 | Book 8 Chapter 5
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | śrutvā karṇaṃ hataṃ yuddhe putrāṃś caivāpalāyinaḥ
narendraḥ kiṃ cid āśvasto dvijaśreṣṭha kim abravīt
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| 2 | prāptavān paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ putravyasanajaṃ mahat
tasmin yad uktavān kāle tan mamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ
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| 3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 3 | śrutvā karṇasya nidhanam aśraddheyam ivādbhutam
bhūtasaṃmohanaṃ bhīmaṃ meroḥ paryasanaṃ yathā
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| 4 | cittamoham ivāyuktaṃ bhārgavasya mahāmateḥ
parājayam ivendrasya dviṣadbhyo bhīmakarmaṇaḥ
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| 5 | divaḥ prapatanaṃ bhānor urvyām iva mahādyuteḥ
saṃśoṣaṇam ivācintyaṃ samudrasyākṣayāmbhasaḥ
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| 6 | mahīviyaddigīśānāṃ sarvanāśam ivādbhutam
karmaṇor iva vaiphalyam ubhayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ
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| 7 | saṃcintya nipuṇaṃ buddhyā dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ
nedam astīti saṃcintya karṇasya nidhanaṃ prati
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| 8 | prāṇinām etad ātmatvāt syād apīti vināśanam
śokāgninā dahyamāno dhamyamāna ivāśayaḥ
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| 9 | vidhvastātmā śvasan dīno hā hety uktvā suduḥkhitaḥ
vilalāpa mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭro 'mbikāsutaḥ
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| 10 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 10 | saṃjayādhiratho vīraḥ siṃhadviradavikramaḥ
vṛṣam apratimaskandho vṛṣabhākṣagatisvanaḥ
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| 11 | vṛṣabho vṛṣabhasyeva yo yuddhe na nivartate
śatror api mahendrasya vajrasaṃhanano yuvā
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| 12 | yasya jyātalaśabdena śaravṛṣṭiraveṇa ca
rathāśvanaramātaṅgā nāvatiṣṭhanti saṃyuge
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| 13 | yam āśritya mahābāhuṃ dviṣatsaṃghaghnam acyutam
duryodhano 'karod vairaṃ pāṇḍuputrair mahābalaiḥ
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| 14 | sa kathaṃ rathināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ karṇaḥ pārthena saṃyuge
nihataḥ puruṣavyāghraḥ prasahyāsahyavikramaḥ
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| 15 | yo nāmanyata vai nityam acyutaṃ na dhanaṃjayam
na vṛṣṇīn api tān anyān svabāhubalam āśritaḥ
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| 16 | śārṅgagāṇḍīvadhanvānau sahitāv aparājitau
ahaṃ divyād rathād ekaḥ pātayiṣyāmi saṃyuge
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| 17 | iti yaḥ satataṃ mandam avocal lobhamohitam
duryodhanam apādīnaṃ rājyakāmukam āturam
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| 18 | yaś cājaiṣīd atibalān amitrān api durjayān
gāndhārān madrakān matsyāṃs trigartāṃs taṅgaṇāñ śakān
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| 19 | pāñcālāṃś ca videhāṃś ca kuṇindān kāśikosalān
suhmān aṅgāṃś ca puṇḍrāṃś ca niṣādān vaṅgakīcakān
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| 20 | vatsān kaliṅgāṃs taralān aśmakān ṛṣikāṃs tathā
yo jitvā samare vīraś cakre balibhṛtaḥ purā
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| 21 | uccaiḥśravā varo 'śvānāṃ rājñāṃ vaiśravaṇo varaḥ
varo mahendro devānāṃ karṇaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ
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| 22 | yaṃ labdhvā māgadho rājā sāntvamānārthagauravaiḥ
