 | Book 8 Chapter 2
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| 1 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 1 | hate droṇe maheṣvāse tava putrā mahārathāḥ
babhūvur āśvastamukhā viṣaṇṇā gatacetasaḥ
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| 2 | avāṅmukhāḥ śastrabhṛtaḥ sarva eva viśāṃ pate
aprekṣamāṇāḥ śokārtā nābhyabhāṣan parasparam
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| 3 | tān dṛṣṭvā vyathitākārān sainyāni tava bhārata
ūrdhvam evābhyavekṣanta duḥkhatrastāny anekaśaḥ
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| 4 | śastrāṇy eṣāṃ ca rājendra śoṇitāktāny aśeṣataḥ
prābhraśyanta karāgrebhyo dṛṣṭvā droṇaṃ nipātitam
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| 5 | tāni baddhāny aniṣṭāni lambamānāni bhārata
adṛśyanta mahārāja nakṣatrāṇi yathā divi
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| 6 | tathārtaṃ stimitaṃ dṛṣṭvā gatasattvam iva sthitam
svaṃ balaṃ tan mahārāja rājā duryodhano 'bravīt
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| 7 | bhavatāṃ bāhuvīryaṃ hi samāśritya mayā yudhi
pāṇḍaveyāḥ samāhūtā yuddhaṃ cedaṃ pravartitam
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| 8 | tad idaṃ nihate droṇe viṣaṇṇam iva lakṣyate
yudhyamānāś ca samare yodhā vadhyanti sarvataḥ
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| 9 | jayo vāpi vadho vāpi yudhyamānasya saṃyuge
bhavet kim atra citraṃ vai yudhyadhvaṃ sarvatomukhāḥ
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| 10 | paśyadhvaṃ ca mahātmānaṃ karṇaṃ vaikartanaṃ yudhi
pracarantaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ divyair astrair mahābalam
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| 11 | yasya vai yudhi saṃtrāsāt kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
nivartate sadāmarṣāt siṃhāt kṣudramṛgo yathā
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| 12 | yena nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
mānuṣeṇaiva yuddhena tām avasthāṃ praveśitaḥ
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| 13 | yena divyāstravic chūro māyāvī sa ghaṭotkacaḥ
amoghayā raṇe śaktyā nihato bhairavaṃ nadan
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| 14 | tasya duṣpāravīryasya satyasaṃdhasya dhīmataḥ
bāhvor draviṇam akṣayyam adya drakṣyatha saṃyuge
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| 15 | droṇaputrasya vikrāntaṃ rādheyasyaiva cobhayoḥ
pāṇḍupāñcālasainyeṣu drakṣyathāpi mahātmanoḥ
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| 16 | sarva eva bhavantaś ca śūrāḥ prājñāḥ kulodgatāḥ
śīlavantaḥ kṛtāstrāś ca drakṣyathādya parasparam
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| 17 | evam ukte mahārāja karṇo vaikartano nṛpaḥ
siṃhanādaṃ vinadyoccaiḥ prāyudhyata mahābalaḥ
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| 18 | sa sṛñjayānāṃ sarveṣāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca paśyatām
kekayānāṃ videhānām akarot kadanaṃ mahat
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| 19 | tasyeṣudhārāḥ śataśaḥ prādurāsañ śarāsanāt
agre puṅkhe ca saṃsaktā yathā bhramarapaṅktayaḥ
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| 20 | sa pīḍayitvā pāñcālān pāṇḍavāṃś ca tarasvinaḥ
hatvā sahasraśo yodhān arjunena nipātitaḥ
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