram avāsṛjat
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| 43 | asaṃbhrāntas tataḥ pārtho dhanur ākṛṣya vīryavān
tad astram astreṇa raṇe stambhayām āsa bhārata
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| 44 | tato 'bravīd vāsudevaḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho yat tvā vakṣyāmi tac chṛṇu
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| 45 | upāramasva yuddhāya droṇād bharatasattama
gṛdhyate hi sadā droṇo grahaṇe tava saṃyuge
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| 46 | nānurūpam ahaṃ manye yuddham asya tvayā saha
yo 'sya sṛṣṭo vināśāya sa enaṃ śvo haniṣyati
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| 47 | parivarjya guruṃ yāhi yatra rājā suyodhanaḥ
bhīmaś ca rathaśārdūlo yudhyate kauravaiḥ saha
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| 48 | vāsudevavacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
muhūrtaṃ cintayitvā tu tato dāruṇam āhavam
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| 49 | prāyād drutam amitraghno yatra bhīmo vyavasthitaḥ
vinighnaṃs tāvakān yodhān vyāditāsya ivāntakaḥ
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| 50 | rathaghoṣeṇa mahatā nādayan vasudhātalam
parjanya iva gharmānte nādayan vai diśo daśa
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| 51 | bhīmasya nighnataḥ śatrūn pārṣṇiṃ jagrāha pāṇḍavaḥ
droṇo 'pi pāṇḍupāñcālān vyadhamad rajanīmukhe
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