arautsīt pārthivaṃ kṣatram ṛte kauravayādavān
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| 23 | taṃ śrutvā nihataṃ karṇaṃ dvairathe savyasācinā
śokārṇave nimagno 'ham aplavaḥ sāgare yathā
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| 24 | īdṛśair yady ahaṃ duḥkhair na vinaśyāmi saṃjaya
vajrād dṛḍhataraṃ manye hṛdayaṃ mama durbhidam
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| 25 | jñātisaṃbandhimitrāṇām imaṃ śrutvā parājayam
ko mad anyaḥ pumāṃl loke na jahyāt sūta jīvitam
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| 26 | viṣam agniṃ prapātaṃ vā parvatāgrād ahaṃ vṛṇe
na hi śakṣyāmi duḥkhāni soḍhuṃ kaṣṭāni saṃjaya
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| 27 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 27 | śriyā kulena yaśasā tapasā ca śrutena ca
tvām adya santo manyante yayātim iva nāhuṣam
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| 28 | śrute maharṣipratimaḥ kṛtakṛtyo 'si pārthiva
paryavasthāpayātmānaṃ mā viṣāde manaḥ kṛthāḥ
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| 29 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 29 | daivam eva paraṃ manye dhik pauruṣam anarthakam
yatra rāmapratīkāśaḥ karṇo 'hanyata saṃyuge
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| 30 | hatvā yudhiṣṭhirānīkaṃ pāñcālānāṃ rathavrajān
pratāpya śaravarṣeṇa diśaḥ sarvā mahārathaḥ
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| 31 | mohayitvā raṇe pārthān vajrahasta ivāsurān
sa kathaṃ nihataḥ śete vātarugṇa iva drumaḥ
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| 32 | śokasyāntaṃ na paśyāmi samudrasyeva viplukāḥ
cintā me vardhate tīvrā mumūrṣā cāpi jāyate
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| 33 | karṇasya nidhanaṃ śrutvā vijayaṃ phalgunasya ca
aśraddheyam ahaṃ manye vadhaṃ karṇasya saṃjaya
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| 34 | vajrasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ mama
yac chrutvā puruṣavyāghraṃ hataṃ karṇaṃ na dīryate
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| 35 | āyur nūnaṃ sudīrghaṃ me vihitaṃ daivataiḥ purā
yatra karṇaṃ hataṃ śrutvā jīvāmīha suduḥkhitaḥ
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| 36 | dhig jīvitam idaṃ me 'dya suhṛd dhīnasya saṃjaya
adya cāhaṃ daśām etāṃ gataḥ saṃjaya garhitām
kṛpaṇaṃ vartayiṣyāmi śocyaḥ sarvasya mandadhīḥ
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| 37 | aham eva purā bhūtvā sarvalokasya satkṛtaḥ
paribhūtaḥ kathaṃ sūta punaḥ śakṣyāmi jīvitum
duḥkhāt suduḥkhaṃ vyasanaṃ prāptavān asmi saṃjaya
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| 38 | tasmād bhīṣmavadhe caiva droṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ
nātra śeṣaṃ prapaśyāmi sūtaputre hate yudhi
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| 39 | sa hi pāraṃ mahān āsīt putrāṇāṃ mama saṃjaya
yuddhe vinihataḥ śūro visṛjan sāyakān bahūn
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| 40 | ko hi me jīvitenārthas tam ṛte puruṣarṣabham
rathād atiratho nūnam apatat sāyakārditaḥ
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| 41 | parvatasyeva śikharaṃ vajrapātavidāritam
śayīta pṛthivīṃ nūnaṃ śobhayan rudhirokṣitaḥ
mātaṅga iva mattena mātaṅgena nipātitaḥ
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| 42 | yad balaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ yato bhayam
so 'rjunena hataḥ karṇaḥ pratimānaṃ dhanuṣmatām
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| 43 | sa hi vīro maheṣvāsaḥ putrāṇām abhayaṃkaraḥ
śete vinihato vīraḥ śakreṇeva yathā balaḥ
