 | Book 7 Chapter 144
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | nakulaṃ rabhasaṃ yuddhe nighnantaṃ vāhinīṃ tava
abhyayāt saubalaḥ kruddhas tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt
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| 2 | kṛtavairau tu tau vīrāv anyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇau
śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭair anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ
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| 3 | yathaiva saubalaḥ kṣipraṃ śaravarṣāṇi muñcati
tathaiva nakulo rājañ śikṣāṃ saṃdarśayan yudhi
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| 4 | tāv ubhau samare śūrau śarakaṇṭakinau tadā
vyarājetāṃ mahārāja kaṇṭakair iva śālmalī
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| 5 | sujihmaṃ prekṣamāṇau ca rājan vivṛtalocanau
krodhasaṃraktanayanau nirdahantau parasparam
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| 6 | syālas tu tava saṃkruddho mādrīputraṃ hasann iva
karṇinaikena vivyādha hṛdaye niśitena ha
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| 7 | nakulas tu bhṛśaṃ viddhaḥ syālena tava dhanvinā
niṣasāda rathopasthe kaśmalaṃ cainam āviśat
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| 8 | atyantavairiṇaṃ dṛptaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatruṃ tathāgatam
nanāda śakunī rājaṃs tapānte jalado yathā
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| 9 | pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ nakulaḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ
abhyayāt saubalaṃ bhūyo vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ
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| 10 | saṃkruddhaḥ śakuniṃ ṣaṣṭyā vivyādha bharatarṣabha
punaś caiva śatenaiva nārācānāṃ stanāntare
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| 11 | tato 'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muṣṭideśe sa cicchide
dhvajaṃ ca tvaritaṃ chittvā rathād bhūmāv apātayat
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| 12 | so 'tividdho mahārāja rathopastha upāviśat
taṃ visaṃjñaṃ nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā syālaṃ tavānagha
apovāha rathenāśu sārathir dhvajinīmukhāt
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| 13 | tataḥ saṃcukruśuḥ pārthā ye ca teṣāṃ padānugāḥ
nirjitya ca raṇe śatrūn nakulaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ
abravīt sārathiṃ kruddho droṇānīkāya māṃ vaha
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| 14 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā mādrīputrasya dhīmataḥ
prāyāt tena raṇe rājan yena droṇo 'nvayudhyata
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| 15 | śikhaṇḍinaṃ tu samare droṇaprepsuṃ viśāṃ pate
kṛpaḥ śāradvato yattaḥ pratyudgacchat suvegitaḥ
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| 16 | gautamaṃ drutam āyāntaṃ droṇāntikam ariṃdamam
vivyādha navabhir bhallaiḥ śikhaṇḍī prahasann iva
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| 17 | tam ācāryo mahārāja viddhvā pañcabhir āśugaiḥ
punar vivyādha viṃśatyā putrāṇāṃ priyakṛt tava
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| 18 | mahad yuddhaṃ tayor āsīd ghorarūpaṃ viśāṃ pate
yathā devāsure yuddhe śambarāmararājayoḥ
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| 19 | śarajālāvṛtaṃ vyoma cakratus tau mahārathau
prakṛtyā ghorarūpaṃ tad āsīd ghorataraṃ punaḥ
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| 20 | rātriś ca bharataśreṣṭha yodhānāṃ yuddhaśālinām
kālarātrinibhā hy āsīd ghorarūpā bhayāvahā
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| 21 | śikhaṇḍī tu mahārāja gautamasya mahad dhanuḥ
ardhacandreṇa ciccheda sajyaṃ saviśikhaṃ tadā
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| 22 | tasya kruddhaḥ kṛpo rājañ śaktiṃ cikṣepa dāruṇām
svarṇadaṇḍām akuṇṭhāgrāṃ karmāraparimārjitām
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| 23 | tām āpatantīṃ ciccheda śikhaṇḍī bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ
sāpatan medinīṃ dīptā bhāsayantī mahāprabhā
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| 24 | athānyad dhanur ādāya gautamo rathināṃ varaḥ
prācchādayac chitair bāṇair mahārāja śikhaṇḍinam
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| 25 | sa chādyamānaḥ samare gautamena yaśasvinā
vyaṣīdata rathopasthe śikhaṇḍī rathināṃ varaḥ
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| 26 | sīdantaṃ cainam ālokya kṛpaḥ śāradvato yudhi
ājaghne bahubhir bāṇair jighāṃsann iva bhārata
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| 27 | vimukhaṃ taṃ raṇe dṛṣṭvā yājñaseniṃ mahāratham
pāñcālāḥ somakāś caiva parivavruḥ samantataḥ
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| 28 | tathaiva tava putrāś ca parivavrur dvijottamam
mahatyā senayā sārdhaṃ tato yuddham abhūt punaḥ
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| 29 | rathānāṃ ca raṇe rājann anyonyam abhidhāvatām
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdo meghānāṃ nadatām iva
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| 30 | dravatāṃ sādināṃ caiva gajānāṃ ca viśāṃ pate
anyonyam abhito rājan krūram āyodhanaṃ babhau
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| 31 | pattīnāṃ dravatāṃ caiva padaśabdena medinī
akampata mahārāja bhayatrasteva cāṅganā
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| 32 | rathā rathān samāsādya pradrutā vegavattaram
nyagṛhṇan bahavo rājañ śalabhān vāyasā iva
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| 33 | tathā gajān prabhinnāṃś ca suprabhinnā mahāgajāḥ
tasminn eva pade yattā nigṛhṇanti sma bhārata
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| 34 | sādī sādinam āsādya padātī ca padātinam
samāsādya raṇe 'nyonyaṃ saṃrabdhā nāticakramuḥ
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| 35 | dhāvatāṃ dravatāṃ caiva punar āvartatām api
babhūva tatra sainyānāṃ śabdaḥ sutumulo niśi
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| 36 | dīpyamānāḥ pradīpāś ca rathavāraṇavājiṣu
adṛśyanta mahārāja maholkā iva khāc cyutāḥ
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| 37 | sā niśā bharataśreṣṭha pradīpair avabhāsitā
divasapratimā rājan babhūva raṇamūrdhani
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| 38 | ādityena yathā vyāptaṃ tamo loke praṇaśyati
tathā naṣṭaṃ tamo ghoraṃ dīpair dīptair alaṃkṛtam
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| 39 | śastrāṇāṃ kavacānāṃ ca maṇīnāṃ ca mahātmanām
antardadhuḥ prabhāḥ sarvā dīpais tair avabhāsitāḥ
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| 40 | tasmin kolāhale yuddhe vartamāne niśāmukhe
avadhīt samare putraṃ pitā bharatasattama
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| 41 | putraś ca pitaraṃ mohāt sakhāyaṃ ca sakhā tathā
saṃbandhinaṃ ca saṃbandhī svasrīyaṃ cāpi mātulaḥ
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| 42 | sve svān pare parāṃś cāpi nijaghnur itaretaram
nirmaryādam abhūd yuddhaṃ rātrau ghoraṃ bhayāvaham
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