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| 44 | paṅgor ivādhvagamanaṃ daridrasyeva kāmitam
duryodhanasya cākūtaṃ tṛṣitasyeva piplukāḥ
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| 45 | anyathā cintitaṃ kāryam anyathā tat tu jāyate
aho nu balavad daivaṃ kālaś ca duratikramaḥ
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| 46 | palāyamānaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ dīnātmā dīnapauruṣaḥ
kaccin na nihataḥ sūta putro duḥśāsano mama
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| 47 | kaccin na nīcācaritaṃ kṛtavāṃs tāta saṃyuge
kaccin na nihataḥ śūro yathā na kṣatriyā hatāḥ
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| 48 | yudhiṣṭhirasya vacanaṃ mā yuddham iti sarvadā
duryodhano nābhyagṛhṇān mūḍhaḥ pathyam ivauṣadham
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| 49 | śaratalpe śayānena bhīṣmeṇa sumahātmanā
pānīyaṃ yācitaḥ pārthaḥ so 'vidhyan medinītalam
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| 50 | jalasya dhārāṃ vihitāṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ pāṇḍavena ha
abravīt sa mahābāhus tāta saṃśāmya pāṇḍavaiḥ
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| 51 | praśamād dhi bhavec chāntir madantaṃ yuddham astu ca
bhrātṛbhāvena pṛthivīṃ bhuṅkṣva pāṇḍusutaiḥ saha
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| 52 | akurvan vacanaṃ tasya nūnaṃ śocati me sutaḥ
tad idaṃ samanuprāptaṃ vacanaṃ dīrghadarśinaḥ
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| 53 | ahaṃ tu nihatāmātyo hataputraś ca saṃjaya
dyūtataḥ kṛcchram āpanno lūnapakṣa iva dvijaḥ
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| 54 | yathā hi śakuniṃ gṛhya chittvā pakṣau ca saṃjaya
visarjayanti saṃhṛṣṭāḥ krīḍamānāḥ kumārakāḥ
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| 55 | chinnapakṣatayā tasya gamanaṃ nopapadyate
tathāham api saṃprāpto lūnapakṣa iva dvijaḥ
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| 56 | kṣīṇaḥ sarvārthahīnaś ca nirbandhur jñātivarjitaḥ
kāṃ diśaṃ pratipatsyāmi dīnaḥ śatruvaśaṃ gataḥ
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| 57 | duryodhanasya vṛddhyarthaṃ pṛthivīṃ yo 'jayat prabhuḥ
sa jitaḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ śūraiḥ samarthair vīryaśālibhiḥ
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| 58 | tasmin hate maheṣvāse karṇe yudhi kirīṭinā
ke vīrāḥ paryavartanta tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 59 | kaccin naikaḥ parityaktaḥ pāṇḍavair nihato raṇe
uktaṃ tvayā purā vīra yathā vīrā nipātitāḥ
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| 60 | bhīṣmam apratiyudhyantaṃ śikhaṇḍī sāyakottamaiḥ
pātayām āsa samare sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam
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| 61 | tathā draupadinā droṇo nyastasarvāyudho yudhi
yuktayogo maheṣvāsaḥ śarair bahubhir ācitaḥ
nihataḥ khaḍgam udyamya dhṛṣṭadyumnena saṃjaya
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| 62 | antareṇa hatāv etau chalena ca viśeṣataḥ
aśrauṣam aham etad vai bhīṣmadroṇau nipātitau
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| 63 | bhīṣmadroṇau hi samare na hanyād vajrabhṛt svayam
nyāyena yudhyamānau hi tad vai satyaṃ bravīmi te
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| 64 | karṇaṃ tv asyantam astrāṇi divyāni ca bahūni ca
katham indropamaṃ vīraṃ mṛtyur yuddhe samaspṛśat
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| 65 | yasya vidyutprabhāṃ śaktiṃ divyāṃ kanakabhūṣaṇām
prāyacchad dviṣatāṃ hantrīṃ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ puraṃdaraḥ
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| 66 | yasya sarpamukho divyaḥ śaraḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaḥ
aśeta nihataḥ patrī candaneṣv arisūdanaḥ
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| 67 | bhīṣmadroṇamukhān vīrān yo 'vamanya mahārathān
jāmadagnyān mahāghoraṃ brāhmam astram aśikṣata
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| 68 | yaś ca droṇamukhān dṛṣṭvā vimukhān arditāñ śaraiḥ
saubhadrasya mahābāhur vyadhamat kārmukaṃ śaraiḥ
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| 69 | yaś ca nāgāyutaprāṇaṃ vātaraṃhasam acyutam
virathaṃ bhrātaraṃ kṛtvā bhīmasenam upāhasat
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| 70 | sahadevaṃ ca nirjitya śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
kṛpayā virathaṃ kṛtvā nāhanad dharmavittayā
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| 71 | yaś ca māyāsahasrāṇi dhvaṃsayitvā raṇotkaṭam
ghaṭotkacaṃ rākṣasendraṃ śakraśaktyābhijaghnivān
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| 72 | etāni divasāny asya yuddhe bhīto dhanaṃjayaḥ
nāgamad dvairathaṃ vīraḥ sa kathaṃ nihato raṇe
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| 73 | rathasaṅgo na cet tasya dhanur vā na vyaśīryata
na ced astrāṇi nirṇeśuḥ sa kathaṃ nihataḥ paraiḥ
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| 74 | ko hi śakto raṇe karṇaṃ vidhunvānaṃ mahad dhanuḥ
vimuñcantaṃ śarān ghorān divyāny astrāṇi cāhave
jetuṃ puruṣaśārdūlaṃ śārdūlam iva vegitam
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| 75 | dhruvaṃ tasya dhanuś chinnaṃ ratho vāpi gato mahīm
astrāṇi vā pranaṣṭāni yathā śaṃsasi me hatam
na hy anyad anupaśyāmi kāraṇaṃ tasya nāśane
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| 76 | na hanyām arjunaṃ yāvat tāvat pādau na dhāvaye
iti yasya mahāghoraṃ vratam āsīn mahātmanaḥ
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| 77 | yasya bhīto vane nityaṃ dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
trayodaśa samā nidrāṃ na lebhe puruṣarṣabhaḥ
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| 78 | yasya vīryavato vīryaṃ samāśritya mahātmanaḥ
mama putraḥ sabhāṃ bhāryāṃ pāṇḍūnāṃ nītavān balāt
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| 79 | tatra cāpi sabhāmadhye pāṇḍavānāṃ ca paśyatām
dāsabhāryeti pāñcālīm abravīt kurusaṃsadi
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| 80 | yaś ca gāṇḍīvamuktānāṃ sparśam ugram acintayan
apatir hy asi kṛṣṇeti bruvan pārthān avaikṣata
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| 81 | yasya nāsīd bhayaṃ pārthaiḥ saputraiḥ sajanārdanaiḥ
svabāhubalam āśritya muhūrtam api saṃjaya
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| 82 | tasya nāhaṃ vadhaṃ manye devair api savāsavaiḥ
pratīpam upadhāvadbhiḥ kiṃ punas tāta pāṇḍavaiḥ
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| 83 | na hi jyāṃ spṛśamānasya talatre cāpi gṛhṇataḥ
pumān ādhiratheḥ kaś cit pramukhe sthātum arhati
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| 84 | api syān medinī hīnā somasūryaprabhāṃśubhiḥ
na vadhaḥ puruṣendrasya samareṣv apalāyinaḥ
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| 85 | yadi mandaḥ sahāyena bhrātrā duḥśāsanena ca
vāsudevasya durbuddhiḥ pratyākhyānam arocayat
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| 86 | sa nūnam ṛṣabhaskandhaṃ dṛṣṭvā karṇaṃ nipātitam
duḥśāsanaṃ ca nihataṃ manye śocati putrakaḥ
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| 87 | hataṃ vaikartanaṃ śrutvā dvairathe savyasācinā
jayataḥ pāṇḍavān dṛṣṭvā kiṃ svid duryodhano 'bravīt
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| 88 | durmarṣaṇaṃ hataṃ śrutvā vṛṣasenaṃ ca saṃyuge
prabhagnaṃ ca balaṃ dṛṣṭvā vadhyamānaṃ mahārathaiḥ
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| 89 | parāṅmukhāṃs tathā rājñaḥ palāyanaparāyaṇān
vidrutān rathino dṛṣṭvā manye śocati putrakaḥ
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| 90 | aneyaś cābhimānena bālabuddhir amarṣaṇaḥ
hatotsāhaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā kiṃ svid duryodhano 'bravīt
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| 91 | bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenena saṃyuge
rudhiraṃ pīyamānena kiṃ svid duryodhano 'bravīt
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| 92 | saha gāndhārarājena sabhāyāṃ yad abhāṣata
karṇo 'rjunaṃ raṇe hantā hate tasmin kim abravīt
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| 93 | dyūtaṃ kṛtvā purā hṛṣṭo vañcayitvā ca pāṇḍavān
śakuniḥ saubalas tāta hate karṇe kim abravīt
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| 94 | kṛtavarmā maheṣvāsaḥ sātvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ
karṇaṃ vinihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hārdikyaḥ kim abhāṣata
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| 95 | brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā yasya śikṣām upāsate
dhanurvedaṃ cikīrṣanto droṇaputrasya dhīmataḥ
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| 96 | yuvā rūpeṇa saṃpanno darśanīyo mahāyaśāḥ
aśvatthāmā hate karṇe kim abhāṣata saṃjaya
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| 97 | ācāryatvaṃ dhanurvede gataḥ paramatattvavit
kṛpaḥ śāradvatas tāta hate karṇe kim abravīt
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| 98 | madrarājo maheṣvāsaḥ śalyaḥ samitiśobhanaḥ
diṣṭaṃ tena hi tat sarvaṃ yathā karṇo nipātitaḥ
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| 99 | ye ca ke cana rājānaḥ pṛthivyāṃ yoddhum āgatāḥ
vaikartanaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā kim abhāṣanta saṃjaya
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| 100 | karṇe tu nihate vīre rathavyāghre nararṣabhe
kiṃ vo mukham anīkānām āsīt saṃjaya bhāgaśaḥ
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| 101 | madrarājaḥ kathaṃ śalyo niyukto rathināṃ varaḥ
vaikartanasya sārathye tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 102 | ke 'rakṣan dakṣiṇaṃ cakraṃ sūtaputrasya saṃyuge
vāmaṃ cakraṃ rarakṣur vā ke vā vīrasya pṛṣṭhataḥ
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| 103 | ke karṇaṃ vājahuḥ śūrāḥ ke kṣudrāḥ prādravan bhayāt
kathaṃ ca vaḥ sametānāṃ hataḥ karṇo mahārathaḥ
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| 104 | pāṇḍavāś ca kathaṃ śūrāḥ pratyudīyur mahāratham
sṛjantaṃ śaravarṣāṇi vāridhārā ivāmbudam
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| 105 | sa ca sarpamukho divyo maheṣupravaras tadā
vyarthaḥ kathaṃ samabhavat tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 106 | māmakasyāsya sainyasya hṛtotsedhasya saṃjaya
avaśeṣaṃ na paśyāmi kakude mṛdite sati
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| 107 | tau hi vīrau maheṣvāsau madarthe kurusattamau
bhīṣmadroṇau hatau śrutvā ko nv artho jīvitena me
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| 108 | na mṛṣyāmi ca rādheyaṃ hatam āhavaśobhinam
yasya bāhvor balaṃ tulyaṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ śataṃ śatam
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| 109 | droṇe hate ca yad vṛttaṃ kauravāṇāṃ paraiḥ saha
saṃgrāme naravīrāṇāṃ tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya
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| 110 | yathā ca karṇaḥ kaunteyaiḥ saha yuddham ayojayat
yathā ca dviṣatāṃ hantā raṇe śāntas tad ucyatām
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